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Article #224RE: FIDONET ON COMPUSERV Conf: (74) fRAINBOW
From: George A. Theall
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1989 13:54
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1989 13:54
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Comments: Rainbow Echomail from BILL MAYHEW I basically agree with most of your points. I am frankly surprised that the one-way path would be acceptable to people here... Just for the sake of argument, though ;-}, there are other issues besides cost in the "Fido vs. CIS" comparison. First, there are automated access programs for the IBM PC and the Mac (not for the RB, unfortunately) which *greatly* optimize the use of one's time and money on CIS, considerably more than can be done on Fido from what I've seen. Second, CIS is far more *reliable* than Fidonet, and is better suited for business users as a result. My perception is that the two services complement each other. There is a small group of users that uses both (of which I am probably the most visible example). Too, the Reach Out America pricing that you mentioned is only useful during certain hours, while CIS' prices apply all day every day. During the business day, CIS' prices are much more competitive, when compared with the long-distance-to-Fidonet option. Additionally, messages posted on CIS are there *now*... they don't take n days to travel across the country, and the CIS message-threading software is considerably more sophisticated and productive than Fido/Opus' limited abilities. In addition, you can FAX things from CompuServe, CIS has more "echo equivalents" (Forums), you can be more selective in what discussions you follow... the list goes on. This is why I say the two services complement each other. Either one might be viewed as "better" for a given user's purpose Fido/Opus is a good, basic system for hobbyist-type use; CIS aspires to something different. --- ConfMail V4.00 * Origin: Still Servicing the Rainbow - Maybee Forever (1:101/1) --- Via PCBGate v2.0a5 --- BITNET: GTHEALL@PennDRLS Dept. of Economics Internet: GTHEALL@PennDRLS.UPenn.Edu University of Pennsylvania AT+TNet: 215-898-3419 Philadelphia, PA 19104-3987
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU!GTHEALL From: GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: RE: FIDONET ON COMPUSERV Conf: (74) fRAINBOW Message-ID: <8910041256.AA03247@remote.dccs.upenn.edu> Date: 4 Oct 89 13:54:00 GMT Organization: The Internet Lines: 36