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I subscribed to Prodigy a while back.  It only lasted a few months.  I
felt it was too slow and didn't have many things which were of
interest to me.  The major problem I had was that you could only print
what they wanted you to print.  A lot of times I would be reading the
news articles and thought something was interesting but could not
print it to show it to anyone.  Someone did write a program that would
capture everything on a screen and print it out, but I didn't find
that until I was about ready to drop the service.

I also subscribe to GEnie.  They are implementing a new pricing
policy.  $4.95 a month for the basic package, which includes Email,
most bulletin boards (except the computer related ones I believe) and
some games among other things.  Then all non-prime time rates are
$6.00 and hour for anything not covered in the basic monthly rate.  I
am pretty sure what I have stated is correct, but if I am wrong I am
sure I will be corrected. <grin>  The only problem I have seen since
the new prices started on 10/1 is I couldn't get on GEnie.  I got a
message stating something to the effect that GEnie was full at this
time, call back later.  Since I assume usage will increase quite a bit
now, I hope GEnie will take the necessary measures to allow more users
on at one time.  I don't consider this a big problem when comparing
GEnie to Prodigy, since numerous times I would get logged off of
Prodigy or get error xxx when trying to dial the local Prodigy access
number.

So, in my opinion, GEnie is better than Prodigy.  It has more features
that interest me, I can capture what I like to view offline, unlimited
Email usage, the GEnie Mall is in the price of the basic montly fee
for those who like shopping and for those that are interested in
downloading files, the non-prime time hourly rate for 300/1200/2400
bps users is now only $6.00 (US).  Any comments on what I have said
are always welcome.
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Dean Lodzinski         DEAN_L@TURBO.Kean.edu, lodzins@pilot.njin.net
47 Mercury Circle      csra19@TURBO.Kean.edu or D.LODZINSKI on GEnie
South Amboy, NJ  08879 Dean Lodzinski on Hologram Inc., FNET Node 133, 
USA                    at 201/727-1914 (1200/2400/9600)