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Article #31872Re: Genie?
From: Allan Pratt
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1988 18:16
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1988 18:16
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In article <861@viscous> sethk@sco.COM (Seth I Katz) writes: > they claim they don't charge for > download time, ... No, they claim they don't charge for UPLOAD time. That's when you GIVE THEM software. Download time (when you get software FROM THEM) is charged at the normal rate ($5/hr). Also, noncommercial GEnie subscribers can only call after 5PM local time and on weekends: the rest of the day is for GE's commercial customers, who are the primary consumers of that whole computer setup. GEnie has 2400-baud access at a higher hourly rate (I don't know how much higher) but, of course, 2400 baud cuts your download time in half. I would recommend using 1200 baud for interactive online time; log out and call up again at 2400 baud just for downloads. On the other hand, I've never paid for GEnie or used 2400 baud: I have a free account because I'm with a "provider" (Atari) and free accounts aren't allowed to call up at 2400. Don't get mad: if your company brings GEnie as much business as Atari does, you can get free online time, too. ============================================ Opinions expressed above do not necessarily -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp. reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else. ...ames!atari!apratt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!imagen!atari!apratt From: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Genie? Message-ID: <1170@atari.UUCP> Date: 13 Sep 88 18:16:38 GMT References: <4788@saturn.ucsc.edu> <861@viscous> Reply-To: apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) Distribution: na Organization: Atari (US) Corporation, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 25