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In article <772235561snz@arsinfo.demon.co.uk> David@arsinfo.demon.co.uk writes...

>> Rubbish.  Compuserve charges for *all* mail on the same basis:  $0.05
>> per 2500 chars, with a minimum of $0.15 per message.
>
>No, I don't think that's right. I joined CompuServe about 6 months
>ago and the deal then (and probably now too) was that on the Standard
>pricing plan mail from other CIS members was free for the first 60
>pages a month, or some such high limit. But any mail from Internet
>does incur a $0.15 charge.

 No, David was right, but your misunderstanding seems quite common.

 On the standard service, we get a $9.00/month mail allowance. From
this, all outgoing mail - whether internal CIS mail or to the internet
- is charged at $0.05 per 2500 chars min $0.15. Also, we get charged
for receiving mail from the internet, and other "postage due" mail, at
the same rates.

 The confusion comes from the marketing/publicity people at
CIS. Instead of quoting the actual mail charge formula, they quote 60
three page letters per month; which just so happens to be
approximately what the $9.00 allowance will buy you.

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