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I tried Prodigy on their 3 month trial and thought it was pretty awful.
Their claim to fame was their fixed monthly charge which has increased from
their early days.  (I beleive it was initially $6.95 and is now either $9.95
or $12.95 per month.  I am not sure of the prices.)  It had pretty graphics
but that was also the problem.  Because it is graphic based it takes a long
time to repaint your screen.  They also use large characters on the screen so
not many will fit decreasing the information available per screen which further
increases the time required to get information.  I got really tired
of waiting for the system.  I have a Macintosh but I have seen similar results
on PC's.  Prodigy also puts an advertisement on every screen.  This bothers 
many people but I found it very easy to block them out and usually never read
them.

Two other services you might be interested in are GEnie and Compuserve.  I like
GEnie a lot.  They have a basic level of service for either $4.95 or $6.95 a 
month (I forget).  This includes a set of basic services like E-mail and use
of the electronic encyclopedia.  Compuserve has a similar flat rate service for
$9.95 a month.  Additional services are available on both GEnie and Compuserve
for an additional hourly charge.  GEnie is cheaper but Compuserve has a wider
range of services.  GEnie and Compuserve have graphical user interface 
software for the PC and Compuserve has it for the Macintosh.  This makes it  
much easier to use.

I wouldn't bother with Prodigy; it is an annoying waste of time.  You would be
better served by GEnie or Compuserve.

Paul Holzworth
fns-nc1!hph@mcnc.org