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On Wed, 12 Apr 1995 ProJo@aol.com wrote:

> The final score of the shootout had PRODIGY with 58.8 points, CompuServe with
> 26.0, and America Online with 10.2.

I'm impressed.  Digex would fare a bit better (true slip/ppp access).
 
> Internet World then compared the services'  Internet pricing based on average
> usage of one hour a day for a month. PRODIGY cost $30.00, CompuServe $44.45
> and AOL $83.70.

This is where it pays to shop the "little guys".  Digex costs (given 
their rate) $5/month.  More accurately, Digex costs $30 for 6 hours/day.
Prodigy would hit you with a bill of $180 (or more).  I also get better 
quality of service (Netscape, trumpet, Eudora, and PPP/Slip)

> The full spreadsheet with all the scores is available on Prodigy's AstraNet
> home page   (http://www.astranet.com).
> PRODIGY is the world's largest dial-up access provider to the World Wide Web.
>   Since mid-January, when the service introduced its browser, PRODIGY now
> supports more than   half a million Web users.

Note, PRODIGY is NOT a dial-up access provider to the INTERNET - HTTP is 
transferred through prodigy's proprietary protocol.  Don't expect to run 
netscape or eudora.

Compuserve is now the larges dial-up access provider to the INETERNET (IP 
protocol)

> Prodigy Services Company is a partnership of IBM and Sears.

A last gasp attempt to save the APPC network?

I'm also the guy who said "the emprorer isn't wearing any clothes".

> Carol Wallace at Prodigy

	Rex Ballard


From rballard@cnj.digex.net Mon Apr 24 23:53:01 1995
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