TM> in the hs echo about a year... also, I have a sub with aol and love
TM> it very much... to tempt those of you who don't know about what aol
TM> has to offer, let me tell you a little about our homeschool areas:
[.....]
TM> leave to go where they feel welcome.  Here in Fido, we don't really
TM> have that option... most sysops don't want to carry tons of areas
[.....]
TM> you free email service.  It's not as good as all the variety on aol,
TM> but it will give you a private forum to communicate that's much more
TM> reliable than FIDO's netmail.  Take care!
I don't appreciate fido-bashing, especially right here on a fidonet echo.
Our netmail is just fine so far as I can tell.  I haven't had any problems
with it.  I also already have free internet email through the
fidonet/internet gate.
I also have an aol account and I don't like it.  Aol is the slowest and most
aggravating online service I've ever used, and you pay for every minute of 
their wait-state, beyond the initial 5 hours per month included for the 
monthly fee.  With that clock of theirs ticking, I feel that the waiting and 
waiting and waiting that you do (waiting for their pages to display, etc) is 
just a way of getting the consumer to pay more money for less service.  Also,
there is no offline mail capability so the reading and writing of messages in
the message areas must be done online which, of course, takes up more time
and gives aol more money.  The only thing I get from aol is files to carry on
my bbs and offer /free/ to the public.  As soon as I'm done getting the files
I want, I will no longer subscribe to aol because I believe it is a rip-off.
Zaynab
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