Yes, that really was the cost but it wasn't for Compuserve, it was for a

local (Kenyan) ISP

On 25/04/2022 03:55, Kurt @ Gmail wrote:

> Was that REALLY the cost for CompuServe? Yikes!

>

> I was there at the beginning - I did CompuServe & Prodigy and even

> dabbled in AOL Online briefly - which, years later - all non-computer

> literate people used AOL - and I knew to stay away. I did a little bit

> of the Early BBS systems. And, I was doing online banking with

> Chemical bank via modem & later as Chase Online via true internet

> (when they bought over Chemical & MannyHanny) - so, I was doing online

> banking before most common folks.

>

> Yeah - the days of Modems - what FUN!!!

>

> Funny side story. Its the reason when I was married - that my wife

> (now Ex) - INSISTED I get my own phone line - because I was doing the

> modem stuff - and people could not call in!

>

> :-)

>

> Fun times indeed...

>

> -K

>

> On 4/23/2022 1:03 PM, Ted Roche wrote:

>> Who's ever going to need more than 256 Kbps?

>>

>> Puts my .42bis modem all to shame.

>>

>> And, at $22.95/hour for CompuServe, this will be a real time saver!

>>

>>

>>

>> On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 11:09 AM Paul Newton

>> <paul.newton.hudl@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>   From an ISP in Kenya ca. 2005

>>>

>>> What are the cost implications?

>>> ===============================

>>>

>>> They are so minimal, you won't believe it! For as little as US$ 200

>>> per month you can get yourself a leased line of 64Kbps uplink and

>>> 256Kbps downlink.

>>>

>>> Paul Newton

>>>

>>>

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