Re: AOL / Idea Futures

JP May (jpm@TWEB.COM)
Sun, 17 Dec 1995 21:10:17 -0600

>.. I think the more
>important factor is *cost*. Obviously I get my access free via
>the colleges teach at, but were I paying you can bet I'd go for
>one of the local ISPs (Infinet, I-net2020, Biznet, some others)
>or the local Freenet even, because if you spend more than 5 hours
>online a month, AOL suddenly turns into an economic black hole.
>

thta's certainly true Greg. { Studies show each AOL romance costs appox.
$750, vs. only $appox. $90 for flat rate internet romances. }

>
>I'd agree with both of thse statements, but I think that in the
>next ten years AOL will be obsolete for that kind of service
>because it will be far simpler just to http over to
>Business.Week.Com and get what you need, etc. Three years ago AOL
>was *serious hot shit*; now it's kind of scrambling to keep from
>looking like the big Dufus in a world of hip ISPs and in a couple
>of years it's probably going to be gasping it's last breath.
>

... true enough. Still, right here and now if you want to download, as I
say, for example the new open transport version, your options are a 4 or 5
of attempts, (including waiting till late nite when no ones there!), and
then one to three hours on ftp.apple, or 11 minutes on AOL.

>I'm still sorry I wasn't smart enough to buy AOL stock 4 or 5
>years ago, though. I'd be retiring a rich man now.
>

damn yeah.

>.. a corn futures market where you
>"gamble" on what the price of corn will be (nice people call it
>trading futures, but it's really just wagering),

tell me about it! <:

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