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1985 Compuserve billing
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Reminds me of the huge AOL bills I’d get. A lot of people complaining about prices today. Don’t realize how cheap services and computers are. Compared to a few decades ago.
Good old Compuserve. I used them back in the 1990s and I was on their forum for a long time. Paid a price for what's really primitive now.
I avoided all those services back then. There were several local BBS phone numbers I dialed into regularly so none of that was necessary to a 14-15 year old kid (me) back then.
AABBS on a Commodore 64 was awesome. It was the only BBS software serving color over phone lines (until later on).
AABBS on a Commodore 64 was awesome. It was the only BBS software serving color over phone lines (until later on).
It could take two hours to download a 1MB image... at over $12 in cost... only to find out it wasn't what you hoped for!
Today's new users have no idea how great they have it.
Today's new users have no idea how great they have it.
. those were the days *dreams*, (I mean the waitng time, not the massive bill shock)
And now we complain when we can't get a video streamed from the other side of the world at light speed on a high-def device that fits in our pockets all at a flat rate.
I am pretty sure you never succeeded in cancelling AOL. It's still active, lurking in the dark, growing its compound rates and late-payment interests, ready to hit with the most insane bill accompanied by AOL's army of lawyers when you least expect it.
