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 COMPUSERVE DROPS PRICES - RELEASES WINDOWS INFORMATION MANAGER
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CompuServe Information Services has announced a long overdue drop in
connect-time pricing - combined with an increase in the basic monthly service
charge. Effective February 28, 1993, their Standard Pricing Plan will
increase the monthly access charge from $7.95 to $8.95. But the hourly
connect charges will drop some 37% to $8 hourly for 1200 and 2400 bps access
and $16 hourly for 9600 bps access. Access to many basic services such as
electronic mail and a number of news services continues free of connect-time
charges.

The Alternate Pricing Plan involves a lower $2.50 monthly charge, but connect
time remains at $12.80 per hour for 1200/2400 bps access and $22.80 for 9600
bps connections. The new pricing is expected to increase the percentage of
callers opting for the Standard Pricing Plan.

CompuServe has also released a new version of the CompuServe Information
Manager (CIM) software program. WinCIM 1.01 is now available and can be
downloaded from the system for a charge of $10 by entering GO WINCIM from any
prompt. The $10 is actually rebated in the form of $10 worth of connect time.
The product consists of two files, DISK1.EXE and DISK2.EXE - each about a
megabyte in size.

WinCIM is a Microsoft Windows application that may provide one of the more
advanced interfaces in the business. Icons represent various online services,
and the program features a very nice help function, directory of services,
address book, etc. GIF images and weather maps can be viewed as they are
downloaded.

The program is not flawless. When we tried to print our mail out to either of
two different printers, it locked up the entire machine rather hopelessly.
And it does not offer the offline mail features of TAPCIS or OZCIS. But it
does provide a very usable interface to the CompuServe service. CompuServe
now claims some 1.1 million members and approximately 100,000 CIM users
accessing some 1700 online services. The services was established in 1979.
CompuServe Incorporated, 5000 Arlington Centre Blvd., PO Box 20212; Columbus,
OH 43220; (614)457-8600.