CMP.WERNER@R20.UTEXAS.EDU (Werner Uhrig) (02/27/86)
[ from the Austin American Statesman - Feb 26, 86 ]
AT&T STARTS ELECTRONIC MAIL
Washington - AT&T on Tuesday began offerering an electronic mail service that
will instantly send a short message for 40 cents and more than 2 typewritten
pages for about 80 cents. That compares to 22-cents to mail a letter.
MCI, COMPUSERVE LINK UP
Washington - MCI Communications Corp. and CompuServe Inc on Tuesday linked
their electronic mail services, creating the world's largest interconnected
electronic mail network. Together, the companies serve a half-million
subscribers. Subscribers of the Washington based MCI and Columbus, Ohio-based
CompuServe can create and send messages to subscribers on either network using
the same access methods and commands they now use.
[ does anyone know more details? ---Werner ]
-------GUMBY@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU (David Vinayak Wallace) (03/13/86)
Date: Thu 27 Feb 86 13:42:46-CST
From: Werner Uhrig <CMP.WERNER at R20.UTEXAS.EDU>
[ from the Austin American Statesman - Feb 26, 86 ]
Washington - MCI Communications Corp. and CompuServe Inc on Tuesday linked
their electronic mail services, creating the world's largest interconnected
electronic mail network. Together, the companies serve a half-million
subscribers.
How does the internet compare? What about internet+bitnet+uucp+csnet?
That should add up to about 500k.