daroloso@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dani A. Roloson) (05/31/91)
In order to access Compuserve in Ontario, do you have to make long-distance calls to Toronto? Is it possible to get a listing of available Compuserve files and mail order them from Compuserve? What is Compuserve's position on a non-member paying a member for the time and trouble of downloading selected files? Please email. Dani Roloson
brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) (05/31/91)
Compuserve can be accessed via Datapac (in most Ontario towns) or Tymnet (in Kitchener & Ottawa and one or two others) for the rip-off fee of about $9 USD/hour. CIS also has an 800 number which is apparently cheaper at certain times. NOte that it is also less than $9/hour to call Toronto on the phone system on weekends and after 11. You can also get a datapac NUI and do outdial in Toronto for something around $5-6/hour, I think. -- Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473
brad@bcars241.bnr.ca (Brad Shapcott) (05/31/91)
In article <1991May30.215215.7087@watmath.waterloo.edu> daroloso@watmath.waterloo.edu (Dani A. Roloson) writes: >In order to access Compuserve in Ontario, do you have to make long-distance >calls to Toronto? No, you can use Datapac, which charges a connect-time fee that is comparable to the discounted (2/3 off) rate for LD to Toronto. It's been some time since I used either CI$ or DP, but I do remember that the information for doing so is on-line. All you have to do is specify a port that connects you to CI$ and then go through the logon sequence (oh yeah, last time I was at Waterloo there was Datapac availble through a CALL XXX from the campus terminals and also through a dial-in number). Sorry that it's been too long for me to come up with specifics. >Is it possible to get a listing of available Compuserve files and >mail order them from Compuserve? Never heard of this. You might want to check out QuickCis which (again going completely on memory) does automatic searching for downloads (and news meassages and e-mail). It should be on atari.archive. >What is Compuserve's position on a non-member paying a member for the time >and trouble of downloading selected files? The distribution of files I assume is under the conditions set by the author (for example PD, etc). CI$ only has the right to charge for connect time used to download. This effectively puts a fee on something that the author might be offering free of charge, but once its on your media you can follow the author`s licence. So CI$ really has no say in what a member does with a program after receiving it (and I don't think they really care). So if you pay someone to use THEIR connect time to do something for you I don't think they care. It's the CONNECT TIME that is charged for, not the actual material being downloaded. >Please email. Would if I could. Wouldn't get outside of the city limits if I tried, though. >Dani Roloson Caveat - if you are used to downloading from BBS systems, be prepared for an unpleasant suprise. Instead of the alternating RD/SD you are used to on your modem's front panel, you'll get a lot of dead time as other users' on the system get their time slice. Downloads can be frustratingly slow even at 2400 bd (my modem's speed). And slow on CI$ means EXPENSIVE. brad
dperks@hobbit.gandalf.ca (Dave Perks) (05/31/91)
Compuserve has local number in Canadian cities than can be accessed without long distance charges. The communications surcharge for using the CIS network is less than a dollar an hour over and above the Compuserve charges (like about $.25) I can't say anything about other cities, but Ottawa has 1200 and 2400 bps connections. If you're in a hurry, log on to Compuserve any way you can, then GO PHONES where you can search by city, area code, or speed. --dave perks, standard disclaimers apply
tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (06/01/91)
In toronto, the 2400 baud number is 265-8035
ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu (L.J.Dickey) (06/01/91)
In article <1991May31.174841.12192@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes: >In toronto, the 2400 baud number is 265-8035 > Does anybody know a number that works in Kitchener-Waterloo? -- Prof L.J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, U of Waterloo, Canada N2L 3G1 internet: ljdickey@watmath.UWaterloo.ca BITNET/EARN: ljdickey@watdcs obsolescent?: ljdickey@watmath.waterloo.edu UUCP: ljdickey@watmath.UUCP ..!uunet!watmath!ljdickey