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Subject:Online Internet Providers From:Suzanne Pyle <Crow101156 -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 26 Nov 1995 12:38:21 -0500
Hi, I'm an independent contractor who works out of her home 4 days a week. I
use America Online currently to communicate by email, and use other WWW
services. I'm considering changing over to another provider where I would
have
direct access to the net, disk space for a Web page or two and be able to use
Netscape, etc. I think this could be very helpful in my work as a tech
writer
and feel America Online might be ok for a beginner to the internet but I am
really
interested in a lot more!
I'm curious to find out from other independent tech writers what you use.
And
can you give me any pros and cons on using one service over another? And
if you've used America Online, can you give me any reasons to stay with aol?
I live in York Maine, but all my clients are in Massachusetts, so if any of
you are from the general New England area, I'd like to know if anyone is
using
one of these: