> CompuServe also charged a flat rate ($19.95/month IIRC) plus a surcharge 
> for per-minute access to some services.  Then there were add-on services 
> that you could purchase as well.
> 
> It was almost as convoluted as picking a cell phone plan these days.

Yeah - make it complex so the user can't tell how badly they're being 
screwed! ;-)

BTW... apparently some cell phones these days can actually access the 
Internet. (So I'm told anyway.)

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