The author has tried CompuServe, America Online, Prodigy, Dow Jones, PSI Link, e-World and Delphi. These are just a few of the possibilities. CompuServe Information Services can be accessed directly from the Internet using telnet protocol. Telnet access eliminates the need for a separate modem connection, and for some members, the need to dial long distance to access the service. CompuServe members can access Usenet Newsgroups.
Members can also download Internet files.
Beginning in this panel, the user highlights communications and the software dials and automatically connects the customer. Log-on information is stored on your personal computer, so you don't have to enter a password or telephone number. The next screen tells you what is new and if you have mail waiting. CompuServe has many popular forums and provides bulletin boards for several companies as a means of distributing information to their customers. In CompuServe's technical forums, system operators offer technical tips to participants.