CompuServe Messages

Greg, the usage meter isn't quite the problem it might seem. First it allows 5,000 searches and that's quite a lot in a year — the expected life of the disc if you think of it in terms of a telephone book published annually. And that meter can be circumvented if you think about it — it is, after all, not written on stone, it is written (and hidden) on your HD. I don't like programs that write "secret" files to my HD but I also don't wish to break any rules here so I won't say more. As to the price, while the list is something like $295 I believe it wholesales in quantities of six or more for something like $33 or $36 (when I checked with the publisher some time ago). You should be able to find it on a BBS net or at a computer flea market for under $50 and I have seen it for under $30. Make sure you are getting the 1992 edition and not the earlier, not as complete (no Canadian numbers!) 1991 version. If you can't find it at that price (and you should be able to if you look, you could even try some of the Computer Shopper ads) then you might consider buying six and selling five to friends/co-workers/aquaintances for $40-$45 each. You'd get yours free. And there are other, better phone compilations out there which have been mentioned to you. They are somewhat more money, but could well be worth it for professional use. Business Phone Book is fine for me, but then I live in Canada <G> Cheers!