SUBJ: AOL MUST DIE!! (R4) FROM: Centipede 08/02/94 S#: 397791 As i'm sure you've read, Q-Link is gone at the end of October. They say they can no longer afford to keep the system working. Maybe they could if they spent a little more time and money on Q. Instead they spend all their resources on AOL. They would probably say the money problem is because of declining membership on Q. Maybe if they had fixed things instead of letting half, or more, of the system fall apart, users wouldn't have left. They give the demise of Commodore as another reason for Q being discontinued. I say there are still plenty of C64/128 users out there who could've kept Q going is things were fixed. I subscribe to Loadstar, a disk magazine for the 64/128. I haven't heard anything from them about going out of business because Commodore did. I think a major reason is because they keep improving their product. On the other hand, Steve Case & the people who run AOL & Q have done nothing to make Q better. They haven't even done anything to keep what already existed working. My favorite part of the news about Q's demise is the part about going over to AOL. Why don't they just come out & say...Come over to AOL where you'll be screwed just like you've been on Q!! -::- SUBJ: : (R) FROM: GH Wells 08/02/94 S#: 397993 My favorite part of Steve Case's "Dear Members" letter was where he acknowledged that many of us may have "noticed a diminished level of product quality in the last few months"! He must have written the letter two years ago and just now figured out how to post it. -::- SUBJ: there are (R) FROM: Snickers 08/03/94 S#: 398029 still ALOT of commie users and a system that LOVES us!! :>>>> join PHOENIX and come see all your old friends and the things you loved about using your commodore! :> just call 1-800-869-1155 ask for MYSTIQUE! :> -::- SUBJ: 1-800-869-1155 (R) FROM: MsOgeny 08/06/94 S#: 398760 Is a voice number. (Yes, they've been getting modem calls on it. :D ) -::- SUBJ: AOL & Q-Link FROM: Lord Ronin 08/07/94 S#: 398960 Yo AOL fools. I may be a crazed crippled 'nam vet. But I think that if GEnie can run stuff for 64/128. Then Q-Link can be maintained. I have owned my 64 for a year and a half. Been on Q-Link less than 9 months and you are ripping it away. Fine, now you want me to join AOL. Great, but you won't/don't support Commodore. GEnie does. Are they better than you? I want the files that you have for the 64 and the 128. So don't just erase them, pass them along to someone who will upload them to other boards. GEnie for one and our local Circuit Net node. Hell I am saving up for hard drives from CMD. Send them to me and I'll put them on my upcoming board. If you want me on AOL. Then you have two choices. support commodore or ISSUE ME THE COMPUTER OF YOUR CHOICE THAT LOGS ON YOUR AOL!!!. 'Cause man I don't think the lord god shines out of I.B.M.'s rectum!! DIG man! Keep Q-Link Loadstar is doing fine, CMD is doing fine, the asian and euro markets are doing fine. Hey how much is I.B.M. paying you to do this to commodore people? -::- SUBJ: Qlink must DIE! (R4) FROM: Avamon 06/29/94 S#: 765361 It is rumored that this was once a marvel to behold. Slick, new and powerful, a true wonder of the computer age. Ha! Qlink is now only a husk of it's former self. Mind numbingly slow, graphicly inferior and needlessly limited Qlink makes the C64/128 act as old as it is. It need not be so! The C64/128 can still do some cool stuff. Anyone who owns a CMD product can attest to that. This little computer deserves better treatment than it gets on Qlink. The premier network for the Commodore??! My arse! Any, and I mean any other on line service beats Qlink hands down. Come on people! It's time to let the puppy give up the ghost. Qlink is dead, long live the C64/128!!! -::- SUBJ: All I can say is... (R) FROM: Argo2 07/10/94 S#: 395068 Long live the Commodore 64 and 128 and long live Q-link!!!!! -::- SUBJ: I hope that ... (R) FROM: AFW10 07/11/94 S#: 395537 everyone who has a Commie stays faithful to QLink as well as their Commie itself. While it's true QLink may not be what it once was, and it should be repaired to it's former self, it is still a host of friends doing what they've been doing for years. enjoying each other's company! -::- SUBJ: I'm inclined to agree... (R) FROM: Motherwort 07/14/94 S#: 395979 with Avamon. I've just recently returned to Q-Link after a couple of years away and I have to say I'm quite disappointed. However, perhaps it would be better to offer suggestions as to ways to improve instead of condemning all of Q-Link. Let's hear some suggestions, folks!?! -::- SUBJ: Alternatives FROM: Axe king 07/17/94 S#: 766089 There are other systems out there..... Genie and Compuserve The nose pickers that run this system also run the America Online service. They saw that they could make more money off of the ms-dos machines. So they cast us off to drift. Gee...I wonder how they made all of the money to start America Online? America Online uses software that is like the Q-link software...you can't get on-line unless you have an ms-dos machine and the software. I wonder how much money they could make if they let other users in like Genie and Compuserve do...... -::- SUBJ: AOL (R5) FROM: GH Wells 08/30/94 S#: 463166 I just received a letter today from Steve Case of America OnLine offering to transfer my lifetime membership from QLink to AOL and stating that it entitles me to FIVE FREE hours each month for use anywhere online. Does anyone know if the regular monthly AOL membership fee includes FIVE FREE hours or just ONE as on QLink? Also, the telephone number given in the letter to call to transfer membership is the same as the one listed here on QLink except that the area code is (7O3) instead of a free (8OO) number. Has anyone tried yet to make this phone call? -::- SUBJ: Yep... (R) FROM: Bluu Eyes 08/31/94 S#: 463333 You get 5 hours each month with your monthly fee. As for the phone #, don't know. Just try it. They prolly took away the 800 number to further screw those who need customer service help. Since their CS reps never know what you're talking about and have never heard of whatever problem it is you're trying to explain, the inbound 800 number (which still charges by usage) was prolly costing them too much. This way you get to pay for their ineptitude!! -::- SUBJ: "lifetime membership" (R) FROM: Leopardess 09/13/94 S#: 465628 See my response to post just below this one! Hey, do you own an IBM or Mac? Oh, you DON'T?? Forget tryin to get on AOL then, sucker!!! STILL pissed.... -::- SUBJ: Oh, Leopardess (R) FROM: Ambassador 09/16/94 S#: 466230 ...I think you ought to take the offer anyway. That way you are on the books and they have to maintain you in their database, so you continue to cost them money. :) -::- SUBJ: Yeah... (R) FROM: Leopardess 09/23/94 S#: 467079 How am I supposed to take their offer then? The only way to accept it is to SIGN ON and type in a stupid password. :( STILL highly pissed. -::- SUBJ: Well, surely you know FROM: Ambassador 09/24/94 S#: 403512 ...somebody with a Mac or clone, somewhere. If not, well, then you need to get out more.