Well, evidently it was. At least until this week when AOL shut it down.
The original CompuServe service, first offered in 1979, was shut down this past week by its current owner, AOL. The service, which provided its users with addresses such as 73402,3633 and was the first major online service, had seen the number of users dwindle in recent years. At its height, the service boasted about having over half a million users simultaneously on line.
I remember Compuserve (and Prodigy, and eWorld, and AOL). I ran up some huge monthly bills on these services. But they were great for their time, except for Prodigy which sucked.
Farewell CompuServe.
