ImagiNation Network - Pricing

Pricing

When owned by Sierra On-Line, one was given a certain amount of hours per month which one could play, with multiple monthly fee plans available. Only one plan, for $119.99, allowed for unlimited hours of play. These fees did not include any additional dial-up charges the user may have incurred with their phone services as this was a dial-up modem access only service.

Once acquired by AT&T, however, the unlimited hour plan was ditched, and using hours beyond the monthly plan involved a hefty $2.50 per hour fee. AT&T also added a surcharge for those subscribers who did not access ImagiNation Network through a "Preferred Access Number" (PAN). This surcharge, combined with the general increase in subscription fees and removal of the unlimited hour plan, contributed to the decline in users until ImagiNation Network's shutdown in 1996. Without a preferred access number, all weekday time between 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. was billed $6.00 an hour, additional time in one minute increments. AT&T users were given a 10% discount on their monthly membership fee.

Rates as of 1995 were as follows:

• Welcome Plan: 5 hours for $9.95, $2.95 each additional hour
• 10 Plan: 10 hours for $19.95, $2.75 each additional hour
• 15 Plan: 15 hours for $29.95, $2.50 each additional hour
• 25 Plan: 25 hours for $49.95, $2.25 each additional hour
• 50 Plan: 50 hours for $99.95, $1.95 each additional hour
• Unlimited Plan: for $129.95