Yes, kind of like how in Japan, Tower Records, Lawson's convenience stores, and InfoSeek are still things.

Brands that fail here sometimes become entrenched institutions elsewhere.

You can still download Compuserve software for free.

http://free.compuserve.com/trycsfree/

However, I think it's only a 30-day free trial of their dial-up service; and you'll have to pay afterwards for it.

I think Prodigy was bought out a long time ago.

Yeah! Take a look, it's interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodigy_(online_service)#Curren... They're now the #1 ISP in Mexico. The section about things Prodigy pioneered is interesting, too.

Yeah, in Mexico they are one of the biggest ISPs still