[Air-l] Hotmail to charge?

[Adrian Higginbotham]

worth noting though that don't always get away with it.
yahoogroups the free listserve hoste decided to restructure their
advertising system moving already existing adverts which are added in to
every Email sent from the bottom of the message to the top but offering a
completely adds free service for paying-list owners.
the fee was quite reasonable from what I recall but nevertheless they were
forced to to a turn arround when groups migrated on mass to competitors such
as Topica.

we shouldn't underestimate the power of voting with our feet.

Adrian Higginbotham.

SURFACE  (Salford University, Research Focus on Accessible Environments).

tel:  (44_-161-2954939,
fax  (44)-161-2955011,
Email A.higginbotham at salford.ac.uk
textphone  (44)-161-2953599.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Derek McMillan <derekmcmillan at hotmail.com>
To: <air-l at aoir.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 7:49 AM
Subject: [Air-l] Hotmail to charge?


> The free aspects of the internet are being eroded.  The free homepages
> provided by homepage.com have gone altogether.  Yahoo Geocities have
> introduced two tier services, for those who pay and those who don't.
> This morning I discovered that Hotmail are also introducing a "new
improved
> service" for a small fee and restricting just slightly the fee for the
> second-class members who do not pay for a service which has always been
free
> before Bill Gates got his hands on it.  Is it just a matter of time before
> those who do not pay will receive no service?
>
> Has anyone else noticed similar trends?
>
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