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Author Message   Dave Citizen Username: Dave Post Number: 6537 Registered: 4-1998 Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 4:06 pm:        I give this idea .02 percent chance of winning support. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/05/spam.charge.ap/index.html   Gene Z Citizen Username: Genez Post Number: 23 Registered: 2-2002 Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 7:46 pm:        Excuse me, but as we are already paying for ISP services, aren't we in fact paying for our e-mail? Sounds like just another Gates Money Plot. When you're the World's Richest Man, what are your goals? Z   just me fromsouthorange Citizen Username: Jmfromsorange Post Number: 157 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 7:48 pm:        years ago in the days of prodigy, you were charged 25 cents an email.   Dave Citizen Username: Dave Post Number: 6539 Registered: 4-1998 Posted on Friday, March 5, 2004 - 7:52 pm:        Really? wow. I recall paying by the minute until 9pm, but never being charged for e-mail. Then again, when I was online, I didn't know anyone else with e-mail, so it would have been a moot point. I was on GEnie first, then Delphi ('91-92). All text-based. I also did the local BBS circuit for a while, which was fun.   Joan Citizen Username: Joancrystal Post Number: 2554 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Saturday, March 6, 2004 - 9:02 am:        What ever happened to the FREE exchange of information that the internet was intended to provide? If this did go through, it would force the development of some form of internet accounting and auditing that would raise the cost of e-mail to far moe than a few cents per recipient/message. In these days of rampant identity theft, it would also force many people to provide some form of on-line financial information for billing purposes, even if the ISP organizations were willing to serve as middlepersons for the transaction -- for a hefty additional fee. Unfortunately, the federal government might be willing to support this proposal as soon as they can figure out a way to levy a tax on e-mail transactions (interstate commerce perhaps?). Before you know it e-mail communication could be as expensive as cable. Anytime e-mail minutes, anyone?