> From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>
> Once you are charging for e-mail, it's only a matter of time before you
> are charging for everything. Instead of having free access to the
> entire net for $9 a month, you'll have paying access for $190 in
> itemized billing each month, depending on exactly what you do and how
> much you do it.
This is such an incredibly lame argument I shouldn't need to refute it, but
for the benefit of those who actually believe this ludicrous claim, I will
point out that this is akin to saying:
If toll roads exist, it's only a matter of time before you are charging for
driving anywhere. Instead of having free access to the entire road network,
you'll have paying access for $XXX in itemized billing each month,
depending on exactly what you do and how much you do it.
Needless to say, toll roads exist, but billed road use doesn't.
Noel