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]]> by: Lockergnome's Tech News Watch http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2743#comment-20628 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:09:01 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2743#comment-20628 <strong>Don't Like AOL's Email Postage Idea?</strong> Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes: You may remember our earlier stories on email postage as well as the petition drive against it. AOL and Yahoo! are both looking into this, but AOL is far ahead. Sometime early yesterday (Thursday), AOL starting bou... Don’t Like AOL’s Email Postage Idea?

Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes: You may remember our earlier stories on email postage as well as the petition drive against it. AOL and Yahoo! are both looking into this, but AOL is far ahead. Sometime early yesterday (Thursday), AOL starting bou…

]]> by: Dave http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2743#comment-13802 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:00:25 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2743#comment-13802 I was a member of CompuServe when email was a direct cost per byte. If sending or receiving bulk email carried a real cost, we would break spam's false economic model: the perception that bulk email levies no direct cost to the sender or recipient. AOL is at least partially responsible for that perception by inventing "all-you-can-eat" internet access for the consumer. Bulk email consumes significant bandwith for the recipient's ISP, and bandwith is not free. AOL deserves the right to charge everybody that isn't a de minimis user of their bandwith. It's too bad that AOL took so long to realize their mistake. If an organization, even a bona fide non-profit, can't afford the fee to contact its members, it should reconsider the need for, and value of the message. It's still a bargain compared to bulk postal mail. I was a member of CompuServe when email was a direct cost per byte. If sending or receiving bulk email carried a real cost, we would break spam’s false economic model: the perception that bulk email levies no direct cost to the sender or recipient. AOL is at least partially responsible for that perception by inventing “all-you-can-eat” internet access for the consumer.

Bulk email consumes significant bandwith for the recipient’s ISP, and bandwith is not free. AOL deserves the right to charge everybody that isn’t a de minimis user of their bandwith. It’s too bad that AOL took so long to realize their mistake.

If an organization, even a bona fide non-profit, can’t afford the fee to contact its members, it should reconsider the need for, and value of the message. It’s still a bargain compared to bulk postal mail.

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