For quite sometime I have felt the fairest way to charge for internet access, by the amount of data the internet transports on behalf of the user. That would crimp the style of commercial email, cause some to rethink their need to send cutesy html formatted email and large attachments to "everyone". Why should low volume users subsidize those who feel they need receive TV programs and movies via the internet? Yes; users of this list may have to pay a subscription fee or hope advertising would underwrite the costs. The concept of "free" has gotten out of hand on the part of internet users, so has the concept of "maximum profit on the part of the corporations. I guess we can always dust off the LL modems and bbs software, but who's going to pay the costs of operating those? As Joe mentioned the hams could resurrect the packet radio net work here in the U. S., I think it's still strong in those countries where the internet has been expensive. I really don't have much to say about the privacy and other issues brought up in the article. Doug, N0LKK
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