Have you heard?

Pepper · 02-09-2006, 06:14 PM

Wow, i was watching the news tonight. (btw, don't know if this is the right area), and it looks like Yahoo and AOL are planning on charging money to use email. They think of it as going to the post office. So you will pay so many cents to send a email. They said that they think this will cut down on spam, but personally, i rather have it "free" and deal with the spam, rather than have to pay for it. I'd like to know what people think about this.

mondine · 02-09-2006, 06:24 PM

Yeah, there's a thread on this down in General Discussion:
http://www.googlecommunity.com/about9922.html

Myself, I think it's just going to be one of those 'trial' things, to see how long and loud people scream.
Which will be plenty.

texx4linux · 02-11-2006, 05:00 PM

If they go through with it Gmail might get flooded with new users. We might all see a slowdown in the ever increasing Email Space if that happened.

ryan999 · 02-11-2006, 10:57 PM

probally not because mostly everyone uses gmail and not yahoo also instead of gmail they go to hotmail / WLMail whichh all of my friends use!

Andylkl · 02-12-2006, 10:33 AM

Since there's already an existing thread on the forums, please use the other thread to resume your discussion.

Locking thread now.

The topic continues here: Email free no longer?

02-09-2006, 06:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pepper Google Freak Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 443 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Have you heard? Wow, i was watching the news tonight. (btw, don't know if this is the right area), and it looks like Yahoo and AOL are planning on charging money to use email. They think of it as going to the post office. So you will pay so many cents to send a email. They said that they think this will cut down on spam, but personally, i rather have it "free" and deal with the spam, rather than have to pay for it. I'd like to know what people think about this.

02-09-2006, 06:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
mondine Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC. Posts: 4,002 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Yeah, there's a thread on this down in General Discussion: http://www.googlecommunity.com/about9922.html Myself, I think it's just going to be one of those 'trial' things, to see how long and loud people scream. Which will be plenty. __________________

02-12-2006, 10:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
Andylkl Master Googler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia Posts: 795 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Since there's already an existing thread on the forums, please use the other thread to resume your discussion. Locking thread now. The topic continues here: Email free no longer? __________________ Please read the Google Community rules before posting! I have a strict zero-tolerance policy against spammers, and I won't hesitate to ban!

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texx4linux Junior Googler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Coudersport, PA Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If they go through with it Gmail might get flooded with new users. We might all see a slowdown in the ever increasing Email Space if that happened.

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