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BBC NEWS | Business | MSN 'to charge user fee'

OK, So basic hotmail to stay free but this could be another nail in the coffin.

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Yeah - right, where's my cheque book I'll send it now :rolleyes:

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That'll be the day my kids stop using it then and find something else. As if they don't make enough flippin money at Microsoft! http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/i...milies/mad.gif

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I'm happy for it to happen, It will drive more and more momentum away from the relience people have on them

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And that can only be a good thing

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That article is from 2001? I assume this isnt still going to happen so why the thread?

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BBC NEWS | Business | Thousands fall for Hotmail prank

and theres another from 2006!!!:D:rolleyes:

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Hehe.. how did you not come across this page before now Ian? :p

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heh, hadn't noticed it myself, still its clearly so believeable it shows how much trust we have in them :D

I pulled teh link when it was in "Most read" on BBC news, perhaps there is a game where people try to get obscure old stories on that link. A bit like Googlebaiting

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Microsoft did actually do it back in 2001, Basic hotmail was still free but for any more than 50mb of space you had to pay a fee. Not only that but when signing up back then the page made it look like you had no option but to pay for hotmail, with only a tiny link in the bottom right for the free version.

Lucky for me not long after this Gmail was invented.