At 10:12 97/11/17 -0500, you (Tom Rogers <rogerst@IBM.NET>) wrote:
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>>    Also, many PICLIST members pay for their internet access by the
> >   byte... When you send them 81K of data that they don't want,
> >   you're costing them money.
>******
>Who still pays by the byte? I did an informal survey the last time this came
>up, and I
>got bupkiss for an answer. I asked my kid to check around at school, and he
>came up empty,
>too.
>
>I pay for storage above a certain reasonable amount. If I get my mail every
>two months or so
>I never exceed it.

Not all of us live in the USA.   There are users that have to pay for the
amount of data they up/download above a certain limit.  An example is
cia.com.au (what's in a name...)   Almost all users in Europe have to pay
for the time they use a phoneline.  Lots of users in Europe have to pay for
the time they use their server.  As you might have guessed, I'm from Europe.

A better solution would be to place such files on a web page, upload them
to an FTP server or send them to alt.binaries.whatever .......
Or just a msg with 'I will E-mail you the file on request' will do....


Greetings,
Peer


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