>>I certainly agree with JVP. It is time to drop the freebie members.
>>Perhaps that alone will solve the bottleneck problems. Right now
>>it appears the only difference between a free and PUTM is the capability
>>to search. Let the freebie boys and girls start paying for the service
>>of this business... Maybe this could be made effective Jan 1, 2000.
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>Of course, you still need to give a trial period of some length - maybe 30 days, something like that?

The problem with a trial period is that there is no way to verify who the user really is. They can keep signing up for trial periods. Actually I guess there is one way, you can take a credit card... but this may deter people from even trying out the UT.