>>>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?
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>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.


You have a good point. Maybe the trial period needs to be for 1 month at a premium rate to a year subscription. If one year is $100 CDN, make a month $12 CDN. Then there would be no incentive to get on and off again.