>Quite a kick in the shorts...
>
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/12/31/BU11008.DTL

Is this for real? It sounds ludicrous that they allow the service to go down because neglect of a $35 fee, and that a user catches it before they do. I guess you never know with MS.