>The first one: In six months, everyone will be able to access, like most of your already benefit of, the Internet unlimited time per month at a fix rate. So, the time consuming online will not be a factor anymore.
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>The second one: How much will you all be ready to pay for an annual Universal Thread membership fee to have all those extra options?

Michel;

Actually it's not the access $$ I'm thinking about, as alot of people prob are on with direct.com or some other unlimited usage ISP. It's the PHYSICAl time I spend clicking and waiting... I'd rather get it all on my PentPro computer (the one I'm gonna get...) and zip around the messages fast!

and what would I pay? mmmm... that's a good question. The fee on Compuserve is pretty minimal and gets you all sorts of other stuff (which i never use much).. so I'd expect to pay a fraction of the $10/mo i believe they are charging ... say $25-$35/year... as features are added, they're either covered by the increased membership or this fee could be raised OR you could do what it seems every other "FREE" internet site is doing - sell your pages to advertisers...

Some food for thought, ??

Jim.