Alexandro Colorado wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 08:15:58 -0000, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
> > Any format beyond plain text, including HTML, Word, and even
> > ODF formats, bloats the size significantly, and is inconsiderate
> > of people who pay by the byte (and yes, some people still do).
[...]
> even if there are people that pay by the byte in this world,
> I think they already disabled HTML email.
First of all, one can avoid *sending* HTML email, but almost never
block messages from _others_ *before* downloading (paying) for it.
Apart from that, Sorry but the thesis that "this is a wonderful
flat rate world, (almost) nobody is still paying per byte these
days" is simply a mith. It is impressive how well this advertising
trick is working.
On the server side, many hosting contracts promising "unlimited
bandwidth" have "up to the first X GBytes, that is" written in
fine print somewhere. At the end users side, I'll just paste
what I wrote on the same subject on another list some weeks ago:
>[This] is a myth. Outside that little corner of the market
>which is fixed internet access in North America, that is. Worldwide,
>most people are still stuck on dialup. And even if they weren't, in
>many areas the only way to spread ADSL is to *also* offer rated
>services without fixed monthly fees, because many people could not be
>interested in a flat rate (=pay every month the same even if you only
>surf on some weekendss) connection.
>
>Oh, and add to the above that all the fad about mobile internet, GPRS,
>UMTS, 'net access from commercial flights and so on, means that those
>connections (*very* often charged per KB) are going to increase. So
>remember to not only avoid duplicates, but also trim as much as
>possible before even wondering whether to top or bottom post.
Ciao,
Marco
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