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05/30/2003 Archived Entry: "More Web sites yearn to charge fees"

I'D CHARGE YOU A MILLION IF I COULD: Just joking. MSNBC has an interesting report that the number of web sites that will charge you a fee to access them is growing rapidly...and the number of people willing to pay has exploded.

The fee frenzy is on. Consumers who rejected anything that wasn’t free on the Web are showing interest in paying for online content. In fact, online subscription revenue will jump over 500 percent in the next few years as Web companies steal market share from their offline rivals, according to new research.

I can understand why web sites are beginning to charge. It costs me more to host ESR than it does for you to surf the web and given that I'm unemployed that means this magazine's last month may be this month. That said, ESR shall remain free.