Until a year ago, most European web surfers had to pay twice for their internet access - a fee to their ISP and the cost of a local telephone call each time they logged on.
Its plan was simple--sell low-end, brand-name personal computers bundled with Internet access for a monthly fee.
Witness the poor reception of pay-per-view television and the enthusiasm for flat-fee Internet access.
How grumpy would you be if they suddenly started charging you a monthly subscription fee to access your account?
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon will soon launch a subscription-based book service, charging a monthly fee for access to a library of e-books.
Many YouTube comments expressed dismay that Xbox users, who pay an annual fee to access the online network, would essentially be paying to be advertised to.
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Reasons you might want to keep your retirement nest egg in your 401(k) by doing an in-plan conversion include access to lower-fee institutional class funds, and for better creditor protection.
Subscribers who pay that basic fee get access to the top 20 stories in The New York Times and all the content from USA Today and the Washington Post, plus one other paper of their choosing.
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It's free for a basic page and for a small monthly fee you can access more features.
Then in the 2000s, the rise of DSL and cable modems made paying AOL a monthly fee for Internet access seem increasingly unnecessary.
But in areas where local calls are free and ISPs offer unlimited Internet access for a flat monthly fee anyway, the no-charge Internet model has less appeal.
Many bundling arrangements take the form of site-licensing agreements, under which companies or other organisations pay a single fee for unlimited online access to a database, say, or a software package.
At question time on 31 March 2011, Mr Cable emphasised that institutions would need to sign an agreement with the Office for Fair Access before being allowed to set fee limits under the new funding arrangements, which begin in 2012.
For an additional subscription fee, users can also access many thousands more customizable recipes.
AOL, similarly, has 10%, though many of those users are using someone else for access and paying AOL a reduced monthly fee.
North West Leicestershire District Council had wanted 214 households to pay the fee to use lanes and access roads owned by the authority.
Most banks that offer customers Internet access to their accounts charge an extra fee, just like they did during early days of ATM machines.
Almost half (49%) said there should be a fee for helping islanders get access to buildings or vehicles after they had locked themselves out, while a further 16% said such a service should not be offered at all.
At the same time, Apple pitched media companies on a "best of TV" subscription service to television networks under which customers would pay a monthly fee for on-demand access to programs from a bundle of participating TV networks, giving consumers another way to readily access television content.
For a monthly retainer fee, a patient can have access to their family physician at any time.
Mr Rothnie said easyJet had a contract with Luton Airport guaranteeing access to the old terminal for a set fee.
My guess is the various owners of the intellectual property leaking onto the Internet will admit defeat and form an uber-licensing agency, like ASCAP, that will collect a monthly fee in exchange for nearly universal access to music, movies and other forms of entertainment.
Mexican legislation dictates that all registered businesses must pay a medical insurance fee to the state to provide their workers access to the government run IMSS clinics and hospitals.
For a fee, some wallet providers will let retailers access customer data, such as how many times a particular shopper has purchased an item or what the best-selling item of the week was.
According to Reuters, Massport instructed airlines in 2005 to unplug their wireless access points so that travelers could be graced with the new fee-based system it was installing airport-wide.
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She read me the capabilities of the unit, which included unlimited domestic text messaging (didn't know if the unit would have its own phone number) with premium and international SMS available for a fee, unlimited instant messaging, and "unlimited access to 1 premium portal" (AOM, MSN, Yahoo), as well as support for "some" other email providers.
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Every senior would have access to a plan that offered at least as much value as fee-for service Medicare.
The alleged hacking was significant because the documents came from the government-run Public Access to Court Electronic Records, or PACER, which typically charges a fee, which was 8 cents a page in 2009.
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In Lancaster, publisher Steinman Enterprises will charge readers outside the circulation area for access to obits, starting with a certain number free and then requiring a fee.
Several channels offer discounts on the monthly fee with an annual subscription, and some include features on top of access to videos.
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