[WEB4LIB] Hotmail changes

[Linda Grenz]

note: The charge is 19.95/yr. not month.  

>>> "Reed, Tracey" <treed at clearwater-fl.com> 02/28/02 05:55AM >>>
Thought y'all would be interested in this (personal opinions
notwithstanding...)

> It's been brought to my attention that Hotmail is now offering a
"pay"
> service.  Seems that for $19.95/month, they'll give you extra "stuff"
that
> you can get from any ISP.  
> 
> HOWEVER, you can also still sign up for the free account without all
the
> crap.  But they make it hard to find.  So here's the scoop:
> 
> Go through all the steps to sign up.  You'll ultimately get to a
"activate
> your Hotmail account" page that makes it look like you have to click
on
> the "continue to billing information" to continue.
> 
> Don't click on the obvious link:  scroll to the bottom of the page
where
> it says "about MSN Hotmail Accounts."  Under the 2nd bullet point
(the one
> that starts "MSN Hotmail offers 2 MB of storage...") there's a link
to
> "Click here" to sign up for a 2 MB account.  
> 
> That's the link you click to get the freebee. 
> 
> Now, my personal opinion is that this really stinks and is going to
push
> people away from Hotmail as a free email account and that not many
are
> going to pay the same amount you would pay an ISP for just plan ole
email.
> 
> 
> But there's the skinny.  I'll rework our How to get Email on the WWW
> handout to highlight another provider - probably Yahoo!.  
> 
> Let me know if you have any questions.
> 
> -t
> 
> ___________________
> Tracey Reed
> Webmaster, Clearwater Public Library System
> treed at clearwater-fl.com 
>