Hannigan, Martin wrote:
End User (Ease of Use)
The end user sees no change in the operation of email services
on the Internet. They do see a chance in the service offering
where they are now allowed to send and receive X number of emails
per month based on the service plan that they have subscribed to
with their provider.
I think your plan has potential, but once you have a cap in place you
can just make that a hard limit and don't have the charge anything at
all. If the cap is generous enough to cover even a power user's
legitimate email volume, the end user should never even be aware of it
unless they get 0wn3d. At that point cutting off their outgoing email
until they clean up, while annoying, is much more palatable than getting
surprised with a fat bill at the end of the month. You also risk
annoying consumer protection agencies and government officials by
charging consumers for fraudulent activity. (Note that in the US
consumers don't need to pay more than $50 in fraudulent credit card
charges unless the credit card company can prove the credit card holder
was negligent.) In summary, I still don't see what benefit the overage
charges have over just making it a hard limit.
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