Comment Re:Everybody gets a piece? (Score 1) 256
Please don't get me wrong, I fully agree that this is a good thing. I only look at it in a different light. If AOL wins, that will be a fantastic development in the fight against spam.
Before I started working where I work now, I worked for a few different regional (smaller) ISP's helping them get off the ground technically and know full well how spam effects their bottom line. My viewpoint is that the ISP (AOL in this case) has built their systems to componsate for the current level of spam. If this level would be cut in half, then their costs for handling spam would feasably be halved. I'm hoping for the same solution as you presented being that the price differene will (should) be reflected in service fees being lowered. That would be an ideal, but I quite honestly don't see that happening.
I guess that I'm a tiny bit skeptical about the whole thing. The only outcome that I see is that if AOL wins, their bottom line will be rosier and their stock holders will be happier. I can see this as setting percedence in the future and hope that it in fact does. At the very least, it's a step in the right direction...
Before I started working where I work now, I worked for a few different regional (smaller) ISP's helping them get off the ground technically and know full well how spam effects their bottom line. My viewpoint is that the ISP (AOL in this case) has built their systems to componsate for the current level of spam. If this level would be cut in half, then their costs for handling spam would feasably be halved. I'm hoping for the same solution as you presented being that the price differene will (should) be reflected in service fees being lowered. That would be an ideal, but I quite honestly don't see that happening.
I guess that I'm a tiny bit skeptical about the whole thing. The only outcome that I see is that if AOL wins, their bottom line will be rosier and their stock holders will be happier. I can see this as setting percedence in the future and hope that it in fact does. At the very least, it's a step in the right direction...
