| Spam can be a lot more damaging than you might | | | | It may not seem to be a matter for the mere |
| think. Obviously, they are the most annoying thing | | | | consumer, but let me tell you that this does affect |
| that you can receive through your inbox, but it goes | | | | you; here is how: |
| deeper than that. If you are like the millions of other | | | | Since they are forced to send mass emails, which in |
| internet email users, you know that sending and | | | | turn raise their costs for service, you as the receiver |
| receiving email is a free service that comes with your | | | | are forced to pay more money for you internet |
| internet service. | | | | service. This in a way helps ISP's to reduce their |
| Internet service providers are great for providing you | | | | overhead costs. |
| with a way to send letters to your friends and family | | | | Some of the cheaper ISPs like Net Zero help to cut |
| while saving you the cost of postage and envelopes. | | | | their costs down by charging outside companies |
| You can even send cards for free with an email | | | | money to spam and add those annoying pop-ups to |
| address. But don't let the free service make you | | | | your homepages. Since the advertisers are paying for |
| think that you don't actually have to pay for it. Let | | | | their pop-ups, you get a break on the cost of using |
| me explain. | | | | them as an ISP. |
| Internet service providers and web hosts do not get | | | | Other popular companies use affiliations to assist |
| their email services for free. They have to pay for | | | | them with keeping their costs down, eventually |
| something that we do not have to pay for as | | | | leaving the consumer with a pretty good rate. I'd |
| consumers. They have to pay for bandwidth. That | | | | prefer to use an ISP that simply goes for the search |
| might not mean much to you, but for these | | | | engine affiliation as they have much better pop-up |
| companies, it means that they are forced to produce | | | | prevention on their side, and they actually provide |
| mass emails, and this means that their costs increase | | | | you with a service. |
| as well. | | | | |