Comments on: 79% of UK mobile email users would accept ad-funded service

By: nacho

nacho — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:21:29 +0000

you will still have to pay data to the operator?

By: nacho

nacho — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:21:29 +0000

you will still have to pay data to the operator?

By: nacho

nacho — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:21:29 +0000

you will still have to pay data to the operator?

By: smstextnews

smstextnews — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:08:06 +0000

yeah, the concept is that your entire email service would be ad-funded

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:05:58 +0000

I thought the ads would fund the provision of the e-mail service not just the data… so it woudn't really apply to anyone who has it from another source.

By: steves71

steves71 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:57:50 +0000

I see your point. I know a few mobile power user and average users, of those averave users the ones that would consider paying for email too expensive are the ones that would also find setting up an email account on a phone too difficult or would have no need for it so wouldn't use it if even if it was free. I can only speak from experience of the people I know. I did set email up on a friends phone once and as they were already paying for data it wouldn't have cost them anything but they never used it because they couldnt find a need for it.

By: smstextnews

smstextnews — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:44:04 +0000

For you, Steve, aye — but for a standard normob customer who thinks five
quid a month is a bit too steep?

By: steves71

steves71 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:41:11 +0000

A free add funded service is fine if it's replacing something thats expensive (for Ewan this seems to be the case) but as I currently pay