http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.yahoo.com%2Fs%2Fzd%2F20070607%2Ftc_zd%2F209123"Four major Internet service providers on Thursday joined a program that charges major business and e-commerce sites for guaranteed delivery of their e-mails.
Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable's Road Runner and Verizon will support Goodmail Systems' CertifiedEmail program, which charges companies a quarter of a penny per message to ensure that their e-mails bypass spam filters and reach their destination. Nonprofit organizations are offered an 80 percent discount on that fee.
Yahoo! and America Online joined CertifiedEmail when the program kicked off in May 2006."
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It is a short hop, skip and a jump from charging businesses and nonprofits to charging everybody else. Sounds like a small amount of money at 1/4 cent per message, but it will be a huge winfall for ISPs, and once the model is instituted you will have 2 classes of emails. Which class do you think might not get delivered as quickly?
It is similar to charging postage for email.
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