Sun, 14 Jan 1996 12:30:16 EST
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On Sun, 14 Jan 1996 12:27:07 -0500 John Senft <[log in to unmask]> said:
>Required Volume? The band's current paper mailing list has a
>subscription of approximately 10,000 people. I don't know how many are
>electronically enabled, but I expect hundreds will initially subscribe
>and it will grow to a couple of thousand within a year.
The *cost* of running a free-for-all list with ~2,000 subscribers is
significantly higher than the prices you have quoted. We're talking one
to two zeroes, depending on how often people write to the list and how
many people have a digest subscription. Yes, there are providers who
charge way below costs because of inexperience (ie they grossly
underestimate their costs). If you want to go this route, make sure you
get a written commitment so that you don't find yourself in the street
when the provider realizes that your $100/year list (or whatever) is
actually using up about 1/3 of a $35k workstation. And make sure that the
provider guarantees a minimum level of service in writing, because when
they find out that you're making them lose big money and they don't have
the option of terminating the service, the next best thing is to let it
degrade until you have no option but to move elsewhere. Your best
protection, if you can afford it, is to go with a provider that actually
makes money on the list and has every reason to want to keep your
business :-)
Eric
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