Comment 69808

By ScreamingViking (registered) | Posted September 17, 2011 at 21:23:15

Just paid my "fare" to get online with The Spec.

They're a business, so I understand why they are doing it. I generally read their news more than anyone else's, and usually in addition to that of other sites. It's not perfect, but I appreciate what they have to say more than The Star (whose pages I also peruse online) and not just because I live in The Spec's market area. CHML gives you sound bites and little more. CHCH I choose for televised news. But the depth and breadth The Spec provides to me is something I value. I do not have a subscription to the paper version. I used to love reading through it, from the front page of the first section to the back of the last one, but these days I find the online edition sufficient and quite convenient (especially during my GO train commute!)

So personally speaking, I have no problem with paying. For an average of 26 days of news posted there in a given month, at $6.95 + tax per month = about 30 cents. One quarter + one nickel per day. Is that value for money? What else could we get for that?

Maybe the newspaper should reconsider what they charge their regular subscribers for online content, but for those of use whose sole connection is over the internet, I actually wonder why we haven't been asked to pay for that sooner.

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