At the time the BBC said a subscription model would lead to "more expensive fees paid for by fewer people".
Twitter is also offering an option to only autoplay over Wi-Fi to respect user data limits, and will automatically default to the old, click-to-play way of doing things for users in areas where there's typically lower bandwidth allowances, or more expensive fees for data usage.
Yet another is the pilot projects on integrated health care, to expand bundled payment strategies and replace the ever-more-expensive fee-for-service arrangements.
Before today's plans, customers had to choose between family plans and single lines, choose a data bucket, paying a more expensive access fee if you had more data and a contract, etc.
They also tend to have more expensive annual fees and charge higher interest rates — which you should consider carefully if you typically carry a balance on your card.
(Similar wrap programs offered by big brokers tend to be more expensive, although fees are coming down).
Christian Gunning, marketing director for wi-fi service provider Boingo, attributes the difference to more expensive connection fees overseas.
Critics say that by making conventional mortgages more expensive, these fees are partially responsible for declines in home purchases in recent months, especially among moderate-income, first-time and minority buyers.
When normal people end a marriage, the tension can revolve around how to afford ever more expensive legal fees, breaking the news to the kids, figuring out how to escape a situation with an imbalance of power, or simply moving on afterward.
Similarly, you can cover all your kids for a slightly more expensive $64 flat monthly fee (€55).
