But some users may come across an attachment that they must decode themselves.

The first user comes in, sits down, starts signing up for the service, and gets to the screen asking them how they want to pay.

So far, no thwarted users have come out of the woodwork.

The users come from both the industrial and academic sectors.

"If you don't see major users come in at this level, prices will continue to slide," she said.

Up came all the sites the previous user of the desktop had visited in the past few months.

But now, he added, "users like you will come to them online at no extra cost."

The user also comes to realize that what really is important is not the quality of information but the advertising.

This is largely because multicast groups are always changing; users come and go at any time.

But the other day a user came to us because her laptop would no longer boot.