In the same vein, I have learned that many others are. This juggling act is not restrained to simply the Internet. I do my best to pre-qualify prospects through mailing lists and whatever other means I can to cut down on my costs of time and communications expense. I don't want to talk to someone whom I am going to offend, or who has no interest in what I am selling. It seems that this same approach could be applied here, and drastically reduce the hassles inherent in direct email advertising.
People use the internet to share and receive information.
We all know, but perhaps sometimes forget, that if we perturb our prospective customer in either portion of the presentation, they are gone. Loyalty in the long distance industry is not something that many carriers can claim. I, personally speaking, do not want to cultivate that type of customer base. Oh, and it DOES cost the recipient money. Time is money.