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About two-thirds of those surveyed said they already have the basic requirement for home charging: a 3-prong, 120-volt outlet located close to the vehicle, typically in a garage, carport or driveway.

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Keeping basic consumption cheap, and charging heavily only above a certain level, means that user-fees do not bear down on poor people.

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Joshfire Factory uses the freemium model, letting users have a basic template for free and charging for add-ons such as social network integrations, ads, statistics and so on.

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But ubiquity rules: Adobe is giving away basic versions of both AIR and Flex, charging only the pros who create the content with Flex.

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For example, a song: but the credit card company is going to be charging some 25 cents as a basic fee on the purchase.

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Some schools are now charging fees for certain classes or activities, a startling trend that violates some basic ideas about what public schools are supposed to do.

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