OVI Mail - how is it financed?

Login to your "Free" OVI Mail account, click the OVI Service Terms link at the bottom left, and note:
"Your use of the Service may be or may become subject to charges.
Any fees charged by Nokia will be announced separately in connection with the Service."
Who in their right mind, would migrate all of their email to an OVI mail account, inform hundreds of contacts, and print stationary... if there's a risk Nokia would introduce an unreasonable monthly charge in the future? Transitioning to a new email address is not easy.
So I wonder: How does Nokia intend to finance the OVI mail service?
They say it's "free", but it has to be paid for by somebody. With over a million accounts registered, OVI email already represents a major server infrastructure which has to be maintained by a specialised team, not to mention the global bandwidth costs. Even Google can't afford to run Gmail as a charity, so why should OVI mail be any different?
Message Edited by fadviral on 21-Aug-2009 01:21 PM

Hei, a small comment to your discussion:
I have been using Nokia messaging since it was launched (aug 08 ?). Was happy with it until week or two weeks ago I got a message that the ar going to charge of it.
Actually not they, but the local provider. Charge would be 5e / month, which I found too expensive.
So i installed Profimail, which coasted some 15 GP (ca. 18 e).
Now my problem is the using the Ovi mail account: I dont know the server settings to be used with PM. I wonder if Nokia is willing to give them to be used with other clients. One solution is to stop using the Ovi account.
Of course Nokia has a right to start charging. Especially because it was announced in the very begining and in general terms. But I would find it also fair to give the setting for other clients.
Has somebody got the setting for Ovi, or should I start asking them from Nokia Messaging Team.
All the other accounts are working ok with the PM (Yahoo & GMail).
Hape
N900, N95

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