Lately, some of my friends have been reactivating their accounts and everytime they log into their Hotmail account, it says that they have to pay $29.95, etc, etc... I don't know if some people know this, but, after you are done signing up for your Hotmail account, you press "Sign Up" as usual, then "Continue". Then after this, there is a button that says "Continue to Billing Information". Don't click that! ...Scroll down the page until you see "Types of MSN Hotmail Accounts". Now click on the link at the end of the paragraph in the second choice and you should continue on into the old process of signing up! Hope this helps some people!