Did anyone else noticed that ech-inc has added yearly renewal fee of $25?:)

Where did you see this?

on their web site... :) under 'rates - echonet service', http://echo-inc.com

:)

Yes this looks like is only for echonet customers, not echoonline customers (real time billing).

yes, just noticed it. By the way they are still competitive enough - it looks like I will be signing up with their service shortly... ;)