I've been reading the Times online for the last 20 years. I think it's the best newspaper on th planet.
That being said, I'm not going to subscribe to a print paper, and I am not going to pay for the privelege of accessing their website, even if their access prices weren't completely out of line - which they are.
I predict the Times loses 90% of it's online readership. After that they either make the website free again or it's a slow decline and eventual bankruptcy. Or better yet, maybe Rupert Murdoch will buy them and take us one step closer to fascist totalitarianism.