I know some members on here pay for email contact, they can certainly provide better answers. The only thing I can say is my T charges me for all outside contact except texts (which are only used for scheduling). I only get phone calls, but for those I have to pay the call charges, plus I pay him some rate for his actual work.

There's no logistics, really, he just charges me more at the end of the month through my health insurance. I like having the outside contact, but paying for it has not influenced it in any way. I think it's only reasonable to pay if the T works with you, it's their job after all and they need to earn money somehow.

However, my T has said himself that I'd have to pay. I think that's the Ts business, they need to know whether some form of contact is work for them or just quickly reading something without investing too much.