03-04-2004, 18:07
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paying for email?
Some companies who provide broadband charge extra for mailboxes, for example metronet make a one off extra charge of £8.81 per email address.
The ntl email service is obviously in need of some repair, so if ntl did this and then charged customers to use email, would you be prepared to pay for a good reliable service including spam and virus filtering, and if so, how much?
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03-04-2004, 18:31
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Re: paying for email?
No, NTL should fix it anyway.
It shouldn't be that hard to provide a reliable e-mail service.
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03-04-2004, 18:31
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Re: paying for email?
Add an IMAP mail box and I may be tempted..
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03-04-2004, 18:45
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Re: paying for email?
Never paid Yahoo in over 2 and a half years, and never had a problem with there free mailbox.. I actually did pay NTL for a BB Connection & Email address ( as this was included in the details when signing up), So No I wouldnt be happy about paying NTL for Email, or pipex for that matter.
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03-04-2004, 18:45
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Re: paying for email?
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Originally Posted by scastle
Add an IMAP mail box and I may be tempted..
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urm... imap.ntlworld.com 
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03-04-2004, 18:56
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Re: paying for email?
I have .mac which is a fairly good e-mail. Its nice having a good amount of space and no ads.
Gmail might be good though
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03-04-2004, 19:07
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Re: paying for email?
ntl include email in their BB packages. So no I would not pay extra for this service from them.
In fact, as computer and electronics generally get either cheaper or more powerful or indeed both over time, we should see better email services for no extra cost, or even a reduction in cost of the overall BB package.
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03-04-2004, 19:32
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Re: paying for email?
Another either or vote.
I won't pay for what I already pay for.Email services weren't an extra when I signed up.Why should I pay now.If that happens I'll just go back to my free Yahoo email address which I've had for ooooh let me see...........6 years.If I have to pay them I'd be quite happy to do so because at least they have it sussed.Or I'd go to Lycos because they at least offer online SMS as well.
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03-04-2004, 20:01
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Re: paying for email?
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Originally Posted by Incognitas
Another either or vote.
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What other option do you think should be there 
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03-04-2004, 20:14
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Re: paying for email?
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Originally Posted by monkeybreath
urm... imap.ntlworld.com |
OK. Maybe they could try advertising it somewhere though?
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03-04-2004, 20:20
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Re: paying for email?
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Originally Posted by Pem
What other option do you think should be there |
Dunno!I've been drinking so ignore that.
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03-04-2004, 20:30
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Re: paying for email?
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Originally Posted by scastle
OK. Maybe they could try advertising it somewhere though?
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yeh true! not many people in tech support even know it exists, but setting up an imap account in Outlook Express is a last resort if someone can't get POP email setup properly.
If you need any help on it... let me know! although i am sure you don't cos it is pretty straight forward
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03-04-2004, 20:34
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Re: paying for email?
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Originally Posted by monkeybreath
yeh true! not many people in tech support even know it exists, but setting up an imap account in Outlook Express is a last resort if someone can't get POP email setup properly.
If you need any help on it... let me know! although i am sure you don't cos it is pretty straight forward |
Nope. Quite experienced in setting up Imap email.. Thanks..
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03-04-2004, 22:34
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Re: paying for email?
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Originally Posted by Damien
I have .mac which is a fairly good e-mail. Its nice having a good amount of space and no ads.
Gmail might be good though
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Dotmac has been great for us. We have two addys, and long since diverted our ntlworld email through them to get round the perennial problems of having email from ntl. When we move house I'm going to look hard at ADSL, and would be very tempted by a no-frills service with email as an extra - so that I wouldn't have to bother taking it. I'm happy to stick with dotmac.
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03-04-2004, 22:57
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Re: paying for email?
Since moving to freedom2surf email has ceased to be a problem. Up to 20 addresses, via Pop or IMAP or webmail. It just works. No SPAM, no problems.
Excellent
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