In reply to a post by Zadeks:

Tell me how ISP email is superior to 3rd party webmail.
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Well for a start numbskull, you don't have copies on your machine when things go tits-up.

Edited by deleted (Sun 04-Sep-11 17:17:22)

#1 They don't believe in their service. Quality ISPs have 1-3 month(s) contracts.
#2 Broadband is moving fast. Signing an 18 month contract is suicidal.

Of course you can. Plenty of webmail providers support POP3/SMTP & IMAP.

In reply to a post by Zadeks:

#1 They don't believe in their service. Quality ISPs have 1-3 month(s) contracts.

Length of contract has nothing to do with quality of service, but plenty to do with bias.

#2 Signing an 18 month contract is suicidal.

So is being trappy in my manor!

In reply to a post by Zadeks:

Of course you can. Plenty of webmail providers support POP3/SMTP & IMAP.

Of course they do, and plenty don't ··· But that doesn't mean I am going to be told what to do by a halfwit.

Why not offer a 1 month contract if the service is awesome? Why prevent customers from leaving if they're unhappy?

One would probably avoid a webmail provider without POP3/SMTP & IMAP. One has plenty of choice with webmail but not with ISP email.

Define superior, especially in the context of what the user actually wants.

Indeed, met them many times through the years in one guise or another.

In reply to a post by Zadeks:

Why not offer a 1 month contract if the service is awesome? Why prevent customers from leaving if they're unhappy?

As I said, you have to have a line somewhere, so what the hell does length of contract really mean, surely a service that just works is what we really want, and so far, I sadly have not found that outside the expense of BT.