BT email after moving to a new ISP

Does anyone know if /how long is before Bt emails : @btinternet.com stop working after moving to another ISP (but still keep a Bt landline and do not cancel any email account yourserlf)?.

Mine has lasted almost 2 years since my first migration. However a fortnight ago I recieved an email from BTB stating that I hadn't dialled in for at least 30 days and had another 60 days to dial in to keep it alive.

The funny thing is, I haven't dialled into a BT account since the days of BTOpenworld Anytime!

So, in my case without purposely trying to keep the account open I've managed to make it last for quite a while.

At least when I left Zen they did it properly, closed after a fortnight once the migration was confirmed to be 100% complete.

90 days - unless you dial in on the 0845/0844 number when you get another 90 days (or 180 in reality). Mine has gone on for 7 years and I dial in once or twice a year and whereas the email is collected through Broadband, I have an email profile that accesses the various BTInternet addresses. 2p for 3/6/12 months service = good value!

I'm told that they can drop the email address after 60 days of non usage so I wouldn't risk it.

As I understand it, you can pay a nominal fee to BT to retain your POP3 email addresses. I did this when I went across to e7even for a couple of years and it worked well. It's not expensive - £1.75/month comes to mind.

Just call BTB Customer Services and they'll set it up for you. I seriously intend to move to O2 very soon to avoid BTs severe torrent throttling, so I'll be setting this up again.

Edited by realitycheck (Fri 27-Feb-09 00:51:38)

'I hadn't dialled in for at least 30 days and had another 60 days to dial in to keep it alive' - 'unless you dial in on the 0845/0844 number when you get another 90 days (or 180 in reality)'

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Excuse my ignorance, dialing in to what? And 0845/0844XXXXXX, what number? I ve been on Broadband since 2001.

Edited by caz (Fri 27-Feb-09 10:52:12)

0845 7560000

In reply to a post by rogan8:

0845 7560000

Ok thanks, that's BT dial up number, . . . but last pc I had with a dial up modem went to OXFAM in 2003.