Leaving virgin.net - will I loose e-mail address?

I've used virgin.net as my ISP for 8+ years now - initially on dial-
up
and now on ADSL broadband. I was planning on changing broadband
supplier, maybe to o2, but I cannot afford to loose my virgin.net e-
mail address. If I ask Virgin for my MAC and move to another ISP will
they cancel my e-mail account?

If the answer to this question is "yes, they do cancel your e-mall
account" then would the following cunning plan work to keep the e-
mail
account active? - Ask Virgin to downgrade me back to dial-up and then
sign up to o2 broadband as a new, rather than a transfer, customer?

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:51c83430-739f-4b9d-b183-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've used virgin.net as my ISP for 8+ years now - initially on dial-
> up
> and now on ADSL broadband. I was planning on changing broadband
> supplier, maybe to o2, but I cannot afford to loose my virgin.net e-
> mail address. If I ask Virgin for my MAC and move to another ISP will
> they cancel my e-mail account?
>
> If the answer to this question is "yes, they do cancel your e-mall
> account" then would the following cunning plan work to keep the e-
> mail
> account active? - Ask Virgin to downgrade me back to dial-up and then
> sign up to o2 broadband as a new, rather than a transfer, customer?



Why leave Virgin? Many on here complain, but realistically if you have a
good working connection they are one of the best, so why change?

Move to any other provider and you might get to thinking how good Virgin
really was!


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

On Nov 7, 8:15*pm, Mark McIntyre <markmcint...@TROUSERSspamcop.net>
wrote:
> gustavf...@googlemail.com wrote:
> > mail address. If I ask Virgin for my MAC and move to another ISP will
> > they cancel my e-mail account?
>
> Of course you will - the domain belongs to them, they're hardly going to
> let you keep using it for free?
>
> > account active? - Ask Virgin to downgrade me back to dial-up and then
> > sign up to o2 broadband as a new, rather than a transfer, customer?
>
> You'd still need the MAC.
>
> The simplest is just to tell everyone you're moving ISP.

Why would I need a MAC? Correct me if I am wrong but I thought that
you only need a MAC to change from one broadband supplier to another.
If I go: Virgin broadband -> Virgin dial-up -> O2 broadband, why would
O2 need to see a MAC? Surely it's just like a customer who has never
had broadband signing up to O2's service?

On Nov 7, 7:47*pm, "Woody" <harroga...@ntlworld.spam.com> wrote:
> <gustavf...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:51c83430-739f-4b9d-b183-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > I've used virgin.net as my ISP for 8+ years now - initially on dial-
> > up
> > and now on ADSL broadband. I was planning on changing broadband
> > supplier, maybe to o2, but I cannot afford to loose my virgin.net e-
> > mail address. If I ask Virgin for my MAC and move to another ISP will
> > they cancel my e-mail account?
>
> > If the answer to this question is "yes, they do cancel your e-mall
> > account" then would the following cunning plan work to keep the e-
> > mail
> > account active? - Ask Virgin to downgrade me back to dial-up and then
> > sign up to o2 broadband as a new, rather than a transfer, customer?
>
> Why leave Virgin? Many on here complain, but realistically if you have a
> good working connection they are one of the best, so why change?
>
> Move to any other provider and you might get to thinking how good Virgin
> really was!
>
> --
> Woody
>
> harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

Bwhaaaa! You don't work for Virgin do you? They consistently come near
the bottom of customer satisfaction surveys. I'm sure that I can get a
faster, more reliable and cheaper service elsewhere.

On Nov 7, 8:22*pm, Andy Burns <usenet.oct2...@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote:
> Mark McIntyre wrote:
> > gustavf...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> >> mail address. If I ask Virgin for my MAC and move to another ISP will
> >> they cancel my e-mail account?
>
> > Of course you will - the domain belongs to them, they're hardly going to
> > let you keep using it for free?
>
> some ISPs *do* downgrade your account to a dial-iup account when you
> move away from their ADSL, not sure if Virgin do or not through.
>
> >> account active? - Ask Virgin to downgrade me back to dial-up and then
> >> sign up to o2 broadband as a new, rather than a transfer, customer?
>
> > You'd still need the MAC.
>
> > The simplest is just to tell everyone you're moving ISP.
>
> the better choice long term is to get your own domain, which means your
> email address(es) won't have to change when you move ISPs.

I suppose getting my own domain is an option. How much does it cost?
One of my reasons for leaving Virgin was to save some money so I don't
want to end up spending more!

I'm currently paying £15 per month for 8 Meg Virgin ADSL broadband
(lucky to get 2 Meg in reality) - I can get the same on O2 for £7.50
(as an O2 mobile customer).

On Nov 7, 8:52*pm, Andy Burns <usenet.oct2...@adslpipe.co.uk> wrote:
> gustavf...@googlemail.com wrote:
> > Why would I need a MAC? Correct me if I am wrong but I thought that
> > you only need a MAC to change from one broadband supplier to another.
> > If I go: Virgin broadband -> Virgin dial-up -> O2 broadband, why would
> > O2 need to see a MAC? Surely it's just like a customer who has never
> > had broadband signing up to O2's service?
>
> That way you'll pay an ADSL de-activation fee *and* a new ADSL
> activation fee ... a MAC is free.

I don't recall any mention of a "deactivation fee" when I signed up to
Virgin broadband - just a cancellation fee if you cancel before the
minimum contract term is up. The O2 broadband website doesn't mention
any "activation fee" for new customers either...

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I've used virgin.net as my ISP for 8+ years now - initially on dial-
> up
> and now on ADSL broadband. I was planning on changing broadband
> supplier, maybe to o2, but I cannot afford to loose my virgin.net e-
> mail address. If I ask Virgin for my MAC and move to another ISP will
> they cancel my e-mail account?
>
> If the answer to this question is "yes, they do cancel your e-mall
> account" then would the following cunning plan work to keep the e-
> mail
> account active? - Ask Virgin to downgrade me back to dial-up and then
> sign up to o2 broadband as a new, rather than a transfer, customer?

I am sure that oers will tell you wheter you do or not. But there is a
further pont o be made: it cots very very little thse days to regster a
domain..I think it's abouta fiver a year - and get an email adress
independent of any ISP, that you can redierect to whoever IS your ISP at
any given time.

I strongly suggest you do this, set it vurgin for now, get everyone you
know using it, and then shift ISP's when all email is coming in to the
newer address.

You can drop loads of spam when you shift as well.
..

"The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> I've used virgin.net as my ISP for 8+ years now - initially on dial-
>> up
>> and now on ADSL broadband. I was planning on changing broadband
>> supplier, maybe to o2, but I cannot afford to loose my virgin.net e-
>> mail address. If I ask Virgin for my MAC and move to another ISP will
>> they cancel my e-mail account?
>>
>> If the answer to this question is "yes, they do cancel your e-mall
>> account" then would the following cunning plan work to keep the e-
>> mail
>> account active? - Ask Virgin to downgrade me back to dial-up and then
>> sign up to o2 broadband as a new, rather than a transfer, customer?
>
> I am sure that oers will tell you wheter you do or not. But there is a
> further pont o be made: it cots very very little thse days to regster a
> domain..I think it's abouta fiver a year - and get an email adress
> independent of any ISP, that you can redierect to whoever IS your ISP at
> any given time.
>
> I strongly suggest you do this, set it vurgin for now, get everyone you
> know using it, and then shift ISP's when all email is coming in to the
> newer address.
>
> You can drop loads of spam when you shift as well.

Time for a new keyboard?
;-)

George

On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 22:42:52 -0000, George Weston wrote:

>"The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
>
>> I am sure that oers will tell you wheter you do or not. But there is a
>> further pont o be made: it cots very very little thse days to regster a
>> domain..I think it's abouta fiver a year - and get an email adress
>> independent of any ISP, that you can redierect to whoever IS your ISP at
>> any given time.
>>
>> I strongly suggest you do this, set it vurgin for now, get everyone you
>> know using it, and then shift ISP's when all email is coming in to the
>> newer address.
>>
>> You can drop loads of spam when you shift as well.
>
>Time for a new keyboard?
>;-)

Or less of the 'falling down water' :-)

--
Regards - Rodney Pont
The from address exists but is mostly dumped,
please send any emails to the address below
e-mail ngpsm4 (at) infohitsystems (dot) ltd (dot) uk

George Weston wrote:
> "The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>> I've used virgin.net as my ISP for 8+ years now - initially on dial-
>>> up
>>> and now on ADSL broadband. I was planning on changing broadband
>>> supplier, maybe to o2, but I cannot afford to loose my virgin.net e-
>>> mail address. If I ask Virgin for my MAC and move to another ISP will
>>> they cancel my e-mail account?
>>>
>>> If the answer to this question is "yes, they do cancel your e-mall
>>> account" then would the following cunning plan work to keep the e-
>>> mail
>>> account active? - Ask Virgin to downgrade me back to dial-up and then
>>> sign up to o2 broadband as a new, rather than a transfer, customer?
>> I am sure that oers will tell you wheter you do or not. But there is a
>> further pont o be made: it cots very very little thse days to regster a
>> domain..I think it's abouta fiver a year - and get an email adress
>> independent of any ISP, that you can redierect to whoever IS your ISP at
>> any given time.
>>
>> I strongly suggest you do this, set it vurgin for now, get everyone you
>> know using it, and then shift ISP's when all email is coming in to the
>> newer address.
>>
>> You can drop loads of spam when you shift as well.
>
> Time for a new keyboard?
> ;-)
>
No. I just need to blow the ash out of it again.

Only replace them when the cats pee on them.


> George
>
>