mtmra70
Premium
join:2001-03-22
Portage, MI
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to charpaula
Re: Oh Boy, ads are now here
said by charpaula  :My email to abuse@sbcglobal.net received the following response Thank you for contacting AT&T Internet Abuse. We apologize for the inconvenience. The advertising is a needed step towards providing world class service at an affordable price. This cracks me up. I have yet to receive 'world class service' from anyone claiming world class service. Heck, some internal groups at work claim 'world class service' and they dont.
The only time I have received 'world class service' is from a place/buisness that did not claim such standards. |
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Mchart
Super Joe
join:2004-01-21
Gurnee, IL | reply to jsinaiko
I usually just stick my finger in the air, and check the waves on lake michigan for my news. Pretty much the only reliable source of news these days. |
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jsinaiko
Premium
join:2001-04-25
Chicago, IL
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to RadioDoc
Joke?
Hey, I know for a fact that CNN, Fox, AP, and Reuters all delay the news by three - four hours if the IP shows that it's from Morris. Vindictive bastards!
La Grange? Total blackout!
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to charpaula
Has everyone had their sense of humor surgically removed?
The Morris comment was a joke.
Anyway, I'm sure AT&T is not going to shed a tear over you leaving. Unfortunately, that's the way the game is played at big corporations these days.
There are alternate ways to access your email via the web.
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charpaula
join:2005-02-19
Morris, IL
| reply to mtmra70
My email to abuse@sbcglobal.net received the following response
Thank you for contacting AT&T Internet Abuse.
We apologize for the inconvenience. The advertising is a needed step
towards providing world class service at an affordable price.
AT&T Yahoo! now offers an ad-free Business Email service. For more
information, please see
»smallbusiness.att.yahoo.com/email/
Thank you,
The AT&T Internet Abuse Department
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I am more than willing to pay an additional $34.95 per year to help AT&T recoup the cost of DSL....I am not willing to be forced to purchase a useless, poorly designed email package with a domain name I do not need, to get AT&T to stop SPAMMING me
So, adblockplus works just fine - and will stay in place. If ClearSky is a viable option AT&T has lost a formerly happy customer
As to the Morris stale news comment... I get my news off the internet... doesnt matter if I'm in Morris or Iraq - CNN FOXNews, AP and Reuters serve the same content at the same time |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to mtmra70
I pay for access to the Internet too; I do not pay for the Internet. Same thing.
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mtmra70
Premium
join:2001-03-22
Portage, MI
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to RadioDoc
said by RadioDoc :Same reason you get ads on cable channels... Yahoo's webmail sucks rocks anyway. Use a POP3 client instead. Actually, you dont pay for cable channels, you pay for access to cable channels. In regards to this, you ARE paying for internet access and a mail ACCOUNT - you should not be served ads on something you directly pay for. And def not served ads when a 'no-ad' solution is not available.
Of course, why is everyone still using ISP centric email accounts? Especially when there are better email accounts available for free. |
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RIRWIN1983
join:2005-08-30
Columbus, OH | reply to charpaula
beta now has ads |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to charpaula
For me, the Yahoo! mail beta is bloated, slow and unreliable. And now it has ads.
Enough for me to avoid it. Even Netzero's freebie service is not this bad.
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charpaula
join:2005-02-19
Morris, IL
| reply to RadioDoc
Actually the beta Yahoo email is very good - I no longer use POP3 clients for several reasons
1 - I can access my email anywhere without having to lug my laptop with me
2 - I receive all my email and feeds in one place
3 - Not downloading email to my system means less chance of getting a virus that my virus detector might miss
4 - I can use someone elses' infinite storage facilities
So - why should I forgo the premium webmail service that is included with my AT&T DSL to get rid of the SPAM?? |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to kpollari
Same reason you get ads on cable channels...
Yahoo's webmail sucks rocks anyway. Use a POP3 client instead.
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