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woody7
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join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA
 ·EarthLink
·DSL EXTREME
| pffftttt......
Good God, How hard is it to have a non ISP email? Most kid's to day know how to get/set up one. Back when I had Mindspring, I saw the writing on the wall and have had MSN,Netscape,Yahoo,Gmail, and others that have been adequate. Heck, I even have a goDaddy email account with a domain I registered. If your ISP was changed for what ever reason, you probably knew it was going to change, and you had adequate time to do so. Yes it is a pain for your friends,but it is now far easier to put you/them in your new address book. Peace 
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compugeek
I love making my own beer.
Premium
join:2002-07-30
Pickerington, OH
 ·Insight VOIP
·Vonage
| @yahoo.com could be changing to microsoft.com, msn.com, msnbc.com, live.com... Sorry had to toss that in there.
Also shouldn't the title of the article be Former Insight Customers?
Geek
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NormanS
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join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by compugeek  :@yahoo.com could be changing to microsoft.com, msn.com, msnbc.com, live.com... Sorry had to toss that in there. Or not. If Microsoft were to buy Yahoo!, they would buy the whole enchilada, including the domain name.
There is a precedent for an ISP buyout where the buying entity controls the bought domain, and keeps it in service. Everybody who had 'ameritech.net', 'flash.net', 'nvbell.net', 'pacbell.net', 'prodigy.net', 'snet.net', 'swbell.net', and 'wan.net' got to keep their email addresses, even after SBC bought them and created the 'sbcglobal.net' domain. And, when SBC bought AT&T, the only change was giving new customers 'att.net' email; and when AT&T bought Bellouth, noting changed; 'bellsouth.net' email addresses still work.
It all depends upon whether the buyer gets the domain, or just the customers. AFAIK, Comcast is not getting control of the Insight BB email domains.
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Norman
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