| myfairpoint myfairpoint site is up now, I noticed my contacts have not been transferred yet, I guess after 1-31. |
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| Funny I was able to access »www.myfairpoint.net a few days ago and get into the portal - tried today and got the: "The requested URL / was not found on this server."
Found it interesting Myfairpoint.net DNS has a CNAME record pointing to: fairpoint.infospace.com/ That looks like the FairPoint portal.
Realize I'm jumping the gun a little but just for fun tested email using the myfairpoint.net domain. "real" Verizon account name was accepted but not delivered, alias was rejected immediately. Looks like they are still porting stuff over.
Be interesting to see what happens in Feb.
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| What will happen to those of us with a @verizon email and aliases for family members? I don't use any of the MSN/Yahoo premium stuff.
Thanks,
matt (in really cold Maine)
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tschmidtPremium,MVM
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| I assume once everything is set up aliases should work just fine. From the brochure FairPoint mailed me they are transferring all settings, even password. We'll know next month.
It's a balmy 23F here in Southern NH. I have to go out later and rake the North facing roof because of ice dams.
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| I don't remember getting a brochure. So will we be changing from @verizon.net to @fairpoint.net
matt
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1 edit | Domain name for email changes from verizon.net to myfairpoint.net after Jan 31, they will continue to accept mail addressed to user@verison.net until April 30th.
DSL login does not change. Basically they are ignoring the domain name.
Here is an article from the Nashua Telegraph with more detail.
»www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbc···01259956
I'm surprised you did not get a brochure from FairPoint. I assume VT/NH/ME will all be changed simultaneously.
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| My card indicates that the Domain name for email changes from
verizon.net to myfairpoint.net so where did myfairpoint.com come from...is this something new???
Clem |
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tschmidtPremium,MVM
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kudos:8 | said by redeye532 :
where did myfairpoint.com come from...
Oops - I fat-fingered the address. Should be .net.
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when I try to connect to myfairpoint.net or myfairpoint.com
I don't get anything related to Fairpoint, so apparently this is still not an active URL, and only 5 days to transition over to Fairpoint...what gives here ???
Clem |
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said by mattmill:I don't remember getting a brochure. So will we be changing from @verizon.net to @fairpoint.net matt I believe that I got your brochure and at least a dozen other folks' too...
I have 4 phone lines, all on one bill, so one would have sufficed- a dozen was overkill.
As of today, I believe that I have everything forwarded to a completely new domain, and will hopefully get all of my business customers headed in the right direction...
I do not want a "myfairpoint" address for business- it sounds as half-witted and fly-by-night as everything else has with this whole fiasco. All of my customers, contractors, sub-contractors, etc. know what "verizon.net" is, and at least they will know what the company is.
None of 'em would have a clue what "myfairpoint" is- sounds like a social networking site.  
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| said by mouseferatu:None of 'em would have a clue what "myfairpoint" is- sounds like a social networking site. I don't use my Verizon, now Fairpoint, email address for anything other then official communication from them. So I really don't care what the domain name is. Having said that Myfairpoint domain name for email is silly. Glad I don't have to use it. Don't know why they could not have used Fairpoint.
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mouseferatuToo many cats, Too many micePremium,MVM
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kudos:3 | Fairpoint would have been far more palatable for their business users, Tom. The Verizon address always gave an alternative to me that could be accessed easily outside the US 24/7, and wasn't dependent on internal work servers.
"myfairpoint" is just dippy, and doesn't work for anyone that needs a legitimate looking address... it works for nothing other than social contact.
They don't listen. And, IMO, they never will...
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| I saw in one of the Nashua Telegraph articles that they created a brand new domain with the 'my' so that they could guarantee everyone their current user name. If they'd used just fairpoint, some of us would have had to change. But since we have to change the address everywhere anyway... |
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I'm looking for another ISP, I agree myfairpoint is, well IMO a little feminine, plus they gave me the runaround during the ice storm. I think 20 days to come out and put up a new wire is a bit much. |
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2 edits | In southern and central Maine the primary independent ISP's offering both DSL and phone services are gwi.net and oxfordnetworks.com. gwi.net also services areas of southern New Hampshire, while oxfordnetworks.com offers FTTP for business accounts in certain locations. |
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I'm looking for another ISP, I agree myfairpoint is, well IMO a little feminine, plus they gave me the runaround during the ice storm. I think 20 days to come out and put up a new wire is a bit much.
Unless you go cable, Fairpoint owns your wires. |
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Yes, I think myfairpoint is dumb too. I can't even get my email to work and i followed the directions to a tee. I went to the web site twice to ensure that i was following the directions and then i tried to get someone on the phone, forget that! so now i have no email. |
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I changed our accounts (both business and personal) from Verizon to Fairpoint yesterday, and we are having some serious problems:
1) Only a few emails are being forwarded from the old Verizon address. This is totally unacceptable.
2) We are unable to send mail. If we use the new SMTP outgoing server settings (mail.myfairpoint.net), our passwords are not being recognized by the server. This is totally unacceptable.
3) All changes have been done to a "T". I've been doing IT for my company since 1986, so I'm no stranger to computers or setting protocols, etc. It has been impossible to reach Fairpoint on the phone for the last 24 hours. A good friend of mine works for Verizon, and says that the skinny there is that Fairpoint is woefully unprepared to do any of this stuff.
4) Time to check out Time-Warner... |
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Mouseferatu and Mr. Mad - could I quote part of your postings in an article for tomorrow's (Feb. 3) Nashua Telegraph about the changeover?
If I don't hear from you, I'll assume you'd rather not be quoted. (Even if I do hear from you, the quote may not make the story - but you both make good points.)
David Brooks
dbrooks@nashuatelegraph.com
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I agree; use of "myfairpoint" strikes me as the professional equivalent of the search doggie in XP Pro.
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