RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | reply to kpollari
Re: Oh Boy, ads are now here
Same reason you get ads on cable channels...
Yahoo's webmail sucks rocks anyway. Use a POP3 client instead.
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charpaula
join:2005-02-19
Morris, IL
| 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 | 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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RIRWIN1983
join:2005-08-30
Columbus, OH | reply to charpaula
beta now has ads |
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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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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | I pay for access to the Internet too; I do not pay for the Internet. Same thing.
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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
·AT&T Midwest
| 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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jsinaiko
Premium
join:2001-04-25
Chicago, IL
·AT&T Midwest
| 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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Mchart
Super Joe
join:2004-01-21
Gurnee, IL | 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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mtmra70
Premium
join:2001-03-22
Portage, MI
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to charpaula
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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