[mgcsooner]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

I think Jima64 mean e-mail address.

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Best way to deal with email is to get an email that goes with you to any provider. Emails add ending in yahoo.com, iCloud.com, gmail.com, and others that are not tied to either your internet or tv provider. Yeah it means changing, but then you're all done.

[ukbill70]

Originally Posted by billybye

Check with Century Link. They are adding fiber optic lines to a lot of Villages locations. You need to call them to get best prices, not available at their stores.
I have TV, internet and phone with total of $150 a month including taxes. I do not have HBO or Showtime, which was another $30 a month. Very happy.

Is that for just 1 TV or do you have 2 or more TV's

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by mgcsooner

Best way to deal with email is to get an email that goes with you to any provider. Emails add ending in yahoo.com, iCloud.com, gmail.com, and others that are not tied to either your internet or tv provider. Yeah it means changing, but then you're all done.

A different way of looking at it is to have a gmail account and have your internet provider forward their email to the gmail account. Now you have the flexibility of changing providers at will and not needing to inform anyone about the new change.

I hope it didn't make it even more confusing. I'm sure someone could give a better explanation.

[tuccillo]

You don't need to have your internet service provider (ISP) forward anything. Simply set up an e-mail account at gmail and point your e-mail client at gmail or use the web interface to gmail. In my opinion, the sooner you stop using an ISP-based e-mail account the better off you will be as you then have complete freedom to switch ISPs. These is a little pain as you need to advertise your new e-mail address but you can keep a gmail account forever. Alternatively, setup your own domain and create e-mail accounts under the domain. This does have some cost. gmail is no cost.

If you are dropping an ISP and have been using them for e-mail, they will most likely forward to your new gmail account, for a fee. Also, I recommend using the IMAP protocol for e-mail and not POP. This way your e-mails stay on the gmail server and you can access them via multiple devices and have the mail messages tagged as "read" whenever they are "read" from any of your devices. For example, I access my gmail account from a laptop, an iphone, and an ipad.

Originally Posted by tomwed

A different way of looking at it is to have a gmail account and have your internet provider forward their email to the gmail account. Now you have the flexibility of changing providers at will and not needing to inform anyone about the new change.

I hope it didn't make it even more confusing. I'm sure someone could give a better explanation.