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Originally Posted by Joeint

Change to Gmail or any other free email account and never worry about it again! I can't believe you have never changed to a free email. I think there's a way to forward your email to a new a new account

Changing your primary email account is very tedious. There may be hundreds of people/businesses/lists you need to contact. Plus many times your account ID is your comcast email address which can't be changed. Password change: yes, ID change: no!

Oh and Gmail watches everything you do.

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[Tobys Dad]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

I have Comcast....triple play ...... and have no intention changing. They all suck

Streaming is better, so much better than cable, plus saving $90 per month.

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Originally Posted by CosmicTrucker

What I found most interesting about this thread is the number of people who don’t use Gmail.
Best of luck to the OP’r , let us know if the temporary “discount” was worth it.

Yup, key word is "temporary".

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[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Any hope that Spectrum is making that offer to residents north of 466, sure hope so, will change asap.

Wish they were (we live there as well) but my understanding is that they don’t provide service in that area. Unfortunately, our only options are DSL (Century Link) or Comcast. Comcast has us by the family jewels, and they know it. Lack of competition sucks. It’s not cost effective for companies to install the infrastructure necessary to provide high speed internet service in an already built out area unless residents have no other options available to compete with. So it appears we are stuck with Comcast/Xfinity : (

[Sweetp-7]

We switched from Comcast Xfinity to spectrum and Comcast would not release our phone number because it has a 633 in it and those belong to Comcast. It was a pain to change all of our phone numbers with doctors etc. but we did it. Spectrum prices increase somewhat like Comcast, but we did cut the cord so we only have Internet and landline. As for your email address, you can continue to use that! You do not need
to go through the provider to use your email.

[madonnamulmat@comcast.net]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Spectrum rep stopped by the house today to see if we were interested in converting to Spectrum, with over a 50% savings. I told him it was interesting BUT we both had comcast (xxxxx.comcast.net) email accounts. He showed me a page from the comcast website that indicates we can keep our comcast email accounts.

SO, has anyone done this? Are there any downsides to doing this? Is there a cost to doing this?

I will be contacting comcast but their customer service the last time I tried to use it, it left a lot to be desired.

Also, I forgot to ask the Spectrum guy if we could keep our existing house phone number.

Any comments from someone who has done this or tried to do this would be appreciated.

Hi, we have done this; kept our land line with old number, have had comcast email address for over 20 years, in Arizona, California, Naples and here for the last 6. Great prices to start, but they do go up after a year, but not as much as Comcast.

[oneclickplus]

Originally Posted by villagetinker

Spectrum rep stopped by the house today to see if we were interested in converting to Spectrum, with over a 50% savings. I told him it was interesting BUT we both had comcast (xxxxx.comcast.net) email accounts. He showed me a page from the comcast website that indicates we can keep our comcast email accounts.

SO, has anyone done this? Are there any downsides to doing this? Is there a cost to doing this?

I will be contacting comcast but their customer service the last time I tried to use it, it left a lot to be desired.

Also, I forgot to ask the Spectrum guy if we could keep our existing house phone number.

Any comments from someone who has done this or tried to do this would be appreciated.

Yes, you can keep your Comcast email and, yes, you can keep your phone number.

[villagetinker]

To all who have replied, a BIG THANK YOU. I was not aware of the ability to keep the comcast email at no cost. My plan is now to discuss with comcast about lowering their bill and looking at converting the house phone to a VOIP vendor, that way I can eliminate the comcast triple play and go to the lowest level of service and start streaming.

[dpmers]

Ditch the spectrum router and buy your own Google mesh, 3 node router. Very fast and coverage strong all over the house and garage.

[Caymus]

Originally Posted by oneclickplus

Yes, you can keep your Comcast email and, yes, you can keep your phone number.

I have 4 comcast email accounts. I wonder if I could keep them all.

[M2inOR]

Re: keeping Comcast email address

Sure, but...

If things go awry, you are no longer a Comcast customer.

Who do you contact if you have a technical issue, like your email is missing or intermittent?

As for Google watching all your emails if you use Gmail.

Are you sure other email service providers aren't also doing that?

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by C. C. Rider

BTW, it's easy-peasey to notify everyone after you switch your email address. Simply write out one email explaining that you have a new email account and send it to "Send to ALL" on your Contacts List. That should take care of sending it to everyone in your email address list.

Yeah that sounds simple enough, but those people receiving it have to take
your old email address out of their contact list which I found that takes
a couple notices.

[Cneigoot]

I have both a Gmail and a Comcast email address. I have had the Comcast address for probably more than 15 and I have not used Comcast services for that same time. I mainly use the Gmail account you can keep the Comcast account at no charge so there is no problem at all. If you set up a new email address you can link it to the Comcast email and both of your emails will come in on one page.

[Michael G.]

Just a reminder I was told that Goggle is cancelling emails that haven't been active for a while.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Just a reminder I was told that Goggle is cancelling emails that haven't been active for a while.

Yes they're retiring e-mail addresses that don't get used. Most people who have only semi-active, or inactive addresses, have received an e-mail to that address letting them know. Inactive e-mail addresses are excellent targets for criminals. They can get ahold of those addresses without their owner knowing it (since the owners aren't using them), and begin the impersonation process, and end up taking control of the owner's identity - bank accounts, social security checks, loans/mortgages, job references, etc etc.

Here's what it says, for everyone curious (from my own semi-active gmail account):

Every day Google works hard to keep you and your private information safe and secure by preventing unauthorized access to your Google Account with our built-in security protections. And keeping you safe means having strong privacy practices across our products that minimize how long we store your personal files and any data associated with them. We want to protect your private information and prevent any unauthorized access to your account even if you’re no longer using our services.

Therefore, we are updating the inactivity period for a Google Account to two years across all our products and services. This change starts rolling out today and will apply to any Google Account that’s been inactive, meaning it has not been signed into or used within a two-year period. An inactive account and any content in it will be eligible for deletion from December 1, 2023.

What this means for you:

These changes do not impact you unless you have been inactive in your Google Account for two years or have not used your account to sign in to any Google service for over two years.
While the changes go into effect today, the earliest we would enforce any account deletion would be December 2023.
If your account is considered inactive, we will send several reminder emails to both you and your recovery emails (if any have been provided) before we take any action or delete any account content. These reminder emails will go out at least 8 months before any action is taken on your account.
After a Google Account is deleted, the Gmail address for the deleted account cannot be used again when creating a new Google Account.
How to keep your account active?

The simplest way to keep a Google Account active is to sign in to the account at least once every two years. If you have signed in to your Google Account recently in the past two years, your account is considered active and will not be deleted.

Other ways to keep your account active include:

Reading or sending an email
Using Google Drive
Watching a YouTube video
Sharing a photo
Downloading an app
Using Google Search
Using Sign in with Google to sign in to a third-party app or service
There are some exceptions to this policy. Examples include: a Google Account with YouTube channels, videos or comments; an account that has a gift card with a monetary balance; or an account that has a published application, for example, one that hosts an app on the Google Play store. Other exceptions to this policy are available here.

Google also offers tools to help manage your Google Account and provide options to back up your data, including the ability to download your data using Google Takeout, and allowing you to plan for what happens to your data if you’re inactive for a specific period of time with the Inactive Account Manager.

Our priority is to make it as easy as possible for you to keep your account active, if you want to, and we’ll ensure you have adequate notice before any account is impacted by this change. So before an account is deleted, Google will send email notifications to the Google Account and its recovery email (if one has been provided). You should verify that your recovery email is up to date.

Learn more

Inactive Google Account Policy
How Google retains data we collect
Updating our inactive account policies (only available in English)
Thank you,
The Google Account team