We've been with BT since the interweb was invented.

If I change ISP, will I have to give up my email address? It would be a shame as it is actually just my name @etc without any numbers or anything.

Ta in advance!

Steve

 

Yup

 

If you can access your e-mail through a web page you might be able to keep it if you don't cancel the e-mail account, not all ISP's restrict mail access to Outlook Express or similar program, alot more are web based, I don't know about BT but Ant may be right, the best thing to do is ring up BT and ask

 

if your email account ends in @btinternet.com or similar and you cancel your account then no as effectively you are closing that account and all associated services.

You get 90 days to inform your address book

 

Our works @btconnect.com emails still works and we haven't been with then for over a year.

But we still do use BT for the domain management (as its no cheaper anywhere else and saved messing about setting up all the new forwarding/redirects).

We did phone beforehand to check though.

 

I think you can keep it if you you use BT Premium Mail (£1.54 a month).

I switched to using my own domain through Google Apps instead, so I keep it no matter what.

 

I had a @btinternet.com email address for years, and when I left I arranged for all mail to be forwarded to my new address. Although I could access the account via webmail for a while, that eventually stopped.

Now, a couple of years later I still get stuff forwarded, but would prefer to stop it now, as it's all junk and of course I can't change the settings.

 

^This

I have a gmail.com address and a personal email address which all go through Gmail for hosting.

So no matter what ISP i'm with i can always access my email

 

Mine ends @btopenworld.com and I access it via bt.yahoo.com if that makes a difference.
I would phone BT but surely they will say I loose it and must stay with them!

Steve

 

See above, 90 days to transfer your address book or let everyone know.

Best thing is to have a gmail account and setup a forward for 90 days. That gives you enough time to tell everyone. After 90 days, if people have not made a note of your new address, then no great loss

and @btopenworld
ISDN 64K sir

 

As above a good time to buy a domain so you dont ever have this problem again. A .co.uk is less than a fiver for 2 years. Then you can create multiple addresses ie for your entire family and route the mail to whatever mail system(s) your using.

 

hmmm I havent been with bt for 7/8 years and I still use my btinternet account through bt.yahoo

In fact I set my mrs up a few years back with a bt email addy as well (I can set so many accounts up from my account)

 

I pay the 1.54 to keep mine