I pay Telecom $105 a month for their services and in return I get bull**** advertising?
I am not happy with this..
This only happened after the redesigned webmail, which incidentally is far too bloated on the layout.
When (trying) to compose emails on my Eee PC I get only ONE LINE visible because the stupid top bar and the addresses and everything else are about 1.5-2x bigger than they were before.
Very p*ssed off here...
Non-system disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready.
I think when you buy 'email only' what you are actually buying is the cheapest dialup plan, and that happens to come with the same bunch of the 'free stuff'(xtra email address, flikr pro, Macafee antivirus etc) that a telecom broadband plan comes with.
Agent24: I pay Telecom $105 a month for their services and in return I get bull**** advertising?
I am not happy with this..
This only happened after the redesigned webmail, which incidentally is far too bloated on the layout.
When (trying) to compose emails on my Eee PC I get only ONE LINE visible because the stupid top bar and the addresses and everything else are about 1.5-2x bigger than they were before.
Very p*ssed off here...
Bull****, alright.
By the way, Telecom came back to me and told me to use Outlook instead of web-mail!!! What sort of answer is that!? For one it doesn't fit with the model and my requirements, i.e., to have (ad-free) access to my e-mail everywhere. Do you think they replied to my reply to their silly answer? Nope.
Telecom is just too big for their own good to care.
NonprayingMantis: I think when you buy 'email only' what you are actually buying is the cheapest dialup plan, and that happens to come with the same bunch of the 'free stuff'(xtra email address, flikr pro, Macafee antivirus etc) that a telecom broadband plan comes with.
That's right. Oh, and the cost is over $10/month for this e-mail-only service!!! Never mind that it used to cost a reasonable $2.50/month! Their justification? Lots of junk services such as the ones you mention above. Oh, except now their web-mail is loaded with ads. In my opinion that's worse than SPAM!
Ragnor: My advice as always is to register your own domain then arrange your own email hosting usually via Google or Microsoft.
- A .co.nz is $20-25 NZD per year - Email hosting is $0 to $10 NZD per month, Eg: Google Apps for Domains Standard is free, Microsoft Exchange Online ~$9 NZD/month, Google Apps for Business is $5 USD per user per month.
It's not that hard to setup tbh.
Yes, but it's easier to say than realise when you've had your e-mail for as long as I've had - you kind of get locked in after a while. But, in saying so, yes, I already own a domain and I'm slowly working on migrating over. Good riddance Telecom...
I'm going to keep writing to Telecom until I get a worthwhile reply and they either remove the ads or reduce the price for their services. I don't pay for SPAM.
Make sure you let them know how much you spend with them for your mobile. If your only spend with them is $10/month for email then you probably won?t get too much attention.
NonprayingMantis: Make sure you let them know how much you spend with them for your mobile. If your only spend with them is $10/month for email then you probably won?t get too much attention.
Telecom has valued their e-mail service at just over $10 per month, so, if I pay $10 or $100 for a fully fledged broadband plan, $10 is still all the e-mail portion of that plan. So price is not the issue here.
The company in question replied to my latest complaint with the suggestion I install an ad-blocker. This suggestion assumes I will access webmail using my own device which isn't always the case - this is exactly the point of webmail, access to e-mail **anywhere** on **any** device!
In addition to this unhelpful suggestion, the person who contacted me had the balls to **advertise** mobile phones to me in a complaint about unwanted ads!!! How rude!
NonprayingMantis: Make sure you let them know how much you spend with them for your mobile. If your only spend with them is $10/month for email then you probably won?t get too much attention.
Telecom has valued their e-mail service at just over $10 per month, so, if I pay $10 or $100 for a fully fledged broadband plan, $10 is still all the e-mail portion of that plan. So price is not the issue here.
well technically I believe they value their email service as a free add-on to any landline internet plan, the cheapest of which is dialup at $10.
That was what my previous post was about. i.e. you aren't actually buying an email service for $10, you are buying a dialup service that comes with a free email, flikr Pro access, antivirus etc.
what does your bill say for that $10 charge? does it say "email only plan" or something like that, or does it say "dialup"
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