We are not using their free service. I usually don't use free services. I am of the mindset that you get what you pay for. Sometimes you luck out and there are success stories, but by and large I steer clear of unpaid services. I feel that you always pay, somehow.
Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998-5555 541-998-5599 fax http://www.unwiredwest.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Smith" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Google's email services for ISPs > Frank Muto wrote: > > As a ENET distributor, I'll agree with Mark. After testing various hosted services for 18 months, I decided on ENET back in > > 2006. For a hosted service I feel it is the best all around email service you can offer your customers. We use ENET mostly > > for backup continuity and for clients looking for a less expensive alternative to in-house Exchange, or hosted Exchange. We > > have the full compliment to offer, IMAP, POP3, Webmail and a customizable portal. > > A personal project of mine, several years ago, involved a clever domain > name and giving away free email addresses. At the time, I picked > everyone.net to do this, because in mid-2000 they were just about the > only ones doing it. > > Their Webmail interface was horribly clunky even at the time, and > IMAP/POP3 were an extra twenty bucks per user, per year. (And they > missed no opportunity to try to bug your end-users about that. For a > while, you had to click through the "upgrade now" screen with every > login.) The ridiculous number of Flash ads with sound, pop-ups, > pop-unders, and at least one alleged attempt to drive-by install spyware > on a user's PC in '05 (wasn't my computer, so I can't verify it) drove > me batty. > > Oh, and every time I got close to them owing me money as part of the > ad-sharing, the cutoff before they'd send you a check mysteriously went > up. They still owe me almost $100 that I expect I'll never see. > > Keep in mind, though, this was for their free service; maybe the paid > email hosting service is better. > > As with any service, when you can, try before you buy. > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
