We used the Google Apps service for about a year completely free - no problems. We finally purchased it to make us feel worthy of being Google customers. Got a few bells and whistles by paying for it, too.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Mark Nash <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
