can i keep bt.internet email if i move to virgin ?

pennymakespounds

currently have bt as my landline & broadband provider and therefore have a btinternet.com email address ....... but moving to a house which uses virgin media .


Will I be able to keep using btinternet email ... ??.......with /without cost ?


thanks


( sorry , had previously listed on wrong forum)

Poppops

I've been with loads of providers and have always used my btinternet.com email address. At no cost.

I always end up back with BT so it's handy

ukcarper

pennymakespounds wrote: »

currently have bt as my landline & broadband provider and therefore have a btinternet.com email address ....... but moving to a house which uses virgin media .


Will I be able to keep using btinternet email ... ??.......with /without cost ?


thanks


( sorry , had previously listed on wrong forum)

Probably not. I've been using my old BT email address without cost but they keep threatening to close it unless I pay they haven't yet but no doubt they will at some time.

Uxb

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13140/~/what-happens-to-my-bt-internet-email-account-when-i-stop-having-bt-broadband%3F

RumRat

Migrate your email to something like Gmail or Gmx. They will pick up emails from your BT account until everyone is aware of your change.
This way you won't be tied to any BB provider. Virgin will offer you email as well, but, it will still be better to use an independent provider.

techno12

I left BT over 10 years ago but still have my btinternet.com email. I have to pay BT £1.60 a month to keep it - never quite got around to changing it!

macman

That's cost you £192 then-not very money saving. GMail is the way to go, takes about half an hour to do the whole thing.

Malmo

pennymakespounds wrote: »

currently have bt as my landline & broadband provider and therefore have a btinternet.com email address ....... but moving to a house which uses virgin media .


Will I be able to keep using btinternet email ... ??.......with /without cost ?


thanks


( sorry , had previously listed on wrong forum)

Hi, my suggestion would be to stop using email accounts provided by internet service providers like BT, Virgin, Talk Talk etc and use a free web email service like Gmail, Outlook or Yahoo, which will remain with you irrespective of which company provides your internet service. Have a look at this article for a comparison of the web services available. If you do decide to switch, then you can always set up your new web email service to retrieve a history of all past emails and any new emails in your existing BT account using a feature called POP3 that is built-in to the free web email services.

techno12

macman wrote: »

That's cost you £192 then-not very money saving. GMail is the way to go, takes about half an hour to do the whole thing.

I like the convenience of retaining my near 20 year old email address, and there's a reason I want to retain it that I won't go into here.

You're right though, it adds up but it's !!!!!! all really..

gingerdad

gmail or get your own domain name with a free auto forward. that way you can switch as often as you want.