<html><head></head><body><br class=""/><div><br class=""/><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 17, 2018, at 9:14 AM, Paul Zander <<a href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" class="">paulz@ieee.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"/><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "lucida console", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5889" dir="ltr" class="">I have been using Yahoo mail since the dot com era. The several email addresses I use are actually aliases that forward there. I also use ATT as ISP. Years ago, I thought it a plus when ATT started using yahoo for email. <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5923" class=""/><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5924" class=""/>Lately the service gone downhill and has developed numerous problems.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5925" class=""/>* It can take a very long time just to open to <a href="http://mail.yahoo.com" class="">mail.yahoo.com</a>.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5926" class=""/>* Once there, it is very slow in navigating the web site. I think it is spending a too many cycles serving up ads and instead of following my typing.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5927" class=""/>* It is also disconcerting that the sometimes I see ads for things I had previously looked at on unrelated sites. <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5928" class=""/><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5929" class=""/>We don't need a long discussion about <a href="http://oath.com" class="">oath.com</a> and attempts to monetize service.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5930" class=""/><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5931" class=""/>I would appreciate recommendations for internet based email service that I might switch to.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5932" class=""/></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""/></div><div>I like and am happy with Protonmail. <a href="https://mail.protonmail.com/login" class="">https://mail.protonmail.com/login</a></div><div>They have free Web based mail, VPN service, and an affordable email client that works with Thunderbird, mail.app, etc.</div><div><br class=""/></div><div>I also very much like Raw Bandwidth but worry about the day when oligopolists like ATT are no longer required to support the copper pairs delivering our DSL service. I do not look forward to a time when my only choice is between a couple of giant, uncaring oligopolists.</div><div><br class=""/></div><br class=""/><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: "lucida console", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5889" dir="ltr" class=""><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1534522088512_5933" class=""/>I could also consider dropping ATT as ISP, but how does that work when ATT owns the cable?<br class=""/></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""/><div class="">
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