Comments on: Rogers webmail — with advertising

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:04:54 +0000

@anon none of those ISP’s service my area. But thanks for trying

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:42:38 +0000

Uknown..I do pay for this service. I pay for internet service that includes an email address. Most, if not all, other ISP’s offer a webmail option. If Rogers supplied us with an alternative webmail service that didn’t include advertising, than that’s fine. But as far as I know, this is the only way to check webmail if you are a Rogers client. As such, them advertising on it for those of us who pay for that service should be illegal or a violation of the terms of service.

Of course, this being Canada, I am sure Rogers will just changer their terms of service while the CRTC mindlessly looks on.

And yes, it is a big deal. It is very annoying as it will pop up the sidebar anytime you refresh the page or check a different message. If I just had a simple Yahoo account that I don’t pay for, then of course I would say advertising is ok. But I pay for Rogers service and inclusive to that is a webmail option.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:04:08 +0000

ITs funny I was looking at this and you people fail to realize you don’t pay for email. You pay for internet service. MY friend showed this to me and your making a big deal of something that is not even that big and doesn’t take up the screen. I am not even a Rogers employee but when my wife came to me about this I just stood there and laughed at her. Told her to deal with it because I am not wasting my breathe

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:27:56 +0000

Gmail has inline Text ads, and that constitutes as the same as advertisements. Burntmail.com is a great webmail that does not support any form of advertising, as is GMX.com. Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! and most other popular web based email are all ad supported. You’re just jumping from one frying pan into another. Go for those web based email providers that are not ad supported. I have never used my ISP’s webmail, but for the fact that if I change ISP, my email address remains unchanged.

I’m glad I left Rogers months ago. When death comes to Ted Rogers, you can guarantee that Rogers (the corporation) will go to hell in a hand basket. You think it’s bad now, the best yet to come. Now is the time to treat Rogers exactly the way Bell was treated when Bell began throttling wholesale customer’s last March. Leave Rogers for and give your business to the smaller ISP such as TekSavvy, Start Communications, who truly care about their customer’s. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:15:17 +0000

The constant barrage of advertising is interferring with the usefulness of the tool they lured us in with. It penalizes those of us that use it.

When regular mail is delivered to my house, I have the option of looking at the JUNK MAIL only once or not at all and then putting it in the recycling box where it should be. The constant bombardment with unwanted advertising is like an ignorant postal worker standing at my desk and thrusting a useless flyer (Tickle me Elmo X Box, the Royal Bank, ING, Scotia Bank ..... Etc., Etc., Etc.,) in my face everytime I open a letter or even go back to look at one I had seen before.

Even if the ads could be deleted or minimized after they are ignored, it would be less unaccepable.

I encourage the many others that feel the same way to complain vigorously to Rogers and see if they will relent on this idiotic policy.

I am experimenting witn Gmail to see if that is a viable alternative to .

By: morons galore

morons galore — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:41:47 +0000

Anon said:
“As soon as another company offers High speed in my area im switching.”
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Read BOTH pages found here:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21425371-ISPs-that-dont-throttle-and-have-their-own-equipment-LIST

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:32:13 +0000

I paid for unlimited bandwidth years later I now get 60gb for the same price. Thank you Rogers.

seems like everyday the pricing and schemes get more destructive. As soon as another company offers High speed in my area im switching.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:22:28 +0000

I am ready to change my home phone, internet, wireless and cable to a NON-ROGERS competitor over this UNACCEPTABLE imposition. To add insult to injury they now charge for the bandwidth to push their ads.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:45:31 +0000

Try some of these solutions.
Ad Blocker methods:
1-
Edit the hosts file
The hosts file in Windows XP is located:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
Open the “hosts” file in Notebook, and add:
127.0.0.1 ad.yieldmanager.com
127.0.0.1 yieldmanager.com
This will remove the ads on the right side, but it doesn’t stop the page from being made smaller from the right hand side…. but at least you aren’t bombarded by ads!!

To add a complete update of hosts go to http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and copy and paste the list of hosts from the “hosts.txt”.

For Vista users and more Info at:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

2-
For Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5, SeaMonkey 1.0, Flock 0.5, Songbird 0.4., install the addon Adblock Plus
http://adblockplus.org/en/installation