Is Rogers’ Yahoo Mail doomed?
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Is there more to the Rogers Yahooo HiSpeed undeal than meets the eye?
Is the writing on the wall?
“Rogers HiSpeed Internet customers are outraged that yet another part of their service, Flickr Pro, is being downgraded,” says an email, p2pnet reported recently, going on:
“Say what !? Rogers messing with customers? Again?
“It’s true. ‘Rogers has begun sending out emails to thousands of their subscriber’s announcing this downgrade,’ says the email. ‘Flickr Pro, a popular online photo service included in the monthly Rogers ISP fee, is yet another part of the cobranded service between Rogers and Yahoo! to hit the chopping block’.”
Customers were informedif they wanted to keep Frickr Pro, it’d cost them $25 US a year. Otherwise, their accounts would be throttled.
Now, it seems yet another part of the marriage between Rogers and Yahoo is all but ended.
Rogers is advising HiSpeed Internet customers as of July, YOP (Yahoo! Online Protection) will no longer function.
Solution? Could it be Rogers Online Protection?
News of this originally came to light on dslreports from dirtyjeffer.
While there’s been no official word of a divorce between Rogers and Yahoo!, Rogers HiSpeed Internet subscribers are speculating perhaps Rogers Yahoo! Mail may well be the next to fall, leaving customers with only the bare necessities.
Stay tuned.
(Cheers, K)
May, 2009
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May 18th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
haha Rogers online protection is the same as Bell’s and videotron’s, Radialpoint (which is a mishmash of other3rd rate vendor products rolled into one).
http://www.rogershelp.com/yahoo/article.php?id=10V-15
What a headache and useless app that is. Good luck.
Mac users out of luck.
64-bit OS’s out of luck.
This is worked into the costs. Maybe mac, nix, and 64-bit OS users should be asking for a cost reduction since this useless app is useless for them.
Its win-32.
Good luck getting support for it aside from the most very basics. Should be fun to watch… :p It was fun watching Bell not supporting this garbage.
http://www.radialpoint.com/en/news-events/media-coverage/tech-media-reports-2009-05-01.php
Buy your own, tell them to lower costs.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
I can’t believe people still buy into any of these provider-based security packages.
They cost money, and they’re garbage!
There are a good deal of free defenses available, which are not only much more effective and robust, but also friendlier to your computer’s resources in general.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:21 am
I work on the Communications Team at Rogers and wanted to comment on the partnership between Rogers and Yahoo!.
We have a multi year agreement and continue to collaborate in the development of online services. Yahoo! has made some product changes recently that have impacted some of their partners, including Rogers, but mail will remain an integral part of our service.