Re: Ammendment.
Terry6
I respectfully disagree
Virgin Media users get E-Mail provided gratis as an additional extra for their paid for services. as do most other ISP users. However, it should be noted that these free benefits can be withdrawn at any time (case in point Virgin Webspace) because it's classed as a promotional extra. The fact is that there are a host of other email options out there available to users, and BTW if your a business, even a small one, using a consumer grade email is bad on two fronts.
1. There's no guaranteed SLA should the service have problems.
2. Having your own email domain tied to your business looks far more professional than using a free service.
3. You get full control over which email addresses you use if you use your own domain.
4. Last but not least - it's a breach of the T&C's of most free email service to use it for business purposes.
5. Because of 4 if your business loses money as a result of email failure, you may be lucky to recover your losses. Certainly, VM would argue that they have no obligation to refund such losses.