Re: Decoupling of email from broadband?
Vodafone may ditch the whole demon.co.uk set-up at some time in the near future
The full meaning of the March 23, 2015 announcement concerning the transfer of operations to intY/Namesco and hence the decoupling of broadband and over-the-top services, is becoming clear:
http://help.demon.net/announcements/important-service-change-transfer-of-demon-web-hosting-domain-and-email-products-to-inty-limited/
Especially the following statements in the FAQs:
"I have a hostname.demon.co.uk email address and website; will I be able to continue to use this?
Yes, Namesco will be migrating email addresses and websites that sit under the demon.co.uk domain. You’ll be able to continue to use these for around two more years. Services that were previously provided free will incur a small fee.
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Obviously, the next step will be the forced migration of Demon broadband customers to Vodafone broadband platform, thereby enabling the closure of the Demon service management system.
Once this has been achieved, Vodafone will be able to transfer the demon.co.uk domain to intY/Namesco, to enable Namesco to continue to deliver services to those customers who migrated their xyz.demon.co.uk websites and email address to the Namesco O365 and Exchange online services.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
