>
>> Oh, and the reason people don't ditch their original @isp.co.nz mail
>> account? "Because everyone knows this one".
>
> Yep, it's in the yellow pages, on business cards, all the adverts.

And as stated earlier, if theyve had the domain for more than a coupla
years, this is a problem of their own making. Their ads get renewed
yearly at the worst. Business cards are not that expensive either...

The problem with keeping your ISP driven domain is obvious - you become
tied to the success / reliability of a third party, with no flexibility.
A domain gives you control - at least, the control to move on if required.

>> It is a fair point. I suppose for that reason, its
>> worthwhile budgeting to hold onto a $2.50-/month mail account and putting
>> a forwarding rule on it.
>
> They do have one of these and Clear was telling me they would have to cancel
> it along with transferring the domain delegation (asked for the UDAI).

Thats impressive. Theoretically theres nothin stopping Clear from having
all sorts of special requirements on a mail account they host. But theres
no way in hell they can affect your services with _another_ provider.

If holding services with another provider prevents you from holding
services with Clear, well, that becomes Clears loss doesnt it??

>> Theres no reason worth a damn that I can think of that would stop Xtra
>> from charging Xtra services onto a nominated Telecom account, regardless
>> of what other Internet services are held. (Doing so would be
>> questionably legal in an anticompetitive sense any case).
>
> That's what I thought too which made what I was being told very weird.
>
>> Which brings me back to my first question; Did TCL get approached for
>> clarification?
>
> They were approached yes.
> The first thing I did was call them.
> Clarification? In a word - No.

Go back to them. Try again. Get it spelt out.
If they can't help you - ask for a Manager.
Keep doin this untill you run out of managers.
If that fails - go to the press...
I'd dearly love to read a copy of this letter, if theres any way you can
get it to me (scanned/faxed), maybe a second opinion would be useful?

Contact me off list if I can assist.

Mark.

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