mail2web live will cost atfter may 1,2009

[Matrix]

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Wow, some of the comments made on this thread really tick me off. As a small business owner (unrelated to tech), I know what it's like to try to make a tiny bit of profit.

It literally makes me laugh out loud to think people are calling m2w greedy *for not giving away their services for free.* If that makes them greedy, then what does it make you for demanding to take advantage of their services for free? Greedy...

Sorry if I offend anyone, but I think the whole "I-want-everything-for-free" mentality is what adds to the decaying state of our economies. I see people complaining how m2w didn't include every feature with their FREE accounts. Why would a company give you their best service in terms of features, for free? It just doesn't make sense. Look at the dotcom bust - a business can't survive if it doesn't have revenue. It's wonderful if someone wants to share something for free, like many of the apps and ROMs on here and xda, but 99% of that is just intangible time and effort. But any company, in this case m2w, has actual bills directly related to the service/product they provide, operating expenses, licensing fees, employees, office space rent/leasing, etc. How are they supposed to support themselves and provide you with a service when you think you're above having to pay for it?

Now don't get me wrong, I'm dlsgusted and outraged when a company overcharges their customers. But in this case, m2w is not. Where I live a pack of gum is $1.49 at the supermarket. Personally, I think about 3 packs of gum a month is a very reasonable price to pay for an Exchange account. Even with the crappy economy I see all my friends burn hundreds if not thousands of dollars a month on frivolous things like designer handbags & clothes, bar tabs, movies, concerts, restaurants, etc. If you have the money to pay for a top of the line smartphone, the money to pay ~$80/mo for phone/data, but not $4.95 to pay for a service you previously enjoyed...well then that's just ridiculous. On the other hand, if you were dissatisfied with their service, then it's understandable that you want to try another solution and that's a different story which I fully support.

I've used mail2web for about 3 years. Since I got my Apache in January 2006. While things may have changed since then, at that time they were the only provider to offer integration with my domain. I run my own server (including secondary DNS at a different data center), so it was a snap to setup the DNS records. In those 3 years I've never experienced any outages or downtime on their end, their support was near instant (even at 2 AM) and very helpful.

I have a PC laptop, a Macbook Pro, a desktop at home, a desktop at work, and my Touch Pro. All of which are seamlessly and nearly instantly synced with email, contacts, calendar, etc while maintaining the independence of my own domain.

I'm very satisfied with m2w and will continue to use them as long as they maintain the high level of service they have provided me for all these years.

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