| ▲ | RHSeeger 3 days ago |
| But that also bound you to your ISP in a way, because switching ISPs meant switching emails. It is better to have then separated. |
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| ▲ | layer8 2 days ago | parent [-] |
| ISPs could be required by law to allow the porting of email addresses, just like it happens with mobile phone numbers. |
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| ▲ | RHSeeger 2 days ago | parent [-] | | How would that work? The email address generally has the ISP's domain name in it. | | |
| ▲ | layer8 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Similar as it happens for phone numbers, where there is internal routing of phone calls between providers. A customer can be at a different provider with their phone number than the provider who “owns” the containing block of numbers. |
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