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29 Aug 2016, 04:42 PM | #16 | |
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Fastmail however stopped 'full account holders' from registering and using their own domain name only a few years later.... Fastmail started out as place to go for the masses (who wanted a better service at a small increased cost) - now they are escalating everything and becoming a business oriented email provider; not that I blame them for that, but there is now no place for the small everyday user, who is just wanting a basic excellent service. You have excelled Fastmail (to an excellent degree) but in doing so you have priced yourself out of the market for (you know who) the small guys who were your main supporters and your main strength...... in the beginning days. |
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29 Aug 2016, 05:06 PM | #17 |
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In Fastmail I only need the minimum, I don't need more. So, I will renew again with my previous lite account price, but I know that sooner or later it will be impossible to do it in the future. You know, nothing last forever, first we are being told that nothing happens but some time later all is over. I hope not, but we will see. And I understand what FM is doing, it's their business, and so I think there will be no place for users needing the basics.
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29 Aug 2016, 07:57 PM | #18 | ||
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A Family plan can only be renewed for one year at a time, so no discount (not unreasonable, given the low cost) and no long-term lock-in. As for the rest of the Fastmail 'added-value' features, I have ownCloud on my shared hosting account, so no need for [Web|Cal|Card]DAV, nor web space and I have 250 GB of file storage. The attraction of Fastmail, for me, was always the notion of 'email, done right' – a single core service, very well done. |
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29 Aug 2016, 08:03 PM | #19 |
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I think you're right. The constant upsell is an inevitable business strategy, but usually at a cost of compromise (which is why I don't use my webhost email) or duplication of established services (which is why I don't want/need Fastmail's DAV or more space).
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29 Aug 2016, 08:12 PM | #20 |
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29 Aug 2016, 10:05 PM | #21 | |
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30 Aug 2016, 03:01 AM | #22 | |
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But then, I never found the old plan selection confusing. Even some of the free email offerings are less clear ... |
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30 Aug 2016, 03:36 AM | #23 | |
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For individual users, I think the new pricing is fine. When I compared FastMail's pricing to other providers' for individual accounts, it didn't strike me as being out of line with the market. When you compare $30 or $50 a year to what you pay for other things, like cell phone service, etc, e-mail service seems relatively inexpensive. My criticism of the new pricing is that it greatly increases the marginal cost of additional accounts if you use your own domain. I can see paying the $20 difference between a basic and standard account for the first account in a domain, but paying an extra $20 for each additional account quickly adds up for users like me for which even the basic account is overkill. |
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30 Aug 2016, 04:04 AM | #24 |
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Was looking at the "UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE" options while logged in to Fastmail and noticed that the new plans do not offer POP3 capability?
I still pop mail several times a day from one of my two legacy Enhanced accounts. Not that I'm seriously thinking of "upgrading" to a new plan, but the absence of capability to pop other directories in addition to the Inbox, would be a show-stopper for me. -- Jacinto |
30 Aug 2016, 07:40 AM | #25 |
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I realize that not everyone is in the same boat as I, but after having paid $39 forever, a price increase does not bother me, and I don't have to pay it anyway--I'll stick with the legacy account--as I'm at 32% of my 15GB storage after 12 years of high usage as a former teacher and current school administrator. I'm guessing the vast majority of users are in my category, though, of course, I can't be sure. I continue to be content with the service and pricing.
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30 Aug 2016, 08:34 AM | #26 |
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File storage with WebDAV access is a much under-appreciated bonus of the FastMail service IMO. With SSL mandatory for the connection, app-specific passwords and 2FA, I've secure access to my FM stored files from any device, with just about any file manager, using the WebDAV open standard. Very few cloud storage providers (none?) allow WebDAV access anymore, they'd rather lock you into their ecosystem. Backup options via WebDAV are uncomplicated and plentiful, the 5GB with enhanced is more than enough for all files I might need ready access to away from the desktop. Really, 5 or 10 GB is enough for everything except media libraries and VM images, and there are cheap enough options for those. Simple website, file serving and URL redirect options come in handy!
$50 per year for the FastMail feature-laden email service, full-fledged domain/DNS hosting and WebDAV file storage is good value in my books (as an individual user). With a 2-yr enrollment less than $4/mo for 3 core services. Last edited by pjwalsh : 30 Aug 2016 at 01:58 PM. |
30 Aug 2016, 09:24 AM | #27 |
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30 Aug 2016, 12:45 PM | #28 |
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I have Full subscription on family account with own domain - that's $25/year currently.
New plans double that - to $50. For that money I can either host myself or by same services from a number of providers (Google apps for single user cost $50). I'll probably change email provider if I am forced to switch to new plans.. |
30 Aug 2016, 03:38 PM | #29 |
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But really it would only be $1 a week and look what you get for your money, to start with not many email providers do sieve script, fastmail have lots of nice aliases and it's easy for people to understand and write down, I use my own domain but I now prefer to use a fastmail.com alias, plus fastmail sounds much nicer than an average gmail or an outlook address and try getting a nice 2 letter alias from them.
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30 Aug 2016, 04:03 PM | #30 | |
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I do not need Fastmail aliases (but I have one since trial), I can get by without sieve, but I really value good anti-spam protection - that would be my primary parameter for searching for new provider (if I have to). |
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