Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) has dropped its premium broadband service. \n\n \nYahoo Plus offered subscribers additional security, such as parental controls and firewall software, than what's available through the free portal. In addition, the service, which cost $5.95 a month, included 2GB of email storage, premium video content, commercial-free radio and 100MB of file storage.\n\nIn dropping the service as of April 22, Yahoo said this week subscribers would still have access to their personal data, but would go through the same channels as everyone else signed up for a free Yahoo account. Subscribers on a monthly subscription would not receive a refund, but customers who paid for an annual subscription would get a pro-rated refund.\n\nSome of the services available on Plus as a package could still be subscribed to individually.\n\nYahoo, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., did not give a reason for pulling the plug.
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You quoted an announcement, and said you "don't like" it, but you haven't said why you don't like it.\n\nEdit...\n\nIf Yahoo! were making money on the service, and saw that that was likely to continue, they would have continued to offer it.  You are free to take your business elsewhere, and pay for those services from someone else.
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I tried it--the Verizon DSL, that is. Is that what you're talking about?\n\nWhen it worked, the DSL was great. I didn't notice any significant changes from my previous broadband service. However, after a few days, something happened between my computer and the DSL software. I wasn't able to download anything and my computer's performance slowed to something less than a crawl.\n\nI'm not Geek Squad material but I do know my way around a computer system. After running all the diagnostics and disk/system cleanup stuff I had at my disposal, I called Verizon's tech support.\n\nTwo weeks and wh oknows how many phone calls later, they determined there were too many processes running on my computer and I'd need to call in a private tech to fix things.\n\nProblem is, I had changed NOTHING on my computer other than adding the Verizon software. So just for kicks, I deleted it. And guess what. My computer was fixed. I re-connected the broadband line and lo, my internet access was lightning quick.\n\nSo, I got rid of DSL. I really wish it had worked for me because the price is tough to beat. Around here, Comcast has the monopoly on high-speed broadband access. Bleah.\n\nIf you decide to try DSL, I hope it works as well for you as it did for me at first (and that yours never DOES do anything weird like mine did, LOL.)
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Since there is no official word on this I advise you to keep an eye on their blog\nhttp://updates.mail.yahoo.com/
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Yahoo getting a cut of everybody who installs it! I ain't got it & don't want it!!!\n\nhttp://www.willyblues.com/
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OK, first, I totally disagree with your premise regarding human rights.  I don't even think you understand the term.  But I want to address the question about Yahoo:\n\nYahoo has a right to withdraw anything here if it wants to FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY WANT.  It is THEIR site.  They own it.  They allow you to write on it, but they can remove things if they want.  That's how a free country works.  If it is yours, you can do what you want with it.  \n\nIf I wrote things on YOUR website, YOU would have a right to remove things that you didn't like.  Why is that so hard to understand?  You do NOT have any right to publish on someone else's website.  You have a right to publish on your own site and the site of anyone who CHOOSES FREELY to allow you to post on theirs.  YOU DO NOT OWN YAHOO!!!!
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get DSL ... yahoo DSL is 14.95 a month, that's probably cheaper than your dial up
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yahoo and google are competing companies, so why would yahoo offer google desktop for download? also, why don't you check out yahoo downloads for yourself, to see what you've missed??
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My DSL service for Yahoo expires in June. Two weeks from the deadline, I will cancel my service so that I do not have to pay the early termination fee. Then, I signed up again online to get the 12.99 service using dialup. You lose around three weeks of DSL service, but its worth the price.\n\nI had to ask AT&T about it for a whole morning.
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Yahoo use to provide this service for free but now it costs.
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Never believe that crap that is in chain emails 99.9% of the chain letters have some form of false information. Think of what would happen to msn if it went from free to pay per month or per year. The users would drop and turn to alturnitive messanger services. Many users are teens or kids and would not be able to afford this cost. In all paying for msn would be a bad idea if it was even a real idea.
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I do. Its great company. Every feature possible. VERY FAST. acutally they are giving us the hightest speed they have for 6 months right now for free. i had them for 4 years. It actually called sbc yahoo.
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Yahoo Messenger is one of the most used IM program worldwide.\nI believe that Yahoo has no interest in making customers pay for its free services, as there are lots of other instant messaging services available for free.\nSo I think that what you keep getting is nothing but "spam"!
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Dewcoons answer is not only correct, but detailed, and the definitive answer to your question.\n\nTo use Outlook Express to back up your email you would:\n 1) subscribe to Yahoo Plus for about $20 / year\n 2) configure Outlook express to use the Yahoo mail servers for send (SMTP) functionality and receive (POP) functionality. \n\nThere are configuration instructions in Yahoo Mail for Outlook Express and other clients with more detail, under "Help" when logged into mail.\n\nPersonally I do exactly what you're asking about and find the $20/yr fee a good value, especially if you like to back up your data. If you do that you should also look at options to synchronize your Outlook Express and Yahoo Mail address books.\n\nGood luck!
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Yahoo is too easy to look for support. \n\nYou probably need to buy Yahoo! for Dummies :)
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I have att yahoo dsl its $15 a month and I think it is quite fast and it doesn't tie up your phone line.
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Because it's free, been on for...eight years?  It's helping me fritter my life away on yahoo answers, i would recomend YAHOO!!!
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i find that it is very poor. If u were to get a knew Internet service then go get ATnT Yahoo DSL. It only cost about $10