Australia’s internet providers are ditching email, to the disgust of older customers

This screws us royally,' says one disgruntled iiNet user as internet service providers such as TPG curtail email accounts for customers

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After 30 years, Simon* is facing the prospect of moving.

I think we've been using their products since we built the house," he says. We've gone through dial-up and then eventually there was an ADSL connection."

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