22 Feb
2010
22 Feb
'10
11:34 a.m.
Gadi Evron wrote:
The email portability bill has just been approved by the Knesset's committee for legislation, sending it on its way for the full legislation process of the Israeli parliament.
While many users own a free email account, many in Israel still make use of their ISP's email service.
According to this proposed bill, when a client transfers to a different ISP the email address will optionally be his to take along, "just like" mobile providers do today with phone numbers.
Likely result: less ISPs will offer email services as part of the package, or will find some other way to shift responsibility to a third party. --Patrick