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Story: Irate Bulldog user settles court case

For Ian, the software developer, I can imagine the frustration of not getting e-mail to arrive, but surely if such a service is important, you would have your own domain, with web hosting and e-mail separate from the ISP. People complain they "cannot" switch ISP because they have a lot of friends and contacts who know their mail address at

Too many people put all their eggs in one basket, in my view, and then if they have a dispute about one issue, they could find everything blocked. For example, imagine someone with a business with his domain registration, website, fax-to-email, e-mail and connection using one ISP. If his account is suspended, that means s/he has the website offline, no incoming e-mail (and no incoming fax if using the ISP's service), and no internet access.

Some of this is just common sense, but so many people leave everything in the hands of one service provider, and then if it all turns upside down, they're lost. Some time back an ISP suffered a major DDoS attack, and they sold up completely - you'll find out who bought that troubled ISP by visiting www.cloud-nine.com

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