Changing broadband supplier/email

[Shaw Tarse]

How much faff is involved?
If I leave my current BB supplier, they will delete my email account, who do I need to notify?
Moreso how do I remember who I have signed up with?

[And then she]

Step 1: get a Gmail, Outlook, etc. email address, so you don't need to be tied to your internet service provider.

Step 2: forward any important emails to our new account (or there may be a transfer option)

Step 3: transfer any subscriptions to that address, and notify friends, etc.

Step 4: go to Quidco / Topcashback, etc. to get cashback for your transfer - it's genuinely free money!

Edited by And then she on Wednesday 1st May 09:46

[Mr Pointy]

It's a major palaver & needs to be planned a year in advance.

• Decide on new email platform (Gmail/Outlook/O365) & create account
• Set up old email address as a mailbox within new account - set up to leave mail on server, not delete
• Migrate over all old email & work within new account only
• Work through changing all email signups to new email address
• Watch traffic to old address tail off & whenever mail arrive to it either update or unsubscribe
• Work out any miscellaneous accounts which are using the old address as the recovery email. This is the hardest to do
• After a year you may be safe to delete the old account as long as there has been no mail received - you decide the period

[Shaw Tarse]

Thanks both