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
