By Mitchell Lazarus
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The FCC has asked for comment on a request that it require Internet service providers (ISPs) to provide "email address portability" so that a subscriber can change ISPs while keeping the same email address. Specifically, the petition asks the FCC to require the old ISP to forward incoming email to a new address of the subscriber's choosing.
The petitioner's business used an AOL account opened by her then-teenage son, paid for through the petitioner's credit card. Following a billing dispute, AOL closed the account without notice, allegedly on the ground ...