A quarter of a million email accounts offered by Vodafone are to be closed down as the telecommunications company ditches its email service.
Email services offered by Vodafone are about to be deleted. Photo: 123RF
Vodafone said it had not kept pace with changes in email technology and many of its customers wanted better or had already made the change.
Some of more well-known addresses that would be shut down are those ending in ihug.co.nz, paradise.net.nz, vodafone.co.nz or clear.net.nz.
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Many of the addresses were launched in the 1990s.
It was hard to gauge exactly how many customers were actively using their accounts, because many had already abandoned them, a spokeswoman said.
Most had changed to online services like gmail, Yahoo or Outlook.
The accounts would close on 30 November, with Vodafone offering a forwarding service and advice on how to set up a new account.
The other addresses affected are vodafone.net.nz, wave.co.nz, quik.co.nz, pcconnect.co.nz and es.co.nz