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my wife has a (free) email account with conectfree. All today the mail server has been down and ww.connecfree is unavailable..
Ping doesnt work
~ $ ping -c4 www.connectfree.co.uk
ping: unknown host www.connectfree.co.uk



and a DNS lookup gives me this
Domain name:
connectfree.co.uk

Registrant:
Connect Free

Trading as:
Connect Internet Services Ltd

Registrant type:
UK Limited Company, (Company number: 3693541)

Registrant's address:
10 pencroft Way
Manchester Science Park
Manchester
Lancs
M15 6JJ
GB

Registrar:
Tiscali UK Ltd [Tag = NWNET]
URL: http://www.tiscali-business.co.uk

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 13-Jul-1998
Renewal date: 13-Jul-2008
Last updated: 12-Aug-2006

Registration status:
Renewal required.
*** This registration has been SUSPENDED. ***
 
Hello pdc124,

The reason the service is no longer working is because the domain name has been suspended. This essentially means no renewal request (or payment) has been received for the domain name - when a .uk domain name expires, it is suspended for a period of 90 days after which time it then becomes free to re-register. During this suspension period all services related to that domain cease.

If the owner of this domain does not get it renewed, it will more than likely be released back into the public domain on the 13th October 2008.

Using the WayBackMachine (http://www.archive.org/web/web.php) their last cached page is listed as October 26th 2007 - click the following link to access the page http://web.archive.org/web/20070828223323/www.connectfree.co.uk/1024768.htm. On here they have the following "Contact Us" information which may be of some help:

By Phone - 0906 300 3322 (calls are charged at 50ppm, lines open 8am - midnight)
By E-mail - info@connectfree.co.uk or support@connectfree.co.uk

Alternatively, as they are a limited company, you could ask Companies House whether or not they have ceased trading.

Otherwise, your best option is to sign up for another free email provider, such as Google (http://mail.google.com) or Hotmail (http://www.hotmail.co.uk)
 
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I'm sure we posted something about ConnectFREE dieing a long time ago, it was one of those old local call rate relics that can't last by itself.
 
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