The Internet ABo “M” is perfectly adequate for normal requirements.
Instead of WEB-Mail, the installation of Thunderbird has proven to be very good, no advertising, local folders, calendar which can be synchronised with many other programs and complete backup possible.
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WalterB thanks for the reply but I already have Swisscom on one side and Google Contact and Calendar on the other. In the absence of being able to make Swisscom Contact and Calendar compatible with my phone (Basic subscription at 2.90?) I’m continuing with the native Google Contacts and Calendar applications, but thanks for the advice.
Ok with fibre I’ll switch from Internet S to M. thanks
The crucial thing about the “Thunderbird” mail program for the PC is that you can easily integrate your existing Google account directly into it and then synchronise both contacts and calendar automatically between the mobile phone and the e-mail program.
Thunderbird is also far superior to Swisscom Webmail in all other aspects of convenience.
So just forget about webmail, Bluewin contacts and the Bluewin calendar, install the free Thunderbird e-mail program on your PC and synchronise your calendar and contacts with your existing Google account.
As an additional advantage and a decisive factor with your Light Mail, you can also create purely local mail folders in Thunderbird and move all mails that you no longer need on your mobile devices directly from the inboxes of your mail addresses to a local mailbox (preferably organised by topic).
This way you will never have problems staying under the 1 GB limit of the Bluewin mailboxes.
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Thank you for your reply (please don’t take it the wrong way) but NO, I’m not adding another application (as with instant messaging, the aim is to keep SMS/RCS + 1 other to a minimum).
So since Mail Basic at 2.90 doesn’t seem very useful (no advertising but I use much more application than webmail which has advertising) because no immediate synchronisation Swisscom contact & calendar with e.g. Google phone or other, I can continue as now (free mail light I’m only at 30% of the maximum because I delete old useless mail and don’t need several mail addresses).
That is to say priority agenda and Google contact that works with phone and instant messaging and when rarely new contact, I double on Swisscom contact.
I don’t know if you could take just 2~3 months mail basic by paying to test and then remove if not very useful.
Thanks to all!
PTT I don’t know if we could take just 2~3 months mail basic by paying to test and then remove so little useful.
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Bluewin E-mail light, basic and advanced subscriptions include various services.
You can change your subscription at any time.
You can switch to a higher or lower Bluewin E-mail subscription at any time.
The new price will be charged on the next billing date.
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PTT So I want fibre (and Router 5) and I was thinking of going to M (1gb). I’ve been told that there’s hardly any difference between M and L.(1gb, 10gb) But will I feel any difference between S and M?
For your information, to receive an IB5pro, you need to have the ‘L’ subscription. With an ‘S’ or ‘M’ subscription, you’ll receive Internet Box 4."
Link:
https://www.swisscom.ch/fr/clients-prives/abonnement-internet/internet-box-5-pro.html
Doremi
The free routers are actually only available for new customers, otherwise as an existing customer for the IB5 pro currently CHF 149.
The situation is a little different if the current router is older than an IB3, because then the existing router has to be replaced anyway to switch to an XGS-PON connection and then the new customer router allocation rules would also apply to existing customers.
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Doremi are you sure? you can also buy the IB 5 Pro with an existing Internet S and M with a discount of 200.
See also https://community.swisscom.ch/d/853760-die-internet-box-5-pro-ist-da
There writes JanineZ:
With the blue Internet L subscription on fibre, you will receive the new Internet Box 5 Pro worth CHF 349 as a gift. Anyone who orders another Internet subscription on fibre will continue to receive the Internet Box 4. *Existing customers with a subscription on fibre can buy the Internet Box 5 Pro with a loyalty discount of CHF 200 for CHF 149.
The sentence “Existing customers with a fibre optic subscription can buy the Internet Box 5 Pro with a loyalty discount of CHF 200 for CHF 149. ” leaves room for speculation. Is the IB 5 Pro free if you switch from copper to fibre with Internet L?
Depending on how long the minimum contract period is, I would think carefully about what is more worthwhile.
Internet L is 10 more expensive than Internet M
With a minimum contract period of 12 months, that’s 120.
With a minimum contract period of 24 months, that’s 240.
Internet M is usually absolutely sufficient for private use. So why should you pay 240 when you can also buy the box with Internet M for 149?
I would also always recommend changing the technology in the shop. You may be able to get a discount for the contract extension.
Back then I got the IB 4 for free and on top of that there was a 6 month 70 discount.
@JanineZ
Can you shed some more light on this? Does the copper customer get an Internetbox 5 Pro for free when they switch to fibre optic if they take blue Internet L?
Absolutely right. Someone in my family, a customer for years with an Internet-Box 2 (IB2), received an Internet-Box 4 (IB4) free of charge with an “M” subscription when the fibre was recently switched on. However, our request for an Internet-Box 5 Pro (IB5 Pro) was turned down, and we were not offered the chance to buy it at a reduced price.
I’ve now discovered that it’s possible to buy the router for CHF 149, as @“Werner” says in my customer area. However, when a member of my family requested one, the answer was negative. What’s more, at the end of December 2024, I can’t remember whether there was a discount or an opportunity to buy.
In fact, I reminded @PTT that the new router he wanted was not free. If Swisscom provides one free of charge, it will be an IB4, unless Swisscom has changed the rules.
Hello Stephan_76 , happy to answer… “Existing fibre optic customers can buy the IB5 Pro at the reduced price of CHF 149 (CHF 200 loyalty discount)”. Kind regards, MirkoP
Liebe Grüsse / Salut et à bientôt / Ciao e a presto / Cheers, see you soon!
MirkoP
Hello MirkoP yes the discount is already clear so far.
I’m interested in what the copper customer gets when he switches from copper to glass technology?
Does the copper customer then also count as a new customer? Or would the copper customer have to pay the IB5 if he absolutely wants it?
Stephan_76 I switched from copper to glass three weeks ago.
As I already had the IB3 in operation, I had to buy the IB5 Pro for Fr. 149.
