I had DSL from SBC/AT&T. I also had an sbcglobal.net email address. I fired the phone company because my phone and DSL only worked if all three conditions were met: (1) it was not windy, (2) it had not rained or snowed in the previous two days, and (3) it was above 32 degrees. In Ohio, that is hard to meet in the winter.
To the point. About three months after firing the phone company and moving to cable, my Yahoo Music Engine suddenly said "unexpected error at sign in." I went looking and found out that I needed to move my email from an sbcglobal.net address to a yahoo.com address. No problem. Emails went right over to the new one. I tried to sign in to YME again and I only get 30-second samples. The old address still crashes and the new one offers 30-second samples. I checked their message boards, and from what others were posting, I am out of luck.
Yahoo is aware of the problem, but no one there is knowledgeable enough to fix the shareware. A quote from the board: "We broke it, just sit and wait." I wrote to tech no-help and got nothing. Good thing I kept it short. I knew nothing would happen, so I am warning others here.
I basically paid around $70 for an annual subscription and got at most three months of use out of it. I am sure prorated refunds are only a rumor.
Here is the point: if you are firing AT&T/SBC, or whoever it is now, make sure you are at the end of your term with Yahoo Music, with a guarantee they will not automatically renew your term. If not, you donated the remainder of your service. There is nothing in the terms of service about this. It is just a software problem that turns your ratings, preferences and music into vaporware. Poof, it is gone.
Let me know when they fix this glitch...
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