Not being a MediaCon subscriber, I'm not sure what advantages MediaCon offers in the way of email. Even when I had MediaCon for cable and internet, I never used their email address. It seems that nothing is perfect, including Alltel/Verizon sending email to my blackberry sometimes, but I can say that I've not yet had a problem with my gmail or yahoo mail, other than some mail getting accidentially sent into the spam folder. Knowing MediaCon's constant array of problems, I suggest seriously considering using another email service such as gmail or yahoo.