It’s not very common for people to switch ISPs on a whim. Once you’re locked into an ISP in your area, it could be time consuming and costly to switch. It wasn’t until I recently switched from Comcast to Verizon that I realized how many services and web sites I signed up with my Comcast email address, and if I’m going to get rid of Comcast, I’m going to have to change my email address on all of them. The biggest reason for doing so is password recovery. If you forget your password, it’s generally emailed to you. However, when you drop your ISP, you no longer have access to that email account, making password recovery difficult, if not impossible.
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