Mostly, people who pay for e-mail service are paying not for the access to e-mail itself, but for security features and/or technical support capabilities. This is, for example, true of America Online, which offers both a free application and an offer to pay for a service that includes support.
Yes, email providers vary greatly. Some are free, some are not. Some offer POP and IMAP, others like Hotmail only offer it to paid users. (If you want to use an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird, this is important to know.) Some have great web interfaces, some have no web interface. Some offer filtering, custom mailboxes, superior spam fighting, etc. If you're unsure, I'd suggest considering Gmail as the standard and going from there, based on your needs.
A free email is where a service provides you with a email address for free. POP3 is a method of downloading your email off of the mail server and onto your computer, or somewhere else.
The Earthlink email is part of their free service but you will need the internet which is where they hope you will pay. The free services also have no help for them or customer service.
Many free providers use free email to advertise. They may add advertisements to the footers, or to your email screen.
Yes, many sites offeres a free email service, like hotmail and gmail.
outlook.com
It is email that is brand name of that dial up service.
Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo.
Most email services now a days are free to use. Yahoo's email service is also free to use for the public. This is beneficial because not many people want to pay for email.
Gmail is a Free Web Based Email Service for Everything!
There are not a lot of differences between PeoplePC and Gmail Webmail. However some Gmail users have complained in reviews that emails they received from friends who use PeoplePC have come to their email box distorted. This could be a settings difference between the two webmails.
O2 is a European telecommunications provider. They have a presence in many European countries and are a major player in the British market. One of the services that they offer is free O2 email address. This email service offers all the standard features and is comparable to the free email service that any large ISP offers.
No email service is free.