My @me.com address still works fine, I just now also have an @icloud.com pointing to it too. I believe that's the case for @mac.com as well. Don't worry, there'

My @me.com address still works fine, I just now also have an @icloud.com pointing to it too. I believe that's the case for @mac.com as well. Don't worry, there'd be uproar if Apple took people's email addresses from them :) Personally, I'm a bit of a hypocrite, because I use my gmail as my main account, despite being far more comfortable with a service I can pay for (in the past, that was MobileMe) and know I can get customer service on the phone. Honestly, once Apple can show they've got their act together for more than a few years I'll probably switch...