Not true, Don. Outlook.com Premium was still available to users just not to new users. This is the first year that I have been unable to renew. The only reason is because I could not talk to a real person and the person who got my case did not forward to someone who understood about current users versus new users. I even listed my phone number in the case so that she could have someone call me. No use.
Maybe I will switch to Gmail in the new year, but right now, it's hard with the holidays.