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Useful links - to other service and product providers on the web
The web gets its name from links like these.
Our company has trust in the following companies which also do business
on the Web.
Bear in mind that although we cannot make any representations on their
behalf and cannot make recommendations without a full understanding of what
your business needs are - some of the links below may result in our
company receiving a trivial benefit for the traffic and business that we generate.
| What they do or provide
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18185 is an ADDITIONAL Telephone service IF you pay BT for
your landline - see BELOW for what BT OFFERS.
As at Jun'09 they (18185) offer calls to:
- mobiles for 6p per minute (ppm)
- UK landlines for 5p PER CALL - no extra ppm charge even for 2-3 hour calls!
- ideal for those people who regularly 'keep in touch'!
- approx. 30 worldwide destinations at less than 2ppm
- many countries at 1ppm or less - even to mobiles - US, China etc.
The minor irritation of dialling 18185 in front of any number is offset by
not just cost but the fact that if you want to use BT for any call you
simply omit this (18185) prefix.
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18185
also see
/ compare to:
18866
although I
think it is
slightly more
expensive.
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| Contact organisations by telephone using a cheaper
number than 0870, 0845, 0844, 0871 etc.
that they may have provided to you on their literature, web site, bill etc..
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saynoto0870.co.uk
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Plusnet are a Broadband (BB) provider that allows you to:
- Keep your 'phone line with BT and therefore use 'really cheap' 'phone
services - see '18185' elsewhere on this page.
- 'Free' overnight usage (for downloads/file sharing) - midnight-8am
- Like all BB providers - other benefits such as your 'phone line is free
for incoming / outgoing calls and the fact that Broadband connections are
usually 'left on' and therefore much quicker to connect.
(See Fast PC startup using no power for much faster PC startup too!)
As of February'09 - major changes and cost reductions
for SOME customers!
- If you are served by a 'competitive' BT exchange - typically urban then you are
likely to be offered a significant reduction in BB charges (£5.99/m) BUT also:
- If you only use the web for simple web and e-mail then there is an
cheap deal which is in ADDITION to any benefit from the point above.
To illustrate the point - £6/month for a huge 10GB/month if the above
applies to you - Hazel Grove, Buxton - not surrounding villages!? (please check!),
Poynton, all? of Manchester,
Ashton under Lyne etc.. Check YOUR location at:
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/MRPOY
as an example - 'Market 3' underneath the Map is what you would want
to see - deregulated!
Apologies to my
Knutsford customers and friends.
- There are other deals known as 'Unlimited' and 'Pro' that
are more expensive than the above option but are still very competitive
for a quality service or if you really need to use file sharing etc.
- No inclusive Voice over IP, no personal web site space and caps
on Peer to Peer traffic** (e.g. BBC iPlayer!) are the only
significant lowering of what you can expect as far as I can see so far.
Please call BrianR before ordering as there are SOME options to
AVOID and ONE specific TECHNICAL thing to request during or just after ordering
Note that as of August '09 there are also GOOD BUSINESS OPTIONS
but again please call BrianR to ensure you are ordering the best options
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PlusNet
The above link
generates the
equivalent to 1
pint of beer
per YEAR.
The benefit to
YOU is that if
Plusnet lapse in
their customer
service
- I can
liase with them
very aware
that I have
recommended
them to more
than a dozen
of their
customers.
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Voice calls at weekend and evening - WITH BT!
For many years we have promoted the idea of retaining your line rental with
BT so that all? of the services over that line are regulated by OfCom and
therefore relatively competitive.
What BT are now (Feb/Mar'09) offering may be interesting to many - in exchange
(pardon the pun!) for committing to a 12 month contract you can get FREE
evening and weekend calls (up to an hour) AND even some 0845 and 0870 calls at
the weekend! AND that is included in the line rental which is
£11.50 approx. from April - again approx. - see their web site for details.
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bt.com/free
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| Allow you to pay for goods and services WITHOUT giving
your credit card details to the provider of them.
Both of these companies allow individuals as well as
businesses to give and get money on-line.
Supports on-line trading in goods and services.
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Google checkout - and an alternative:
Paypal - now a part of eBay I believe
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| SOFTWARE that is FREE for PERSONAL USE.
Another set of useful links can be found elsewhere on this site
at Personal Software. This is listed here because it is a useful
link for many PC users.
| Personal Software
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** Note Peer to peer file sharing is normally associated with
downloading copies of movies and CDs and often violates Copyright laws.
HOWEVER the BBC! make LEGAL use of PEER to PEER technologies in their
iPlayer which may be affected by the caps on the bandwidth available.
I will update this page when I know more about the effect of the caps.
If you want to refer people to specific items on this page then you may want to
give them one of the links below:
Windows XP Remote Assistance now provides in-work training and assistance, as and when needed to more than a dozen customers
What's Hot
April'08 Keep Spammers out of your InBox - starting from 30 UKP p.a. including your own (UK) domain.
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