Archive for January, 2007

The Green Alternative to Ebay

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

The UK’s first auction site dedicated to ethical and eco friendly products has just been launched. The site is called Ecocentra.com and is being billed as the green alternative to ebay. So if you have any products that are environmentally friendly in nature, then head on over to Ecocentra. They are offering zero commission on all products listed before February 28th. The commission is normally 2% of the final selling price and there is no listing fee, which is a great deal compared with ebay.

If you are a shopper with an ethical or green conscience, then you are bound to find a good deal at Ecocentra.

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Tiscali broadband & free weekend calls

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Tiscali have launched a stellar deal: 1MB unlimited broadband and free weekend calls to UK landlines for just £9.99 for the first 3 months and £12.99 per month there after.

That is a great deal for anyone who is interested in unlimited broadband and weekend calls. 1MB is not the fastest speed on the market, but it fine for the average user. And being unlimited means that you do not have to worry about how much you download.

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BT improves download limit

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

BT has improved the download limit on all three of its broadband products.

BT Broadband Option 1 now has a download limit of 5GB per month (was 2GB per month). BT Broadband Option 2 now has a download limit of 8GB per month (was 6GB per month). BT Broadband Option 3 now has unlimited downloads (was 40GB per month).

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BT 1 million VoIP customers

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

BT now has 1 million Voice over Internet (VoIP) customers on its BT Talk and BT Softphone products. That is over one third of its broadband customer base.

Voice over Internet allows customer to make phone calls over the internet for a fraction of the cost of traditional phone calls.

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10 millionth UK broadband connection

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

BT Group is set to connect its 10 millionth UK household by the end of this week, as strong broadband uptake continues in the UK.

Most of those households are customers of providers other than BT Retail, like Pipex, AOL and Virgin, who are themselves customers of BT Wholesale. BT Retail has about 3 million customers.

It seems that Britain’s love affair with broadband has not dampened. 69% of internet connections are now via broadband.

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See full story at BBC