VoIP Reviews – find the best voip phone
VoIP Reviews are available from VoIPRater.com. We highly recommend their services and find Voip Rater to be a very good source for all VOIP information. If you are interested in saving money on your phone bill or just want to make free calls to anywhere in the USA and in some cases the world, VOIP service is for you. That means everyone out there that still has a home phone line – this is a service you should take a look at. You are literally throwing money away if you are still using a phone service from a local analog provider like QWest, Bell etc. Please take a look at http://www.voiprater.com for more information.
Voip Phone Service
I have been using VoIP Phone Service for over 7 years now. You may remember the days when Vonage had all the crazy commercials on TV with people throwing boxes and knocking others out? Well I think their point was that it was such an easy solution, everyone should be using it. About that same time I started using a service called Vontastic. It was a new brand just like everything else, however it was one of the first to offer free international calling to the UK, China, W. Europe and others. Since I had lived in Asia and had a brother in London at the time it was the best service I could find and stay in touch with my friends and family.
Now there are a number of really good Voip companies out there. If you are looking, here is a good VoIP Providers list. I personally like Voip Rater because they have the most up to date pricing and any current voip discounts that are available.
My last bit of advice is to read the reviews as some of the voip providers may be cheap, but the service is cheap as well. If you look at the reviews they show the customer service options for the various providers, the plan prices and most of the features that are offered.
Good luck in your search for a great voip provider!
Alreadyhosting.com no longer endorsing IXwebhosting
A major web hosting reviews site recently announced they have removed IXwebhosting from their lists due to poor customer satisfactio. We have provided a small exverpt from the Alreadyhosting.com website.
We NO LONGER endorse IxWebHosting.com – Bad Host.
AlreadyHosting.com strives to provide the most honest web hosting reviews on the Internet. When we first created our website we were very pleased with the web hosting service provided by IxWebHosting.com. Unfortunately, after about a year, IxWebHosting has continued down a landslide in the hosting industry.
Justhost scam – want a real review?
I spent a few minutes looking around at Justhost today. What I found was interesting. They have a nice virtual chat agent who is really a robot that just keeps spamming you with a 20% special offer price. The offer is the same price that is shown right on the front page of the website. There are plenty of places to go and get a $3.95 hosting price, but trying to trick people into thinking they are getting an additional 20% off is a scam. See my transcript below:
Connecting to Agent…
You have been connected to Emma
Emma Says:Hey Wait!! I have just been authorized to offer you a 20% discount on our UNLIMITED hosting plan! To take advantage of this special one-time offer just CLICK HERE
Emma Says:When you are ready just say “Hi” and we can get started….
You:wow thanks emma you are the greatest!
Emma Says:If there is anything else I can assist you with, please don’t hesitate to drop me a message.
You:are you a robot?
Emma Says:Ok, you got me, I am a live virtual agent.
You:I knew it!
Emma Says:You get a free domain for life, free instant setup and you can host unlimited domains, plus, much much more.
You:you type too fast
Emma Says:Would you like to sign up for our most popular hosting plan for just $3.95 / month?
You:no
Emma Says:Remember this 20% discount is only available today through this chat.
You:is your customer service in India?
Emma Says:You can actually sign up for Hosting with us no matter where in the world you are located. We have customers from all over the world hosting with us.
Emma Says:To get your 20% Discount just CLICK HERE
You:where are you based?
Emma Says:We are located in a few places, just check this out here: http://www.justhost.com/contact im in the UK right now 
You:you are a robot living in the UK?
You:are you really alive?
Emma Says:I am a live virtual agent
You:Yeah thats what I thought
Emma Says:Ok Great!! To sign up for the $3.95 special discount, CLICK HERE
You:Who is your boss?
Emma Says:You can only receive this special $3.95 month deal through this chat. So to take advantage of our massive 20% Discount (Equivilant to $12 off) just CLICK HERE
You:What is 1+1?
Emma Says:You may not have noticed but I am actually just a virtual agent, so I dont fully understand your question.
Emma Says:You can try asking me again and re-phrase your question, or why not contact our freindly phone support team toll-free at: 1-(888)-755-7585 they should be able to assist you further
You:Do they speak english?
Emma Says:Unfortunately I can only speak English… Sorry.
Emma Says:Would you like to check out this great offer though? Just Click Here
You:Why does your 20% discount still show me the same $3.95 price I see on the main page?
Emma Says:Our unlimited hosting plan USUALLY costs $6.95 month, with free Domain, unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth, host unlimited domains and unlimited email accounts.
You:Is there really any discount or is this a scam?
Emma Says:Sorry I can’t understand your question. Please can you repeat it for me?
You:You tell me to click your link for some special discount but it says $3.95 right on the front page of your website
Emma Says:If you have a pop-up blocker on, try holding down Ctrl and CLICK HERE
Emma Says:If that does not work, please copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.intellichat.com/tracking/offer.php?addon=?fcn=us&offerID=1658
You:When you say save 20% it should be $3.16 per month
Emma Says:Like I say i’m just a virtual agent, so again I dont fully understand your question.
Basically if you are going to purchase Justhost, you are getting a company that is a shared hosting platform with outsourced services. If you dont mind having crap support from India and having to wait 10 minutes to talk to someone then this is the place for you. If you want real customer support I suggest looking elsewhere. Try the live chat on some other hosts sites and see if you get a robot or a real human.
Google is launching new Google Chrome OS
Google is now entering a new market that has been dominated by Microsoft for the past 15 years. The new project was announced on their website at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html and the new browser is focused on internet usage. The team developing Chrome promises a fast and lightweight interface and a speedy startup time to get your machine up and on the web. With the mixture of Google Apps and a fast browser they may be on to something for netbook users, students and the typical office user who only needs access to word processing type apps and a web browser.
Bluehost Discount only $3.95/month!
The hosting wars have been heating up in recent months and Bluehost just released a special link that allows you to setup a hosting account for only $3.95 per month! That is CRAZY! In order to get the special pricing you must have cookies enabled on your browser and then click on our special link:
This will allow you to see the special promotional pricing and sign up for a great term. Bluehost is one of the best shared hosting platforms available (we host this site there) and for $3.95/ month you can save over $72 on a 2 year term or $108 on a 3 year term! Take advantage of this incredible deal today before it is gone!
P.S. with hold times at less than a minute and US based customer support you really cant get any better. You also get $75 worth of free PPC credits to use to promote your website and they give you a free PRO account for SimpleScripts. What are you waiting for?
SimpleScripts affiliate program is now live!
You can now join SimpleScripts as an affiliate. If you want to help your customers, readers, friends etc. to build a website in under a minute, I HIGHLY recommend you take a look at the www.simplescripts.com system. Free accounts are available and you get 3 free installs with it!
The Affiliate program allows you to make $5 for each person you refer who upgrades to a pro account that gives them unlimited installs and free upgrades for the software they use. A yearly license is only $15.
Geocities is closing!
Say goodbye to free hosting that once was. Yahoo announced it is now closing down its popular free hosting service geocities.yahoo.com. As stated on its website:
“Current GeoCities customers:
After careful consideration, we have decided to close GeoCities later this year. We’ll share more details this summer. For now, please sign in or visit the help center for more information.”
The site is no longer accepting new customer signups and will eventually close the service completely. That sounds like a big 2.8 billion dollar mistake in my books.
For all of you Geocities members who are now going to be looking for a new home. I highly recommend you NOT sign up for Yahoo hosting and pay $11.95/month. There are much cheaper alternatives available out there including http://www.bluehost.com for just $3.95 per month and they have more features than Yahoo.
Time Warner Meter Cap Stopped
It looks like a major victory for fans of unmetered bandwidth. Time Warner announced today that they are going to discontinue plans to start issuing tiered pricing to customers. The new plans were to cap bandwidth for users of their high-speed internet plans. There was heavy pressure coming from the customers as well as government officials and due to the amount of complaints they received they have abandoned the plan. At least for now.
German site wikileaks.de suspended – Censorship!
On April 9th 2009, the domain registration for the website Wikileaks.de was suspended by DENIC, Germany’s registration authority, without prior notice.
On March 25th of 2009 the German government introduced a nation-wide internet censorship system. This gave them the ability to shut down internet sites that they did not agree with or thought needed to be removed from view. Australia and Germany are the only Western democracies publicly considering such a mandatory censorship. The system is much like the censorship that takes place in mainland China and is ridiculed by free countries around the world. Will the loss of freedom ever end?