Can't get Broadband?

BT are notorious in the UK for slow rollout of their ADSL broadband platform, which allows normal residential customers to get on the Internet many times faster than just a few years ago, where you had to dial up and you'd hear the horrid "beeeeeeeeeeep brrrrrrrrrrrr schhhhhhhhhhhh" noises coming from your computer.

The only problem is that BT still haven't managed to provide broadband availability to the whole of the country. There are still people hearing those... blasted... beeeeeeeep.

With this comes the speed issue. How many of you have been teased by your mates because they can surf the Internet over 40 times faster than you can? Out of the teased, how many have also been teased about the fact they're paying around the same as you, to get that speed?

As broadband prices are being pushed lower, dial up prices aren't following the inevitable price drop pattern. This is causing concern for the dial up users still in the country who cannot physically receive broadband.

To combat this, we've launched a new service for anybody in the UK to receive dial up access for free. Anybody can use it, anywhere, anytime. Up to 56kbps speeds are available, and all you pay is for the time you spend online. This will appear on your phone bill, normally classified by BT as simply "Internet". No monthly bills!

With no need to register, you can be enjoying this service within minutes. Benefits include:

• Fast, free and reliable dial up Internet access
• Pay As You Go. No subscription fees or contract
• 0845 lo-call rates paid via your phone bill
• Up to 56kbps modem speeds
• Easy to set up
• Free for home users, businesses, students... anyone!

Interested? Pop over to our Free Internet Access product page to get started. We even provide a free outgoing e-mail server for sending e-mails!

Musical controversy - again!

ITV's TV programme The X Factor is well-known throughout the UK as a music talent contest. Now broadcasting its 3rd series, there has been plenty of controversial content printed in the media and on the Internet.

Tonight's show saw Sharon Osbourne tell the nation the MacDonald brothers should win the competition, just to see Simon Cowell pay out £1 million for their recording contract.

Surely the idea of a talent contest is to find talent that will survive in the music industry because they can deliver. Who would want to win a contest based on controversy?

Singer success Kelly Clarkson managed it with Cowell's American Idol. Perhaps it's time to axe Sharon and Louis?

Alternatively, find more success with up and coming EmeraldTunes, blogged about here.

Don't Tie Yourself Up

That's exactly the message we're giving out this week, with the launch of our new service aimed at anybody with a wired computer network. I'm just one of many people who constantly end up wrapped in cable!

We decided it would be a good opportunity to show that you can use the stuff without ending up trying to become the next Houdini! If you have more than one computer in your home or office, there's a very good chance they may be "networked". For home users, you'll mainly find Internet providers advertising wireless broadband. For an office, you're more likely to have a cable running from a phone-like socket on the wall.

Whichever method you might have, it's still a computer network, and if you have wires connecting your computers together, you might benefit from our custom network cable service. The idea is simple enough - you can buy cable in 0.5 metre, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7.5, 10, 15, 20 metre lengths, and all you need to do is plug in and go. What if you wanted a 6.3 metre cable? You'd have to buy a 7.5 metre cable and trip over the spare 1.2 metres. Not any more!

Our unique service allows you to tell us how long you want your cable and how many you want! We'll then cut and manufacture the cable to your requirements, then test it to ensure you won't be disappointed when it drops on your doormat. Bulk buyers are also welcomed with a discounted pricing scheme. We're also giving away £20 discount vouchers for our web design services for every £50 spent on cables. Cool, eh?

So just to go over the important points (what? You might have forgotten!):

1. Tell us how long you want your cables
2. We'll manufacture and test them for you
3. Bulk buyers welcome - don't forget your £20 discount vouchers!
4. Are you still tripping up on cable?

If you answered Yes to the last point, then surely you should be looking at our PDF price list by now, and then ordering your cables!