Posts by Robert Urquhart
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By eliminating one leg of the current triple play most mid to high end consumers are sold (a traditional phone line, a mobile line and a dedicated internet line) you could generate a huge saving for consumers, which in turn would stimulate takeup of the new technology.
OMG yes! I look at what I could be paying for a real Skype number in NZ and what I'm paying for a landline and go "Why am I still paying this *&^! ~$40 a month landline?!!
To which the answers are :
- the fact that TelstraClear won't sell me shiny broadband and cable tv without said landline and
- lack of availability of a handset which will support multiple skype accounts (me + flatmates, or my personal + my business)Right now I'd be happy to pay more than Skype rates to TC if they were offering me a reasonable VOIP solution for less than the cost of the landline.
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Company called Interwaste offers a recycling service...
Thanks for the pointer Gareth :)
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Congratulations to James (and by extension Keith) for prompting me to register after several months of lurking....
Also, local bodies have a long way to go to make CFL recycling (which contain mercury) more available to jo blow. Compared to glass, plastic and paper, you really have to work hard to know how to ditch the the things.
Hear hear. Can anyone here tell me where I ought to be responsibly chucking the bloody things in Chch?
To add to the anecdotal data points - I've had a few die after a year or so (mostly in the same socket come to think of it) and I have some that have faded to the point I ought to replace them. No explosions. Still maybe a handful of long-lived incandescents in the place - apathy holds out :)