I use Yahoo! mail quite a bit but never really used the search function that much. I tried to use it today and received this message. As a consumer, I am losing confidence in the Yahoo brand.
My VOIP phone still doesn’t work. This is turning in to an early adopter lesson that I could have done without. Sorry VOIP, but I’m verging on cancellation here.
The robots have defeated me today (sic).
I’m still trying to get my new soft phone up and running. The firewall built in to my DSL modem causes it to lag, drop calls and, in one instance, call me back 30 minutes later to freeze my computer.
Collin, my tech support friend at the VOIP company established that I need to open a port on my connection for the phone to use. Unfortunately “the instant help pages” MTS supplies are almost completely useless and the information I did finally manage to find didn’t solve my problem.
I tried calling this one in, but the customer service is worse than the ad campaigns.
After waiting 30 minutes on hold I was questioning if my call really was as important as the robot voice kept telling me it was. Of course, it was prime time, and since I’m not a bundled subscriber I was paying for every minute.
On side note: What’s the deal with talking animals pushing wireless service?
Telus - bunny’s and birds
MTS - bison
Fido - Dogs
If anyone can point me to the market report these guys are sharing I’d like to read it.
Out here on the edge we don’t have landlines. I’m 100% mobile. This affords me the luxuries of breaking reception, dropped calls and unbelievably high long distance rates when calling my family.
As much as I want to say it, “Sorry Dad, we’re in prime time here, gotta go” isn’t acceptable. Here comes my savior, VOIP!
Out here in Manitoba, your VOIP options aren’t great (unless someone knows something I don’t?). There’s Vonage and Shaw, neither of which provides a significant savings vs. the good ol’ landline phone. Using my best net research techniques I managed to find this voip company out of Vancouver.
For $25 I’ll get unlimited local calling and 500 long distance minutes to use from the soft phone on my laptop.
Although I’m a bit skeptical of a company that will give you free service if you sign up 3 other people, I figure why not. We used IAXcomm VOIP for asterix at my previous job and it worked good from everywhere, so let’s do it.
VOIP ME!
Credit card out, account set up. It’s going to take 24-48 hours to get set up…the waiting begins.
So. Blog entry #1. This whole thing was inspired by the “Why you should blog” article over at SEOmoz. I got to thinking…”Why don’t I blog?” I should be be “building my brand” and establishing a written history of my online living.
A little Background
I’ve been on this internet thing since it was only text and have been developing sites for about 10 years. Currently I’m working as web developer at Manlab Resources in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. I’ve done flash development, video, audio recording, process development, graphic design and all kinds of other computer stuff.
I got a taste of big time e-commerce when the internet pharmacy wave washed over Canada a few years back. I worked with one of the larger online pharmacies for just over 2 years, which lead me into SEO/SEM/SERP world and got me worring about landings, clickthrough’s, funnels and all that other great stuff that comes with online marketing.
This blog aims to outline my personal interests within internet, technology and business and (hopefully) will open some discussion. You’ll notice I’m currently using the basic wordpress template, but that will be changing soon, just gotta get creative.
