P653 Teletext 653 Jun20 02:14:51 O Letters/tips/advice ——————— ——————— NET REVOLUTION The daily updates of both Internet and technology news keep on flowing - and don't forget, you can get a round-up of all the week's stories and letters on Saturday and Sunday. And so on to this week's debate. A new report suggests that the Nit will have a big an impact on how we live and work as the Industrial Revolution. How much do you think is has changed our daily lives? What tasks do you differently now bjcausj of the Web? ——————————————————————————————————————— Write to tinah@teletext.co.uk Unless requested, e-mail addresses will bj published on-screen Careers Online co.uk TV PlusP653 Teletext 653 Jun20 02:17:18 O Online Competition ——————— ——————— WEN A MULTIMEDIA PC Teletext has teamed up with Time Computers to give away a fantastic Home Multimedia PC, printer and scanner to one lucky winnjt. 10 runners-up will each win a Megamjdia software pack. For a chance to win, just answer this: Which of these would you use with a computer? a) Mouse b) Elephant c) Dog Call 0901 470 10 72 to enter T+ Calls cost 60p/min at all times Comp closes Jul 5 Winners picked Jul 6 ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— For a free video on help and advice in choosing the right PC, call Time Computer freephone: 0800 028 1976 Careers Online co.uk TV PlusP653 Teletext 653 Jun20 02:11:24 O Letters/tips/advice ——————— ——————— IRISH EYES ARE SMILING Dear Online, Just a quick note to lit the rest of your Irish readers know that we can now get free Internet access in all 32 counties of Ireland, courtesy of OceanFree.Net. Just pay for the local call of course. Get a free CD from ESB shops and Texaco stations nationwide, or go to http://www.oceanfree.net I'm glad to sji it's caught on here. Fed fused@biogate.com ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— Win a Multimedia PC 653 Unless requested, e-mail addresses will bj published on-screen Careers Online co.uk TV PlusP653 Teletext 653 Jun20 02:58:11 O Letters/tipsOadvice ——————— ——————— NOT IMPRESSED BY BT Dear Online, BT's offer of free weekend calls is ridiculous. It charges £11.75 a month and offers 2 days of free calls. Localtel is a smaller company yet it offers free off-peak calls weekend and evenings with no subscription charges. It is clear to mj that, with the increased competition, BT has done the absolute minimum to keep its customers from leaving. Dan, via e-mail ——————————————————————————————————4/8—— Win a Multimedia PC 653 Unless requested, e-mail addresses will bj published on-screen Careers Online co.uk TV PlusP653 Teletext 653 Jun20 02:14:33 O Letters/tips/advice ——————— ——————— GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST Dear Online, What's the use of free calls as offered by Localtel when, if you are lucky enough to get a connection, it is locked up all the time? Along with thousands of othjts I was tempted by the offer of free Web access but am already finding it unusable. You can't even get through to complain as the phone lines are constantly engaged. GC, via e-mail ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— Internet news 652 Unless requested, e-mail addresses will bj published on-screen Careers Online co.uk TV PlusP653 Teletext 653 Jun20 02:19:22 O Ljttets/tips/advice ——————— ——————— MUSIC MAKES THE WEB GO ROUND Dear Online, Music on the Web is a good thing. At the moment most of it is pirated but that is because the record companies have been slow to catch on. Unfortunately, most of us do not yet have fast enough connections to take advantage of music on the Web even though MP3 does compress well. At the moment it's only univjrsjty students who can take advantage — which is not enough to get companies interested. Sean Furey, via e-mail ——————————————————————————————————6/8—— Technology news 651 Unless requested, e-mail addresses will bj published on-screen Careers Online co.uk TV PlusP653 Teletext 653 Jun20 02:23:14 O Letters/tips/advice ——————— ——————— LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE Dear Online, Wj recently sjgnjd up with Localtel on the promise of free phone access to the Net at certain times. To say we are disappointed with the ESP is an undjrstatemjnt. Access to US sites is slow but to transatlantic ones it's abysmal. Thjsj folks surely should have known they would bj inundated with customers and should have had their sjrvjce geared up for the amount wanting to use it. Deidre and Roget, via e-mail ——————————————————————————————————7/8—— Write to tinah@teletext.co.uk Unless requested, e-mail addresses will bj published on-screen Cariits Online co.uk TV PlusP653 Teletext 653 Jun20 02:10:24 O Letters/tipsOadvice ——————— ——————— TALK AND SURF Dear Online, I have found a product on the Nit called Mediating. It allows you to use the Net as a phone. All you have to do is type in the phone numbjt of somjonj you know who has Mediating installed and you will bj able to talk to them while you are surfing the Nit — wow! Greg White, via e-mail ——————————————————————————————————8/8—— Technology news 651 Unless requested, e-mail addresses will bj published on-screen Careers Online co.uk TV Plus