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March 31, 2006

Your credit score and how it affects your home essential services

Were you turned down on your natural gas service order? Or are you required to pay a large deposit to get your telephone, electricity and natural gas turned on? The reason for this is probably your credit score. Low credit scores affect several aspects of your life, including the prices you pay for your home essential services.

The only way to keep this from happening to you next time you try to switch on services at your home is for you to raise your credit rate, which may be easier than you think. Doing simple things like paying your bills on time and keeping your debt low can bring up your score.

Moving 101: Searching for a home

Looking for a home in your new city? It is tough to do, especially if you currently live far away from where you are moving to. This site, Realtor.com, has over 2.5 million homes on the market that you can look through at your leisure. If you need an easy way to look through possible housing choices, this site could help you.

Never miss the Sopranos again

If you get DIRECTV service now from WhiteFence, you can get three months of free HBO, Cinemax, Starz, and Showtime. Your DIRECTV service will only be $29.99/month for the first three months. And if you want to record all your favorite shows, you can get a DVR for free after a mail-in rebate.

Problems with your high speed Internet?

Have you encountered a problem with your high speed Internet service? To resolve your issue with your high speed Internet, you can follow these steps:

Check your hardware:
Your first step should be to make sure that the problem you are having with your high speed Internet is not being caused by your computer or your modem. Many computers and modems have troubleshooting programs that can diagnose problems if any exist. If you determine that the problem is due to your hardware, you should call the manufacturer to find out the how to fix your problem.

Contact your provider:
If you determine that your hardware is not causing your problem, you should prepare to call your provider. Make sure to have your account number available as well as notes on exactly what is happening with your high speed Internet and what you've done to try to correct the issue. Having all this information available will help you to easily inform your high speed Internet provider's customer service representative about the problem. The representative will be able to understand your problem faster if you can communicate easily all the details of what is going on with your high speed Internet. After you have compiled all the details about your problem, call your provider's customer service number. The customer service representative may be able to fix the problem over the phone or they may need to send someone to your home to fix the problem.

Switch providers:
If you are still unhappy with your high speed Internet, you always have the option of switching your provider. If you have a contract with your high speed Internet provider, be sure to check with your provider to see if you will have to pay a fee for canceling your service early. If you choose to change your service, you can use WhiteFence to compare and connect to a new high speed Internet provider.

Sirius in Audis

Not only has Sirius signed an exclusive agreement with Volkswagen, it has also signed a similar deal with Audi. Sirius announced that Audi will offer Sirius in its vehicles as its exclusive satellite radio. The deal will begin with the model year 2007 and extend to model year 2012.

March 30, 2006

AT&T to spend $1 billion in California

AT&T has committed to spending $1 billion to upgrade its plant to fiber in California. The spending is part of Project Lightspeed, for which AT&T has earmarked $4.4 billion . The upgrades will allow AT&T to offer next generation IPTV services along with their current phone and high speed Internet services. Read AT&T Commits $1 Billion to California Upgrade to find out more information about AT&T's upgrade.

Yahoo! launches VoIP client

At the TelecomNEXT conference last week, Yahoo! launched its Yahoo! Messenger with Voice client in the United States. The beta version of the product has been available in other countries since December.

With the program, clients can get up to 5 inbound numbers at $2.99/month per number. The service only cost 2 cents a minute, which actually is less than Skype (at 2.3 cents a minute). More about the new service can be found in the article TELECOMNEXT: Yahoo! launches new VoIP client.

Name change possible for Time Warner Telecom

As the days run out on the license agreement that allows Time Warner Telecom to use the name of its major shareholder, Time Warner Telecom is considering a name change. They are considering the name change so they can avoid any future confusion between Time Warner Telecom and Time Warner Cable, since the companies compete in some markets. You can read more about the possible name change in the article Time Warner Telecom may change name.

AT&T exec says AT&T merger with Qwest not imminent

On Wednesday, AT&T's COO Randall Stephenson ended weeks of speculation by saying that AT&T is not planning to buy Qwest any time soon. He said currently AT&T is busy with their planned merger with BellSouth. But don't think that a Qwest merger with AT&T or Verizon is out of the realm of possibility, as he did go on to say that further consolidation in the telecommunications industry is inevitable.

More on DIRECWAY's name change

If you want to find out details about DIRECWAY's change to HughesNet, you can read about the satellite high speed Internet provider's name change by reading these articles: Hughes Plans Rural Internet Satellite Service and HughesNet replaces, expands DirecWay.



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