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BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)
Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is?
Contestant: Geography isn’t my strong point.
Theakston: There’s a clue in the title.
Contestant: Leicester.

PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)
Wood: What ‘K’ could be described as the Islamic Bible?
Contestant: Er. . .
Wood: It’s got two syllables . . . Kor . . .
Contestant: Blimey?
Wood: Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . . .
Contestant: (Silence.)
Wood: OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . .
Contestant: Walked?

BBC NORFOLK
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don’t know.
White: I’ll give you some clues. What do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant: Arm.
White: Correct. And if you’re not weak, you’re . .?
Contestant: Strong.
White: Correct – and what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name?
Contestant: Louis.
White: Well, there we are then. So, who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?

LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS)
Alex Trelinski: What’s the capital of Italy?
Contestant: France.
Trelinski: France is another country. Try again.
Contestant: Oh, um, Benidorm.
Trelinski: Wrong, sorry, let’s try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?
Contestant: Sorry, I don’t know.
Trelinski: Just guess a country then.
Contestant: Paris.

THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)
Anne Robinson: Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: Prison or the Conservative Party?
Contestant: The Conservative Party.

BEACON RADIO, Wolverhampton
DJ Mark: For £10, what is the nationality of the Pope?
Ruth from Rowley Regis: I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Bamber Gascoigne: What was Gandhi’s first name?
Contestant: Goosey?

GWR FM, Bristol
Presenter: What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963?
Contestant: I don’t know, I wasn’t watching it then.

RTE RADIO 2FM, Ireland
Presenter: What is the name of the long-running TV comedy show about pensioners: Last Of The. .?
Caller: Mohicans.

RICHARD AND JUDY (C4))
Q: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?
A: Forrest Gump.

LINCS FM PHONE-IN
Presenter: Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world?
Contestant: Barcelona.
Presenter: I was really after the name of a country.
Contestant: I’m sorry; I don’t know the names of any countries in Spain.

NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Q: What is the world’s largest continent?
A: The Pacific

RICHARD AND JUDY (C4))
Presenter: On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?
Contestant: Er. . .
Presenter: He makes bread. . .
Contestant: Err…
Presenter: He makes cakes . .
Contestant: Kipling Street?

THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV)
Steve Le Fevre: What was signed to bring World War I to an end in 1918?
Contestant: Magna Carta?

BREAKFAST SHOW (RADIO 1)
Chris Moyles: Which ’s’ is a kind of whale that can grow up to 80 tonnes?
Contestant: Ummm. . .
Moyles: It begins with ’s’ and rhymes with ‘perm’.
Contestant: Shark.

JAMES O’BRIEN SHOW (LBC)
O’Brien: How many kings of England have been called Henry?
Contestant: Well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth. . . er . . . Three?

CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL)
Searle: In which European country is Mount Etna?
Caller: Japan.
Searle: I did say which European country, so in case you didn’t hear that, I can let you try again.
Caller: Er . . . Mexico?

PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE)
Wappat: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?
Contestant (after long pause): Fourteen days.

DARYL DENHAM’S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO)
Denham: In which country would you spend shekels?
Contestant: Holland?
Denham: Try the next letter of the alphabet.
Contestant: Iceland? Ireland?
Denham (helpfully): It’s a bad line. Did you say Israel?
Contestant: No.

THE VAULT (ITV)
Melanie Sykes: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?
Contestant: Nostalgia.

NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Eamonn Holmes: Dizzy Gillespie is famous for playing what?
Contestant: Basketball.

DOG EAT DOG (BBC1)
Ulrika Jonsson: Who wrote Lord Of The Rings?
Contestant: Enid Blyton.

NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Eamonn Holmes: There are three states of matter: solid, liquid and . . ?
Contestant: Jelly.

FORT BOYARD (CHALLENGE TV)
Jodie Penfold: Arrange these two groups of letters to form a word – CHED and PIT.
Team: Chedpit.

SIMPLY THE BEST (ITV)
Phil Tufnell: How many Olympic Games have been held?
Contestant: Six.
Tufnell: Higher!
Contestant: Five.

NOTTS AND CROSSES QUIZ (BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM)
Jeff Owen: In which country is Mount Everest?
Contestant (long pause): Er, it’s not in Scotland, is it?

THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)
Anne Robinson: In traffic, what ‘j’ is where two roads meet?
Contestant: Jool carriageway?

QUIZMANIA (ITV)
Greg Scott: We’re looking for an occupation beginning with T.
Contestant: Doctor.
Scott: No, it’s ‘T’. ‘T’ for Tommy. ‘T’ for Tango.
Contestant: Oh, (pause) Doctor.

BIG QUIZ (LBC)
Gary King: Name the funny men who once entertained kings and queens at court.
Contestant: Lepers.

DANNY KELLY SHOW (RADIO WM)
Kelly: Which French Mediterranean town hosts a famous film festival every year?
Contestant: I need a clue.
Kelly: OK. What do beans come in?
Contestant: Cartons?

TALKSPORT
Andy Townsend: How many wheels does a tricycle have?
Caller: Two.
Townsend: The Beatles were known as the Fab…?
Caller: Five.

MAGIC 52 (NORTH-EAST ENGLAND)
Presenter: In what year was President Kennedy assassinated?
Contestant: Erm…
Presenter: Well, let’s put it this way – he didn’t see 1964.
Contestant: 1965?

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (ITV)
Chris Tarrant (asking the audience): ‘Jambon’ is the French for which food?
11 per cent of the audience: Jam.

DAVE LEE TRAVIS SHOW (BREEZE FM)
DLT: In which European country are there people called Walloons?
Contestant: Wales.

JANICE FORSYTH SHOW (BBC RADIO SCOTLAND)
Forsyth: What is India’s currency?
Contestant: Ramadan.

OWEN MONEY SHOW (BBC RADIO WALES)
Money: In 30 seconds, name as many well-known politicians as you can.
Caller: Er. . . Tony Brown. . . and Nigel Benn. (Silence.)

All of the tips, techniques, and examples are presented to help web developers design sites so users are able to surf though with ease and minimal strain. That’s the premise of the book  – “Design sites so that web site users don’t have to think.”

In Don’t Make Me Think,  Steve Krug lightens up the subject of ‘Usability” with good humour and excellent to-the-point examples. At only 200 pages it can be read in one day, or is ideal for dipping in and out of over a coffee break or while waiting for a meeting! Well written, witty, full of common sense ideas and incredibly useful for both web designers and clients who want to make their sites more ‘user-friendly’.  With over 500 positive reviews on Amazon.com and 80 positive reviews at Amazon.co.uk plus a “5-star” rating , obviously others agree.

Since it was first published in 2000, Don’t Make Me Think has sold over 250,000 copies, and we can see why! You can read more and buy Don’t Make Me Think! at Amazon.co.uk.

Tearfund’s Living Gifts allows givers to buy a gift voucher and for the recipient to chose how it is spent.

Christian Aid’s equivalent is Present Aid which allows the buyer to choose the gift, where a can of worms can turn waste organic material into rich fertiliser!

 1. Go with the flow
To live in a high-tech world is to live in a world of change. It was not dissimilar for the ancient Greeks. The adventures of Alexander the Great reshaped the known world. Technologies that could build the Parthenon were being developed. So, said Zeno the Stoic, don’t resist the change; learn to live with it. If you can go with the flow, you’ll find tranquillity.  

2. Remember that less is more
It’s hard to do when everything is only a click away. Epicurus, who was known as a hedonist, didn’t argue that the pursuit of more and more pleasure was the key to happiness. Instead, he said he had learnt to be as happy as Zeus if all he had to eat was a glass of water and a barley cake. Less is more. That’s the test for a consumer age.

3. Work to live, don’t live to work
Cleanthes, who was a Stoic philosopher and also known as the water-carrier, worked by night so that he could do philosophy by day. He was quite clear that he would work enough, and only enough, to support his real passion, the philosophy. In a world of email and 24×7, it is far too easy to work so hard that you miss what you really want.

4. Beware the transience of the internet
It can make a hero in minutes, and destroy an individual in hours. The ancient philosophers were not against fame per se. Many, like Diogenes the Cynic, who resided in a barrel and lived like a dog, were not just famous, but infamous. However, they all advised that your life itself is the medium and message that really counts.

5. Friendship requires face to face communication
Aristotle is our adviser on this matter. He argued that good friendship – soulmateship – is only possible when friends “share salt together”. He meant that they sit down with each other, not just over the occasional meal, but over the course of their lives. Texting and telephoning may be necessary in modern friendship, but alone, they are not sufficient.

6. Keep hold of common sense
It’s easy, in a world of science, to be swayed this way and that with every new theory that’s announced. You see it with food fads. One week red wine is bad; the next it’s called good. Sextus Empiricus was a philosopher and doctor, and he advised his patients to measure new science against common sense. Bread might be made of carbs, but everyone knows it’s nourishing, so eat a little, he said.

7. Be careful lest travel change you
It’s so easy to hop on a plane and within hours be in a different time and place. Mostly, we do it as tourists, so don’t allow a culture to change us. However, the philosopher Secundus went travelling as a young man and changed so much that when he got home no one recognised him, not even his mother. A stranger in the places he visited, he’d become a stranger in his own town.

8. Don’t believe all the rumours
The web is a haven for them, though whether they are founded on truth is another question entirely. But it’s a vital question to ask. If there’s one thing everyone knows about ancient Athenians it is that they were democrats. If there’s a second thing, it’s that those democrats put Socrates to death. It was the action of the herd. And the great risk of those who enjoy freedom of speech – and a cheap means like the web to express it – is the same: rule by the rumour-merchants and the mob.

9. Don’t forget nature
There are all sorts of things you can learn from it. Heraclitus developed an entire philosophy of life based upon his observations of the natural world. He noticed that because the water flowed, so you can never step into the same river twice. That was a metaphor for nothing stands still. He noticed how new the sun feels every morning, and so sought to renew his love of life every day.

10. Resist the virtual life
The idea that you can have one – switching gender, looking handsome, becoming perfect – has grown with Second Life and the like. Plato is often associated with the existence of a perfect world, which philosophers call the Forms. But he was clear that this virtual place is not the real world. To live life in all its fullness, we humans must deal with this world’s imperfections, Plato said.

[Excerpt from Plato’s Podcasts: The Ancients’ Guide to Modern Living, by Mark Vernon]

1. Opt-out and use any other privacy options offered

As you sign-up for accounts with online merchants and social networking sites, pay particular attention to the various privacy settings and privacy options offered to you. For example, many online companies provide you with the option to get off or “opt-out” of the lists that share your information. A number of companies go a step further and ask your permission (“opt-in”) before sharing personal information that they collect. Brand name companies will respect your choices. Too often, however, companies make opting out difficult, so you may have to dig through their privacy policy to find where to opt-out.

2. Get a separate account for your personal email

If you are assigned an email address in connection with your job, your boss probably has a legal right to read any and all correspondence in this account (and maybe any information stored on your work computer). In fact, you may have agreed to such monitoring when you took the job or first logged on to the corporate system.

Using a separate email account (such as the free accounts available from Google or Hotmail) for personal communications helps protect your privacy at work. Some private accounts, such as those offered by Web-based email services, enable you to check your personal mail from work without downloading it to your company computer.

3. Be careful when using social networking sites and picture/video sharing sites

If you use a social networking site, be careful about who can see your information. If you use a picture or video sharing sites to share photos with friends and relatives, be careful how you set the settings that are offered, to be sure you are not sharing your pictures with strangers. Be especially careful with pictures of your kids. If the site allows you to do so, check every once in a while to see if anyone you don’t know is looking at pictures you did not want to share publicly.

4. Learn about – and use – the privacy features in your browser

The software you use to surf the Web – whether Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Camino, Firefox, or Chrome – has built into it a variety of tools (or plug-ins are available) that can help you protect the privacy and security of your information as you use the Internet. Take some time to read about the privacy and security features in the browser you use. They can help you control the planting of “cookies” on your computer, identify insecure or fraudulent sites before you visit them, block viruses and other malicious software from being downloaded, and enhance your privacy and security in other ways.

For example, if you use a computer in a library or other place where someone will use the computer after you, use the tools that allow you to clear your browser history and memory cache after browsing. This can be important because, as you use the Web, the browser software saves a history of the sites you visit. In addition, copies of all the pages you visit are saved in the computer’s memory (known as the “cache”), in order to help the site load faster when it is visited a second time. Also, the search bar on the browser may store past searches. All of these features have their benefits, but these browsing records can compromise your privacy, particularly if you use a computer at the library or in another context where someone else will use it after you do. Depending on the specific browser, you can delete cached images from the “Preferences” menu or the “Tools” menu. You may have to use three separate controls to delete all three sets of history – cache, the list of sites visited, and the search history.

5. Make sure that online transactions are secure

While interception of Internet communications in transit is rare, it is worth taking precautions, especially when sending credit card numbers or other financial information. Most ecommerce Web sites have a secure mode that encrypts sensitive transactions while they pass over the Internet, and all the major browsers indicate whether a transaction with a particular Web site is encrypted. In most cases, the address for a secure Web site will start with “https” – the “s” indicating secure. In addition, all of the common browsers use a small picture of a lock to indicate that a site is secure. The symbol appears either in a corner of the browser screen or right in the address bar; clicking on the lock will give you additional security information about the page.

It is VERY important, however, to recognise that the use of https and the appearance of the lock do not prove that the Web site you are visiting is legitimate or that your information will be used properly once it reaches the Web site. The company running the Web site may be fraudulent; or the Web site may be a fake, made to look like a legitimate, well-known brand but in fact it may be a spoof. Increasingly, browsers have features that will warn you if something doesn’t add up. Read up on the browser you use, so you know whether and how it warns you when you are about to visit a site that may be fraudulent. But the fraudsters are always trying to keep ahead of these security measures, so use common sense and check out Tip #8 to learn for yourself how to spot a fraud.

6. Learn how to spot phishing and other scams

Before giving out personal information online, know who you’re dealing with. You have to be especially careful because fraudsters are creating websites that look like those of legitimate businesses, trying to get you to enter information.

“Phishing” is a scam designed to steal your personal information under false pretenses. The scam works by tricking users into disclosing personal information, such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and account passwords. The fraudsters pretend to be a well-known source, such as your bank, a brand-name ecommerce site, or popular social networking site. The fraudsters lure you in with an email, a pop-up ad, or an instant message that has a link to the fraudulent website where you are asked to enter their sensitive information.

One way to spot a phishing email is to examine the sender’s email address. For example, if the email purports to be from a bank or other business headquartered in the UK, but the email address ends with .cn or some other country code, you can be sure it is not legitmate. Also, if you scroll your cursor over any link in the email (being careful not to click on it), your browser may show the actual address – if it is a string of numbers or is otherwise different from the address of the legitimate business, then the link will take you to a scam site.

Messages marked “Urgent” are usually frauds.

To be safe, it is best that you don’t click on any links in an email purporting to be from a bank or financial institution – chances are it is a fraud. If you want to go to the web site of your bank, type the address into your browser.

Fraudulent websites generally have deceptive URLs. Look carefully at the address of a website – if it is not in the normal business.com or business.co.uk format, it may be fraudulent. Many fake sites will place a picture of a fake lock icon on their site. Make sure the secure lock icon is in the browser frame, not inside the browser window.

Never click on an email attachment from someone you don’t know.

7. Reject or delete unnecessary cookies

Cookies are small bits of computer code planted on your computer by most of the Web sites you visit. They enable the Web sites to collect and store information about your online activity and to recognize your computer when you return again or visit an affiliated site. If you signed up to a Web site and obtained a username and password, cookies remember that information for you. Some sites use cookies to deliver content targeted to your express or inferred interests; sites often use these preferences to target advertisements to you. Cookies can be used to track you across Web sites online, enabling creation of a profile without you even realizing it.

All of the major browsers allow you to reject cookies outright (although that may interfere with the functioning of various Web sites you want to use regularly) and to view and delete the cookies that have been put on your computer. You may have to dig around in the Help section or on the Browser Web site to find the cookie controls, since they vary from browser to browser and even between different versions of the same browser. In Safari, for example, you will find cookie controls under Safari > Preferences > Security. In Internet Explorer, you can find the options for controlling cookies by clicking “Internet Options” on the “Tools” menu, and then clicking the “Privacy” tab. To delete cookies already on your computer will require a separate set of steps; again, you may have to dig though the Help section or search online for instructions.

One point of caution: Some privacy opt-out systems rely on a cookie. If you delete the cookie, your opt-out is canceled. For this reason and others, it is probably best to delete your cookies selectively, not wholesale.

8. Use security software and promptly install security upgrades

If you go online, your computer could be infected by various kinds of malicious software, ranging from viruses to spyware. “Spyware” is used to deliver unwanted pop-up ads or to steal sensitive information. These programs create privacy problems, open security holes, and otherwise degrade the performance of your computer. Worse, you often can’t tell what’s wrong with your computer and even if you knew what you were dealing with, it can be very hard to uninstall spyware.

The best solution is to keep nasty software off your computer in the first place. Fortunately, there is a thriving market for security software that you can use to protect your computer. Anti-virus and anti-spyware software takes many forms, but if you use a reputable product, your computer will be protected from most (although not all) security threats.  Just make sure you get your security software from a reliable vendor; often, spyware masquerades as software to protect your computer!

The vulnerabilities in your computer software that viruses and spyware take advantage of are most likely being fixed or “patched” constantly by the developers of the basic software you use. Microsoft, for example, issues patches for their products once a month, on the second Tuesday (and more often if needed). You can set up your computer to automatically check for upgrades, and most security updates are free. When an application that you installed asks whether to update itself, you almost always want to do so promptly in order to ensure that you have the most up-to-date security in that application or on your operating system. Likewise, new security features are often incorporated into new software upgrades, so new versions of software you already own may be worth the upgrade. Check out what the reviewers have to say and see if the upgrade will protect you online.

And remember, don’t click on links or attachments in emails even if they promise security upgrades. If you are looking for a security upgrade, it is best to type the address of the company into your browser address bar – such as “http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/“.

9. Safeguard important files and communications

Secure your laptop, your phone and other portable devices with a strong password. Keep your important files out of any shared or public folders. In situations where there is a particular need for security, you should use encryption. You can encrypt your email and you can encrypt files stored on your personal computer. However, in order to encrypt your email, both sender and recipient must use the same program. This is fairly common within closed systems (such as for communications among the employees of a government agency or within a corporation and between the corporation and its suppliers), but relatively few individuals use encryption for their daily email with people outside their own institution. The major email programs (i.e., Internet Explorer Outlook) have encryption built in. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a popular encryption software, is free for non-commercial use. PGP can also be used to encrypt files on your computer.

10. Use strong passwords and protect them

Do not use passwords that can be easily guessed by someone who knows your name. Especially do not use your children’s or spouse’s names, your date of birth, current or old addresses, phone numbers, or favourite football team – it is just too easy for someone to find out these things about you. Do not use the same password across sensitive sites. Change your passwords occasionally.

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It is very important to choose the right domain name, as you may have to live with it for years and even decades.  Your domain name should be memorable, easily conveyed verbally and meaningful.  Here’s some brief guidelines to help you choose your ideal domain name.

1. Avoid using numbers and/or letters with ‘word’ equivalents

It may look smart to have www.homes4u.com and info@homes4u.com but I can assure you that the hundredth time you have told someone your web address or email address and added ” …. and it’s the number ‘4′ not ‘F-O-R’ or ‘F-O-U-R’ and it’s the letter ’U’ not ‘Y-O-U’ ….” you will regret not going for something simpler. If a number makes up your business name and you really must register a domain with a number, then register both the number version and its spelt version, so its doesn’t matter which one people use.

Of course, there’s an exception to every rule and www.phones4u.co.uk can get away with breaking both these guidelines but they have millions to spend on advertising to avoid consumer confusion – do you?

2. Avoid hyphens …. unless you really, really can’t.

If your business or organisation name is already taken, you may need to consider registering a hyphenated version. For the same reason as above, consider some lateral thinking to avoid having to register a domain with a hyphen. Say, if you business was called “Joe Bloggs Garage” and www.joesbloggsgarage.co.uk is already registered, consider www.joesbloggsni.com or www.joesbloggsuk.com  or perhaps www.jbgarage.co.uk ?

3.  .com or co.uk  ? 

Ideally, you should register the domain type for the geographic market in which your consumers or site users are based. If your clients and customers are U.K. based, the co.uk domain will be fine. If you target the USA or global markets, .com would be preferred. There are also some search engine benefits to owning a regional domain, where regional domains can benefit from listing in regional search engines, but this is only one factor in the whole set-up, hosting location and Search Engine Optimisation of your web site.

If you are fortunate that you have the choice, register both, for the following reasons;

(a) You can choose which one to use for your web site/emails
(b) Your web designer can set-up both to go to the same web site and redirect emails to your main email address, so you catch any typing errors where someone typed in the alternative version
(c) You prevent anyone from registering the one you didn’t register, thus protecting your brand, avoiding any confusion and eliminating the risk of a competitor grabbing web traffic destined for your site.

4. What about registering multiple extensions?

Budget permitting, it is always a good idea to protect your organisation by registering the main extensions, if they are still available. These include .org, .net, .org.uk, .info and .biz (plus .eu for European based organisations and .ie for Irish based organisations).

However, we would not recommend registering a .org or .org.uk domain if you are a commercial business and did not have either the .com or .co.uk equivalent to use as the primary web/email address. Similarly, there’s no point in registering .info and/or .biz to use as your primary web/email address as they just don’t have the online recognition or status desired – just compromise and register a .com or .co.uk, even if its not your first choice name.

5. What words should I use in the domain?

Here we can offer three suggestions;

(a) Your organisation / business / brand name e.g. www.BigTomsGarage.co.uk
(b) A keyword name e.g. www.SparePartsForFordCars.com
(c) A ‘made-up’ word e.g. www.google.com, www.yahoo.com etc

First, ignore the last option (c) unless you have a huge budget to promote your web site otherwise it will never be found and no-one will ever visit it.

If being found in the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.) is very important to you, then you may want to consider option (b) and choose a name that includes keywords that your target audience is likely use when they search. A great ranking on search engines involves more that having a ’search friendly’ domain name, but it can help.

6. The long and the short of it ….

Domain names can be of any length up to 67 characters but that doesn’t mean you have to use them all! Shorter domain names are easier to remember, easier to type and far less susceptible to mistakes but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you should always register a shorter name.  It is much better to use www.UKCarSalesGroupDatabase.co.uk than www.ukcsgd.co.uk - you can see the potential for mistakes in the shorter, less memorable version.

Summary

Chooing a domain name often runs deeper than the brief guidelines above, so take care and give it some real thought before just plumping for the first name you think of and which you find is available.

At Red Rhino, we always guide clients when it comes to choosing a domain name and we always make counter-suggestions if they suggest a name which doesn’t following the guidelines above. If you have decided on your perfect domain name (or even if you haven’t!), why don’t you contact us for free advice? Even bounce your idea off your colleagues and friends to see what they think? Just remember, you may have a long time to regret the wrong choice!

Plusnet, our recommended Broadband Supplier for Northern Ireland and rest of the UK, have lauched a new package – Plusnet Value – for only £5.99* per month.  If you want to surf the web, stream videos online, play games over broadband, and download large emails, music files and movies, this is the option for you. You also get a Free wireless 4-port router to wirelessly connect up to 10 devices!

Red Rhino uses Plusnet, as does many of our clients. Having first-hand and ongoing knowledge of their products and services, we are happy to recommend them as a broadband supplier.

Check out the features below to see if they meet your needs. The 10GB monthly usage level included is a very substantial amount (more than enough for casual browsing and email use) but if you require a larger package with more features, Plusnet have several great value alternatives to this introductory package on their site.

Features

• 10GB monthly usage
• Send and receive 400+ emails with attachments, surf the web for hours, stream short videos and download hundreds of music files or the occasional movie
• 24/7 support
• Our award-winning support team are here to help, whenever you need them
• Up to 8Mb download speeds
• Fast enough for multiple users on one connection, downloading music tracks in a matter of seconds and playing games online
• Free wireless 4-port router Wirelessly connect up to 10 devices
• Free connection
• Unlimited email addresses
• Broadband Firewall and spam protection

A BT landline is required for Plusnet Value. Minimum contract length of 18 months applies

* Plusnet Value broadband starts at £5.99 a month. If you live in one of their low cost areas then you’ll pay this price every month. If you live outside of one of these areas then you’ll pay £5.99 a month for the first 3 months and £11.99 a month thereafter.

Visit Plusnet to read more about the Plusnet Value package.

The .tel enables you to store, update and publish all your contact information, web links and keywords directly on the internet under your own unique domain name. Simple, fast and accessible from any device (PC or mobile phone), .tel provides a new internet standard to take full control over how and where people reach you. It is a wonderful way to be reachable by friends or customers alike with unprecendented ease-of-use.

Read more details on how Red Rhino can help you register and buy a .tel domain name.

The Red Rhino Shopping Cart is our ecommerce solution that includes everything you need to start, run, promote and profit from your online store. It offers a comprehensive management interface to make it easy to set-up products and manage orders. Our cart creates search engine friendly web pages and provides you with the tools to market your products to your customer base, for example using voucher codes and gift certificates.

Outline Features

• Professionally Designed Store
• Multiple Marketing and Store Promotion
• Advanced Product Variations
• Extensive Management, Analytics and Reporting
• Multiple Payment Methods
• Content Management System
• Built-In Inventory Tracking
• Search Engine Friendly

To see the Red Rhino Cart in action, view our demo store and then contact us for more details and costs.

Know who you’re dealing with. Confirm the online seller’s physical address and phone number in case you have questions or problems. 

• Know exactly what you’re buying. Read the seller’s description of the product closely, especially the fine print.
• Know what it will cost. Factor in delivery and handling - along with your needs and budget - into the total cost of the order.
• Pay by credit or charge card, for maximum consumer protections.
• Check out the terms of the deal, like refund policies and delivery dates.
• Print and save records of your online transactions.

Shopping online offers lots of benefits that you won’t find shopping in a store. The Internet is always open - seven days a week, 24 hours a day – and bargains can be numerous online. With a click of a mouse, you can buy an airline ticket, book a hotel, send flowers to a friend, or purchase your favourite fashions. But sizing up your finds on the Internet is a little different from checking out items at the mall.

If you’re buying items from an online retailer or auction website, here’s some advice to help you make the most of your shopping experience:

• Know who you’re dealing with. Anyone can set up shop online under almost any name. Confirm the online seller’s physical address and phone number in case you have questions or problems. If you get an email or pop-up message while you’re browsing that asks for financial information, don’t reply or click on the link in the message. Legitimate companies don’t ask for this information via email.
• Know exactly what you’re buying. Read the seller’s description of the product closely, especially the fine print. Words like “refurbished,” “vintage,” or “close-out” may indicate that the product is in less-than-mint condition, while name-brand items with “too good to be true” prices could be counterfeits.
• Know what it will cost. Check out web sites that offer price comparisons (view a list of them courtesy of MonetSavingExpert.com) and then, compare “apples to apples.” Factor shipping and handling – along with your needs and budget – into the total cost of the order. Do not send cash under any circumstances.
• Pay by credit or charge card. If you pay by credit or charge card online, your transaction will be protected by Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Under this law, if there’s a problem the credit card company may be liable to the same extent as the supplier. Some companies offer an online shopping guarantee that ensures you will not be held responsible for any unauthorised charges made online, and some cards may provide additional warranty, return, and/or purchase protection benefits.
• Check out the terms of the deal, like refund policies and delivery dates. Can you return the item for a full refund if you’re not satisfied? If you return it, find out who pays the shipping costs or restocking fees, and when you will receive your order. 
• Keep a paper trail. Print and save records of your online transactions, including the product description and price, the online receipt, and copies of every email you send or receive from the seller. Read your credit card statements as you receive them and be on the lookout for unauthorised charges.
• Don’t email your financial information. Email is not a secure method of transmitting financial information like your credit card, checking account, or Social Security number. If you initiate a transaction and want to provide your financial information through an organisation’s web site, look for indicators that the site is secure, like a lock icon on the browser’s status bar or a URL for a website that begins “https:” (the “s” stands for “secure”). Unfortunately, no indicator is foolproof; some fraudulent sites have forged security icons.
• Check the privacy policy. It should let you know what personal information the website operators are collecting, why, and how they’re going to use the information. If you can’t find a privacy policy — or if you can’t understand it, consider taking your business to another site that’s more consumer-friendly.

Be safe!