Recently in phones Category
Damien linked to a site that talks about the high costs of locall numbers for many users.
David posted about this some time ago and there were several interesting comments on that article.
We are based outside Dublin, so for a lot of people there still is the mental block with ringing an 059 number instead of an 01 or a region free 1850 / 1890
We've thought about the 1800 number long and hard, but we can't really justify it.
The problem as I see it is a catch 22.
If you use a 1800 number it's hard to limit who uses it ie. restricting it to sales calls only.
If you use an 1850 / 1890 some people seem to end up paying more for the calls.
Of course we do publish our "normal" 059 number on the site, so anyone who wants to can use that ...
But if we were to start marketing based on the 059 number would we lose business?
David posted about this some time ago and there were several interesting comments on that article.
We are based outside Dublin, so for a lot of people there still is the mental block with ringing an 059 number instead of an 01 or a region free 1850 / 1890
We've thought about the 1800 number long and hard, but we can't really justify it.
The problem as I see it is a catch 22.
If you use a 1800 number it's hard to limit who uses it ie. restricting it to sales calls only.
If you use an 1850 / 1890 some people seem to end up paying more for the calls.
Of course we do publish our "normal" 059 number on the site, so anyone who wants to can use that ...
But if we were to start marketing based on the 059 number would we lose business?
These days mobile phones do a lot more than simply make telephone calls.
Personally I really on my phone to get me out of bed in the morning and to keep me there (multiple alarms!).
I haven't got a huge number of contacts in my phone, but the ones I have are probably going to be quite hard to replace.
I got an email earlier today from a colleague in industry who is obviously facing the task of rebuilding his entire phonebook from scratch as his phone was stolen. I don't envy him!
So what are the options for people?
Are there any sane online backup solutions that people can use?
I know there was one Irish company trying to do something in this area, but they stopped answering my emails when I queried the veracity of their claims (which I would do when it comes to storing important data - wouldn't you?)
Has anyone used an online service for this and if so who?
Personally I really on my phone to get me out of bed in the morning and to keep me there (multiple alarms!).
I haven't got a huge number of contacts in my phone, but the ones I have are probably going to be quite hard to replace.
I got an email earlier today from a colleague in industry who is obviously facing the task of rebuilding his entire phonebook from scratch as his phone was stolen. I don't envy him!
So what are the options for people?
Are there any sane online backup solutions that people can use?
I know there was one Irish company trying to do something in this area, but they stopped answering my emails when I queried the veracity of their claims (which I would do when it comes to storing important data - wouldn't you?)
Has anyone used an online service for this and if so who?
