Out of this World
Season 6, Episode 17
Original air date: 08/02/2008
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Original Air Date: February 2, 2008
Steve explains how you can use the Internet as our telephone service using VOIP, or voice over IP. If you haven’t thought of using the Internet as your telephone provider, this show might make you think again. Steve looks at services offered by Vonage, and shows you that you can have all the features of your current telephone provider, plus have all the freedom of checking your messages online from anywhere you have an Internet connection. With Vonage, you can also have a local number anywhere in Canada, United States or Over Seas.
Buying items on eBay can be frustrating if your item is being shipped to you. You have no real way of knowing how much it costs the seller to ship your package to you, and you never really know if you’re getting a good deal, or if you’re paying way too much. Canada Post has been working with eBay to come up with new tools to make shipping easier, and pricing more exact. Steve walks us through the new system, with discounted rates for eBay sellers, and postage labels you can print yourself with the “Ship-In-a-Click” service. Now you’ll know exactly what you’re paying, and you can make sure the deal you got on eBay is actually a deal.
Gamers better hold on tight because one of the coolest PCs on the planet is about to touch down. Canadian-based company Alienware lets you build your own custom gaming system. Steve takes us through the ins and outs of creating your own Alienware PC, from the video card, to the power supply, to the processor. Alienware definitely makes one mean machine.
Finally, Steve rocks out with the hottest game this season, Guitar Hero III. He shows you how to be a rock star, or just sound like one. You won’t want to be left out in the cold - turn up the heat and become a Guitar Hero.
On Tech Toys, Caroline transforms your home computer into an awesome arts and crafts studio. Fisher Price Digital Arts & Craft Studio has hundreds of creative kid-friendly tools; they can draw, paint, and stamp their way into the art history books, without the mess, and then even print out their masterpieces for a coveted spot on your fridge.
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vonage
its o k if you have credit card but if you don't use skype you can pay at a Canadian bank to get service voyage you need credit card skype is also less money in long run
alienware
Can I have that one you built? I'll pay for shipping and handling :D
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I watch the show that covered down loading cd's to an MP3 player but I didn't get the name of the product. I know that it started with a "C"
About Vonage Personal Home phone system
<p>I'd like to post about Vonage and please move this post to where it would be more effective. Why I'm writing today is to say that I've been watching everyday and have seen allot mentioned about Vonage. I've used the service for years now without complaint. Customer service has been very good and they go out of their way to help you stationed at there head office just hours away from me in Mississauga Ontario.</p><p>I'd like to say that I've been on the phone for hours talking to relatives that I otherwise would not have been able to talk to, in Sault Saint Marie Ontario about 6hrs away. or Drumheller Alberta. I've not had any problems and the Module arrives overnight. I placed my order at about 6pm and I had fresh the very next morning. I don't know how they did that but the post office must have a few under the bench just waiting and then Vonage dispatches the delivery by phone, it actually happened just that fast. I was up and running in no time and their staff was very supportive while they tweaked the settings with me on a cell phone..</p><p>Here's the REAL reason why I'm writing you now!</p><p>There is Vonage.ca and Vonage.com the difference is Canada and the USA. both will in fact sign you up to an account, but CANADA if you live here is where you want to keep your money. Now this is the kicker; The USA offers it for 24.95 while Canada offers it for $40.00 bucks for the unlimited plans. And since you can in fact buy it from the USA that is VONAGE.com then CANADA will match that offer of a full unlimited plan for $24.95 Canadian.. So if you play smart and talk smart you can have VONAGE.ca's plan of $40.00 for unlimited for the low cost of ONLY $24.95. Now they don't publicize this for obvious reasons and if you ask them about it often they will tell you "OH that's our American Companies Price" and sit there and say nothing else or try to move forward without honoring it. But if you persist they will give it to you for $24.95 and I have been paying $40.00 for over a year now! And I have in fact called in and asked and yes they did pull the OH! Technique on me twice. But recently I spoke with a service rep who advised me that what I am saying is in fact the case. So if you want VOIP for less then RODGERS go to Vonage.ca and ask for the $24.95 unlimited plan, stick to your guns and get what it's worth because I'll bet it's all just markup for a service that only costs pennies on the dollar to offer. I see a day when all of this will be FREE. It’s here but it's going t cost somebody money t put it into action and somebody has to pay for the operators and stuff, But It will be just about FREE.. Maybe a set up fee and a LOW LOW monthly fee or a one time yearly fee... Best wishes everyone and I hope you join Vonage and put BELL out of business or force them to adjust.. They are way too expensive...cash cows!</p><p>OH and here's another kicker, if you tell one friend to join, then you get two free months, and if you tell two more then you get 6 FREE months of service and each of your friends gets 2 FREE months as well but you have to be a member and you have to use the referral service keep track of who you have recommended because they try to forget it. Make sure you collect your FREE two months for each of your friends, if you’re smart you can have FREE UNLIMMITED service for as long as you want. By the way you can send me a message and I'll refer you for services. I'm an affiliate and I get free service too if we work together.. I'm disabled and on pension so I could surely use the help!</p><p>I've tried to edit this many times!</p>