.tv is now $24 for the first year.
.mobi is now $11 for the first year.

This is in addition to our long-term sale on all .in domains. All offers end on the 29th June so you haven’t got long!

And don’t forget, for the remainder of this year we are offering a year of free web hosting for astronomy web sites. These accounts come with all of the features of our standard hosting plans, so they’re a great opportunity for anyone who runs an existing astronomy web site, or who wants to start a new site. Take a look at our International Year of Astronomy page for details.

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The British government telecoms watchdog, Ofcom, decided that there were issues with 0870 numbers which it wanted to address. As a result of the consultation it was announced that costs to consumers calling 0870 ‘non-geographic’ numbers should be brought in line with standard ‘geographic’ call rates. This has effectively put and end to a practice called revenue sharing which we used to cover the costs of our call management system and has knock-on impacts for our toll-free US number.

We have used this opportunity to change our telephone contact details, replacing them with standard geographic numbers. These numbers are now included in many land-line and mobile calling packages so should be free to the vast majority of customers, and pricing is much more transparent for others.

As you may have noticed a Skype ID has also been made available, this way we can continue to provide toll-free support, but it is no-longer limited to our customers in the USA. Anyone, anywhere in the world can call us for free, all that is needed is a Skype account (also free) and a broadband internet connection.

Note: This offer has now ended.

New .Tv registrations are now on special offer; we’ve knocked $9 off the price, so you only pay $24 for the first year.

This domain owes its popularity to its similarity with the word television, it actually belongs to the small Pollenesian island of Tuvalu. However it’s open to everyone, and now there’s no better time to get on board. Offer ends 29th May.

The podcast’s theme tune was written and performed by George Hrab, and for fun I’ve embedded the full version of the theme tune below:

All our prices are staying the same, however we are overhauling our addons. Previously we charged $2 for 100MB of space or 5GB of transfer, now you can upgrade either disk space or transfer to the amount you’d get with the next plan up for half the price difference. That works out as the following:

V1 - 1GB space or 100GB transfer - $42.50/yr

V2 - 2GB space or 150GB transfer - $6/mo or $60/yr

V3 - 4GB space or 200GB transfer - $8/mo or $80/yr

They are now listed alongside account upgrades rather than the separate addons section, this way you can boost your quotas instantly (previously they required a manual upgrade). And because we always treat our existing customers right, we’ve checked every account to make sure you’re getting the best deal possible.

For those of you on our V4 plan, the addons still require a manual upgrade, but we’ve upped the storage to $2 per 1 GB and transfer to $2 per 10 GB! Again we’ve made sure our customers have received that already.

The latest top level domain is now available for registration. Tel is unique as it acts like an internet telephone directory; you can store phone numbers, addresses, websites and other pieces of information. It allows people to find your contact information in one place.

To see what a .tel looks like visit valcato.tel
For more information refer to our Frequently Asked Questions

We’re also offering special introductory pricing of only $14/year. This pricing is available for all registration periods, so you can save by registering for 2+ years. Offer ends 25th of May 2009.

Register now!

This extension is designed for the mobile and with mobile internet enabled devices increasingly popular, now is the perfect time to take advantage of this bargain pricing. Offer ends 14th of May 2009.

Interestingly the vast majority of energy consumption is from users viewing and sifting through spam emails, the report estimates that if every one used spam-filtering it would reduce energy consumption by 75%. We’ve got some pretty good spam filtering available for our customers to use, so now is a great time to make sure you’ve got it activated.

Vast amounts of spam is sent from zombie PCs; those infected by viruses sending out spam without their owners even knowing it. So make sure you’ve got protection installed on your computer; that doesn’t necessarily mean expensive annual subscriptions as there are several excellent anti-virus programs that are completely free.

I use Avira AntiVir Personal on all my family and friend’s computers (when I do a bit of technical support moonlighting) and its never let me down, I’ve also heard good things about AVG Free.

So make sure you’re with a good email provider, check that your anti-virus is up-to-date and it’s another way to do your bit for our planet.

There really will never be a better time to take advantage of the internet’s fastest growing market. Offer ends the 29th of June 2009.

Register Now!