Fwd: Can You Hear Me Now? - Green Phone Services

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> Monday, May 1, 2006

>

> IDEAL BITE ~ a sassier shade of green

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> Today's Daily Tip: Can You Hear Me Now? - Green

> Phone Services

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> Want a greener way to reach out and touch someone?

>

> The Bite:

> Switch your landline or wireless phone service to a

> green provider.

> Among the perks: these eco-conscious companies share

> their earnings

> with environmental charities. That almost makes the

> cost of those

> overtime minutes bearable...almost.

>

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> The Benefits:

> - More than a provider, these companies donate

> profits or a percentage

> of your bill to an environmental group. Some, like

> Affinity, even let

> you choose the charity.

> - These companies operate with greener facilities

> and methods, and in

> many cases use renewable energy, provide recycled

> phones, and offer

> paperless or recycled paper statements.

> - Many companies promote consumer activism, offering

> free airtime to

> make calls concerning environmental issues to public

> decision-makers.

> - Take care of all your telecommunication needs –

> telephone,

> high-speed internet access, phone cards, e-mail and

> more.

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>

> Personally Speaking

> Ideal Bite is now in the process of comparing plans

> to convert all our

> disparate data and voice services to one great,

> green provider. (We

> actually tried out a wind-powered website host, but

> the joke became

> “guess the wind is not blowing hard enough” when the

> site went down.

> And it is not true about the wind, it was just not

> the right

> provider.)

>

>

> Wanna Try?

> - Earth Tones - the only long distance or internet

> service company to

> give 100% of its profits to environmental groups.

> (http://www.earthtones.com/)

> - CA Affinity - fundraiser for approximately 3,000

> nonprofit groups

> nationwide.

> (http://www.affinitycorp.com/resplans.htm)

> - BetterWorld Telecom – focuses solely on serving

> the needs of

> businesses with an eye to people, planet and profits

> (the triple

> bottom line). (http://www.betterworldtelecom.com/)

> - Working Assets - wireless, long distance, and

> credit card services.

> (http://www.workingassets.com/)

> - Red Jellyfish - our favorite personal-use ISP

> operates using 100%

> green-e certified wind energy.

> (http://www.redjellyfish.com/aboutus.html)

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>

> Bang for the Bite Rating: 4 Apples (out of 5)

> If 10,000 Biters switched to Earth Tones’ $25/month

> 200 Anywhere

> Minutes plan, we’d give $7500 to environmental

> charities each month.

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> Cocktail Tip

> The first cellular phone weighed 2 pounds.

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> of testing and a

> preference for the tip topic. No advertiser has paid

> to have its

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