Our latest domain promotions sees a return for two previous offers; .tv and .mobi

.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!

The second episode of the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast to be sponsored by us is now online. In this episode, Erika Hamden of Columbia University talks about ultraviolet astronomy: check it out here.

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.

Our telephone numbers have changed, they are now:

Skype: valcato
UK: 020 8123 5766
US: 469-522-3466

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.