The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) supplies electricity to the entire nation and is a government entity. It gets a part of its electricity supply from neighboring South Africa as well as Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
As I was in a place before where there was no electricity, I was …

We feel sometimes skeptik about public E-mail providers, like Yahoo, Altavista, Hotmail, and so on. The central question is about security, and one more question is about their funcionalities. Until last week, I thought that it was not possible to receive calls for meeting at Hotmail.com, but surprisingly, I …

For as long as I’ve been aware of the workings of telecommunications, Telkom pay phones have always been around, with their unmistakable blue color, mounted on green support structures as is consistent with the company’s colors.
Going back about fifteen years though, I would personally say that back then was …

Not long after moving to another town from where we were, we found ourselves needing a helping hand (no matter how well panned your move is, you normally find yourself broke to a certain extent when moving long distance) with groceries as we needed to pay bills.
I found myself …

Taking the bus in Jakarta is an adventure. There are many kinds of bus here, with different colors. I take the bus to the office, I take the orange ones, called Metromini. Wow! You would understand if you try it yourself. I don’t know …

My husband and I bought our first home about a year and a half ago. We decided to use Verizon Fios as our internet and cable provider because they were cheaper than Comcast. Not many of our friends or family lived in areas where Verizon Fios was an option …

One of the most renouned places in the United States to have children and families photographed, is Olan Mills. I have had several group photography sessions at Olan Mills photography studios in both Delaware and Pennsylvania, and have always been pleased with the services. The photographers are …

Transports Publics Genevois or simply TPG (www.tpg.ch) is the name of the Company which is in charge of making the urban transportation of people in Geneva (Switzerland). I use TPG’s services everytime I have to travel to Geneva and I am always amazed by their professionalism. There are many factors …

BPoste is the post office here in Belgium. The first thing I like about it is that they are really everywhere. You could go to the busy Rue Neuve and they have about 1 or 2 branches there. Each commune or town has a post office and they have …

Koch’s Custom Woodworking
When I looked in the yellow pages for a cabinetmaker to build a kitchen island, there were way too many choices. I ended up going with Koch’s Custom Woodworking, and I’m glad that I did! At first, I called one of the bigger companies, but …

After trying to find a phone company that would give me a great price and good customer service, I finally found one in my own backyard.
Powercom doesn’t do a lot of advertising and I wouldn’t have heard about them if a friend hadn’t told me about them. But, for …

I found this hair salon when I was looking for a place to buy Aveda hair products. I was impressed by the knowledge of the stylists, and fact that they were helpful, but not pushy. The salon has a nice amibience, comfortable, well lit. It smells …

Enjoy Prepaid is the prepaid long distance of my dreams and it offers rates of 2.2 cents to 2.9 cents a minute in the United States (the lower rate is available if you choose to pay a fee but 2.9 works for me). For the last three years I …

Greatclips is a place that I go to get my hair cut. I really like going there because most of the people that work there are nice and really listen to you. They have never messed up on my hair cut or anything. My sister also goes there to …

I was so happy when I heard the Rockwall Pediatrics was opening up the Urgent Kids center for after hours care. I work full-time and it was difficult getting my kids in to see the doctor without missing much work.
The Urgent Kids office is located in front of …

The Morristown Library is located in the center of the city of Morristown. It is a large library in a big gray building that looks like a church. One of the good things about the library is its size and the sheer number of books it has. It is …

If you ask about the cheapest way to ship a gift for someone that live in other countries, most people in Indonesia will tell you to use EMS Post service.
This is the special service from their post company. Pos Indonesia is the one that offer you this EMS service. …

I was thrilled when we moved and found that AT&T offered television services in our new area. I despise everything about the Time Warner Cable service we used to use. It cost more in different areas, the On Demand and pay per view features never worked, the serviceman arrived …

When we first purchased a two year plan through Nextel, we loved everything about the phones. Great customer service, phone dependability, and great customer service where just a few of the things we loved.
As we were on a budget, we didn’t buy the most expensive phones. Instead, we …

Eight AM today, I was scheduled for biometric finger printing. I am applying for my green card and change of status. It was a long way to drive from our house going to Kentwood. We left the house at around 6:15 in the morning, we have …

The FCC hired The Geek Squad to help people in America with the transition from analog to digital TV. This was announced in early June of 2009. The Geek Squad is part of the Best Buy chain. They do home service for computers and such, only …

DHL is a shipping company that has several options available for shipping. I have shipped and receive shipments using DHL but I wouldn’t recommend using this company. DHL does have very low rates in my opinion but I would suggest using another provider. From my experience …

Having a fault on my telephone line on New Years Day and having reported it to British Telecom, only to be told that I would have to wait until 7th January for repair, I was very pleased when an Open Reach engineer (contracted by BT) turned up on …

I have an older Lexus luxury sedan that rarely has problems. However, a few months ago it started to make an odd noise and I got concerned. My hubby suggested we take it in to Sun Devil Auto because they were close and had been there before for an oil …

When I first lived here in this city, I thought that most drivers are very disciplined; I appreciated it very much that motorcycles are aligned neatly along the city streets and even in shopping areas, most vehicles and motorcycles are neatly arranged almost all the …

Palawan Pawnshop is one of the largest pawnshop and money remittance center in the Philippines. It has over 1300 branches nationwide. Palawan Pawnshop is also a partner of LBC, Tambunting Pawnshop, and SM malls in the Philippines. They offer different services such as pawning, money remittance, forex exchange,bills payment(electricity,phone,internet,load …

We have a vending machine here in our company pantry, and because I am not really a fan of coffees I did not enjoy much of the coffee offered in this vending machine. I was in night shift just the other night and felt the need to put …

One of my favorite place for shopping, dining and watching movies is SM City. It’s actually a large mall located in almost all parts of the country. They have all you need from bags to shoes, to the foods you crave for and the latest movies available. …

I have used Roto-Rooter Plumbing and Drain Services on several occasions and I have had a really great experience with this company. This is a locally owned company and the owners are very friendly and they have been serving customers for a long time. They are very …

The Vancouver Public Library is more than a library. Although it is considered the third biggest library in Canada, it is also an architectural marvel, designed to mirror the modern grandeur of the Roman Coliseum.
The architect was no less than the legendary Moshe Safdie. The Vancouver Public Library …

This past Saturday, I got a knock at my door. It was a salesperson from Charter Communications. He said Charter was now offering digital phone service in my area and he wanted to tell me more about it. It was all I could do to be polite and tell …

My hats off to the very helpful people at the Rustan’s Bridal Registry Service.
They helped make this part of my wedding planning problem-free. Here’s what I love about them:
1. The department store set up a very classy room for the service. This room …

We had Mediacom cable tv for some seven years. At first we were happy with it but the problems began to add up. On the plus side they installed the service for free but only if the wires were easy to run -no fishing wires through walls or …

As part of my father’s seventieth birthday present, my siblings and I pitched in to send my dad to San Francisco, California. We wanted to make it a surprise, so I thought it would be neat to present him with a professional-looking booklet containing trip information that I would …

For some time, I’ve been a big proponent of utility budget plans, especially when it comes to keeping some sort of control over what you spend on your monthly heating bill.
But, after Alliant Energy managed to screw mine up, I am no longer a fan.
My wife and I bought …

Of course none of us want to think about funeral homes, but we all have to at some time or another. During these difficult times you want to go to a place that makes you feel comforted and that you know respects the wishes of your family members. Wilson’s …

For me talking on the phone I use up a lot of credit instantly, especially when it comes to texting.
When they first introduced the Turbo Charge I went to it straight away cause I know it would be perfect for me.
The only downside is to keep the well earnt …

I never thought that Bench, the company well known for producing unique apparels will also venture into salon business. Not until I see myself going to their Bench Fix Salon, that’s the time I realized I am not dreaming. See me wearing bench clothes is no longer new if …

A friend of mine who lives in Calgary, Alberta, was in the middle of renovating their condo in the nearby Canmore with the intention of selling it. I wanted to see what they were doing, as I am constantly renovating my own home, and I love looking at other …

We have a home phone through Verizon. We have had a good experience with them about a month ago our phone was making this horrible static sound and their customer services was good. I had to take a phone to the jack outside the house and see if it …

The 2A bus from Kidderminster to Bewdley is one which I make use of on a regular basis, and for the most part I use the service provided by First (even though I am not a great fan of their lack of interest in long-established local brands such as …

I cannot remember the last time that I had a satisfactory experience with any of the Philippine national government offices since I was born. This is in stark contrast to my experience with my local government of Marikina City, where the government has made bureaucracy a little bit bearable. …

I used www.Pinlessworld.com and it has the best phonecards in the market. You can choose from their great regular phonecards which are 10% or you can buy custom call plan that has low rates and no fees at all. I made a call for ten minutes had then used …

Sun Cellular phone really pisses me off right now! They have been bugging me to the depths of my mind because every since my phone application was approved with them, I haven’t used my phone yet! And that is already 3 days, and counting. I just came from their …

I do not have such big garden at home but since no one was living in the house for several years, then the garden was not maintained (at all). My husband contracted a gardening company (Machado) a few years back but since a long time, they have not …

I have had the need to go to Rent A Center in the past few years. Rent A Center has very good customer service. The people that work there are friendly, helpful and know what they are talking about. They have some nice furniture there, of course it depends …

I was delighted at the prospect of simply touching a card against a special pad in order to be able ot use the trains and buses in Chicago, but the Chicago Card Plus does NOT work as stated. Luckily, I had no problems with the billing or linking …

Mediacom cable is my cable provider who I had for 2 years now. I like the service in the beginning because of the promotional rates and the installation was quick and fast. After a while my cable would just go out for no apparent reason, right in the middle …

Upong moving to Edmonton, my boyfriend and I had a hard time choosing which Telus Long Distance package to select that would meet our needs. So, because we weren’t sure how much long distance we would need, we were offered a trial month. I loved the service I got …

Some postal offices have a very negative reputation. But I must say that the United States Postal Service in Dearborn, Michigan never disappointed me. It has always been efficient in delivering mails and parcels in our apartment complex. When I expect a parcel, may it be from other …