http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Ron+Lonsdale Home Management Ron Lonsdale Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=216245&ca=Home+Management Your dream kitchen is one you love to be in and to come home too. It doesn’t just meet your everyday needs – it is much more. A dream kitchen reflects your personality and tastes and fits your lifestyle exactly. It is all about the feeling you get from carefully selecting, installing and using your... Leadership Ron Lonsdale Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=159725&ca=Leadership Gaining knowledge to improve our lives is one of the fundamentals of success. We need a variety of different learning experiences to grow and develop not just academic specialized knowledge. Examples of this would be learning new attitudes and characteristics of successful people. Or getting specifi... Business Ron Lonsdale Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=157518&ca=Business The Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) are advising phonecard users not to purchase prepaid phonecards made by Global Networks. Global networks sell Call Plus, Call Express, Ezycom Phone Card, Ganga, Homeland Calling Card, Matrix Calling... Finances Ron Lonsdale Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=157182&ca=Finances To be competitive in the market place phone card suppliers come up with all sorts of ways to make their phone cards look cheaper. Unsuspecting customers generally buy their phone cards based only on the per minute cost of the phone call. Calling card suppliers know this and try to hide the cost of t... Family Concerns Ron Lonsdale Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=156458&ca=Family+Concerns VOIP or Voice Over IP is a technology that enables telephone companies to transmit high numbers of phone calls all over the world very cheaply. These companies are often international phone card companies that sell pre-paid calling cards. They buy capacity on broadband networks and computer servers... Business Ron Lonsdale Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=156830&ca=Business The Bretton Woods system of international monetary management established the exchange rates between western nations up until 1972 when there was a return to convertibility with the breakdown of the agreement. The subsequent inflation created a shortage of coins in Italy which lead to a very high in... Computers and Technology Ron Lonsdale Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=154436&ca=Computers+and+Technology It used to be very expensive to call India from Australia. Telstra charges $1.10/min with a 39c connection fee while Optus charges $1.21/min and a 41c connection fee. Call rates came down and were around 15c/min on phone cards about two years ago and more recently were around the 9c/min call rate. N... Family Concerns Ron Lonsdale Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=154868&ca=Family+Concerns This is the question I get asked most often. It is very simple to answer but it is not the same answer for every caller – it depends on a couple of things! How long will you be calling for? If you are calling for longer than 25 minutes you should get a phone card that has a connection fee. If you ar... Finances Ron Lonsdale Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=153334&ca=Finances International calling can get pretty expensive. Luckily there are international phone cards that can help you keep their international calling expenses under control. Phone cards are a great solution for international calling so knowing how to choose the best one is important. Using a phone card wil... Finances Ron Lonsdale Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=153298&ca=Finances Isn’t it really disappointing and frustrating when your phone card expires and you still have heaps of minutes left on it? You feel like you’ve been conned. There is a secret way around this! Phone card suppliers make a significant portion of their profit from the unused minutes on a card when it e...