Web Week

Cut your phone bill: Telecom is running a campaign to bring back customers who have their tolls with someone else - offering a 25 per cent discount for six months. But according to Bruce Simpson, existing customers can get the discount too. He writes: "When I rang this morning and said that I'd like to move my toll services to another provider for a week and then bring them back so that I could claim the 25 per cent discount and $50 credit, Telecom offered me the 25 per cent discount if I stayed - even though I was an existing customer."

All power to the net: Internet over power lines is the new buzz in the US. It has been talked about for long enough but now one company is actually doing it.

Fast and furious: BitTorrent is a fast-growing file-sharing network that makes it possible to swap huge files (like downloading Linux) without necessarily needing a fast net connection. The creator insists it's not for swapping pirated material.

Fancy a spoof?: Spoofing sounds like a new internet scam - but it's one of the 40-odd sports at the Trans-Tasman Master Games starting on the North Shore on March 20. Spoofing is defined as "the ancient art of mathematical calculation played by gentlemen", but in real terms it's a coin game at a pub.

An eye on politics: Worth reading if you're following the rise of National is MP Murray McCully's weekly blog. Also check out the satirical pretend Brash blog.