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Contact Box is the UK's first Internet Service Provider to offer all the benefits of Free Internet Access and also a free 'follow me' personal number, free fax, and free voice mail services.

Service Summary

Contact Box offers you a complete messaging solution. Together with Free Internet Access, you also receive a Free Personal Number, and free fax and voice mail service. This number can be redirected to any number so your calls 'follow you' or voice and fax calls can be sent to your e-mail, where you can listen to messages or view faxes at your leisure. Give out this one number to friends, business associates, and colleagues and you will never miss a message or call. The Contact Box gives you:

  • Free 'follow me' personal number

One number for all your incoming calls. Calls are diverted to any UK number and 'follow you', or are diverted to your Contact Box where you can access them through your e-mail or by phone or fax.

  • Free Voice Mail

Can't answer the phone - divert all your calls to your voice mail. Callers can receive a personalised greeting and you can retrieve your messages by phone or via your e-mail.

If you cannot answer the phone your free Contact Box voice mail can take your calls. BT charge £59 per annum for their 'call minder' service. With Contact Box voice mail is free - and that's not taking into account all the other features - and you conveniently listen to your messages through your Contact Box e-mail. If you cannot get to your e-mail you can set your Contact Box up so you can listen to your messages by phone.

  • Free Fax Service

Your free Contact Box fax service can receive faxes sent via your Contact Box number. BT charge £60 per annum for their Fax minder service. The Contact Box fax service is free and you can conveniently view your messages in your Contact Box e-mail account. If you cannot get to your e-mail, you can retrieve your fax messages simply by fax.

  • Free Internet Access

Connect on a local rate 0845 number, using 14.4, 28.8, 33.3, 56k, and V90/Flex modems as well as 64k, 128k ISDN. We support PC, Mac and Amiga OS and give full instructions on how to set up the dial up for each.

We utilise the latest technology along with Nortel network switches and massive bandwidth to ensure you get connected first time, and every time with the fastest Internet connection - so you get a quality Internet experience.

  • Free Unlimited POP3 E-mails

When you first sign-up you will receive one basic e-mail address, for example user@contactbox.co.uk, and after registration we will send you your Contact Box number.

After you have signed up, you will also have the ability to have unlimited POP3 e-mail addresses, password protected with each account.

Once you have set yourself up with a POP3 e-mail account, you will have the option to have Unlimited e-mail addresses attached to your POP3 Mail account.

  • Free 25Mb Web Space

Once you have signed up Contact Box you can then use your allocated 25Mb Web Space for your own web page design. Uploading to your web space is provided by an FTP server.

  • Full Newsgroup Access

As a Contact Box user you have full access to over 25,000 Newsgroups. Newsgroups are where you can meet other people on the Internet who have the same interests as yourself.

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Get Organised

Receive all your messages and calls through one number. Wherever you are your Contact Box number can divert your calls to your home, office or mobile, or simply have fax and voice messages sent to your e-mail address where you can view or listen to attachments at your leisure.

Don't Miss Calls

Now you never need to miss a call - calls go to where you are, not where you are not. Calls and messages will be routed to your free Contact Box system or to you. Your callers will be able to contact you or your Contact Box, 24 hours a day. Messages are stored in your Contact Box e-mail account even when your PC is switched off.

Convenience

No need to list all your different numbers, one number covers them all.

Avoid the Number Changes

How often has your number been changed in the last few years? With a Contact Box number, when your home or office number changes, all you need to do is change where you divert your Contact Box calls to - a quick and simple exercise.

Save Money

With a Contact Box number, you don't need a fax machine, answering machine, or voice mail service.

Save Time

No need to collect messages from lots of different devices - fax messages from a separate fax machine, and voice messages from a separate voice mail system - collect them all from your Contact Box system when it's convenient for you.

Be Mobile

Have your callers 'follow you' - they can always contact you through your Contact Box number. Even when you are on the move or traveling abroad, you can collect your messages from your Contact Box. With Contact Box all you need to do is find a PC connected to the Internet, and just download your messages. Nowadays an increasing number of businesses, such as hotels and airports all around the world offer this service.

Improve your productivity

Don't miss messages any more because the fax machine was not switched on or out of paper, or your voice mail was full. With Contact Box these problems would never occur, leaving you with an efficient paperless environment. Moreover, faxes are saved digitally and are always clear.

Protect your Privacy

You can ensure that the only person getting your messages and faxes is you. No more faxes lying around the hotel, or office. Messages are securely stored in your e-mail and/or on the Contact Box server.

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Make it easy for people to Contact you

By offering a One Number point of contact, you make it easy for people to get hold of you. Also with the Contact Box system, you have the most convenient and easy way of taking and receiving messages.

Establish a 'Virtual Office'

If you are running a small business or an enterprise from home, Contact Box gives you the power and flexibility of a corporate messaging system for FREE. You do not need extra phone lines, fax machines, answering machines, or extra telephone numbers - Contact Box gives you everything you need in one unified package. If you cannot take a call - Contact Box can take faxes or gives the caller a personalised greeting and takes a voice message - forwarding this onto your e-mail account.

Home Office Solution

Contact Box gives you a 'virtual phone line', fax and answering system for free, saving you the time and investment in a telephone line, fax or answering machine. Because the system operates 24 hours a day, you will never have to worry about keeping your PC on, fax paper running out, or having an answering machine filled up with messages. In fact with different Contact Box accounts, you can set up 'departments' - sales, accounts etc.

Corporate Opportunities

Businesses can integrate all of there messaging into one Contact Box number, or set up ranges of e-mail accounts and numbers, providing companies with a free professional and scalable message handling system, without the expenses of major capital investments.

Mobile Users

If you have a mobile telephone, Contact Box enables you to take messages on your Contact Box number, and retrieve them via your portable PC or phone, or any other PC connected to the Internet at a time that's convenient for you. So even if you are on the move you will never miss a message!

Network Marketing

There is no better way to keep in touch if you are working with a team of people/agents. You can leave a message on your voice mail which all the other agents can dial and listen to. Alternatively you can receive a voice or fax attachment, and send a broadcast e-mail to all the others in your group, just by using an e-mail client. You can also set up groups for message broadcasting informing a group of people immediately, if an urgent piece of news needs to be distributed.

Contact Details | Back to Menu

You can reach Contact Box by using any of the following methods:

E-mail:

Telephone:

  • Sales and Enquiries - 08707 404404
  • Technical Support - 09069 605958 (calls charged at £1 per min) - (Phone Lines Open 9.00am - 5.00pm Monday to Friday and 12.00pm - 4.00pm Weekends)

Fax:

  • 07044 404440

Snail Mail:

  • Contact Box Ltd, 2 Newhall Court, George St, Birmingham B3 1QA

Basic Dial Up Settings Information | Back to Menu

If you have knowledge of configuring Dial-Up settings on your computer, then the following settings and numbers should be of use.

Server Settings

Primary: 212.1.128.146
Secondary: 212.1.128.147

pop3: pop3.contactbox.co.uk
smtp: smtp.contactbox.co.uk
news: news.contactbox.co.uk

Dialup Telephone Numbers

General Modems - 0845 6621041
V.90 - 0845 6621541
56k Flex - 0845 6621141
ISDN 64k - 0845 6621341
ISDN 128k - 0845 6621441

Signup with Contact Box for Free | Back to Menu

It's completely Free to join Contact Box and receive all the benefits listed above in this guide. To join Contact Box simply follow the instructions below:

Windows:

If using MS Internet Explorer browser:

SIGNUP

  • (If these links to the software on the CD don't work for you, please access the contactbox folder on the CD and run the installation file cdsetup.exe from there.)

If using Netscape browser:

  • Windows 95/98 users, please access your Internet Magazine cover CD, open the contactbox folder, and double click the cdsetup.exe installation file.


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