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Mobile connection options for Australia and around the world

Regular travelers know that getting access to the internet on the road or in the airport can be costly. Wireless hotspots and hotel broadband access are convenient but can quickly mount up. Try these comparatively affordable mobile broadband services that you can use wherever you are in Australia – and with some services, around the world. Save time and hotel phone bills car hire shopping (and the rest!) online.

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Vodafone Mobile Connect

Connect to the net at seven-times dial-up speed (384bit/s) in Victoria, NSW, ACT and Queensland. In other Australian states you’ll be restricted to dial-up speed as the service uses the older GSM network. Vodafone roams at high speed in 17 countries and dial-up speed in 59 countries – it’s A$10 a megabyte. A laptop card is A$299. Service in some countries explains the A$40 billion loss this year! www.vodafone.com.au

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Optus Wireless Connect

Optus shares its 3G network with Vodafone so it offers the same coverage areas for high-speed wireless internet. It’s advantage is 100 Optus and 500 Azure WiFi hotspots at no extra cost. Optus roams to 13 countries at high speed and 65 at dial-up speed – with a 14-day money back guarantee so you can check coverage. Laptop card is A$299. www.optus.com.au

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IBURST

iBurst uses a data-only wireless broadband network to offer speed of about 17-times dial-up (1000Kbit/s). Coverage in Australia is well-suited for business travellers (Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Gold Coast) but no network in other areas and no international roaming. Laptop card is A$299-450 according to ISP. www.iburst.com.au

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Netconnect

This one is LOW cost – the card is free if you take a 12-month service contract. However if you roam onto 3’s backup network – which is the dial-up speed through Telstra – you’ll be up for an extra A$1.65/MB on top of your monthly fee. No high-speed coverage in NT or Tasmania, and international roaming coverage is limited – 11 countries at high speed and six at dial-up speed. Business users (but not personal) get a 45-day money back guarantee period as a test run. www.three.com.au

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Telstra Bigpond Wireless

For use within Australia only, BigPond’s wireless service can’t be beaten for coverage. Minimum speed is about three-times dial-up (144Bit/s) across Australia, with a speed of about nine-times dial-up (512bit/s) in capital cities and many regional centres. The price for coverage is higher on a mandatory 12-month contract – there is a money-back guarantee for a 10-day period, no risk. Laptop card A$299. www.bigpond.com

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And saving money getting on the road…

CentralCarHire.com offers smart technology to compare multiple prices, and the security of top tier car rental brands - Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Thrifty. The low prices come from access to distressed car rental inventory Australia wide. You compare prices and real time vehicle availability for the car rental location and date you choose. You can also search for specific cars or for special car hire deals. You’ll only see the vehicles available for you to book now - no waiting for quotes or email replies. We confirm your booking and you pay on pick up. You can cancel the rental any time prior to pickup - no fees or penalties. Our partners include Avis Car Hire, Budget Car Rental, Hertz Car Rental, Europcar Hire and Thrifty Car Rental. Through these partnerships, we are able to offer a cheap car rental rate on a full range of quality vehicles Australia wide.

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Jennifer Maguire has more than ten years in travel purchasing and marketing. She is passionate about improving the customer experience including procurement. Jennnifer is Director of Central Car Hire. http://www.centralcarhire.com compares cheap car rental prices for Avis, Budget, Hertz, Europcar and Thrifty – on one screen – book and confirm in three easy steps.

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Mobile Car Wash Business Customers and Fleet Clientele दिस्कुस्सेद - Avis-com

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If you own a mobile car wash business, no doubt you have tapped into the washing of vehicles that office complexes. But have you considered washing fleets of vehicles? For instance have you consider washing for large Rent-A-Car corporations? If you haven't and you wish to expand your customer base and fleet clientele it would be wise to do so.

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Now then, let's discuss a large corporation that handles Rent-A-Cars and study their history. It is important to study their history of large companies before you go in and make the sales call because you will want to have the power of information behind you. Let's take a look at doing business with Avis Rent-A-Car. You see, Avis Rent-A-Car has been around since 1946 started by Warren Avis.

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Avis had been bought and sold and spun off a half a dozen times but always keeping the brand name out where travelers could remember it. It was sold in 1954 to a wealthy Bostonian who kept building it up and then he sold it to an investment banking firm in 1962 who made up the slogan 'We try harder', a technique still taught in business schools across the country.

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In 1965 the investment firm sold it to ITT for 54 million and they in turn sold it in 1977 to Norton Simon, who was bought in 1983 by Esmark after Norton Simon signed a marketing agreement to buy and rent only GM cars. Esmark was glad to have Avis as part of its Norton Simon acquisition, but Esmark was then acquired by Beatrice and now Beatrice owned them. They were at this point still buying all GM cars.

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GM was very pleased. Beatrice was then sold to the investment firm of Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and Company and Beatrice sold its Avis division to Wesray Capital Corp. They had separated out Avis Europe, which was then its own entity and was traded on the London Stock Exchange. GM fearful of losing its juicy customer, which was worth now over 260 million in 1986 dollars, GM decided to buy up Avis stock and become a minority shareholder.

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The Avis Company then was purchased by its employees in an ESOP for 750 million. HFS Inc. then purchased Avis to go with its holdings of resorts, hotels and other businesses. In May of 2001, Cendant Corp bought all of Avis for 937 million and still owns it this month. Cendant has over 50,000 employees nationwide. They still have some ownership from GM and still buy their cars. Most of Avis cars are Buick's, Pontiacs and Cadillac's. GM discontinued Oldsmobile and previously they had lots of those. Now most of these type cars are either sold or waiting to be sold. Avis is expanding into Used Car Sales lots. They have started a prototype in NJ, which you may wish to search on the Internet.

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If you own a mobile car washing company you may wish to contact them to see if you can do all their washing. Their used cars come with 30 day bumper to bumper and 12,000 Avis backed warranties. Also they offer 12 month leases on new or used cars. The new cars would be similar to the Enterprise Lease Deal and the used car lease is basically a 12 month rental or a rental car run out; a new twist on an old theme. If it works we expect other car rental agencies to try that too.

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Avis has 931 agency outlets, 213 at airports and 445 at off airport lots in the USA. Worldwide about 3,120; their fleet hovers around 200,000 cars plus or minus. Their HQ is now in Parsippany NJ. Their CEO was once with Budget Group and Continental Airlines. Their President was also from another competitor. Avis has 275 licensees, which should be our primary targets for service. Many do their own cars, but others can never seem to get them all done. Many other locations need a mobile car washing service urgently due to lack of all the labor to wash the cars and the volume of course that they rent. Then type in zip codes. Hint - leave off the last two digits of the zip code to find all the rental offices in your area.

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The reason I recommend Rent-A-Car companies to expand your clientele of your mobile car wash business is because for some three decades our company was in the business of mobile car washing before my retirement and we always felt it easy to sign up Rent-A-Cars to increase our company's monthly income. I hope you will consider this in expanding your company in 2006.

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