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At various times in the past, I've been annoyed that vendors of various goods and services just don't get it, and how easy it would be to do something right. Anything I should be able to do online and can't is annoying, because I seldom remember to do those things until 3am, and no one's answering the phones.

Some pickle-sniffing friend of mine told me about AVC, a somewhat hackworthy LD carrier that apparently, never requires you to talk to a human being. I just signed up online, after reading some of their material. Basically, they keep rates low by automating everything, making all extras ("no charge for misdialed calls") either go away or pay-as-you-go (they add the charge for payment processing (Visa, Amex, etc. charges) to the bill), so the recurring charges (for the actual calls) can be as low as possible, without having to amortise or predict these costs.

You can sign up online, receive your bill online, and even choose the day of your billing.

Anyway, I'm starting to sound like a commercial, and I don't want to do so.

But, I'm looking for other companies that are very online-focused. I tried using Net Bank or something along those lines, about six years ago. They had one physical location somewhere in the midwest, which was where all the checks had to go, and be processed, before they appeared in the account. You had to pay all the ATM charges, because they had no ATM machines of their own, at least not in Seattle. All of this combined to make a service that I made one deposit to, and never used again.

Now, Bank of America even scans my checks and puts them online.

What other previously-offline services have you used with happiness now that they're available online?

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