Your neighborhood or school bully just got its cyber equivalent – the cyber bully. Cyber bullying is using things like the Internet or a cell phone to intentionally embarrass, humiliate or to make one person or a group of persons look bad to others or feel bad about themselves. When done directly, it usually takes the form of someone sending a negative message to another person. Indirect cyber bullying happens when someone sends a harmful message or photograph about someone else to others.

Cyber bullies typically use cell phone text and photo messages, websites, blogs, chat-rooms, social networking sites, instant messaging services and e-mail to facilitate their dirty work. In as much as most bullies need an audience to complete their satisfaction, cyber bullies look for ways to involve their peers in a cyber fight or other cruel behavior on the Internet.

With the various alternative methods of communication taking-off, a phone landline is increasingly becoming a redundant technology. Landlines are associated with monthly rental charges and exorbitant reconnection fees when moving or transferring from one house to another. Repairs have also become increasingly substantial in terms of costs and maintenance.

The mobile phone has evidently become the primary method of communication, especially for the young adult group. E-mail, SMS and instant messaging performs whatever social function the home phone used to have. Mobile phone packages have since become quite competitive offering cheaper calling options than the landline calls. The mobile broadband packages provide even more reasons for consumers to dump the landline.