Author Archives: matthew

UBB?

Still waiting to see what will happen…  I haven’t payed much attention since it went back to the CRTC, but Bell have appeared to have backed off pushing UBB down the throats of resellers.  Of course they will probably come … Continue reading

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The Boycott of Bell Begins

Today I cancelled my Bell home phone… it will officially be disconnected on March 2, and from then on out I’ll have a dry loop with TekSavvy. I know they’re a Bell reseller, and that they in turn will be … Continue reading

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Internet Losers

Mediacheck Canadians Just Became World’s Biggest Internet Losers is a sweet article on UBB published by The Tyee.  A version of it also appeared in the Globe and Mail yesterday.

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TekSavvy’s reaction to CRTC 2011-44

TekSavvy (my ISP) have released the following press release in reaction to yesterdays idiotic CRTC descision on UBB: TekSavvy Responds To CRTC Decision on Internet User Fees Chatham, Ontario January 25, 2011-  TekSavvy Solutions Inc., one of Canada’s leading independent … Continue reading

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Stop the Meter: Stop Usage Based Billing

If you haven’t signed OpenMedia.ca‘s “Stop the Meter” petition please consider doing so: Loading… Here’s a report on UBB by CBC:

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