Psst.. Check PGCanada on Canada Day
Take a look at Project Gutenberg Canada on this upcoming Canada Day, that’s July 1st.
Archive for June, 2007
Speed linking
I had a great night at copynight yesterday. We had a rep from SOCAN stop by and there was a great discussion going on. I’m still not entirely clear on a lot of things so I’m holding off on a post about it for now. Still, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they [...]
Duopoly ahead: Telus and Bell considering a merger?!
Wow. Looks like we’ll have a duopoly on cellular networks if this merger goes through, but hey, it’s all Canadian! All hail our CDMA overlord Belus! The Star has the story. Telus is wary of the merger not being allowed. … Vancouver-based Telus, the country’s second-biggest phone company, confirmed Thursday it has entered into a [...]
Sites about the lack of wireless competition and the spectrum auction
This morning I saw a full page ad for www.wirelessfuture.ca in 24. I’ve never seen this one before. It looks like the site was recently created by a group that’s made up of Videotron, Quebecor, mipps and MTS AllStream. I’ve included a snapshot of the ad from a PDF available on the 24 website, which [...]
A little more on Canadian neutrality
Another Canadian net neutrality site has opened up. This one is whatisnetneutrality.ca. As its name says, it gives a definition of net neutrality and also examples of where it’s being flouted. They have a blog and a list of other resources. The examples page I find most valuable even if I don’t agree with all [...]
Goodbye page breaking ads, thank you AdBlock
AdBlock Plus is a necessity for me to browse at home these days. For the past few years I’ve felt the net is oversaturated with ads, but what finally pushed me over the edge was the relatively recent trend of full screen flash adverts. I’m not talking about the splash screen ads that you have [...]
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