Making sense of Bell’s twitter charges

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Update April 8th 2009: There’s a Bell autodialer reporting that Twitter charges will be refunded.
I’ve been experimenting with Twitter’s resumed SMS service in Canada. Right now it only works with Bell Mobility and, well, I’m a Bell subscriber. Twitter claims the service is free but I quickly heard reports of fifteen cent charges [...]

Plenty of telecom issues but no debate near the election

photo credit: Seattle Municipal Archives

Bell’s Touch is not a radio, my first impressions

On a larf I decided to violate a contract I’m a party to. Yes, I know, I’m such a rebel. Today I decided to listen to internet radio on my cell phone.
I’m on Bell’s $7 unlimited browsing plan. The Terms of Service clearly state that streaming audio is not allowed. It’s one of those clauses [...]

Opting out of telespam and snailspam

The Red Dot Campaign has been around for a while and has been pretty successful in helping Canadians get rid of junk mail. Michael Geist has set up an equivalent for telemarketers. iOptOut is like the American Do Not Call Registry.
Unfortunately I feel a bit of a disconnect here. iOptOut will be useful for my [...]

Quick update links: Facebook Beacon and spectrum auction

Facebook can track users even when they’re logged out, but says they don’t. If you’ve ever received a Beacon ad from a Facebook partner while logged in to Facebook, Facebook can tie your username at the partner’s site to your Facebook page. Also, even if you say ‘No Thanks’ the data is still transmitted to [...]

Unusual callback feature in Toronto

I just discovered an ad for a cool callback server with a twist I haven’t seen before. I’ve used three styles of callback servers so far. One I’d have to send a SMS containing the number I wanted to connect to, the other I’d have to dial the number when I was called back. Then [...]