Archive for 'telephony'

Making sense of Bell’s twitter charges

Image via CrunchBase 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 [...]

Plenty of telecom issues but no debate near the election

photo credit: Seattle Municipal Archives

MP of Industry replied to me about the iPhone, but I didn’t write to him

I don’t recall writing to the Minister of Industry about the iPhone plan, but I think I signed an online petition to him a while back. I’m surprised I got this reply. Thank you for your e-mail regarding rate plans proposed by Rogers for iPhone services.As Canada’s wireless market has been deregulated since the mid [...]

Received my reply from Minister of Industry Jim Prentice

I’m surprised this letter took so long to get out. Essentially, Mr. Prentice thinks that the CRTC will deal with it, and complaints ought to be directed to the Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services or the CRTC itself. There’s no mention of either of the net neutrality bills. The letter follows: Thank you for [...]

CAIP, TekSavvy, Bell and Throttling

photo credit: mrbill CBC just had two pieces on the throttling fiasco that’s still going on. One was an interview with Bell’s Mirko Bibic by Spark, the other was from The Current.

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 [...]