On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:41:15PM -0400, patricia campbell wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:12:25PM -0400, Andy Pintar wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Prosecuting Open Source license violators is another means of promoting > > > > non-proprietary applications. This leads me to the CRTC petition - the > > > > recommendations for the board have to be rethought to include > > > > representatives from the programming, ISP and other computer related > > > > fields. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Sustain > > > > > > Oh wow, programming, ISP, and computer-related fields on the CRTC... as > > > though the telephony and telecom are becoming more data-oriented... > > > 4G (lte) being a packet-based system definately highlights that fact. > > > Telecom is data, and the telecom providers are basically ISPs. Having a > > > regulatory agency that is basically made up of people from the biggest > > > players in that field is very anti-competitive (as we can see by the > > > prices for cell and data in this country). It's just sad that I don't > > > expect what you suggest will happen in the next 5 to 10 years. > > > > > > On a different note, I need a new cell provider. A friend got some Koodo > > > plan for $50/month (incl taxes) that gives her to/from anywhere in .ca, > > > 300 daytime mins/month and unlimited evenings/weekends. That's including > > > taxes and has no system access fee, includes txt. and call display etc. > > > > > > I'm looking at 7-11's speakout service for the meantime. At least until > > > the new players start hitting the market (2010-ish). Any other > > > recommendations? > > > > My oldest son spent an age looking at plans, and settled on a FIDO > > pay-as-you-go plan. He only pays for actual usage, and you pay for > > the phone in the form of a loan whose principal decreases each month > > you remain subscribed to the service. > > > > There seems to be a minimum $10 per month charge. So if you don't use > > the phone much you still end up paying $10 a month. But it carries > > over so you can use it next month... > > > > And the phone he got works in Europe, too, but remember to ask > > about roaming charges. > > > > -- hendrik > > I too use pay as you go with fido. The $10 a month is optional, you can set > it to automatically reload every month for $10/$20 or $30 this ensures that > you do not loose your minutes from the previous month but it is not > required.
So I gather that there are technical details, that you have to attend to to gain the benefits. What I know isn't first-hand, so check out the details yourself. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
