FTFA: "Indeed, a recent study by Booz & Company"

They're responsible for most of my studies as well.

At least 50% of Youtube content must be Canadian?

Looks like MPAA has been spending some money up north

Bill C11 is gonna get pushed through. No one seems to know about it and no one seems to care.

I don't know how the system works up in Canada, but start calling your elected officials and telling them not to do this.

Will it only affect Canadian access to Youtube? Or will this somehow bleed over into the US?

Methadone Girls: Bill C11 is gonna get pushed through. No one seems to know about it and no one seems to care.

They certainly kept this quiet. I'm pissed I didn't hear about it.

bobbette: F*ck.

I really hope the Conservatives will do the responsible thing and not hinder Canada's tech industry competitiveness...

How much booze have you had? You're dreaming, sadly. :( The Reform Party in Conservative clothing never do the responsible thing. I want my PCs back. They were fiscally conservative, but social progressive.

Sarah Palin's Conscience: Sarah Palin's Conscience: Wtf, Canada? I thought that you were the same half of North America...

That should be "sane."

/pre-coffee retardation syndrome
//time for another dose!

where have you been in the past few months. Canada really let herself go, by giving Stephen Harper a majority. He's still a bit left of Obama in some areas, but he's still a diet Dubya with aspartame, and as well know, diet something may appear to be good for you intitally, it will end up killing you quicker in the long run. :(

Bhruic: whereisian: Methadone Girls: Bill C11 is gonna get pushed through. No one seems to know about it and no one seems to care.

Indeed. It will get pushed through, there's nothing that can stop that, short of the government deciding they suddenly don't want to do it. The Leafs have a better shot at winning the cup.

True. Sadly, the Senate used to be good for at least slowing down these sorts of bills, but now that Harper has managed to stack the Senate in his favour too, we can't even rely on that. And most print media seem to be attacking them based on the omnibus crime bill (which also will pass), so we don't even have decent media exposure on this one.

The only slim hope I can see is if the bill keeps getting tied to SOPA, perhaps the negative US backlash will spill over, and the Cons will postpone the bill until they figure they can slip it through unnoticed.

Ironic, considering Harper keeps vowing to abolish the senate. We have no one to blame buy ourselves, by all those people not voting, and letting less than 40% of the country, who were primarily made up of old men in their 60s or older, decide we need an asshole like Harper leading the country in a majority. Bravo Canada, bravo.

I_C_Weener: At least 50% of Youtube content must be Canadian?

And in French.

Sarah Palin's Conscience: BohemianGraham: bobbette: F*ck.

I really hope the Conservatives will do the responsible thing and not hinder Canada's tech industry competitiveness...

How much booze have you had? You're dreaming, sadly. :( The Reform Party in Conservative clothing never do the responsible thing. I want my PCs back. They were fiscally conservative, but social progressive.

Sarah Palin's Conscience: Sarah Palin's Conscience: Wtf, Canada? I thought that you were the same half of North America...

That should be "sane."

/pre-coffee retardation syndrome
//time for another dose!

where have you been in the past few months. Canada really let herself go, by giving Stephen Harper a majority. He's still a bit left of Obama in some areas, but he's still a diet Dubya with aspartame, and as well know, diet something may appear to be good for you intitally, it will end up killing you quicker in the long run. :(

Bhruic: whereisian: Methadone Girls: Bill C11 is gonna get pushed through. No one seems to know about it and no one seems to care.

Indeed. It will get pushed through, there's nothing that can stop that, short of the government deciding they suddenly don't want to do it. The Leafs have a better shot at winning the cup.

True. Sadly, the Senate used to be good for at least slowing down these sorts of bills, but now that Harper has managed to stack the Senate in his favour too, we can't even rely on that. And most print media seem to be attacking them based on the omnibus crime bill (which also will pass), so we don't even have decent media exposure on this one.

The only slim hope I can see is if the bill keeps getting tied to SOPA, perhaps the negative US backlash will spill over, and the Cons will postpone the bill until they figure they can slip it through unnoticed.

Ironic, considering Harper keeps vowing to abolish the senate. We have no one to blame buy ourselves, by all those people not voting, and letting less than 40% of the country, who were primarily made up of old men in ...

It's a cunning plan to get people to trust him. He's like a pedophile in that way. Sweater vests and kittens, what a nice, friendly man, until you elect him.

Nemo's Brother: Canada's citizens need to get their act together. How the we, Americans, assist to stop this? It took more than just Americans to stop SOPA. We're all in this together.

Canadians are lazy, apathetic, sacks of shiat. We couldn't even get enough people to come out and vote against Harper's majority, yet everyone and the dog biatches about Harper. If you assholes had voted, we wouldn't have this issue.

/Voted, and biatched at everyone who didn'tSchadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: meyerkev: Well, 56K dialup is $10/month, and 512K DSL is $40. (though 12M cable is like $80.

That is stunning. I can get 100Mbit, 2 telephone lines with free nationwide calls, e-mail address, and PayTV HD channels, for 49.90 Euro a month.

If I don't want the PayTV HD cable channels, I can get 100Mbit, 1 telephone line with free nationwide calls, and an e-mail address for 29.90 Euro a month.

How in the holy fark is 12Mbit cable by itself $80?

Depends on the area. I currently pay around 200 dollars a month for 80 some TV channels in standard definition, uncapped 7 MBPS/s "high speed" internets, and an iJesusPhone plan that gives me 500MB of data, 300 minutes, unlimited local evenings and weekends that go from 6pm to 7am, 10 numbers anywhere in Canuckistan for talk and text, unlimited texting, voice mail, caller id, and unlimited social networking (i.e. facebooks and twitards don't count against my data usage). That's the best deal I can get. If I choose to can my TV, I'll not really be saving a lot. I feel I get more than my money's worth out of my TV though. I have TCM set on perma-record on my Desktop it seems.

Cost breakdown:

Internets - 65 bucks a month before tax
Cel phone - 63 bucks before tax
TV - 40 bucks a month before tax

So since tax is 15% in my province, that's why I pay almost 200 a month for all those things. I'm one of the lucky ones, Bell Aliant hasn't started capping the internets here like their parent company Bell does in other provinces. A lot of areas in my province still can't even get low level high speed internets, and require dial-up.

bobbette: I really hope the Conservatives will do the responsible thing

I hope naked supermodels descend from the sky in parachutes to give me free BJs and $100 bills.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: BohemianGraham: Depends on the area. I currently pay around 200 dollars a month for 80 some TV channels in standard definition, uncapped 7 MBPS/s "high speed" internets, and an iJesusPhone plan that gives me 500MB of data, 300 minutes, unlimited local evenings and weekends that go from 6pm to 7am, 10 numbers anywhere in Canuckistan for talk and text, unlimited texting, voice mail, caller id, and unlimited social networking (i.e. facebooks and twitards don't count against my data usage). That's the best deal I can get. If I choose to can my TV, I'll not really be saving a lot. I feel I get more than my money's worth out of my TV though. I have TCM set on perma-record on my Desktop it seems.

Cost breakdown:

Internets - 65 bucks a month before tax
Cel phone - 63 bucks before tax
TV - 40 bucks a month before tax

So since tax is 15% in my province, that's why I pay almost 200 a month for all those things. I'm one of the lucky ones, Bell Aliant hasn't started capping the internets here like their parent company Bell does in other provinces. A lot of areas in my province still can't even get low level high speed internets, and require dial-up.

I think you meant 7Mbps not 7MBps. And my prices are with tax included. There's no such thing as a list price here that doesn't include the VAT.

Also caps? What happens if you go over the cap, do they bill you another 63 bucks on the cell plan? That whole way of doing business is just mind boggling to me.

I just left the caps lock on. My bad.

I think it's something like 5 cents per MB on my cell plan if I go over (so if I go 250 MB over, it's like a 12.50 dollar additional charge). I've never gone over, so I've never had to pay.

Internet's the same way, you pay x amount of dollars per GB if you go over. My internet isn't capped yet, but there was talk of doing so.

Only places that include tax in the price here are the liquor stores, and few non-bix box stores, everything on a shelf is one price, but when you get to the cash, you slap on another 15% of tax. It's the opposite when I order stuff from Amazon.co.uk, It's at a higher price until I go to pay for it, and then they remove the VAT from the total.

BohemianGraham: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: BohemianGraham: Depends on the area. I currently pay around 200 dollars a month for 80 some TV channels in standard definition, uncapped 7 MBPS/s "high speed" internets, and an iJesusPhone plan that gives me 500MB of data, 300 minutes, unlimited local evenings and weekends that go from 6pm to 7am, 10 numbers anywhere in Canuckistan for talk and text, unlimited texting, voice mail, caller id, and unlimited social networking (i.e. facebooks and twitards don't count against my data usage). That's the best deal I can get. If I choose to can my TV, I'll not really be saving a lot. I feel I get more than my money's worth out of my TV though. I have TCM set on perma-record on my Desktop it seems.

Cost breakdown:

Internets - 65 bucks a month before tax
Cel phone - 63 bucks before tax
TV - 40 bucks a month before tax

So since tax is 15% in my province, that's why I pay almost 200 a month for all those things. I'm one of the lucky ones, Bell Aliant hasn't started capping the internets here like their parent company Bell does in other provinces. A lot of areas in my province still can't even get low level high speed internets, and require dial-up.

I think you meant 7Mbps not 7MBps. And my prices are with tax included. There's no such thing as a list price here that doesn't include the VAT.

Also caps? What happens if you go over the cap, do they bill you another 63 bucks on the cell plan? That whole way of doing business is just mind boggling to me.

I just left the caps lock on. My bad.

I think it's something like 5 cents per MB on my cell plan if I go over (so if I go 250 MB over, it's like a $12.50 dollar additional charge). I've never gone over, so I've never had to pay.

Internet's the same way, you pay x amount of dollars per GB if you go over. My internet isn't capped yet, but there was talk of doing so.

Only places that include tax in the price here are the liquor stores, and few non-bix box stores, everything on a shelf ...

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