Category Archives: media
The Shaw Customer Discussion Sessions
Written on March 23, 2011 at 9:22 pm, by wunderbar
On March 21st, I had the opportunity to attend one of the Shaw Internet Customer Consultation Sessions. It was a good session, and I had so much to say that I actually had written 1500 words down in a blog post that I completely scrapped before starting this one. That may seem excessive, but after Read more...
Bandwidth Caps–The Critical Mass
Written on February 1, 2011 at 9:59 pm, by wunderbar
The issue of bandwidth caps in Canada has hit critical mass. It is being widely reported by mainstream media, and more and more people are asking questions, and voicing their opposition to these limits. This has caused the House of Commons to respond to Canadians unrest. So how did the tipping point get reached? I Read more...
The New Shaw Reality-Bandwidth caps: wrapping it all together
Written on January 14, 2011 at 10:20 am, by wunderbar
As of January 1 of this year, Shaw has implemented some very significant changes to it’s internet pricing structure that is going to affect a great number of users in the future. They have decided to place a cap on how much data every user can download per month, and are starting to charge overage fees for Read more...
The New Shaw Reality–Bandwidth Caps: How Can I Monitor My Usage?
Written on January 11, 2011 at 6:20 am, by wunderbar
Editor’s note: This is post #3 about the new Shaw bandwidth caps. For post #1, click here. For post #2, click here. As much as we may not like this prospect, Shaw’s bandwidth caps are currently a reality. And the extremely low limits combined with increasing internet usage means that many people will have to Read more...
The New Shaw Reality – Bandwidth caps: How this came to be
Written on January 9, 2011 at 7:24 pm, by wunderbar
Editor’s note: This is article #2 about Shaw’s new bandwidth caps. For article #1, please click here I received such a large response to my first post about the new Shaw Bandwidth caps, that I feel that I need to write more. I have had many questions, suggestions, and comments from people who want to know Read more...
The new Shaw internet reality–Bandwidth caps
Written on January 7, 2011 at 8:53 pm, by wunderbar
Editor’s note: This is part 1 of a three part series about Shaw’s new bandwidth caps. For part 2 click here, for part 3 click here As of January 1, 2011, Shaw is implementing a pretty significant change into how it charges for internet service. The company is going to begin enforcing bandwidth caps on Read more...
Congratulations to Buzz Out Loud
Written on June 19, 2009 at 7:26 pm, by wunderbar
On Thursday, June 18, 2009, one of my favorite podcasts, Buzz Out Loud from CNet, had it’s 1000th episode. For those of you who don’t know, Buzz Out Loud is a technology podcast produced Monday to Friday. It offers a laid back look at the Tech news from the last 24 hours. What makes Buzz Read more...
Last.FM no longer free if you do not live in US, U.K., or Germany
Written on March 26, 2009 at 12:50 pm, by wunderbar
Wired.com has an article about Last.fm making the site a pay site outside of the US, U.K. and Germany. According to the article, last.fm is saying they do not gain enough advertising revenue from these countries to justify the cost of the service. From now on, users outside of those 3 countries will have to Read more...
Why the CRTC needs an overhaul – Part 2
Written on March 16, 2009 at 10:58 pm, by wunderbar
This is the second part of my post/rant about the CRTC. You can find part one here. In part one I briefly talked about the protectionism the CRTC takes with regards to Canadian content. I want to talk a bit about how the CRTC handles TV, and how it is really limiting how Canadians can Read more...
Why the CRTC needs an overhaul – Part 1
Written on March 12, 2009 at 10:33 pm, by wunderbar
The title says it all doesn’t it? the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission(CRTC) is broken, and needs to be fixed. the problem is, is that I’m not sure if it can be. For those of you who don’t know, the CRTC is the governing body of all radio, TV, telephone, cell phone, and internet traffic Read more...
