http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/10/04/we-finally-got-the-pearl/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:29:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/10/04/we-finally-got-the-pearl/#comment-1873 Anonymous Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:06:34 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1804#comment-1873 cheaper data rates? you mean even cheaper than "$3,600 per hour"? http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=79 what wonderful consumer-friendy services will they think of next? as far as i can tell the cariers don't have a data "service". If anything, what their offering are (and just like the $40/month hotspots) is more like a denial-of-service attack against cheap and usefull free or flatrate highspeed wireless ... and the threat of skype-over-EVDO or skype-over-wifi killing the golden cow of their voice minutes. damnit, I want my skype over EVDO. and hydro one wireless is no help. have you tried to connect to it? it's such a sham. but that a whole other gripe... cheaper data rates? you mean even cheaper than “$3,600 per hour”?
http://www.thomaspurves.com/?p=79
what wonderful consumer-friendy services will they think of next?
as far as i can tell the cariers don't have a data “service”. If anything, what their offering are (and just like the $40/month hotspots) is more like a denial-of-service attack against cheap and usefull free or flatrate highspeed wireless … and the threat of skype-over-EVDO or skype-over-wifi killing the golden cow of their voice minutes.
damnit, I want my skype over EVDO.
and hydro one wireless is no help. have you tried to connect to it? it's such a sham. but that a whole other gripe…

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/10/04/we-finally-got-the-pearl/#comment-1872 Anonymous Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:06:29 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1804#comment-1872 Yeah it's up on the website...but you can't buy one. Nor are they available at Circuit City. Anyone know if the Rogers stores have them? Figures. Who runs Rogers marketing and web apparatus, Cookie Monster? Yeah it's up on the website…but you can't buy one. Nor are they available at Circuit City. Anyone know if the Rogers stores have them?
Figures.
Who runs Rogers marketing and web apparatus, Cookie Monster?

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