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Bell trumps Telus with high-speed launch
If you’re ready to sign three years away to get an iPhone in Canada, now’s your big chance! “The end of Rogers’ iPhone monopoly is drawing near, as its two main Canadian rivals prepare to launch their next-generation wireless network this week,” says the Toronto Star , going on: “BCE Inc. president and CEO George Cope said Bell Canada will launch its new high-speed wireless network Wednesday, one day before Telus Corp. does, though both companies worked to build the network and are sharing the new infrastructure.
Continue reading »BSA endorses three strikes plan
The chances of any entertainment cartel-inspired three strikes-and-you’re-gone ‘graduated response’ plan actually seeing true light of day are about as likely as the RIAA or MPAA telling the truth about file sharing. The scheme to coerce governments into trying to force local ISPs into acting as personal corporate copyright cops may spark briefly into being here and there, but if it does, the experience will be short and sharp for both the government(s) concerned, and Hollywood and the Big 4 record labels, which are wholly and solely responsible for the ridiculous measure, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into lobbying and ‘contributions’ in their efforts to make it happen. To their everlasting shame, Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia are stand-outs which seem determined to act against the interests of their citizens at the command of Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music, and Time-Warner, Fox, Disney, Columbia, Paramount, MGM.
Continue reading »Taking 1p2U for a drive
Recently, in a p2pnet post on the The Pirate Bay saga, which is rapidly turning into The Pirate Bay farce , I referred to the 1p2U (one penny to you) micro-payments programme Crosbie Fitch has been grafting away at, going on: “He’s been on it for quite a while and I asked him how it’s going.” “ ‘1p2U is in what is known as ‘live alpha’, he said. ‘That means it hasn’t been “launched” to great fanfare, but it can start being tested by those willing to put up with a few bugs, glitches, sluggishness and certain features missing. “More information is available at 1p2u.com (for bloggers as well as those who think some of them write articles worth paying a penny for)’.” Take it for a drive , he suggested.
Continue reading »Faster broadband for free?
BT says yes BT has started handing out Broadband Accelerators to customers prepared to stump up £1.20 in postage, and promises an average speed increase of half a megabit.…
Continue reading »One in Three Is A Music Pirate
Studies on the prevalence of illegal downloading, especially those targeted at music downloads, are nothing new. However, a study with more than 60 million participants is quite unique and will come closer to the truth than the average online poll. Interpret , a market research firm focused on entertainment, media and technology has just published the results of a massive survey on illegal music downloads, covering 64 million people.
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