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Re: Blue Microphones Hit Lowest Prices Ever on Amazon in 1-Day Sale

JMCD23 — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 09:53:21 -0000

I was reading into this a while back as I was considering an upgrade myself. Pretty much all the information I found stated that the yeti would be overkill for any voip/codec based programs and the improved quality would not be noticeable.

Re: Subsidy for ultra-fast Internet proposed | The London Free Press

JMCD23 — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 04:23:29 -0000

Bell really doesn't have a fibre system in the way you're thinking of, it's a marketing gimmick. Very few people actually have fibre being delivered to their door. Mostly it's part of their network is fibre into a neighbourhood and then using copper for the rest of it. Rogers actually has a much faster network than Bell. Both residential options are not sufficient for what some businesses will need. Also the existed fibre going out to neighbourhoods can't simply just be spliced onto, a new line would have to be run.

Re: Fido Launches $94 Unlimited Canada-Wide Plan with 5GB Data

JMCD23 — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:36:21 -0000

Even at 1000km/month in any 4 banger car, worst case scenario is 10L/100km. So 100 litres of gas, costs less than $100 in many places now.

Re: High-speed rail plan takes shape | The London Free Press

JMCD23 — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:43:05 -0000

I'm not sure if it was mentioned in this one, but previous articles have stated part of the plan was to offer much cheaper weekly/monthly/annual passes.

Re: Letters: Dec. 1 | The London Free Press

JMCD23 — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 10:49:04 -0000

The parcel business is entirely sustainable, Canada Post actually turns a profit in that bit. Letter carrying is not going so well. It's a big change and honestly the price of stamps should've gone up a while ago to compensate the huge losses they've been posting.

Re: Apple’s A8 Chip in iPhone 6 / 6 Plus Capable of Playing 4K Video

JMCD23 — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 13:45:18 -0000

Here is more or less a guide to size/ viewing distance and resolution. Obviously those with better vision may deviate a bit from this. But yeah, 1080p vs 720p at 10ft isn't really different, let alone 4k. http://s3.carltonbale.com/r...

Re: CRTC starts hearings over 'pick-and-pay' TV | The London Free Press

JMCD23 — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 13:52:40 -0000

It's a shame in London we don't have more OTA signals to get sports with. I've cut the cable and HD sports is the only thing I miss.

Re: New $45 Koodo Promo: 200 Minutes, 5PM Evenings, 800MB Data

JMCD23 — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:38:40 -0000

Name calling? LOL! No plan has ever existed except a retention plan. Yes a $15 voice plan existed, but there has never been a $20 plan with data from any carrier. Why down plans that are the best on the market at the time (yeah they're still bad value)? I'm not jealous, I've paid a lot less for a lot more in other countries where I've lived.

Re: New $45 Koodo Promo: 200 Minutes, 5PM Evenings, 800MB Data

JMCD23 — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 01:22:06 -0000

It's funny because you're full of it.

Re: Petro Canada Mobility Student Promo: 100 Mins, Unlimited SMS, 500MB Data for $30

JMCD23 — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 14:00:53 -0000

Show me on a website where your plan is? Just because it isn't good for you, doesn't mean it's a bad deal. For many people all they need is text/data. I personally have a higher need for data and text than calls. 100min/month would do me just fine.

Re: Petro Canada Mobility Student Promo: 100 Mins, Unlimited SMS, 500MB Data for $30

JMCD23 — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:35:09 -0000

Yeah it's actually a pretty good deal. I pay more than that on Fido and the only benefit I get on my BYOD plan is unlimited evenings and weekends and more minutes. If I could port numbers to and from prepaid I would be all over this.

Re: TELUS Launches New Travel Passes for Europe Starting at $30

JMCD23 — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:12:16 -0000

AFAIK sometime next year roaming won't be a thing inside the EU. For now many of these prepaid carriers do offer pretty decent roaming rates within the EU. My roaming plan in Germany was 100mb/5eur. Not stellar, but better than telus by far!

Re: Letters: July 16 | The London Free Press

JMCD23 — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:00:56 -0000

Agreed. I think a better compromise would be two shifts to reduce setup times, one from 6-2, 2-10.

Re: Basic cellphone plans now cost more: Study | The London Free Press

JMCD23 — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 02:17:08 -0000

This reply is a contradiction to your previous one. If you just need it to call someone (presumably while out), you'd think $25/year for the convenience of not having to find a payphone would be worth it? I don't know about you, but I wouldn't go to a payphone to make a lengthy call...

Re: Basic cellphone plans now cost more: Study | The London Free Press

JMCD23 — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:11:59 -0000

Take a look at 7-11 pay as you go, as little as $25 a year with pay per use text/calls. Perfect for the light user. You just need a cheap flip-phone from a place like factorydirect. I believe their rates are 25c/min with no monthly charges. The problem is most people forget that prepaid even exists and have monthly plans to subsidize their stupidly expensive smartphones.

Re: Ottawa Failing to Drive Wireless Competition In Light of Price Hikes: Analysts

JMCD23 — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:56:36 -0000

At least with cable we have legitimate resellers (Teksavvy, Start etc) that are much cheaper and more reasonable.

Re: Ottawa Failing to Drive Wireless Competition In Light of Price Hikes: Analysts

JMCD23 — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:55:52 -0000

While some things have improved over the past 5 years and prices were improving (at least until a year ago), it looks like it may go in the other direction. Ottawa needs to force the big 3 to lease their networks out at fair rates to improve competition. This is how it's done in many other countries and it works. Forcing a fourth carrier is never going to work, especially when it's a rigged game.

Re: Unsecured Wi-Fi Rocket Hub Lands Senior $800 Rogers Bill

JMCD23 — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:41:15 -0000

If it's a Roger's device it should come with a preset password. Excessive overages need to be capped at reasonable amounts.

Re: Apple Urges Arizona Governor Jan Brewer To Veto Anti-Gay Bill

JMCD23 — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:57:12 -0000

What a disgusting comment.

Re: Apple Urges Arizona Governor Jan Brewer To Veto Anti-Gay Bill

JMCD23 — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:06:00 -0000

Absolutely horrible that such a thing is being even suggest, wtf america. Also "bill was past" should be changed to passed.

Re: Sony Mobile Chief: Apple is “Missing Out” With Yearly iPhone Refreshes

JMCD23 — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:57:59 -0000

Correct. at 10ft you can tell the difference if the size is big enough. But generally speaking, at 10ft and 40", it is going to make 0 difference. In fact, even 720p and 1080p at that distance are about the same. http://s3.carltonbale.com/r...

Re: CBC Olympics App Topped 636 Million Views, Most-Watched Winter Games Ever

JMCD23 — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:12:56 -0000

You hear that Hollwood and cable/teclcos? We like consuming media on other forms whenever and where ever we want.

Re: The 16GB Samsung Galaxy S5 Has Less Than 8GB of Usable Storage

JMCD23 — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:11:34 -0000

Well it works well when the SD slot is internal with a removable back. Personally I don't think having a removable back is an option everyone would want to trade for that, highly overrated option that is niche.

Re: The 16GB Samsung Galaxy S5 Has Less Than 8GB of Usable Storage

JMCD23 — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:09:54 -0000

Although there is cheap flash memory, the typical internal nand is quite a bit more expensive. Regardless, you're right 32gb should be the bare minimum and 64 preferred.

Re: The 16GB Samsung Galaxy S5 Has Less Than 8GB of Usable Storage

JMCD23 — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:08:58 -0000

I really think companies should have to advertise usable memory. It's also a joke that Samsung, Apple and several other companies haven't increased standard memory sizes to at least 32gb. It's been several years since 8gb was phased out, 16gb should have been phased out by now too. Makes me feel like these big two corporations don't want to compete on this level as it'd increase their costs too much.