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Posts Tagged ‘rogers’

Dell Streak Froyo Update Live on Rogers and AT&T

In Computing, Technology on 23 February 2011 tagged Computing, dell, firmware, mobile, rogers, streak, Technology with 1 comment

via Streaksmart and Android Central. Still have a post on upgrading to alternate firmware forthcoming, though it’s less urgent all of a sudden.

Yes you can watch podcasts on your iPod and so can I

In Technology on 23 July 2008 tagged Freedom, iPod, iTunes, podcasts, rogers with no comments

I posted yesterday about some of the features I wished my iPod could do, and some of the things it can now as of the 2.0 software upgrade. There was a huge din of silence surrounding some vagueness about being able to watch video and listen to podcasts on your iPods. To clarify, of course [...]

Rogers Still Sucks

In Technology on 3 July 2008 tagged cable, criminal, dicks, internet, iPhone, pricing, rogers with no comments

I get a kick out of the various sites proclaiming what criminals Rogers Communications are. Specifically their wireless division. I’ve asserted for some time that the problem is deeper than that: The whole company stinks. From customer service to the jackasses running their websites. It’s a terrible customer experience. Why, in the midst of the [...]

iPhone in June

In Technology on 18 May 2008 tagged Apple, blackberry, gear, iPhone, rogers, stupid, Technology, wireless with 3 comments

Electronista is claiming that there’ll be a Canadian iPhone in June with an all-you-can-eat data plan for $7. With RIM about to introduce a BlackBerry 9000 phone, users are going to have a decent set of options to choose from for hardware. Unfortunately, the BlackBerry plans aren’t exactly competitive compared with the iPhone’s supposed $7 [...]

Bell Throttling DSL

In Freedom on 26 March 2008 tagged bell, cable, dsl, Freedom, internet, rogers with no comments

After struggling for a couple of weeks to get a working ADSL connection installed (and eventually giving up and getting a cable connection), I see the following article on Ars Technica: Canadian ISPs furious about Bell Canada’s traffic throttling Not that Rogers is any better. This leaves exactly zero alternatives for a residential internet connection [...]