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Running a SOCKS5 proxy tunnel for selective Internet traffic

To avoid incurring the wrath of the annoying Rogers packet-injected “over your cap” message, I use two Internet connections to manage our bandwidth usage per month. As well as the 95 GB capped 10Mbps/1Mbps Rogers Extreme plan, I also subscribe to TekSavvy’s 5Mbps/800kbps Residential Dry DSL with the Unlimited option. These services each link into a [...]

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2008 12 11 Jake Billo tech Comments (3)

UW and Rogers bring you weaksauce device pricing

UW’s CampusTechShop outlet has become an authorized Rogers Wireless dealer, and lately they’ve been trumpeting the $25 and $45 student packages. Every carrier in Canada has similar student deals to try and bump new subscribers and ARPU in the fourth quarter.
What I don’t understand is how such an outlet expects to attract new signups through [...]

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2008 10 22 Jake Billo tech Comments (2)

Rogers’ DNS shenanigans: screwing with VPNs (and alternate servers)

While it may seem like all I write about these days is Rogers, it’s really the only thing I’ve been dealing with on the service provider front. All my other corporate relations have been going well: I pay people money and they provide a service without bothering me unduly. (I must congratulate the wireless business [...]

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2008 09 08 Jake Billo angry
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Rogers 6GB data plan extended to September 30th

As per CNet News.com:
Canadian cell phone carrier Rogers Communications is extending its iPhone data plan promotion another month, as it tries to figure out how best to price data plans for smartphone users, CBC reported Thursday.
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A Rogers representative the company told the CBC the offer is being extending through September to allow buyers of the [...]

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2008 08 29 Jake Billo news
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Rrrrroundup of school, work and hardware upgrades

And here’s the wrapup.

Spring 2008 term has officially ended. For the past few days I’ve been trying to relax; as opposed to creating content for the Web, there’s been a lot of Halo 3 and other video games going on.
I start again at RIM on September 2nd. Things haven’t changed much from when I was [...]

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2008 08 28 Jake Billo me
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CIPPIC seeks comments on Bell/Rogers throttling

From a HowardForums post, I’ve found out that the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic is seeking comments from people affected by Bell or Rogers’ throttling. This refers to Bell’s global limitation of about 30K/s for BitTorrent, and Rogers areas affected by Ellacoya/Sandvine boxes.
I’ve written Robert Hester an email about my own experiences on [...]

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2008 07 25 Jake Billo tech Comments (1)

Rogers defuses iPhone situation: $30/6GB, 3 year contract

And the launch of the iPhone 3G is on in Canada, with the predictable scenario of shady dealers without the device in stock trying to boost sales commissions. This whole situation reminds me of the Xbox 360 launch, where Best Buy and some other retailers tried to bundle consoles with accessories and extended warranty plans. [...]

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2008 07 11 Jake Billo music
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RIM enables BIS 2.5: Hotmail/Live push, HTML email on OS 4.5

If you’re lucky enough to have a BlackBerry device running OS 4.5, BlackBerry Internet Service is now enabled for Rogers and should also be ready for most – if not all other North American carriers.

4.5 OSes are officially available for most recent GSM/EDGE devices. I’d recommend staying away from beta releases, as they contain debugging [...]

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2008 06 30 Jake Billo tech
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Contrary to reports: Rogers iPhone base plan $60/400MB data

As per Engadget, there was no way Rogers would ever release unlimited data for the iPhone. The base plan starts at $60 per month, only has 150 minutes (plus unlimited evenings and weekends) and has a 400MB data cap.
Apologies about my previously optimistic post on the subject, but the lesson here is “listen to financial reports and not [...]

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2008 06 27 Jake Billo news
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Rogers launches new BlackBerry data plans starting at $30/300MB

I’ve been holding off on posting this because too many data rumors are lame, but BlackBerry Cool and CrackBerry have just announced that Rogers is upping their consumer BlackBerry data plans.
The bad news: nothing’s unlimited, and if the iPhone plans leaked yesterday are accurate then BlackBerry users are getting severely shafted. Finally, these plans [...]

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2008 06 20 Jake Billo news
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