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10:32 am
March 5, 2010
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ummm... did you read the original topic here ? it is instructions for tethering, so i don' t get it.14
11:44 am
December 30, 2010
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there are moderators here who have very strong opinion about 'tethering'(it was not even allowed to be mentioned), i just follow the wish.
So while I may know why your setup is not working, I cannot discuss that.
4:27 pm
March 5, 2010
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Well gee thanks for the help anyways. lol...
I just found it weird the main post here is a how to guide to tethering with speak out, but someone who asks a question about it is the one who gets the the doo doos..
If anyone can help me please PM me, otherwise there is redflag deals and other websites.
5:08 pm
October 14, 2008
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chimpanzee said:
there are moderators here who have very strong opinion about 'tethering'(it was not even allowed to be mentioned), i just follow the wish.
So while I may know why your setup is not working, I cannot discuss that.
I would think that SpeakOut themselves have very strong opinions about tethering, as quoted here:
"7-Eleven SpeakOut Wireless Unlimited web add on cannot be used: (1) for access to the Internet, intranets, or other data networks except as the device’s native applications and capabilities permit, or (2) for any applications that tether your device to laptops or personal computers other than for the use of Wireless Synch."
If it goes rampant, and it looks like tethering (and other TOS-breaking activity) is being condoned on this site, then SpeakOut could shut us down quickly. It's that simple. They are watching us. Trust me when I say that. We have a good thing going. Why would we want to wreck it?
5:20 pm
October 14, 2008
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underwhelmed-by-Can-mobile said:
ummm... did you read the original topic here ? it is instructions for tethering, so i don' t get it.14
The instructions for tethering have been deleted, as the OP failed to realize it's against the rules.
10:33 pm
August 13, 2009
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Hey, if 7-11 is listening, can you send me some credit! I'm an avid supporter!
11:07 pm
December 30, 2010
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and don't cancel UMB as other carriers offer quite competitive data plan on a much better network
11:58 am
March 5, 2010
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why would they cancel unlimited browsing, they rent space of rogers and it is set up that way, Rogers can't pull the plug, they would get sued by the Zitar dudes for lost revenue.
The best they can do is play stupid and let us keep going as is, it is a win - win for us, rogers loses nothing.
there is no shortage of bandwidth in Canada, it wasn't very long ago internet was almost always unlimited, it was somethign they scammed us with to pretend there isn't "enough" so they could charge crazy rates.
Also you tax money has helped pay for the gear that it takes to get us internet.
But yes, I would have to switch away from SPeakout in a heartbeat, I can't even get email to SMS, use short codes and get unlimted calling.
I pay $35 a month, I could easily go elsewhere for a little more and at least have unlimited calling, really the only thing keeping me here is the 365 and the browsing.
2:58 pm
October 14, 2008
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Yeah, good luck with an MVNO suing Rogers, one of the biggest carriers in Canada.
As said elsewhere, SpeakOut isn't for everyone. It was designed as a low cost, low frills carrier. If someone needs all the bell and whistles in a wireless provider, there are better options.
8:43 pm
August 13, 2009
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If you're paying $35 a month on speakout, why wouldn't you just switch to another carrier?
That's a pure no brainer. $25 to mobilicity or wind, and you get basically unlimited everything?
Granted, you have to stay in 'the zone' but still that's pretty good.
I live in vancouver, and I basically stay in vancouver, but if i'm ever in surrey or chilliwack, with all the money I've saved, I could afford a call, but thankfully, I'm NEVER in those butt holes!
3:28 pm
March 5, 2010
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iamdrumming, where is your sense of justice ? YOu don't think Rogers can be sued ? No wonder Canadians are ripped off so much everyday, we a nation of sheep.
Rogers wouldn't touch the last little dribbles of indy providers, they are already ripping off most Canadians in a million ways, they wouldn't risk that kind of crap.
They rent service to Zitar mobile (or whatever it is called) they don't care what happens after that.
And who are you buddy to say what speakout was invented for ?
It was more like a few guys deciding to try to get in on the mobile market like they do everyday all over the world and they talked to Petro Canada and 711, similar to what they do all over the world, rented some service off rogers (that rogers can't cancel anymore than Alberta can cancel a mining co from China) and tried to see if they could get some market share and gave up when they realized this was corrupt system in Canada and they didn't bother, and moved on to better places in Asia or the USA.
In the end, who cares what they want out of this, I give them money and couldn't care what their stupid slogans are.
It is between each us and them, they want my money simple as that, and your point of view matters not to me.
3:32 pm
March 5, 2010
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fefrie said:
If you're paying $35 a month on speakout, why wouldn't you just switch to another carrier?
That's a pure no brainer. $25 to mobilicity or wind, and you get basically unlimited everything?
Granted, you have to stay in 'the zone' but still that's pretty good.
I live in vancouver, and I basically stay in vancouver, but if i'm ever in surrey or chilliwack, with all the money I've saved, I could afford a call, but thankfully, I'm NEVER in those butt holes!
You said it yourself with the no brainer thing, most of Canada is not served in with these services, they are stuck a 3g and useless a little out of a major city and I am not a metrosexual yuppie that lives in condo in TO.
Also I get HSPA+ speeds on my phone where I live threw rogers, it is super super fast. And the 365 expiry allows me to leave my phone number good while i leave the country for a few months of year. Get it ?
9:51 pm
August 13, 2009
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Hmm...
If Canadians don't do anything about something as critical as foreign ownership of national resources, what makes you think that they'd care about something as trivial as cell phone plans?
If you don't like what you pay for cell phone service with ANY cell phone provider, because Canada has ridiculous rates compared to the rest of the world (of which BTW in my other thread no one has really shown me a 'cheap' normal carrier elsewhere in the world), then don't subscribe to cell phone service.
Don't give them your money. Don't be like the rest of the sheep that you profess *not* to be part of, and cancel your cell phone service.
The real sheeple are the people that beleive that cellphones are *absolutely necessary*. They're not.
Data is *absolutely necessary* because your facebook, map, twitter app doesn't work, making your iPhone useless. It's not.
A cell phone is essential, because without it you can't coordinate with people without it. It's not.
Don't confuse convenience with essential. Knowing the difference will keep you smarter, wiser, and richer.
7:19 am
May 3, 2011
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fefrie said:
Hmm...
If Canadians don't do anything about something as critical as foreign ownership of national resources, what makes you think that they'd care about something as trivial as cell phone plans?
If you don't like what you pay for cell phone service with ANY cell phone provider, because Canada has ridiculous rates compared to the rest of the world (of which BTW in my other thread no one has really shown me a 'cheap' normal carrier elsewhere in the world), then don't subscribe to cell phone service.
Don't give them your money. Don't be like the rest of the sheep that you profess *not* to be part of, and cancel your cell phone service.
The real sheeple are the people that beleive that cellphones are *absolutely necessary*. They're not.
Data is *absolutely necessary* because your facebook, map, twitter app doesn't work, making your iPhone useless. It's not.
A cell phone is essential, because without it you can't coordinate with people without it. It's not.
Don't confuse convenience with essential. Knowing the difference will keep you smarter, wiser, and richer.
Good points all, kind of goes back to the really basic issue of being able to differentiate NEED from WANT, a simple thing that most people still can't do.
6:45 am
March 10, 2010
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Really, a smartphone is essential? These things didn't even exist until about 7 or 8 years ago, I don't know how that could be considered essential? People's priorities are really screwed up. I watch these trash TV shows like Judge Judy or Springer all the time and it always amazes me at the number of people that don't have a pot to piss in, yet they are carrying an iPhone or a Blackberry that is costing them at least $50 dollars a month to run. These people are on welfare! No, a smartphone is not a necessity, and its not a birth rite, its an expensive toy that you shouldn't have unless you can afford to operate it.
9:29 pm
February 15, 2013
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WetCoastGuy said:
You should see your phone get a data connection and be able to browse the web. (If not, you might need to restart your phone for the APN to activate, which I needed to do)
This does not happen for me. No indication of a data connection ever appears, and I can't browse. I am using a Rogers HTC Magic. I've tried multiple Android ROMs and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Is there something I'm missing here?
