Archive for October, 2007

When access to data feels like a penalty

I was checking out Rogers’ data plan for my phone yesterday.

Rogers Mobile Internet Plan

With a data plan, 1kb of data costs $5/5000 kb = $0.001/kb

Without a data plan, 1kb of data costs $0.05/kb

Um.. you mean Rogers is charging 50 times more for each kb if I don’t subscribe to their data plan?

To me, it feels like I am being penalized for accessing data without a data plan.

Barnet Highway traffic after oil spill in July, 2007

Barnet Highway traffic after oil spill in July, 2007, originally uploaded by sonson.

Here’s what I go through everyday after the oil spill in July.

CBC News: The National – Getting Gouged by Geeks

To me, this is sad news. But it really reflects the world we are living in.