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Tag Archives: canada

Why UBB charges are bullshit

Cogeco charges $1.50 per GB. Amazon charges 14¢ per GB. Netflix estimates they pay 3¢/GB. Netflix figures the ISPs’ cost per GB is under a penny. So they’re charging 15,000% markup. 15,000%.

Posted bypaulschreiberFebruary 1, 2011Posted inbroken, customer service, politicsTags: canada, ubbLeave a comment on Why UBB charges are bullshit

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Hey Wind: these accessories aren’t a very good fit for my data stick:

Posted bypaulschreiberJanuary 27, 2011Posted inbroken, phonesTags: canada, datastick, huawei, wind, windmobileLeave a comment on People (on crack) who liked this also liked

Using Google refine to produce a list of Ontario’s private schools

Last week, I excitedly read the announcement and watched the screencasts of Google Refine 2.0. Today, I used it to transform this hot mess of HTML: Into this structured data goodness:

Posted bypaulschreiberNovember 18, 2010November 18, 2010Posted inpolitics, techTags: canada, education, gov2.0, ontario, opendata, opengov, schools3 Comments on Using Google refine to produce a list of Ontario’s private schools