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Miscellaneous ramblings from my desk.
Saving on Business Phone Costs
Our company is in the process of switching our phone service from Bell Aliant to Primus. Our current basic phone service (one main number, plus a select ring number for the fax, and a toll free number) costs close to $70/month with Bell. Our switch will bring [...]

Canadian Internet News V2

Selected picks from the latest Canadian internet news releases:
Introducing The Academy Kids.com: Free Online Educational Videos for Students Grade K through 12
An exciting new online educational videos based website that offers a fun, easy to follow curriculum. Featuring free memberships, hundreds of e-Learning videos, interactive quizzes, live chat, a community…
Start-up Online Payment Service Announces Industry [...]

Canadian Internet News

Post Foods to Give Away Music, High-Value Electronics and Vacations in Nationwide “Flip the Flap” Promotion
Post Foods Canada Corp. is giving consumers the chance to win music downloads, high-value electronics, and all-inclusive family vacations through Flip the Flap, a nationwide on-pack cereal promotion that…
BabyKicks Cloth Diapers Arrive In Canada [...]

The Money Grabs

How online “agreements” end up dinging consumers
Ran into 2 incidents over the past few weeks where I wondered just how “binding” online Terms of Service were when they were tucked away on the bottom menu of a vendor’s website.
First surprise I came across is when I phoned Star Choice (now Shaw Direct) to cancel our [...]