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leidend posted:Why is there a Pacific mall in Toronto anyway?
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Lobok posted:Because it caters to people from the Pacific countries. Asians, in other words. Ah yes, as someone who lives three blocks from the Pacific ocean I am surrounded by asians myself in Vancouver. Our asian mall (well, most asian mall) is called Aberdeen Centre. I wonder how many Scots wander in.
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Feb 12, 2014 04:56
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leidend posted:Our asian mall (well, most asian mall) is called Aberdeen Centre. I wonder how many Scots wander in. Don't be loving ridiculous. Scots don't spend money.
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Feb 12, 2014 05:01
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leidend posted:Ah yes, as someone who lives three blocks from the Pacific ocean I am surrounded by asians myself in Vancouver. Have you never been to Crystal Mall? Aberdeen is also named after the Harbour in Hong Kong, not the Scottish city. How did this ~Asians~ tangent start, anyway?
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Feb 12, 2014 05:55
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Asian male reporting in. I always heard Jackie Chan helped fund Aberdeen Centre. Wonder if there's any truth in that rumour. E: is there any plan around $25/mo for voice out there? Acer Pilot fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Feb 12, 2014 |
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Feb 12, 2014 07:03
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Acer Pilot posted:Asian male reporting in. I always heard Jackie Chan helped fund Aberdeen Centre. Wonder if there's any truth in that rumour. Voice only, there's a rogers plan; $30/mo for 200 minutes, unlimited text, caller ID, voicemail, -$3/mo for bringing your own phone = $27.
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Feb 12, 2014 11:54
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Wild EEPROM posted:Voice only, there's a rogers plan; $30/mo for 200 minutes, unlimited text, caller ID, voicemail, -$3/mo for bringing your own phone = $27. Bah. Old plan was that but $25 but now they said that our credits have "expired."
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Feb 12, 2014 13:27
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Acer Pilot posted:Bah. Old plan was that but $25 but now they said that our credits have "expired." Have you tried Speakout Wireless? That's an utterly poo poo plan on Rogers for voice only anyway.
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Feb 12, 2014 13:34
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Haha, unexpected Pacific Mall discussion. Guys, the tale was about how lovely Nokia was being. PacMall is awesome  Unless you go there just after a raid and everyone gives you the evil eyes until you leave.
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Feb 12, 2014 13:58
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Geektox posted:Have you never been to Crystal Mall? It started like six posts ago when I wondered why there was a mall called "Pacific" in Toronto and apparently it's because people in Toronto think Pacific=asian. And no I haven't been Crystal Mall, or Aberdeen Centre, and hope to keep it that way.
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Feb 13, 2014 11:33
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leidend posted:Ah yes, as someone who lives three blocks from the Pacific ocean I am surrounded by asians myself in Vancouver. Yaohan Centre dude. No white person has even ever been inside it. leidend posted:And no I haven't been Crystal Mall, or Aberdeen Centre, and hope to keep it that way. Aberdeen Mall has Daiso, which is loving amazing if you need basically anything that costs $5 or less.
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Feb 18, 2014 04:13
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Saw this posted in the Canadian politics thread in D&D. Might be of interest to people here who don't follow that thread.Pinterest Mom posted:The 2013/2014 wireless spectrum auction has concluded. The winners:
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Feb 24, 2014 05:41
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I guess the only 2 things I can say about this are 1. Completely unsurprised by the majority of it 2. Good to see Quebecor Media trying to expand out a bit. Give the others a run for their money.
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Feb 24, 2014 19:19
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Migishu posted:1. Completely unsurprised by the majority of it 1. Yeah. Not like some previously unrevealed contender was about to miraculously manifest and gobble up the spectrum to offer competition. 2. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
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Feb 24, 2014 19:56
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Jan posted:2. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Quebecor is no charity, but it's hardly a coincidence that Quebec has one of the better wireless markets in the country. The probability that a cartel member will defect rises as the number of cartel members grows.
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Feb 24, 2014 23:30
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I think the biggest bullshit of the lot was "Oh, we have this 12mhz prime real estate in 3 bands, and we're not going to prevent anyone from buying all 3 bands because why would we want to do that?" *Rogers eats everything up* I would've liked to have seen some spread. Makes me worry for the future when phones get released with "700mhz Band A" restrictions because gently caress consumers.
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Feb 25, 2014 20:39
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Why would anyone be excited about Quebecor buying up spectrum? They're like Rogers, only more corrupt and with even more ownership (some might call it tight-fisted control) over the content they are delivering.
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Feb 25, 2014 20:55
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eXXon posted:Why would anyone be excited about Quebecor buying up spectrum? They're like Rogers, only more corrupt and with even more ownership (some might call it tight-fisted control) over the content they are delivering. Simple: enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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Feb 25, 2014 20:58
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Migishu posted:I think the biggest bullshit of the lot was "Oh, we have this 12mhz prime real estate in 3 bands, and we're not going to prevent anyone from buying all 3 bands because why would we want to do that?" Also keep in mind that Bell and Telus share their network with each other so that's essentially one company who purchased virtually all of Band C2, D and E.
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Feb 25, 2014 23:09
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eXXon posted:Why would anyone be excited about Quebecor buying up spectrum? They're like Rogers, only more corrupt and with even more ownership (some might call it tight-fisted control) over the content they are delivering. I don't know. Reading "Quebec has one of the better wireless markets in the country" just made me throw my hands in the air and walk away. Possibly preceded by some face palming and hysterical laughter.
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Feb 25, 2014 23:23
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Jan posted:I don't know. Reading "Quebec has one of the better wireless markets in the country" just made me throw my hands in the air and walk away. Possibly preceded by some face palming and hysterical laughter. But... they do.  
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Feb 25, 2014 23:33
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Lexicon posted:Simple: enemy of my enemy is my friend. As Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) once said, "The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy." Rogers delenda est.
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Feb 26, 2014 00:22
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I'm going to speculate that wireless plans are generally * Excluding Wind/Mobilicity, of course.
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Feb 26, 2014 00:27
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Wind owns. 10gb for $40 before they throttle you, and no overage charges.
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Feb 26, 2014 00:37
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Jan posted:I don't know. Reading "Quebec has one of the better wireless markets in the country" just made me throw my hands in the air and walk away. Possibly preceded by some face palming and hysterical laughter. We don't have the better discount guys (or do we? I don't know, I don't actually pay my phone) but our plans with the Big 3 are usually a bit cheaper and/or better.
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Feb 26, 2014 01:02
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Quebec, Saskatchewan and Manitoba all have better plans than the rest of Canada thanks to regional carriers with reception that isn't poo poo
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Godinster posted:Quebec, Saskatchewan and Manitoba all have better plans than the rest of Canada thanks to regional carriers with reception that isn't poo poo Exactly right. And that's precisely why a Quebecor entry to BC, however evil Quebecor itself may be, is a net positive. (Assuming they can get a halfway decent network in place)
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Feb 26, 2014 14:40
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I had a customer yesterday who had a Thunder Bay regional plan (it had "TBay" in the name) which was (albeit on the 3 year term) 6 GB of data with unlimited nationwide calling, international texting, CD/VM with Bell for $60. That's some crazy poo poo.
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Feb 26, 2014 14:43
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I don't understand how the regional carriers only got one block. Is that enough to serve one province? Telus got 4 blocks in Manitoba and this is the worst place in the country for LTE coverage so I'm glad they are going to put that to good use.
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DariusLikewise posted:I don't understand how the regional carriers only got one block. Is that enough to serve one province? It isn't, but that's the only block that the big 3 couldn't bid for. Is it  to point at the lack of overlap as an obvious and clear sign of anti-competitive behaviour, or just so obvious that no one bothered?
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eXXon posted:wireless plans are generally Aphrodite posted:our plans with the Big 3 are usually a bit cheaper and/or better. Godinster posted:better plans than the rest of Canada All these euphemisms almost make it sound like these plans are "good". I just don't have enough Stockholm's Syndrome to call these plans anything other than "complete shite". I was under the mistaken impression that MTS and Sasktel's plans were far better than they actually are, i.e.: comparable to Wind/Mobilicity. When in truth they're just as average as Quebec's. Don't trust Quebecor. They've been in the cable and Internet business far longer than the mobile phone business, and if their practices there are any indication, they'd gladly join the big 3 in price fixing mobile prices Canada-wide.
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Aphrodite posted:Better doesn't mean good. Yeah, seriously. Better is nothing but a relative term. Caracas is a better city to live in than Pyongyang.
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OilSlick posted:I had a customer yesterday who had a Thunder Bay regional plan (it had "TBay" in the name) which was (albeit on the 3 year term) 6 GB of data with unlimited nationwide calling, international texting, CD/VM with Bell for $60. That's some crazy poo poo. It was $50 and $55 in the past, too. It's strange but Bell is insanely competitive in Thunder Bay to pull customers from TBaytel. They're offering the full subsidy on devices like Note 3, S4 and iPhones as well with it, foregoing the usual $70/mo requirement.
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Jan posted:All these euphemisms almost make it sound like these plans are "good". I just don't have enough Stockholm's Syndrome to call these plans anything other than "complete shite". I was under the mistaken impression that MTS and Sasktel's plans were far better than they actually are, i.e.: comparable to Wind/Mobilicity. When in truth they're just as average as Quebec's. No one said they're good, but they're better than what the rest of us are stuck with. I can't wait for Quebecor to start up in BC.
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So Fido apparently let me renew my dad's contract for him. Before he had 2 $7 discounts but now it's apparently a $5 and $7 discount. - 200 minutes - unlimited evenings and weekends starting at 5PM (renewal bonus) - voicemail - unlimited local calling between Fido subscribers - 2500 text messages - call display (through $7 credit) - a mysterious $5 (used to be $7) For a total of $30.24/month after taxes. Is this a good retention plan? Did we get screwed? They also want him to pay $25 to get one of these phones for "free": - HTC Desire - Samsung Galaxy S III Mini - Galaxy Ace II X I have a Nexus 5 personally but my dad won't let me buy him one. Which would be a good phone for him? His only specification was that it be black  He basically just likes to look at websites on his current crap phone (a Nokia thing with a keyboard). Thanks for your help goons.
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Feb 28, 2014 01:51
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Given his limited needs, that's a good plan. Most plans nowadays are a fair bit more, even for basic needs. Of the devices, I'm inherently biased because I work for Samsung but get an S3 Mini over the Ace II X in a heartbeat. Not familiar with the Desire, sorry. Fido's phone selection on the lower end isn't terribly vast.
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OilSlick posted:I had a customer yesterday who had a Thunder Bay regional plan (it had "TBay" in the name) which was (albeit on the 3 year term) 6 GB of data with unlimited nationwide calling, international texting, CD/VM with Bell for $60. That's some crazy poo poo. I have an identical plan with Telus, but I live in Saskatchewan (downside: I live in Saskatchewan). Who'd have thought that when the carriers have to actually compete, it works out for the consumer!
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Acer Pilot posted:
Based on his (Silly) requirement, the Desire is out because it only comes in Red and White colors, and the S3Mini is Blue. The Ace 2 X is the worst phone of the three, but it does come in Black. That said, those phones are fairly similar, entry level models. Probably S3 Mini is the best, despite its blueness.
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The Ace 2 X isn't a bad phone. Lowest specs of the 3, yes, but I'm assuming this guy's dad is not a giant techno-nerd like the rest of you guys. Given his needs, which sound similar to most middle aged men I deal with, he'd be totally fine with an Ace 2 X. We have very few issues with those phones so far given the large volume of them that we sell.
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