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Offline Zerlina

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Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« on: January 26, 2011, 03:05:23 PM »
Yeah...

So if you don't want to see Canada become technologically handicapped, or if you just want to see Gemini, and I in the future, please sign this petition

http://openmedia.ca/meter

Cause if not we're ****ing screwed.
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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2011, 03:14:02 PM »
Wow and I thought Australian internet was the worst. Signed.
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Offline X_marks_the_ed

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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2011, 07:12:05 PM »
Also signed. Does this include the stuff you DIDN'T want? Including ads?




Wait, of course it does.
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Offline drenrin2120

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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2011, 08:39:07 PM »
If ads counted to... That would be ridiculous. :/ ima sign that ish.

But will it actually do any good? I mean, we're not even Canadians.
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Offline Zerlina

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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2011, 08:42:55 PM »
The petition doesn't say you need to be Canadian. The idea of changing the way that an entire country pays for internet in order to raise TV ratings can be seen as a universal issue.
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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2011, 08:55:57 PM »
Signed.
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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2011, 09:12:19 PM »
Signed; the world needs a reverse-gender Archem.

Also, Gem.
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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2011, 09:53:22 PM »
I'm impressed how the number has gone up by roughly 10,000 between earlier this afternoon and now.

I'll sign this ****.
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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2011, 09:54:54 PM »
Actually, I would think those signing from outside Canada prove that it's even stupid to those who aren't affected.
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Offline HackersTotalMassLaser

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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2011, 10:26:46 PM »
*about to sign*

Quote from: Zerlina on January 26, 2011, 03:05:23 PM

if you just want to see Gemini in the future, please sign this petition


*anti-signs*
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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2011, 03:48:53 AM »
This bytes.

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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2011, 06:10:27 AM »
witty remark enlightening you of my participation in your plight
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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2011, 08:14:33 PM »
Ya, I signed it.
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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2011, 08:58:29 PM »
Quote from: Fortet on January 27, 2011, 06:10:27 AM
witty remark enlightening you of my participation in your plight
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Offline Zerlina

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Re: Internet To Be Charged By Byte
« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2011, 02:21:35 AM »
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2011/02/01/internet-usage-based-billing-clement.html
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Last night I had a dream that Zerlina and I were pirates. It was... beautiful.
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