I hate telecoms
Why? Because they pull crap like this. It means if you get spammed with text messages because your number ends up on some calling list, you’re footing the bill. It’s like if Canada Post suddenly said, “Hey you know, this spam mail you’re getting, it’s costing us money to send to you. Doesn’t matter that you can’t control it, we’re going to charge you for it anyways.” When my Bell contract is up, I am GONE. Of course, this assumes Rogers/Fido won’t be just as douchey. It’s 160 bytes of data, if this causes problems you’re doing it wrong. Ask Southeast Asia how they do it. You can get a plan there that costs $40 a month for $5 a month, regular stuff like call display, voice mail included. In Hong Kong, everyone has a cell phone, even the janitor making minimum wage because it’s really that cheap. People are complaining to the CRTC, but considering the system access fee campaign has amounted to basically nothing, I have no hope that this new fee will get reversed.
On another note, I came across this new fangled hockey table. This would be so much cooler than an air hockey table.