Is it just me or are ISP’s slowing down our connections. I have noticed that both at the office and at home that regular surfing has had a noticeable slowdown. We all know that some providers such as Bell are throttling the connections on certain ports to limit the amount of downloading of “pirated” content its users can make.

Here is a conspiracy theory for you. Just totally random and off the top of my head but what if the ISP’s are slowing our connections down so that we will upgrade to the faster accounts and spend more money. Or maybe they are monitoring all traffic and it is causing a bottle neck of packets and slowing down the connections of its users.

I love a good conspiracy. The real reason for the post is to ask if anyone else is noticing a slow down in regular surfing lately or am I just loosing my mind more rapidly than normal?

Well thats it for today, I look forward to hearing some responses on the topic.

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Watching FOX13 news tonight I witnessed the most disturbing thing that I have ever seen on television ever!. Two morally corrupt american soldiers (yes I did not capitalize american as I don’t believe that it deserves it) through a puppy of a cliff in Iraq. WTF!

First of all what the hell are you arrogant pieces of filth thinking when you perform such a disgusting act? You pathetic pussies have nothing better to do than murder and innocent little puppy. Someone should through you off a cliff and laugh at you while your bones break and skin splits while you careen down the cliff side. You are not worthy of living never mind so called protecting your country. The US military gives you a non disclosed disciplinary action, they are as useless as the soldiers they employ. No wonder this behavior seems acceptable to you. You should have been court marshaled, removed from service and sent directly back to the US to face charges of animal cruelty. (Personally I would just throw you pathetic wast of skin to a pack of wild dogs and nature take care of you!)

Second why the hell would FOX13 air the entire video showing the dog get thrown and landing on the rocks below. You are as disgusting as the soldiers themselves. I have have lost all respect for this news cast. I hope the animal rights activists are all over you people. I will not post a like to the news cast as I don’t want anyone to have to witness this video. This is one of those things that will forever be burned into my memory as horrible and disturbing.

With all the controversy around the war in Iraq, it’s incidents like this that makes the rest of the world ask “What are you really doing in that country?”. If I would not be proud to be an american after watching that on the news tonight. Thank god I am not american.

Ironic it is that I actually don’t watch the news, the show that I was watching ended while I was working on a design project and the news came on. Deep into design I did not even notice that the news was playing until I looked up just as this filth was on the screen. Tonight has even more deeply ingrained the reasons why I can’t stand to watch the news, especially american news.

Well that is enough about this, if you feel that same way that I do about this atrocity PLEASE click the bookmark links and add this post to your Facebook, Digg or any other Social networking site that you are part of.

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Well the Bell Mobility issues never end. This is the most corrupt organization, not only are they throttling internet connection but time and time again they are ripping off their customers.

In previous posts I have detailed the issues with Bell and its billing policies. For 6 months they over charged me for my service by $20 dollars. Each an every month I have had to call the Bell customer service ( I use the term loosely) associates to get the bill corrected every month. I spoke with an customer service associate last month who stated that I would not be charged a cancellation fee when I switch companies because of all the hassles. After hearing this from the associate I went down to Rogers and signed up for a new contract with them.

A month goes by and I get a Bell bill, on this bill they have added the $20 that was credited back to back to me the month prior and again my bill is $20 more than it is supposed to be. After another 1 hour call with the manager of Bell I was told that it was Rogers fault for not canceling the account when the port transfer went through. Passing the buck yet another thing that Bell does well, no common sense in the company I tell you. If you don’t have the number anymore you have lost the client. Well I find out to no surprise that at this point Bell will try and extort as much money as possible out of you. “Watch this we’ll punish this puny client for getting fed up with our crap and going to a competitor!”. So during this call I am told that I will have to pay the $200 cancellation fee, OMG they have a recorded call with an associate telling me that they will waive the cancellation fee. These morons won’t pull the call and verify this information, of course not cause then you would HAVE to waive the fee for me. To bring this crap to a close they decide to give me the new cancellation policy which is $100 . Wow thanks for the crappy service and the reduction in the fee that I was not supposed to pay in the first place.

The manager on the line at this time tells me that he is only doing this because “I am a Bell family customer and even though I am with another provider now I will return to Bell!” What arrogance. If you think I will ever use Bell for any service again in the future you are either delusional or insane.

With any luck this whole ordeal will be done with once the cancellation bill is paid and I won’t have to deal with these idiots anymore. This article is a warning to all Bell mobility customers, I hope you don’t get trapped with this company. With number portability in full effect now you can keep your number and move to any other cellular service out there. There are so many to choose from in this day and age .

YOU DON’T HAVE TO USE BELL FOR ANYTHING!

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