p2pnet - rss feed: GOOG-411 now in Canada. Good, eh?
p2pnet news | Mobiles:- “Our mission, to organize the world’s information and make it accessible, certainly doesn’t stop at the US borders,” says the official Google blog.
It should of course, read, “”Our mission is to organize the world into one big advertising fiefdom - even Canada”.
Anyway, Google has now moved its GOOG-411 service to Canada where users can now business listings by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-4664-411) from any phone - for free.
Among other things, “You can also use GOOG-411 as a ‘fast dialer’ for calls to your dentist, car mechanic, bank, or any other business that you call more than once but isn’t in your phone’s contact list,” promises the company, adding:
“We incorporated some Canadianisms such as ‘eh,’ ‘Traw-na,’ ‘Cal-gry,’ and, of course, ‘aboot’.”
Gee, thanks.
“We also took into account geographical differences. Whereas users in the US are prompted for ‘city and state,’ Canadians are asked for your ‘city and province’.”
Clever, eh?
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June 21st, 2008 at 11:20 am
Hmm i have been using Goog 411 in canada for over a month now. Then again it always asked for city and state so thats a nice change to have it ask for province instead. I live in Victoria and it is great for finding local buisness #’s, faster than regular 411 and always finds the # im looking for.
June 21st, 2008 at 11:55 am
When I had recently called the Bell’s 411 asking for the telephone number of Bell’s ISP competitior acanaca, they next could not find it.. even though it is even listed on the web..
Acanac Inc.
1650 Dundas St East Unit 204
Mississauga, Ontario
Local (416) 849-8520 Fax : (416) 849-8511
I must say I am still rightfully really unhappy with my past years of experiences with my Bell Sympatico ISP services , their DSL Service and DSL modem included. I had joined Bell Sympatico because they had advertised to me, all a high speed, unlisted, unlimited downloads and with no capping of their downloads. And had I known beforehand that I would have all of the many unacceptable problems with them, and I would also also have their RATHER poor support on all of this next to, plus their dishonest billing, management practices too, I really would not have bothered to GET THEIR Internet services even initially ..
I knew that there was something wrong with my Bell Sympatico ISP cause when I had started to measure it their internet download speeds and their the torrent download speeds fluctuated , were low and the torrents were also capped by 90 percent between peak times 4 pm till 2 am by Bell Sympatico which was all absurd, the torrent download speed was as slow as 15 kbs and not rather what I had by Bell in in the past of 250 to 350 kbs as well during peak hours. Bell for 6 months had lied to me and said the problems were related to my own computer and software when it next turns out undeiably this was never so too.
Bell Sympatico next was unable in 18 months to resolve my problem, they replaced my modem 7 times, sent me 7 repairmen to my home as well.. and yet in one day my new ISP, DSL supplier was able to resolve it.. Not only was Bell Sympatico not delivering to me regularly their promised high speeds on their high speed internet, but I was also having major internet connectivity site problems and email problems and too often, and I was unable to concurrently use my torrent downloads, email software, and my internet browser. It was all getting to be so unacceptably absurd too. Bell wrongfully, clearly had not lived up to it’s promised contractual obligations.
The MS operating system was made for multitasking, even on the net, but with Bell Sympatico I clearly, wrongfully was unable to do this as well. Bell had even recommend that I shut down my torrent software when I wanted to use my email or browse the internet. And yes I too was really upset to find out that Bell was still capping my bit torrent downloads.. email, etc.,,
Bell Sympatico itself next had did me a great favor by cutting off my poor services with them
but Acanac had next offered an effective solution for it.. and also very much cheaper as well, all at the same speeds too.. “Acanac Residential High Speed ADSL without any Limits No Blocked Ports or Traffic Shapping, Unlimited Downloading 100 GB of Online Storage Up to 5 Mbps Download and 800 Kbps Upload $18.95 per month This offer is only available on a 1 year term and the first year of service” sales@acanac.com
Upon further advice from the net
I set my Torrent settings to:
-16 kBps upload instead of 60 kbs or more
-500 kbs (not unlimited download)
-tcpip.sys patched to 50 connections
-I do have firewall disabled,
Now I’m even downloading with 400 kbs and yes… the torrents I do use are selected do have many seeds and few peers.. so I am sure I can reach the maximum speed.
Paul Kambulow
> Dear paul kambulow,
>Yes Bell is capping all service providers on their phone lines using bit torrents.
>The official workaround can be found at http://community.acanac.com/acanac/viewtopic.php?t=5903
>If you have any more questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us.
>Best Regards,
> Acanac-Inc Sales
June 21st, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Old news Brah! This has been available for months.
June 21st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
@Paul Kambulow
Will you please go away with your Bell bullsh*t strory.
I’m sick of your lies
I’m sick of you spamming this site with your useless blog thats full of LIES.
I’m sick of you.
And for the record, your a psychopath that needs to be either locked up or put under mental observation.
Hey don’t take my word for it, Take the word of the cops who had to pay him a visit SIX TIMES for threats to MP’s the PM and others.
JUST GO AWAY.
June 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Does not work properly at least for edmonton numbers.
Does not understand Canadian I guess did not give me one number I asked for.
June 21st, 2008 at 6:02 pm
HELLO MY CAR WONT START I NEED A HELP WITH IT I AM ON COUNTY ROAD 4 AND WE NEED HELP
June 21st, 2008 at 6:03 pm
ITS A CYAN DODGE NEON PLZ IM ON MY LAPTOP AND I NEED A HELP
June 21st, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I HAVE 3 CHILDREN IN THE CAR THAT ARE HUNGRY AND WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE SO PLZZZZZZZZ HELP
June 21st, 2008 at 7:36 pm
… the man’s got a point: bell sucks
June 21st, 2008 at 9:22 pm
OH MY LORD YOU PEOPLE ARE ASSHOLES. WE CANT EVEN SLEEP IN THE CAR WE ARE IN MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND NO ONES COMING AND ITS PITCH BLACK LIGHTS DONT WORK AND ONLY MY LAPTOP IS WORKING BUT IT WILL DIE SOON. PLZ HELP
June 21st, 2008 at 11:13 pm
JOEL? JOEL, IS THAT YOU? IT’S ME MIKE FROM ACCOUNTING. WHERE ARE YOU I’LL COME GET YOU.