p2pnet - rss feed: Oilchange buys Rogers ‘petition site’ ruinediphone
p2pnet news | Advertising:- In the p2pnet story on Rogers’ effort to roger Canadians, “consumers aren’t taking it lying down and as various entities and individuals are finding to their cost, what the Net bringeth, the Net can also taketh away,” we posted.
“Two online petitions are currently running …”
One, Rogers Canada iPhone Data Plan, states:
“We, the future users of the Apple iPhone, living in Canada, would like to see an unlimited data plan at a reasonable price, comparable to those seen in the United States, prior to the Q4-2007 release of the iPhone in Canada.”
The other, ruinediphone.com, was asking for $2 donations to “get more bandwidth, more exposure and more impact”.
We thought that didn’t smell right and, “Admittedly, ruinediphone was going up and down like a yo-yo,” we posted.
“But $2?”
Now, “Breaking News,” posts the so-called petition site, going on >>>
Oilchange.com has acquired ruinediphone.com.
Oilchange.com is going to do their part to help Canadian cell phone users.
Check back frequently for updates.
How much did Oilchange pay for the site and what will it do with the $2 donations (if any) pulled in by the original owners?
Meanwhile, under the new ownership, at least ‘ruined’ is no longer asking for $2 donations.
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Update >>>
I was wrong about the American involvement and I’ve changed the headline, removed the first paragraph and references to eNom.
As Spike points out below, eNom is no more than the registrar and I apologise to it and to Oilchange which, as Spike says, is based in Toronto, Canada.
The story originally led off with: “Is it just me? Or is this an attempt to by an established American company to remotely, and cynically, exploit and ‘monetize’ a genuine Canadian protest?”
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July 4th, 2008 at 8:41 am
eNom is just the registrar. Apparently they changed to GoDaddy and there ain’t any WhoisGuard on it anymore.
Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: RUINEDIPHONE.COM
Created on: 28-Jun-08
Expires on: 28-Jun-09
Last Updated on: 03-Jul-08
Administrative Contact:
Sheinbein, Robert rob@oilchange.com
OilChange.com
875 Eglinton Avenue West
Suite 208
Toronto, Ontario M6C3Z9
Canada
4167829171 Fax –
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.IISNET-NETWORKS.COM
NS2.IISNET-NETWORKS.COM
This would appear to be correct in relation to the new Toronto based owners. Hopefully their word is kept true and they’re not just some company working in proxy for Rogers to gain control of the site.
July 4th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Hi Spike:
I doubt very much if Rogers is in any way involved. IMHO, it’s an Oilchange marketing ploy, pure and simple.
Cheers!
July 4th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Yeah it would make sense, stupid that the original owner sold the site though, it just turned into a cash grab, and to be honest it makes me sick. I even offered to host this guys site and give him free bandwidth but whatever. lol
As for Rogers, they do a lot of dirty things, past and present, so I tend to speculate what they’ll do next. If they somehow got control over that domain it certainly wouldn’t surprise me.
If you look at other Rogers owned domains, they include ihaterogers.net/com/org (not the .ca though), rogerssucks.com/net/org/ca, etc.
In other amusing news, I recently got a “Thank You from Rogers” email giving me yet another lame promo…. They send these to every longtime wireless sub but it seems like they’re trying to be nice to people who might wanna buy an iPhone as its a strange time to send these out at the moment. lol
July 4th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Oilchange probably loves this. There’s no such thing as bad PR
July 4th, 2008 at 9:13 am
This just shows it is time for you to retire, Jon. p2pnet has been a mess for some time now.
July 4th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I wholeheartedly disagree. In a highly unwieldy world, Jon wields his disrespectful anarchy with style. I’m just sayin’.
July 6th, 2008 at 4:52 am
A few days ago I brought this site live:
http://getthefactsonrogersiphone.com/
I’m a high school teacher in the GTA area who put this together solely as a public service. Not looking for any donations, and I definitely won’t be selling the site to anyone.
If you think it does a good job of clearly explaining how bad the Rogers rate plans are, please spread the link to family and friends.