The news this week is that Newt is looking good in the Republican race.
Les Routledge
Could The Built it Today
Can a bridge be built today?
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Australia has given us a song that should help everyone remember.
Unions and Young People – A Winning Combination
Only those with seniority were able to apply.
Featured News
Celebrating Manitoba’s Fisher River First Nation
Indigenous communities in Manitoba face some of the greatest obstacles. Over the years, when the UN Human Development Index was applied to First Nation communities across Canada, Manitoba First Nations often ranked lowest. So, it’s important to highlight some of the...
UK-Canada Nuclear Fusion Project Could Generate Jobs, Unite Climate Alarmists and Skeptics
For a long time, nuclear fusion has been a sci-fi fantasy; the holy grail of energy production that involves the combination of multiple atomic nuclei to generate energy. It’s the same process used by the sun to create energy, and the opposite of nuclear fission,...
Smart Grid News
The right combo of gadget and pricing plan helped people cut peak household energy use up to 57 percent. Grist
I wonder if the CRTC and the incumbent ISP’s who are pursuing UBB practices will consider this evolution towards time-of-use smart metering and rates?
Google Undercuts Apple
Google Inc. unveiled a digital-content service that gives publishers a bigger cut of subscription sales than a competing program introduced yesterday by Apple Inc.
California Renewable Energy
Cal ISO this month announced it would begin to integrate energy storage devices like batteries and flywheels into the grid.
Meanwhile SaskTel does not Plan on Using UBB
Sasktel has announced that it does not plan to employ usage based billing on its wireline Internet services.
Shaw on UBB
“As we said last week, bandwidth is not unlimited and that is the crux of the issue. We believe there are many potential solutions to this challenge. We’re asking for our customers’ help to build Internet options that work for everyone.” Calgary Herald
Let’s hope that Shaw is genuine in its interest to pursue “many potential solutions” instead of charging customers a punitively high bit transmission fee even when the network is not congested.
Canadian Network Operators Want Broader Questions Asked
As reported at Michael Geist’s blog, The Canadian Network Operators (an association of independent ISP’s) have asked the CRTC to broaden the scope of the proceedings to examine the broad water front of wholesale high speed access services instead of a more limited review of pricing options.
Toxic Light Bulbs
Those light-emitting diodes marketed as safe, environmentally preferable alternatives to traditional lightbulbs actually contain lead, arsenic and a dozen other potentially hazardous substances, according to newly published research.
Global Warming – A Modest Proposal
Watts up With That has put forward an idea about how to improve the IPCC process at the UN.
UBB – Some Direction Provided
t’s not usage-based billiing but the imposition of it on ISPs that the government won’t tolerate.