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I called to cancel my home phone today (so those of you who call me there, take note!).

I had considered living on my cell phone alone before, but I was hindered by the fact that Ontario DSL required an active land line.

Cable internet is an option, but I grealy dislike Rogers’ customer service experience. Historically (not sure if this is still true), cable was also more susceptible to unpredictable traffic, as you share your local segment with your neighbours.

I recently discovered TekSavvy, a DSL reseller that offers naked (dry) DSL, i.e. internet without a home phone. More importantly, reading what their representatives posted on forums, I was impressed by how technically competent they were.

I’ve been very happy with the service of my current DSL provider (Primus): stable, hassle free. However, I originally bought into a smaller outfit (The Higher Technology) for similar reasons of competent and friendly customer service. THT got swallowed a few times (by Magma, then Magma by Primus), so its time to support the smaller guy again.

Oh, and I save some money, too.

Chanced upon this while reading my feeds, pretty interesting in an eccentric way (my favourite!):

On November 22, 2001, I made it my goal to get a letter sent to the mysterious “Undeliverable Mail Office”, so it would be opened up. I put myself as the sender and the recipient and clearly indicated that there was no postage. Inside the envelope, I put a stamp and a note explaining what I had done, requesting that they mail it back to me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25661855@N05/2415276018/in/set-72157604540805604/