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Article from the Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...al_gam_mostview Wireless carriers to add text charges MATTHEW TREVISAN Globe and Mail Update July 8, 2008 at 4:05 PM EDT Starting in August, cellphone users at Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility will be charged new fees to receive text messages, something they can currently do for free. The new charge is for pay-per-use customers who don't subscribe to any monthly text bundles. It already cost pay-per-use customers from both companies 15 cents to send a text message, but until now the recipient did not pay to receive them. “The growth in text messages has been nothing short of phenomenal,” wrote Telus spokeswoman Anne-Julie Gratton in an e-mail to The Globe and Mail, referring to the latest statistics from the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association that pegs the number of text messages sent in Canada at more than 45.3 million per day. “This volume places tremendous demands on our network and we can't afford to provide this service for free any more,” Ms. Gratton wrote. Bell Mobility will begin charging 15 cents for each received text message starting Aug. 8. Telus will charge the same price starting Aug. 24. “Remember that almost all major North American wireless carriers, including in Canada, have taken this pricing approach,” wrote Bell spokesman Jason Laszlo in an e-mail to The Globe. “In fact, most carriers in the U.S. now charge 20 cents.” He said Bell informed subscribers of the new charge in June and recommended that customers who send and receive more than a few text messages should sign up for an unlimited text bundle. “We are simply aligning ourselves with market realities,” Mr. Laszlo wrote. Mr. Laszlo said that if a Bell customer receives any spam messages, he or she can contact customer care to have their account credited. “If a client is experiencing an ongoing issue with spam, the client has the option of changing their phone number,” Mr. Laszlo wrote. “The $25 fee will be waived if a previous client was registered to the phone number and may have solicited spam service.” Ms. Gratton from Telus said if customers receive a message that they shouldn't receive, they can call Telus to remove the charge from their bill. The number of text messages sent in Canada has skyrocketed since it was first introduced in April 2002. In that month, there were 369,000 text messages sent, according to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. But the latest figures available – March 2008 – showed that there were 1.4 billion text messages sent per month in Canada, an average of about 45.3 million a day. “It's about building your network so you actually have the capacity to offer all of those services to everybody who wants it,” association spokesman Marc Choma said. As of now, Rogers will not charge customers for incoming text messages, spokeswoman Elizabeth Hamilton said. “I would say it's a unique differentiator for Rogers,” she said, declining to speculate about the company's future plans. “We're constantly updating them to serve our customers' needs and usage,” she said.

A $2500 knife and a 3 cent hole in your pocket?

I didn't read the other posts, sorry if someone else has said this already... NEXT TIME THE ISLAND IS ON FIRE, PUT DOWN THE @#$#ING CAMERA AND HELP!!! Great stuff TJ

Welcome aboard. I like braided line for jigging, you'll get lots of tips on which brand, I say pick one, try it, learn it and if you don't like it try another one. As far as technique... sometimes an aggressive jigging action is best, sometimes though less is more. I like to try to keep contact with the jig on the drop. Try Jigging spoons they aren't just for icefishing.

Excellent fish by the way.

Isn't the imperial weights and measure system great.

Confidence, real or imagined, has a strong influence on colour as well as lure selection.

Great day! I thought that picture of Cody and his stuff was a prize table.

how do you test batteries? It used to be with my little brother's tongue.

The line guide should spin, so there shouldn't be much friction/wear.

I find all braided lines noisier than mono and I hate the sound. I've never had the same pound test of different brands on the same outfit so I can't accurately compare different brand's "noise" factor. Quality guides are usually not much of a problem, just make sure to check them a little more often. On most reels some sort of backing needs to be used to prevent slipping and some knots don't work as well as others. Braid in not mono, if you treat braid the same way as mono you will have problems. Good luck. Tight lines.

Thanks for the useful information. Catch a big 'un.

The regs are a bite of a pain for that area, and I don't want to mislead you. On most of my spinners (big and small) I've switched the trebles for single hooks. It helps to keep me legal in different areas, doesn't get snagged as much, gets better hook sets and it's easier to un-hook fish.

No big deal for a small boat. Lots of channels and protected bays, with some bigger water near by. I'd be more worried about leaving a trail of bread crumbs to find my way home. Lots of great spots for my canoe. Hope this link works, it should be a map of the area to give you an idea. http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps...nodata_ntdb_50k

Hey Lew my dad used to own a corvair, he said it would go like stink... but couldn't stop for snot. Apparently most of his cars from the 60's shared those characteristics.

'79 diesel Volkswagen rabbit.

Are the Dave Mercer bobble heads more suited to castin' or trollin'?

What's the big idea of goofing off during the first two casts??? Solid fish, she/he probably rules Grenadier.

This is clearly a non-fishing tread, why is it not marked as such? The collective it strong.

I have only used the 8lb test/ 3lb diameter crystal. I've used other firelines before and this spool was on sale. I use a mono or floro leader with it. It's on a 1000 stratic med/light set-up that I use for light jigs for walleye. No issues for me, but I don't know if there is much difference from the other firelines.

Your fans???

IMHO. I don't think those first two are tigers, or Terry's. But I wouldn't stake much in two photos for a positive id.

Nice to see some river fish again.

Nice Bass.