“‘Really, sir,’ the arcanist said, appalled. ‘It is every man’s job to improve himself. A man without the benefits of education is hardly more than an animal.’”

— Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

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market competition in canada is the 8th wonder of the world

Market competition in Canada is the 8th wonder of the world. Just walked past an ad on the street from Rogers offering 1.5Gbps for ONLY $55.

I wonder — and that’s why it’s as magical to me as the pyramids — who buys this? Not only 55 dollars, even Canadian, is a ridiculous price for any internet connection, but 1.5 Gbps? What is it for, sunlight transmission? We are 4 people at the house, oftentimes streaming multiple movies at the same time — we have two living rooms — and we’ve never ran into throttled connection with a 1 gigabit internet.

Instead, offer 300 Mbps for $20, and now we are talking real competition.

#oh-canada