About this blog
I would not have ever though of myself as a 'blogger'.
I enjoy a number of things and believe that I have learned and grown in my experiences over the years so in the spirit of sharing, I thought a blog would be an interesting way to give my thoughts and views on all things I find interesting.
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![So, it’s been almost five years since my last post on the whole TELUS vs. Shaw topic. You’d hope that five years later, both companies would be now offering consumers […]](http://fengstad.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ShawLogo-115x115.jpg "TELUS vs. Shaw – So Much Has Changed – NOT!")
TELUS vs. Shaw – So Much Has Changed – NOT!
Posted on March 14, 2016 | No CommentsSo, it’s been almost five years since my last post on the whole TELUS vs. Shaw topic. You’d hope that five years later, both companies would be now offering consumers […] -
Shaw Has Regained a Customer
Posted on November 25, 2012 | No CommentsIn my previous posts, I indicated that I was going to give Shaw another go for their Internet and TV services. Shaw has dramatically increased the bandwidth choices, offering a 100Mbps and 250Mbps option for their bandwidth hungry customers. -
Back with Shaw – Was this a mistake?
Posted on November 11, 2012 | 2 CommentsIn my last post, I indicated that I was going back to Shaw for my HDTV cable and Internet services. From a financial perspective, nothing else made sense as I was saving over $70/mth and the Shaw gateway digital PVR and portal services were even more advanced than the TELUS Cisco IPTV based offering. -
TELUS vs. Shaw – Two Years Later
Posted on November 4, 2012 | 1 CommentLet me just start by saying that the war is indeed on between TELUS and Shaw. If you read my previous articles on this topic, you know that I was a long time customer of Shaw cable. -
I Keep Finding Myself Wanting to Hear – “And Now, Just One More Thing”
Posted on October 28, 2012 | No CommentsWhat a year it has been! Three major Apple events, two Google events, an Amazon event and the introduction of a new tablet player, Microsoft. -
Apple vs. Samsung – Trial of the Decade
Posted on August 8, 2012 | No CommentsYou know that you have achieved notoriety when you garner the attention of the late night talk shows. Well, in the case of the Apple vs. Samsung patent trial currently underway in California, Conan O'Brien has indeed taken notice. -
Shame on you Vancouver!
Posted on June 15, 2011 | No CommentsWell, yet again we have to deal with the disappointment of Vancouver not winning the Stanley Cup. What is it going to take for this team to just dig deeper and take this most honoured award? -
Canucks Journey to the Cup
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No CommentsI have been a diehard Canucks fan since I moved to Vancouver in 1990. I have to confess that there have been two other teams that have had any significant impact on me, the Boston Bruins from the 1960's and early 1970's and the Edmonton Oilers from the early to mid 1980's. -
Google TV Comes to a Halt
Posted on December 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe New York Times has reported that Google has asked its' list of manufacturers to hold on introducing any products based on Google TV for this January's Consumer Electronics Show. -
AirPlay – The Living Room Experience that Apple Understands and Google Doesn’t
Posted on November 22, 2010 | No CommentsWhile Steve Jobs may have publicly stated earlier this year that the Apple TV is a hobbyist device, it would now appear that with the refresh of the hardware in September and the newly released iOS 4.1 for Apple TV, it has become much, much more than that.