September 2009 Archives

What is meshmarketing ?

Well, it's not Telecom related, but, it is social media, and web media related, and many of the readers of this blog have an interest in Tech and Telecom, so let me explain what Meshmarketing is:

meshmarketing is a one-day event focused on insights, tools and tactics to help you win customers' hearts and minds, online. An insightful keynote will start the event, and lead the conference into a series of engaging conversations and "show and tell" presentations, as well as in-depth workshops.

And on the flip side, the Canadian consumer should be pissed.

That depends on how much of the intelectual property was funded using taxpayer dollars. The amount of ownership should depend on the percentage of government grants that the organization used to to build the intelectual property in the first place.

If the Canadian government hands out billions of dollars to a Canadian company and assists that company in developing their intellectual property with R&D tax credits, tax grants, and EDC loans, then that property is NOT, and should not belong to the sole domain of the organization itself.

We've already introduced you to two of the other new wireless companies, Public Mobile and Wind Mobile, in previous posts, and armed with little information (as Dave hasn't disclosed much as of yet) let's see what we can figure out about  Dave Wireless.

Dave (Data & Audio Visual Enterprises), a Toronto-based company, brings high speed (HSPA+) and affordability to the estimated 8 million potential subscribers that are either mired in an ugly contract with one of the incumbents, or those Canadians that don't have a cell phone yet.

Dave's mission seems to be one of simplicity and honesty, promising a healthy atmosphere of customer service, internal and external.  Their newly launched website reflects this simplicity. 

"You must love Big Brother.  It is not enough to obey him; you must love him."  - George Orwell 1984

Can you imagine a world where the information you access online, the personal and private data that you transmit, and the surfing patterns that you employ are all monitored by a corporate entity?  A corporation that you pay to provide you with access to the internet?

Well - good news and bad news - you are already living in this world.  Big Brother Bell Canada is using Deep Packet Inspection techniques to determine how you, their paying customer, are using the internet.