Canadian No Longer Has To Pay More For AppleCare

Zachariah no longer has to wonder about why AppleCare costs more in Canada ($199) than in the US ($169), he found a deal at L.A. Computer Company where he could get it for $119. They emailed him the agreement number, he registered the number online at Apple, and received his official AppleCare Protection Plan Certificate in the mail. So what's the solution to the mystery of why there was a pricing disparity even though there's parity between the dollar and the loony? We don't know for sure, but we're placing our money on that the prices were figured out when the dollar was worth more and they just haven't been readjusted since.

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Ted Stevens Wants To Switch Between Phones "As I Ride My Motorcycle"

Carey has a hot new Ted Stevens bon mot, gleaned from his liveblogging of the Senate Commerce Committee Hearing On Number Portability, coming from the same crazy-old-man-stratosphere as his infamous "series of tubes" remark.

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Liveblogging The Senate Commerce Committee Hearing On Number Portability

Join us today at 10 am Eastern as we liveblog the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on telephone number portability. These are the laws and procedures governing your ability to take a phone number started with one carrier to another. Historically, telephone companies have sought to limit customer's portability rights.

The full committee will hear testimony from both industry representatives, and from a spunky former Eagle Scout representing the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Telcos have spent over $18 million in the past two years lobbying Congress; let's see what their money has bought.

Keep hitting refresh for up-to-the-minute analysis and breaking off-the-cuff remarks!

10:00: Quoth C-SPAN: "Hearing on telephone number portability. Coverage being momentarily." Exciting!
10:07: And we're off! To watch the hearing, click this link, which will open in Real Player.
10:08: Chairman Inouye didn't bother to show up for his own hearing. How odd. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) gets to run the show
10:09: Senator Stevens is making his opening remarks. There was a notable, worried stumble as he said "internet, internet services."
10:10: Today will be all about expanding number portability not just between wireless and wireline services, but to all voice services, including VoIP. We now have dreams of porting our number to GrandCentral.