Scott Thompson's Blog

Hey it’s vacation time again!

Talk to you after the August long w/e…

Please remember to drink responsibly….

Take care

Scott

So the other night I sat down to tune in a little SPEED channel and it’s not there!

The All Star game is there instead?

I’m thinking we’ll maybe it’s a one night thing to get the game on.

Nope.  Tune in last night and it’s Sportsnet.

What’s going on, I ask my wife?  She doesn’t know but does notice the Golf Channel is gone too!

Stop thief!  What’s going on and how do we make it stop?

I leaf through the stack of mail on the counter, find the Cogeco bill and peel it open.

Sure enough as of July 15^th the only network I care about is no longer available unless I buy or rent a box!

What?!?!  You bunch of a fat monopoly slobs!  This is communism!   You take my channel away unless I spend more money on another service???

I’m this close to buying a ...

I saw an interesting report today about cities and mass public transit.

In a change of attitude cities are now scrambling to upgrade their transit systems to meet the demand due to rising fuel prices.

Remember it was not too long ago cities were complaining ridership was down and customers dissatisfied.

Now with it getting increasingly more expensive to drive, more and more are changing their views and trying pubic transit as an option.

Therefore more riders, more demand and the need for larger fleets.

Even regions that have traditionally resisted giving up their cars and have limited access to mass transit are reporting a surge in mass transit use.

Are you hopping on board??

Thoughts

Scott