If there’s one thing I dislike, it’s solicitors coming to my door and telling me things I already know and don’t care about.

Consider Yak. They knocked today, at 8:00pm of all times, to tell me that they’ve leased the lines off Bell! (Like so many, many other companies have!) That they were offering great internet service! (Using Bell lines? Pffft.) At a low price! ($8 a month more than I pay with Acanac.) With unlimited downloads! (Using Bell lines? Unlimited in the sense that you can download as much as you like at 30kbps.)

When they asked how much I paid, I lowballed and said about $200 a year. They were like, “That’s a lot!” And I was like, “You can’t do math! Not even simple math!”

Then I decided I no longer wanted to talk to them, so I asked them if they allow an SSH tunnel into a remote virtual desktop with 100gb online storage like Acanac does. Their eyes glazed over. I asked if they supported DDNS (a red herring, it’s your router that supports DDNS) and they stammered an I-don’t-know.

I’m completely satisfied with the internet service I have. Acanac’s a pretty good company to deal with, and I like them. It’s hard for me to find things that I like, so I’ll keep them for now.