It turns out that I probably can't make it. I'm arbitrarily appointing Maow as the host, though there are not real duties that come with that. I hope it works out.

It's at least in Vancouver. At night, the 10 up Granville is only 15 or so minutes to Broadway and 25 to Davie.

It's new. It replaced the currency exchange shop. It will be mid-way between the two grocery stores. Looking forward to seeing you there.

Come celebrate 15 years of time well wasted.

The Yard Cafe is the local pub in Marpole. It's basic, it's safe, the beer is cheap and decent, and there's parking and transit around. If folks want to get there earlier, we can bump the start time up. I won't head over until my kid's in bed. A lot happens in 15 years.

Dutifully bring in a machine for them to install crapware on. Take it home. Clean that stuff off and do whatever you want.

The CRTC requires Bell to resell its lines for fixed rates. Bell must offer service that's at least as good as what it provides to its own customers. As the regulated rate is below Bell's own rate of return from an actual Bell customer, Bell has no incentive to provide better service that what it provides to its own customers. If the CRTC allowed for other arrangements, Bell could strike a deal with a wholesaler to offer unlimited service at a higher price. As it stands, it can't. Nothing here is surprising.

If you own your network enough, you could consider multicasting. udpcast is one tool for doing this, or you could look into implementing a file carousel. If you don't have the network support for multicast, then this won't be very helpful.