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Canadian Phone Company Selling Porn

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the couldn't-make-it-up dept.

westcoaster004 writes "Telus, Canada's second-largest telecommunications carrier has started selling pornography to its cellular subscribers. The service allows subscribers with mobile browsers to purchase both photographic and video adult-oriented content from Telus, at an average of CD$4 per download. Telus decided to introduce the service after noticing that there existed a certain 'segment of the population that is interested in that content' from review of the mobile Web browsing habits of their subscribers 'on an aggregate level.' They are the first telecommunications company in Canada to offer such content. A Telus spokesman said: 'We're fairly certain that if our competitors in Canada haven't launched it, they will soon. Same in the US.'"

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  1. Interesting by JoshJ · · Score: 5, Funny

    How big is Canada's bloc of religious wackos who think anything sexual is so horrible it needs to be banned? I'm hoping it's significantly smaller than it is in the US so that this excellent example of free speech will hold up as something for America to follow.

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    1. Re:Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Porn is for pigs. This is a reason the Islam nuts want to kill the western people. Civilsation is in reverse and you sound cutting edge.

    2. Re:Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Defy radical Islamism by continuing to watch porn, North America. Or else the terrorists will have won.

    3. Re:Interesting by StrangeCargoFromKeyL · · Score: 2, Funny

      Porn is for pigs.

      I smell Canadian Bacon....

      (apologies, first /. post ever...)

  2. Blame Canada jokes by RelliK · · Score: 4, Funny

    in 3...2...1...

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  3. Unfortunate phrasing in TFA by patio11 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "They can keep it in their pocket."

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    1. Re:Unfortunate phrasing in TFA by chris_mahan · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think it was more tongue-in-cheek.

      \me ducks.

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  4. understatement by scenestar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Telus decided to introduce the service after noticing that there existed a certain 'segment of the population that is interested in that content'

    You mean 98.7 percent of the entire adult population.

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  5. Rip-off by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    mobile browsers to purchase both photographic and video adult-oriented content from Telus, at an average of CD$4 per download.

    Goddamn! $4 for images & videos... I guess Canadian Telcos are as fond of screwing their customers as the US's.

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    1. Re:Rip-off by nmb3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      $4 Canadian is like, what? a dime?

      Ah, poor Canada. For those confused about America's northern neighbor here are some comparisons:

      America: A country with four seasons: spring, summer, fall, winter.
      Canada: A country with two seasons: cold and not-as-cold (but still pretty cold).

      America: Has the most powerful military machine on the planet.
      Canada: Has two jeeps and one helicopter, currently waiting on parts.

      America: Finds it difficult to apologize, especially to China.
      Canada: Apologizes as a form of introduction.

      And the one that reminded me of all this:

      American: Wouldn't bend over to pick up a Canadian quarter.
      Canadian: Wouldn't do it either.

      I kid, I kid. (source)

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    2. Re:Rip-off by RealGrouchy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Canada: A country with two seasons: cold and not-as-cold (but still pretty cold).
      Cute, but here in Ottawa, the two seasons are Winter and Construction.

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  6. Such a dirty word... by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Pornography" is such a dirty word... Let's call it what it is, erotica.

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    1. Re:Such a dirty word... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think a lot of American politicians would have trouble spelling that word. That's why they call it smut. Only four letters and it rhymes with Smurf (i.e., the cartoon show with one girl and so many guys).

    2. Re:Such a dirty word... by the_wesman · · Score: 2, Funny

      um.... if by "rhymes" you mean "doesn't rhyme, but starts with the same 3 letters" then yes, by that definition it would "rhyme" with smurf ....
      -w

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  7. Well... by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess Canadian Telcos are as fond of screwing their customers...

    It is porn...

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  8. Re:What really is wrong with porn? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Porn to me, replicates what happens in real life...in the real world.

    Dude, if that were true, every guy on Earth would aspire to be a plumber or pizza delivery boy.

  9. Re:What really is wrong with porn? by king-manic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, except for the fact that it demeans women (and men for that matter), cheapens and turns a God-given gift into a commodity, reduces human beings from being to people to be loved and honored to being objects and tools for one's one self-gratification-- not much I guess.

    Are you talking about pornography or labor. I get confused about the difference....

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  10. Oh great by Stephen+Tennant · · Score: 5, Funny

    As if driving and talking on the phone wasn't dangerous enough. How will I hold the steering wheel?

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  11. wait, I got one by RelliK · · Score: 3, Funny

    Canada. The land of the beaver.

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  12. Re:What really is wrong with porn? by grimJester · · Score: 4, Funny

    Porn to me, replicates what happens in real life..

    Speak for yourself :(

  13. Re:Telus by RealGrouchy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Telus is anything but progressive.

    They charge a $5 per month 'long distance admin fee' on your telephone service....My internet service will cost over $40 per month ... and they said it will cost me $240 if I choose to bail out early.
    How is that not progressive? They're just ahead of the inflation curve!

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  14. In other news, automobile accidents on rise by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forget the religious wackos. Now instead of one handed cell phone using drivers were going to have people diving with their knees while they use the other hand to choke their chicken.

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  15. Quiz question: by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why are Canadian politics like Belgian baseball?

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