Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by nuclear_eclipse » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 1:45 AM UTC

I know it's not a big name consumer service, but cperciva's Tarsnap backup service is not available to Canadians because he doesn't want to deal with Canadian taxes.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by kulpreet » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 1:46 AM UTC

Wow. After reading this, I actually feel bad for Canadians. We Americans definitely take so much for granted.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by elvirs » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 1:50 AM UTC

Those are just a few of services unavailable not only in Canada but also in most of the world, which sucks big time and which is one of the main reasons why I want to move to the States, especially Silicon Valley.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by oniTony » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 1:52 AM UTC

cmer wrote: post #3

To be fair, Skype is available in Canada. Only Skype-in numbers aren't.

To be even more precise, Canadian SkypeIn numbers are not available in Canada. I've certainly had a US number that worked in Canada (makes sense for receiving calls from America).

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by city41 » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 1:52 AM UTC

elvirs wrote: post #23

Those are just a few of services unavailable not only in Canada but also in most of the world, which sucks big time and which is one of the main reasons why I want to move to the States, especially Silicon Valley.

A proxy wouldn't fix the issue?

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by Dramatize » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 1:54 AM UTC

You should clone the site and swap Canada with Australia, would be about right.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by verysimple » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 1:55 AM UTC

city41 wrote: post #25

elvirs wrote: post #23

Those are just a few of services unavailable not only in Canada but also in most of the world, which sucks big time and which is one of the main reasons why I want to move to the States, especially Silicon Valley.

A proxy wouldn't fix the issue?

and would probably be cheaper.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by dmix » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 1:58 AM UTC

Heres one: Last.fm's iphone app is not available in Canada.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by MichaelGG » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 1:59 AM UTC

It would be cool to note if you can get around a service with a proxy or US billing address.

Re: Show HN: My weekend project, tracking the services you can't have in Canada

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Post by cmer » Mon, Apr 04, 2011, 2:00 AM UTC

OmarIsmail wrote: post #17

A lot of these issues can be resolved for $5/month and less than that if you're willing to setup your own private server. http://www.unblock-us.com/ lets you access American Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, ESPN3, etc etc. I'm not affiliated with them, but been using the service the past couple of months and it works amazingly. In fact I'm using American Netflix on my Xbox 360 as we speak. $5/month is a heck of a lot cheaper…

I've been using StrongVPN, a similar service, with great success.