cantada.ca
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How HN took it
1 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 34 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea, useful to Canadians
From 3 comments
This is a great idea. This goes beyond just which digital services you can't get in Canada, but also many other types of products which aren't offered here for whatever reason.…
Maciek416 on HNGreat idea! Minor note: the "Think something should be here? Contact us about it." link text was very hard to read (Chrome 10, OS X). Maybe it's too small for that font and weight.
nolanw on HNGreat idea! Are you expecting the forum to be used for references to the next best alternatives that are available in Canada? That's what immediately comes to mind. But then I…
wittjeff on HN
Objections
Layout is too long; hard to see the full list
From 1 comment
A little design feedback: With my 15.4 inch screen I could only see the first service, so I initially assumed that you were for some reason having ads for amazon cloud drive, and…
Skalman on HN
Some listed items are inaccurate, such as Skype
From 1 comment
To be fair, Skype is available in Canada. Only Skype-in numbers aren't.
cmer on HN
Requests
Add a drop-down menu to jump to services
From 1 comment
Thanks! I'm no designer so any feedback there is much appreciated. I've compacted things a bit, but will continue to tweak it. I'm thinking I'll also add a drop-down menu around…
mcrider on HN
Let users vote for services to be added
From 2 comments
I have a suggestion. mcrider, why don't you allow interested Canadian users to "vote" for support of these services. It would become an activism platform of sorts that way. If…
ianlevesque on HNAway for Canadians (based on geo IP) to be able to log that they want access to this service would be great. I don't expect that this kind of petition is going to be effective,…
jschuur on HN
Track price differences between Canada and the US
From 1 comment
This is a great idea. This goes beyond just which digital services you can't get in Canada, but also many other types of products which aren't offered here for whatever reason.…
Maciek416 on HN
Questions
Why is a particular service unavailable?
From 2 comments
Granted, I'm not in Canada, but I'd be curious to see why a particular service isn't available.
Mark_B on HNMaybe it would be better to discover and address the reasons why these services are unavailable.
stretchwithme on HN
Alternatives named
availableincanada.com
From 2 comments
The classic version of this is: http://availableincanada.com/
xinsight on HNThat's great, but there was already http://availableincanada.com/.
remi on HN
unblock-us.com
From 1 comment
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…
OmarIsmail on HN
StrongVPN
From 1 comment
I've been using StrongVPN, a similar service, with great success.
cmer on HN
TellFi
From 1 comment
agilo, you can get a GVoice like account on TellFi (https://tellfi.ca) disclaimer: I'm a founder there
mp3jeep01 on HN
Hotspot Shield
From 1 comment
For those that want a free service and don't mind ads, there's also http://hotspotshield.com and http://expatshield.com which will let you access US and UK services respectively.…
kore on HN