As I said, make the fact clear, you are the moderator, do whatever you want to the forum. Don't twist facts though.

And didn't I say that it is perfectly ok to say BELL IS OT and should not be discussed here, but don't randomly throw out reasons that is irrelavant and change along the course.

I show BOTH rules and didn't see violations. show me the violations.

whoops – quoted part included my reply – Thanks again, chimp

You better change your wording of your rule about tethering then. The wording there obviously is not what you now said 'regardless of provider'. I can understand your rationale of this new interpretation, but that is not what your stated rule is communicating.

As I have repeated, it is ok to say 'don't hijack' which is also your rule and I am perfectly fine. But calling in the wrong rule and shout(which IMO actually against your other rule of give people the benefit of doubt, rule 2) is plain wrong and very rude.

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in fact the wording there is communicating 'don't discuss how to circumvent and discuss on how to use SO UMB for tethering'. So remove all those explanation and just make it simple 'the word tethering is forbidden in this forum, regardless of context' which is what you want to say.

this is the old rule

10. Do not ask how you can circumvent SpeakOut's rules. That goes with any device, or computer. DO NOT ASK ABOUT TETHERING, and similar items. SpeakOut only supports their devices, and we should not be discussing on how to "bend the rules". We should support SpeakOut because we know they are the best value in wireless, or none of us would be here. If you have any questions about legalities, consult the official SpeakOut site. Any more threads/posts about tethering, cloning sim cards, using the phone just as a modem, or how to bend the rules, will be deleted immediately, and possible banning of the people involved.

If anyone can interpret that as 'tethering and similar terms are forbidden, regardless of context', I am interested to know how they get to that conclusion.

Even your revised one is still confusing. My advice is just make it simpler but that is up to you. As it no longer affect me now that you tell me what is really in your mind(not what your rule is communicating though, it is still implicating something but better than the above).

I have no issue with your rationale nor the don't hijack so you can stand by that. But do read your rule 2 or you can change it to say 'moderator doesn't need this rule' if by stand by you also mean the shout.

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BTW, watch out about the term 'law' as only parliament/province legislature/city council can make up 'laws' in this country. Speakout's are terms of use(or contract terms which is governed by contract law), not law.

as I said, do whatever you want, you are the moderator. I was not even challenging you. Was telling you how I read it.

there is more than one person said they can make calls.

from my understanding of how skype use the ssl, it is possible unless rogers employ big guns at their proxy.