15
Aug
Broadband experience
I got myself a cable subscription, at a very cool 1,500 mbps!
Now I am free from the tenacious grip of the local telephone monopoly, which charges exhorbitant fees for dial-up connections. Can you believe that for the same amount of time I go online, they charge more than my new cable providor, and all for a much lower speed? How about paying S$58 flat fee per month for cable, compared to S$100 odd for 56k dial-up, with the charges continuously incurring every minute you are online?
I guess it is only in Singapore that we find idiosyncracies such as this.
Having a huge pipe can be an unnerving experience. When I went to the Windows Update website, I stood up from my chair, expecting the thing to take eons to download, and was surprised to see the web page fully downloaded and waiting for me to pore through even before I could finish standing up. Yea, I guess I kind of forgot that I now have a speedy connection to the World Wide Web.
So what is your connection like? Leave me some comments! (Ok, I guess I am getting desperate for some concrete evidence that I am not sounding off a blank wall out there.) Anything will do! Say Hi! Somebody, anybody, everybody….. comment! (I plagiarise it from Gurmit Singh.)
on August 15th, 2004 at 6:11 pm
..erm..hi..i think u would’ve realised by now tat i’ve already posted a comment on ur other blOg..dated 07082004 i believe..but tat’s only cuz i didn’t realiSe u had a newer update on ur blOg..anYway..i’m only postin thiS 2 reassure u tat ur not soundin off a blank wall..and ur bLog is really a pleasurable read..haha..
on August 15th, 2004 at 8:19 pm
Phew, finally, somebody who is ALIVE! Nice to meet you! I was beginning to think that my blog has been relegated to that Internet Rubbish Dump!
on August 16th, 2004 at 9:16 am
err..okayy..hahA..i really mean it when i say tat ur blOg is a pleasurable read..haha..neva haf i read any blOg (n i really mean NEVA) in which the languaGe used is in perfect sentence structures and grammer-perfect! haha..which maKes it kinda refreshinG..btw, dE reJectiOn letteR from nuS iS HORRIFYING..i can’t imagIne wat i’ll dO if i received tat..
on August 18th, 2004 at 1:05 pm
Hi! I found your blog from sgforums, when you wrote abt your scout course experience. I read your sidebar about re-taking your ‘A’s and I would like to encourage you to do that. I came from Outram Insitute, and did not fare well for my As as well. Did not get into the Uni. Re-took it privately during my stint in the army(was an engineer spec, so had lull periods to study between exercises) and got better grades. Got into NUS and graduated a couple of years back. You should definitely go for it! You definitely have time to study in the army! Good Luck!
btw, if you’re interested in cycling, head over to http://www.togoparts.com
it’s a local cycling portal.
Kelly
on August 19th, 2004 at 11:01 am
what you are getting is not true 1500Mbps. go to this url and click on the speed meter (located on the top):
http://www.2wires.com
what you will realise is that the speed is fluctuating and at times, it is only a fraction of what is promised by the service provider. use this as an excuse to get waiver or some goodies. it works… most of the time.
on the side note, visit togopart.com if you are interested in getting to know your local cycling community.
ghostie
on August 19th, 2004 at 11:03 am
what you are getting is not true 1500Mbps. go to this url and click on the speed meter (located on the top):
http://www.2wires.com
what you will realise is that the speed is fluctuating and at times, it is only a fraction of what is promised by the service provider. use this as an excuse to get waiver or some goodies. it works… most of the time.
on the side note, visit togopart.com if you are interested in getting to know your local cycling community.
ghostie
on August 19th, 2004 at 12:40 pm
ghostami is that you?
and it’s http://www.togoparts.com, not togopart.com
Kelly
on August 21st, 2004 at 3:22 pm
Thanks for your comments.
I know that the pipe is not guaranteed to be 1,500 kbps, due to packet overhead, and other conditions, but that is not such a big deal to me - I am not obsessed with military-precised speed for such the unreliable Internet.
Oh yes, I can be found on togoparts too, look out for me in the forums!
on August 21st, 2004 at 9:49 pm
Yo kes here. Hao lian lah got broadband. Haha just kidding. Just wanna say that i am happy for you on your new found speed and that may you stay happy alap (as long as possible). Thanks for watching Twins effect 2 with me sia. Can’t forget then when i was laughing away with a full bladder. See you. Brb in 10 days time from 210804. Will be your turn soon. Haha.
on August 21st, 2004 at 10:44 pm
ghostami? no. i am more vocal than that… you know who.
ghostie
on August 22nd, 2004 at 10:19 pm
We had exactly the same experience with dial-up/cable here in Japan a few years ago. We went from dial-up with per-minute charges to the much cheaper cable. Ludicrous.
It took a little while to turn off the meter in my head, though.
Funny that the same thing happened to you. Phone monopoly in Singapore, eh?
(a.k.a. Badaunt - Theic is my new blogspot blogname. I’m using both at present)
on August 24th, 2004 at 9:02 pm
Well, its the same one as this… But I don’t post often, I just love to lurk there in the background…
on September 15th, 2004 at 1:51 am
To Badaunt:
That’s the thing with Singapore - we have a natural telephone monopoly. We do have a competing service provider for fixed lines, but it is really my ISP offering it over the cable network - I might as well have used cable Internet outright…