Jack Ma tests internet in Philippines: Not good

[Jake]

5 hours ago, not so old china hand said:

In addition, as well as denying access to providers such as Google, Facebook, Youtube and a lot of foreign media the Great Firewall of China slows things down while the censors (human and bot) trawl for references to subversive words like "toad" and "Winnie the Pooh" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-41523073.

 

Hmm Terry......seems like you can express your opinion more openly now.  How are the internet services in Mongolia?  Is Winnie the Pooh more acceptable there?  

[not so old china hand]

13 minutes ago, Jake said:

Hmm Terry......seems like you can express your opinion more openly now.  How are the internet services in Mongolia?  Is Winnie the Pooh more acceptable there?  

The internet here is as fast, if not faster, than where I was staying in the UK. AFAICT there is no censorship of the Web by the authorities. One minor annoyance is that certain e-commerce sites in the US and perhaps one or two in the UK don't seem to want to respond: I just get a message saying that "The connection was interrupted" and "please try again later". I assume that the US or UK site is blocking access to a location it does not recognise.

As for Winnie the Pooh, no problem here. Although a real bear might end up as a winter coat.

Edited October 28, 2017 by not so old china hand

[Jake]

1 hour ago, not so old china hand said:

The internet here is as fast, if not faster, than where I was staying in the UK.......One minor annoyance is that certain e-commerce sites in the US and perhaps one or two in the UK don't seem to want to respond: I just get a message saying that "The connection was interrupted" and "please try again later".

Certain e-commerce sites?  Well Terry, you need to confer with Dave HornDog about getting access to the porn sites.  He knows all the tricks or treat.....he, he.  

[mogo51]

20 hours ago, Clermont said:

I agree that cashless societies are no good and the internet needs improving in the PI. I just booked flight tickets for my stepson to visit us over Christmas and had to use a card, my money, ( No money at agents or airport accepted, 1.75 % added to ticket, ) It took me all day to make the booking, the internet kept dropping out, thank god I live in a first world country where everything is perfect. 

You sound like you are on the NBN mate???

[Clermont]

No mate I'm in the 7% that they say won't be connected, Australia works out their percages differently to the rest of the world. 

[Jack Peterson]

8 minutes ago, Clermont said:

Australia works out their percages differently to the rest of the world. 

  Funny, as the Philippines does that sort of thing also  

[GeoffH]

47 minutes ago, Clermont said:

No mate I'm in the 7% that they say won't be connected, Australia works out their percages differently to the rest of the world. 

 

Skymuster satellite?  Or are they going to leave you on existing copper?

 

 

[Clermont]

No mate, broadband, haven't even got the luxury of copper.

[Jollygoodfellow]

2 hours ago, Clermont said:

No mate, broadband, haven't even got the luxury of copper.

You mean wireless broadband?  

[Jollygoodfellow]

This guy built his own network.

Man sick of waiting for the NBN builds his own broadband network

A man has built a broadband network to rival the NBN because he was sick of waiting for it to reach his regional Queensland town.

Bundaberg man Luke Baker teamed up with friends to make their own rival network called Open Cloud Broadband, offering internet speeds double that of the NBN.

Mr Baker said the idea grew from "frustration". 

"I was running a communications business from home. The internet was so bad, it was hard to send an email," he told Weekend Sunrise.

'I wanted to get hold of someone to solve it. When I investigated it, it did not look like anyone was going solve it. The only way to make it happen it was to do it ourselves."

Mr Baker called upon tech-savvy contacts from his work in the communications industry, including network engineers and people with patents across the world in routing technology.

Mr Baker said he is considering expanding to other parts of Australia.

"We have got a growth plan and we can get up to 200 megabits per second download which is double what the NBN is offering," he said.

"It is a bit easier for us because we are just here in Bundaberg. We picked this area because we live here.

"The NBN Co is trying to replace a telephony network which took 100 years to build, so it's a big job."

Mr Baker also says his network offers a competitive price.

"Some of our lower-tier plans are better than current ADSL offerings and also cheaper," he said.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/37654602/bundaberg-man-builds-broadband-network-to-rival-nbn/