Has Globelines broadband finally recovered?

jhay — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:29:50 +0000

While writing the 2nd meme tag I got from Kars, I was forced to restart my dsl modem because of the crappy connection that was so crappy it would die for a few minutes. Surprisingly, the write post page loaded in just under 15 seconds! Has the connections improved?

There was only one way to find out; the Speakeasy Speedtest. Amazingly, here are the results:

Another test, this time from a server in Seattle, Washington.

Is it true? Am I just seeing things? Or this improvement in the connection just a spurt of the moment and it would go back to its crappy, slower-than-dial-up state?

Turning to another connection speed test site, Speedtest.net (which is closely related to Speakeasy.net) here are the results I got:

So good to be true and something all of us have been waiting for. For a few final tests, I opened up the few sites I know of to be bandwidth-intensive, Inquirer.net.

Not only did it loaded in just under 12 seconds, it carried this news story that’s worth rejoicing for; RP ISPs recovering from slow Internet. Let’s just hope that this improvement would just go on and on.

For the final test, I’m off to YoutTube!

As a side note

Modern day mobile phones include advanced features to replace digital camera and GPS devices. Such features facilitate user and make it easy to interact with cell device. Cell phones now have pda keyboard like large keypad for easy text input. Connectivity features are also increasing as network technology grows. Like, Bluetooth support allows you to attach your verizon cell phone and other devices with network printer without cables.

Earthquake reduces broadband back to dial-up

jhay — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:35:31 +0000

It’s the second day since my broadband connection returned after a Taiwan earthquake has caused some damages to undersea cables which in turn wreaked havoc to the country by disrupting bandwidth and telecommunication lines. Bloggers, despite the interference or complete loss of connections for some time still managed to blog about it.

Jepoy says the internet has gone crappy, Sir Abe has asked, “How’s your internet today?” bloggers respond varies from field reports to some interesting realizations plus the dreadful news that it may take as long as 3 weeks(!) for internet connections to go back to normal. Because of this, It’s a rugged life and I would have to slug it out for being back to dial-up speeds.

Just look at the before and after the earthquake connection speed tests I took:

Before:

After the earthquake:

Frustrating it may be, but at least there were no one injured or killed by the earthquake. A couple of weeks with this kind of slow connection is better than no connection at all, besides it may be at dial-up speeds but without the hassle of scratching cards and redialing many times just to get connected. Pray that our ISPs just manage to restore everything back up to normal faster than what the news are saying today.

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Has Globelines broadband finally recovered?

Earthquake reduces broadband back to dial-up