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Hmmm, been a while
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Well
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Over 10 000 page views and growing 
It's been a long time since I've updated my journal or submitted anything in quantity. That will chance soon enough though as I am going to South Africa in March for 3 weeks. I really can't wait!
It's been a long time since I've updated my journal or submitted anything in quantity. That will chance soon enough though as I am going to South Africa in March for 3 weeks. I really can't wait!
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Other pics
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I don't put all my pics up here. I've put quite a few up on flickr. This is the address: www.flickr.com/photos/mellowdr…
Let me know if you want me to move any of those here
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Let me know if you want me to move any of those here
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Happy Birthday to me!
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on the 3rd I turned 25, woop! 1 quarter of a century old already!
I've been neglecting DA recently a lot. I've been neglecting my photography a lot too and I know why. I hate the cold weather in England, and its been a long and cold winter. It's only now starting to get warmer but when I left home this morning it was just hitting 2 degrees celcius. I have to get out more. I have to get out and take pictures but when the cold comes in I like to hide away indoors.
I'll try and update soon!
See ya!
Daz
I've been neglecting DA recently a lot. I've been neglecting my photography a lot too and I know why. I hate the cold weather in England, and its been a long and cold winter. It's only now starting to get warmer but when I left home this morning it was just hitting 2 degrees celcius. I have to get out more. I have to get out and take pictures but when the cold comes in I like to hide away indoors.
I'll try and update soon!
See ya!
Daz
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Cost of Internet back home
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Back home in South Africa we have a monopoly on our phone network. A company called Telkom is the only phone company we have. Obviously this means we have bad service and high prices. Although just how expensive is it really?
I got this email from a friend and it's quite a funny read, but at the end of the day it's still true:
I decided to do a little comparison to show how expensive it really is. So here are the results of the investigation.
I compared the time and costs involved in downloading 100GB of data over Telkom's fastest ADSL offering (1Mbps) with the time and costs involved in flying to Hong Kong, visiting an internet cafe, downloading 100GB of data at their fastest speed (1Gbps), and flying back.
Yep, that's quite a challenge. And here are the details:
Telkom
Line speed =1Mbps
Download Size = 100GB
Est. Download Time = 9.5 days
ISP (34 x 3GB accounts @ R269) = R9 146
Line rental (ADSL) = R680
Line rental (residential voice) = R92.28
Total = R9 918.28
Hong Kong
Line speed = 1Gbps
Download Size = 100GB
Est Download Time = 13 minutes
Flight (SAA) = R7 942
Internet cafe (average cost @ HKD20) = R17.43
Total = R7 959.43
Difference: Hong Kong is cheaper by R 1 958.85
So to sum up, it's cheaper and quicker to fly to Hong Kong if you want to download 100GB of data!"
It's easier to fly to Hong Kong and use a service that is 1000 times faster than Telkom's fastest available residential service - and that 1Gbps connection costs less than Telkom's 512k service too. Don't be fooled, what we have in SA is not broadband. More like Boredband - it's just so slow. Even a peer market like the UK has its equivalent of Telkom, BT, offering 2Mbps as a basic service - ie they don't sell anything slower.
Makes you think doesn't it?
I got this email from a friend and it's quite a funny read, but at the end of the day it's still true:
I decided to do a little comparison to show how expensive it really is. So here are the results of the investigation.
I compared the time and costs involved in downloading 100GB of data over Telkom's fastest ADSL offering (1Mbps) with the time and costs involved in flying to Hong Kong, visiting an internet cafe, downloading 100GB of data at their fastest speed (1Gbps), and flying back.
Yep, that's quite a challenge. And here are the details:
Telkom
Line speed =1Mbps
Download Size = 100GB
Est. Download Time = 9.5 days
ISP (34 x 3GB accounts @ R269) = R9 146
Line rental (ADSL) = R680
Line rental (residential voice) = R92.28
Total = R9 918.28
Hong Kong
Line speed = 1Gbps
Download Size = 100GB
Est Download Time = 13 minutes
Flight (SAA) = R7 942
Internet cafe (average cost @ HKD20) = R17.43
Total = R7 959.43
Difference: Hong Kong is cheaper by R 1 958.85
So to sum up, it's cheaper and quicker to fly to Hong Kong if you want to download 100GB of data!"
It's easier to fly to Hong Kong and use a service that is 1000 times faster than Telkom's fastest available residential service - and that 1Gbps connection costs less than Telkom's 512k service too. Don't be fooled, what we have in SA is not broadband. More like Boredband - it's just so slow. Even a peer market like the UK has its equivalent of Telkom, BT, offering 2Mbps as a basic service - ie they don't sell anything slower.
Makes you think doesn't it?
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