For those lucky ones in Singapore and wired up via http://www.opennet.com.sg (expected to hit 95% penetration this year), they can get *today* :
Starhub: 1000 Mbps down, 500 Mbps up, International up to 100 Mbps @ SGD 396 (USD 316)
200 Mbps down, 100 Mbps up, International up to 25 Mbps @ SGD 158.36 (USD 125.45)
150 Mbps down, 75 Mbps up, International up to 15 Mbps @ SGD 136.96 (USD 109.35)
etc.
Singtel: 200 Mbps down, 100 Mbps up, International up to 25 Mbps @ SGD 95.90 (USD 76.55)
150 Mbps down, 75 Mbps up, International up to 15 Mbps @ SGD 85.90 (USD 68.60)
etc.
Those are just the two major providers and that does not include discounts if you use multiple services from the respective providers.
There are additional players involved offering a diverse set of packages that cover other speed/price ranges as well.
Actually I am in Peetzig, Germany.
The only available service is Internet via Edge (T-Mobile D) and I got the stratospheric speed of 15 Kbps...
Very often I cannot even open a page, to download my mail I have to do it in steps, to get a page I had to cancel the images reception...and ALL in the High tech country Germany.
And I am 72 Km. from Berlin!!!!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
It’s hard to create middle-class jobs in the Western World
“Apple’s an example of why it’s so hard to create middle-class jobs in the U.S. now,”
“If it’s the pinnacle of capitalism, we should be worried.”
Apple executives say that going overseas, at this point, is their only option. One former executive described how the company relied upon a Chinese factory to revamp iPhone manufacturing just weeks before the device was due on shelves. Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight.
A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day.
“The speed and flexibility is breathtaking,” the executive said. “There’s no American plant that can match that.”
Similar stories could be told about almost any electronics company — and outsourcing has also become common in hundreds of industries, including accounting, legal services, banking, auto manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.
But while Apple is far from alone, it offers a window into why the success of some prominent companies has not translated into large numbers of domestic jobs. What’s more, the company’s decisions pose broader questions about what corporate America owes Americans as the global and national economies are increasingly intertwined.
Dewayne-Net
“If it’s the pinnacle of capitalism, we should be worried.”
Apple executives say that going overseas, at this point, is their only option. One former executive described how the company relied upon a Chinese factory to revamp iPhone manufacturing just weeks before the device was due on shelves. Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight.
A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day.
“The speed and flexibility is breathtaking,” the executive said. “There’s no American plant that can match that.”
Similar stories could be told about almost any electronics company — and outsourcing has also become common in hundreds of industries, including accounting, legal services, banking, auto manufacturing and pharmaceuticals.
But while Apple is far from alone, it offers a window into why the success of some prominent companies has not translated into large numbers of domestic jobs. What’s more, the company’s decisions pose broader questions about what corporate America owes Americans as the global and national economies are increasingly intertwined.
Dewayne-Net
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Italy is a sinking boat
Nothing can represent Italy as well as the Costa Concordia.
A whale stranded on the cliffs. The captain first caused the problem, then denied it and finally escaped. Just like Berlusconi. The captain pretended to give instructions from the beach, with the feet on a dry ground, while the crew had to act on the boat. Exactly like the parties with the actual Monti government.
The ship has an Italian name, but the owner is American… exactly like our Country. The master American’s name is Carnival, exactly like the management of our public finance.
The crew was totally extra communitarians and underpaid, exactly like those who work in Italy.
In order to save the savable the edge staff has mutinied while the ship was sinking on its flank.
Well, this still has not jet happened on the mainland.
On the Concord the crew has been able to revolt because the captain was not there with the army, like in Val di Susa.
The name Concord refers to unity among the European nations.
Its thirteen bridges have in fact names of European States, among them Greece, Italy, Great Britain, Portugal, France, Germany, but in Europe there are no bridges, on the contrary the Germans would prefer to cut their arm rather than to finance Italy and Greece.
The alarm has been given, when the boat was already turning upside down. Just like the Italian economic catastrophe, Tremorti and the " crisis behind our shoulders". The aids have arrived from private boats. The sloops were insufficient, there was fight among the passengers for the life jackets and everything was chaos.
It seemed just an Italian ordinary day.
The disaster has not happened for natural causes, but for distraction.
The usual rule for Italy.
The Concord sank to approach the island to give the chance to say hallo to friends and authority of the Giglio island. On the boat’s christening the launched bottle of champagne bounced on the flank , the disaster has happened of Friday 13. If we were superstitious we would begin to fear.
A whale stranded on the cliffs. The captain first caused the problem, then denied it and finally escaped. Just like Berlusconi. The captain pretended to give instructions from the beach, with the feet on a dry ground, while the crew had to act on the boat. Exactly like the parties with the actual Monti government.
The ship has an Italian name, but the owner is American… exactly like our Country. The master American’s name is Carnival, exactly like the management of our public finance.
The crew was totally extra communitarians and underpaid, exactly like those who work in Italy.
In order to save the savable the edge staff has mutinied while the ship was sinking on its flank.
Well, this still has not jet happened on the mainland.
On the Concord the crew has been able to revolt because the captain was not there with the army, like in Val di Susa.
The name Concord refers to unity among the European nations.
Its thirteen bridges have in fact names of European States, among them Greece, Italy, Great Britain, Portugal, France, Germany, but in Europe there are no bridges, on the contrary the Germans would prefer to cut their arm rather than to finance Italy and Greece.
The alarm has been given, when the boat was already turning upside down. Just like the Italian economic catastrophe, Tremorti and the " crisis behind our shoulders". The aids have arrived from private boats. The sloops were insufficient, there was fight among the passengers for the life jackets and everything was chaos.
It seemed just an Italian ordinary day.
The disaster has not happened for natural causes, but for distraction.
The usual rule for Italy.
The Concord sank to approach the island to give the chance to say hallo to friends and authority of the Giglio island. On the boat’s christening the launched bottle of champagne bounced on the flank , the disaster has happened of Friday 13. If we were superstitious we would begin to fear.
Is brain decline inevitable?
Brain decline is not an inevitable part of aging... You don't have to accept embarrassing "senior moments" as the norm. Certainly there are ways to help promote optimal brain function as you age.
Typically, your first brain function to go is your processing capacity or working memory capability. What if you could maintain it instead of losing it?
Research suggests the smart addition of particular nutrients can achieve exactly that. Nutrients such as:
Phosphatidylserine (PS) - Critical nutrient for brain health... important building block for your brain's 100 billion nerve cells. Important for memory, judgment, word recall and reasoning.* Transmits electrical signals through your body along up to 100 trillion pathways, and more...
Choline - Precursor for acetylcholine - a major chemical messenger for memories, thoughts, and other brain functions. Vital for optimal brain function during the natural aging process. GPC (Glycerophosphocholine) is the bioactive form with much clinical evidence for healthy brain function.
DHA/EPA - Fatty acids heavily concentrated in your brain... major building blocks for brain cells. Supports nerve and brain cell function; studies suggest shortages can affect cognitive function.
Astaxanthin - Very strong free radical scavenger helps protect your brain from oxidative damage.
Dr. Mercola
Typically, your first brain function to go is your processing capacity or working memory capability. What if you could maintain it instead of losing it?
Research suggests the smart addition of particular nutrients can achieve exactly that. Nutrients such as:
Phosphatidylserine (PS) - Critical nutrient for brain health... important building block for your brain's 100 billion nerve cells. Important for memory, judgment, word recall and reasoning.* Transmits electrical signals through your body along up to 100 trillion pathways, and more...
Choline - Precursor for acetylcholine - a major chemical messenger for memories, thoughts, and other brain functions. Vital for optimal brain function during the natural aging process. GPC (Glycerophosphocholine) is the bioactive form with much clinical evidence for healthy brain function.
DHA/EPA - Fatty acids heavily concentrated in your brain... major building blocks for brain cells. Supports nerve and brain cell function; studies suggest shortages can affect cognitive function.
Astaxanthin - Very strong free radical scavenger helps protect your brain from oxidative damage.
Dr. Mercola
Big Brother watches you
"Disclosing 736 daily pieces of self, or what we talk about when we talk about privacy.
We’ve already explored the physical underbelly of the Internet, but what happens to the actual data that it digests? 28,000 MMS messages — multimedia pieces of communication like photos, videos, and voice communication — are sent into the world every second, and cell phone companies record much of the metadata that travels with them, like location, identity of the receiver, amount of data transferred, and the cost of the transmission.
The average user has 736 pieces of this personal data collected every day, and different service providers retain this information for anywhere between 12 and 60 months.
Network is a remarkably designed piece of motion graphics by graphic design student Michael Rigley exploring the secret life of our MMS data and the tradeoffs we inadvertently face as we choose convenience of communication over privacy and control of personal data."
The Secret Life of Your Personal Data
We’ve already explored the physical underbelly of the Internet, but what happens to the actual data that it digests? 28,000 MMS messages — multimedia pieces of communication like photos, videos, and voice communication — are sent into the world every second, and cell phone companies record much of the metadata that travels with them, like location, identity of the receiver, amount of data transferred, and the cost of the transmission.
The average user has 736 pieces of this personal data collected every day, and different service providers retain this information for anywhere between 12 and 60 months.
Network is a remarkably designed piece of motion graphics by graphic design student Michael Rigley exploring the secret life of our MMS data and the tradeoffs we inadvertently face as we choose convenience of communication over privacy and control of personal data."
The Secret Life of Your Personal Data
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