ZyXEL MAX-216M1 Available as WiMAX Modem

Yesterday WiMAXian featured Zyxel’s WiMAX modem for Yota. Now WiMAXian continues to featured another Zyxel’s product,the MAX-216M1,a WiMAX modem which available for Now Wireless Broadband in UK.

The story begun from Hongkong’s largest internet service provider, the Netvigator whom operated as a brand of PCCW.

PCCW entered the UK broadband market with wireless broadband in mid 2004, starting from the Thames Valley area. Now wireless broadband is provided by UK Broadband Limited (UKB) that owns 3.5GHz WiMAX spectrum licence in the UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of PCCW the largest telecoms provider in Hong Kong where their broadband service is provided to over 700,000 customers.

Actually EyeWiMAX was the first WiMAX provider who operates in Manchester,UK.

Zyxel MAX-216M1 now available as WiMAX modem for Now Wireless Broadband in London and across the UK.

Zyxel MAX-216M1 equipped with two detachable swivel antennas.Key features of new devices, ZyXEL have high speed wireless data transfer, which can reach 30 or more megabits per second, and more efficient use of radio frequency spectrum.

These parameters are made possible through the use of adaptive signal processing simultaneously two antennas (MIMO), decoders with increased resistance to interference and the modern element base. All this not only improves the density of connection of subscribers, but also significantly reduce energy consumption and improve battery life for end-user devices.

Along with the Ethernet-port it has a FXS (Foreign eXchange Station) port to connect a conventional phone, which allows subscribers to have VoIP service if available.

Now provide several options of package which are Starter (256kbps) for under £ 10/mo,Active (512kbps) for under £ 14/mo, Advanced (1Mbps) for under £18/mo and Card (512kbps) for under £14/mo.

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Fantastic Beautiful Photo of Water Drops

A photo taken by water droplets an unidentified photographer that creates the illusion that the image is being shaped woman with a beautiful ballet. It was an exciting moment, the photographer he is very lucky because they get the proper shooting.

This photo from a website I can be someone's an American citizen, because I think this is a unique and beautiful Phy therefore I am posting this blog.

And photo shots of pure high-resolution camera, and not the result of engineering technology image editing program.

To produce images shaped like a ballerina's, I do not know exactly how many times it was dropped into the water that he may get the unique and beautiful work. Because of the sources that I read there was not described in detail. It's just that there is an explanation about the photo is purely from the camera shots. I myself just got amazed to see these photos, how about you?

This article was written by jfs posted by guest blogger you can also post yours contact me!

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Yumi Wong Sk

Apparently there is also a sexy beautiful young lady who came from Malaysia and has a face that look likes a Korean hot celebrity. Yumi Wong Sk is a pretty gorgeous freelance event model and show girl from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Yumi was also the winner of South KL Model Search 2011.

Name: Yumi Wong SK
Date of Birth: Aug 26, 1989
Height: 168 cm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yumiwong89
Twitter: http://twitter.com/@yumiwong

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My P1 Wimax Story

1. Wiggy Era

I think P1 Wimax is the best wireless internet available in Malaysia. What they offered was certainly the best on the market. I started using P1 wimax service in February 5th. At that time I was subscribed to its P1 Wiggy modem UH235 which I think was the most budget and student friendly package that existed at that time. In my opinion, no other ISP can compete with its package. I mean its fast internet and mobility suitable for student like me and the price was just right. I pay RM89 monthly to get 10GB of data quota and 1Mbps speed which gives me RM8.90 per GB.

On 7 June 2011 I terminated the service and returned the modem which is the most troublesome thing I have ever done. I terminated it because it was the end of the semester and since I’m going back to Labuan, which there’s no P1’s coverage over there, there is no point for me to continue using it. And the semester break is almost 4 months which is far too long. I didn’t know the government was going to change/adjust the nation’s academic calendar and if I knew earlier I wouldn’t even subscribed.

But because it’s a Wiggy, there was no contract and I can return the modem anytime. I took a flight from Alor Setar to KLIA and there was no enough time for me to go to KL and return the modem. I didn’t know what other alternatives that exist, so I sent the modem to my sister in Kuantan and had she returned it on my behalf. See how troublesome it was. If I can just couriered the modem, it would be much more convenient but still troublesome. Why can I just return to any reseller instead of the Pitstop that only available in big cities, right?

2. Home/Office Era

After the long semester break, I returned to UM. But long before that when I was still in my parent’s house, I already planned to again use P1 when I arrived in the peninsular. I planned to get it in KL and find a reseller. But all that was destroyed when I found out that P1 already discontinued that package and replaced it with a new package that I think is worse than before. I don’t know why they did that. I’m looking for a package that is giving me more value for my money. Also I want a Wiggy where I’m not tied to any contract.

The new package was very unattractive for me because they increased the speed but lowered the quota. For me, after living in the 385Kbps-internet-connections era, a 1Mbps is already good. As long as I don’t need to buffer for videos, I can live with just that speed. But I can’t live with limited quota. I mean, with the new package, for the same price I can only enjoy 6GB with 5Mbps speed. Yes, the faster the speed the faster the quota gets eaten up. Then I’ll be bashing my head when I got throttled down. NO!

Because of that, I decided to use P1 Home/Office 99. I’m not easy with the contract, it so… sticky. With the package, I get 10GB quota with 2Mbps speed. Since that, I noticed that I’d use large amount of data. My allotted quota can get from 10GB to 0 in just 15 day. That freaking shocked me. Wow, I’m such a heavy user. I’m not kaki download cause most of time I spent on the internet was on YouTube. I watch on average 10 10-minutes videos everyday. I’m a You Tuber viewer.

I’m tied for 12 months contract. Its something that I really don’t like about it. And now I’m at my sister home and there is no coverage here so I have not use the service for about a month. Still, I have to pay for something that I didn’t use. But I’m not going to be a bitch about it. I understand. YES would be better but it might hurt might my pocket more.

My review while I was using it in Sintok: it went well for one week and then it start to get crappy. But after 3 weeks, it seem to improved. I’m not sure what happened, but maybe the crappy-ness was caused by the increasing number of P1 users in my area. I change my password once every month cause I know what my neighbor do when they sees my wifi, they try to hack to it. (likewise)

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Best P1 WiMAX Service Tip Top

Last night in the middle of buying sides Tesco, arriving ² can be a massage from P1 4G Wimax.

P1 Wimax je best! Model tu no .. hahaha!

"Temporary 12/25/10 20:50 hrs P1 4G service interruption. Your area may experience limited service. We are working to restore service to normal soonest. Sender: P1 4G 9:05:14 PM"

Alamak .. problem to the internet? Emm .. never mind lah. Good also P1 Wimax to know .. if not .. free ² je Wimax hit # $% & @ later. Shortly off tu, can again one masssage from P1 4G Wimax.

"12/25/10 21:30 hrs P1 4G service has been restored to full operations in your area. We apologize for any inconvenience Caused. Enjoy your P1 4G! Sender: P1 4G 09:38:31 PM"

Really fast, do not return home again .. OK dah internet. It's tip top nie la services P1 Wimax broadband versus some that I have ever used for termasuklah Celcom broadband. (Now people prefer to call monkeys because the slow band.'s Right to?)

Besides tu .. nak pay bil pay too happy. Not lousy again wearing kid first kinds bil. (Which always dihantar kat house). Log in accounts je P1 Wimax .. dah may look penyata accounts. If the kid .. new print. If not kid .. He earned no kid print. Amulet of illness of paper! Right now the kingdom of Malaysia mengalakkan users so subtract pollution!

Although P1 4G Wimax nie best .. It remained there some part that is not best. One reason for the coverage that is not much longer. If the village behind je .. can not be sure. Other la if incoming port. InsyaAllah can! That is, if there is coverage kat. Second .. high region. If the kind of home I nie .. 'on heaven' je of illness can be. But even tu dah guess OK. More rapid than for monkey band.

Anastasyea: Nak promote korang kat .. kat line Wimax afraid there's no Pulak ..

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FDA bans 6 Whitening products has more mercury

MANILA, Philippines - Six more skin whitening products mostly from abroad were banned by the Food and Drug Administration after laboratory analysis showed that these contained "excessive level of mercury."

The banned products are the following:

1. Fruit & Lovely Quickacting Whitener & Speckle Remover Package
2. Yudantang Green Olive and Papaya Natural Essence sunblock cream
3. Spring Return Ginseng
4. Pearl Natural Pure Plants Whitening Cream
5. TVC Spot Remover Cream and
6. Yoko Whitening Cream with SPF-15

Yudantang is imported from Taiwan while Spring Return Ginseng is a product from New York. TVC Spot is made in China. The labels of the other products do not indicate where the goods came from.

Exposure to mercury, an extremely toxic silvery white metal, can cause chronic or acute poisoning and also lead to kidney, lungs, or brain damage.

“As we laud the FDA’s action to ban additional skin lightening products tainted with mercury, we urge consumers to be on their guard and take highest precautions against 'cosmetoxics' or cosmetics laced with hazardous substances,” claimed Aileen Lucero of the EcoWaste Coalition’s Project Protect.

“Our distinct kayumangging-kaligatan (light brown skin) complexion is beautiful and a source of national pride. But if you still insist on lightening your skin tone, please be very careful with cosmetics laden with mercury and other equally harmful chemicals. It’s better to be brown than sorry,” she added.

The non-government Ecowaste Coaltion lauded the FDA's move to ban the skit whitening products, which increased to 77 the number of banned mercury-containing products since November 2012.

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Hacktivists deface govt sites day after student's suicide

Hacktivists on Saturday evening defaced at least two government sites with a criticism of the "lack of education" and "lack of opportunity" in the Aquino administration – a day after a University of the Philippines student took her own life supposedly for lack of money to pay tuition.

The sites defaced by Anonymous Philippines were those of the National Telecommunications Commission (www.ntc.gov.ph) and the Antipolo City government (www.antipolo.gov.ph).

"Greetings, President Aquino! You told us that Filipino people are your 'Boss' and you will bring us on the right way, but what happened now?? Lack of Education, Lack of Opportunity, Lack of Cyber Security and also you failed to eliminate all corrupt officials," the message of the defaced sites says.

On Friday, a UP Manila student reportedly took her own life for not having enough to pay for her tuition.

Anonymous Philippines also accused the Aquino administration of siding with the Malaysian government on the row between followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and security forces in Sabah.

"We do not know how you are able to relax while our Filipino brothers sacrifice their life to defend Sabah. It seems you are a Pro-Malaysian," it said.

The group also said the Philippines must be aware of national security in cyberSpace "because in the past few years no security was done in many gov.ph sites."

UP president vows to address issues behind tragedy

Meanwhile, UP president Alfredo Pascual vowed to address the issues that led to the tragedy, adding he was "deeply saddened" by the student's "untimely and tragic death."

"In the coming days, my administration will take the necessary steps to address the policy and administrative issues that are related to this unfortunate tragedy," he said.

He said it was "unfortunate" the incident happened a day after he instructed the chancellors of all UP units at a council meeting last Thursday "that we should not deny access to qualified students who can not enroll because of financial constraints."

Pascual also said he had pushed for reforms to simplify the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP) application process.

An increased financial aid for poor students had already been planned for action by Board of Regents in April, he added.

"But it takes time to implement change. We can easily be overtaken, as we have been, by a sudden turn of events. But I am confident we can turn the tragedy into a greater resolve to act and make UP accessible to the poor," he said. — LBG, GMA News

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Securing P1 Wimax DV230 WiFi Password

I have been using P1 Wimax since August 2009. Personally, it is the best Internet broadband that we have in Malaysia. For Home Plus package, the average connection speed is around 120kbps-170kbps. But there were a few times where the speed dropped to 20-50kbps, and even sometimes it disconnected abruptly. If you are experiencing broadband connection with P1 Wimax connection, feel free to read my previous article here.

The purpose I write this post is to help you to secure your P1 Wimax WiFi modem. It is actually very easy for unauthorized users to gain access into your P1 Wimax network if you did not change the modem default password, WEP key, and Access Control List. In this How-To guide, I will show you the step by step on how to secure your P1 Wimax WiFi modem. Let’s begin…

Change the default password

By default, the username and password for P1 Wimax modem is,

Username: admin
Password: admin123

Please change the default password before someone else gain access to your modem and change it for you. To do that,

1. Go to http://10.1.1.254 by using your favourite web browser.
2. Enter the default username, admin, and password, admin123.
3. Click on Personalization at the top left of the page.
4. Enter your Old Password, admin123, and New Password.
5. Click Apply.

Change WiFi WEP key

Change P1 Wimax modem default WEP key

After you have changed the default password, you also need to change P1 Wimax WiFi WEP key IF you are using DV230 modem. The modem is look like this,

P1 Wimax DV230 modem

As you may already know, by default P1 Wimax DV230 modem WiFi is using WEP key that is easy to guess. For an example, let’s say your P1 Wimax WiFi SSID is 056789. If the user didn’t change the default WEP key, the key is 567891FFB0.

SSID: 056789
Remove 0 at the front, 56789
Combine with 1FFB0, and your P1 Wimax WiFi WEP key is: 567891FFB0

To change the default WEP key,

1. Go to http://10.1.1.254 by using your favourite web browser.
2. Enter your username, admin, and password.
3. Click on Networking at the top right of the page.
4. Click on WIFI.
5. Click Next.
6. Under Use Default, choose User Defined.
7. And change the WEP key under Security Setting.
8. Click Apply.

Note: Please ensure to follow these rules to set your WEP key.

64 bit

• 5 ASCII characters (A-Z or a mixture of A-Z and 0-9)
• 10 Hexadecimal characters (0-9, A-F or mixture of both 0-9 & A-F only)

128 bit

• 13 ASCII characters (A-Z or a mixture of A-Z and 0-9)
• 26 Hexadecimal characters (0-9,A-F or mixture of both 0-9 & A-F only)

Only allow specific MAC addresses to connect

Only allow specific MAC addresses to connect into your WiFi network

Even though you have changed the default P1 Wimax WEP key, there might be some possibilities where someone can crack the WEP key and use your WiFi connection without your acknowledge. To prevent this, you can set your P1 Wimax WiFi modem to only allow specific MAC addresses to connect into your P1 Wimax WiFi network.

Let’s say your iPhone MAC address is F8:1E:DF:43:49:A9.

1. Go to http://10.1.1.254 using your favourite web browser.
2. Enter your username, admin, and password.
3. Click on Networking at the top right of the page.
4. Click on WIFI.
5. Click Next.
6. Scroll down to ACL-setting.
7. Choose Allow only following MAC addresses to connect to wireless network.
8. Under Access Control List, enter your device MAC address. Eg: F8:1E:DF:43:49:A9
9. Click Apply.

After the modem rebooted, only your iPhone can connect to your P1 Wimax WiFi network. Even though your neighbours can crack your WEP key but they can’t connect to your WiFi because their devices’ MAC addresses are not registered in the Access Control List.

I hope this simple How-To guide will help you to secure your P1 Wimax WiFi modem. If you have any new tips or info on how to secure P1 Wimax modem, feel free to share with us by submitting your comment below. Thank you and good luck!

This article was written by cypherhackz posted by guest blogger you can also post yours contact me!

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P1 WiMAX DV-230 Broadband experience

I once wrote a special entry for Celcom broadband users who experience problems with their broadband services. In this post, I also share with readers some tips that they can use to deal with Celcom broadband problems such as broken lines, has no connection, slow line, and a few other tips again.

Modem DV-230 taken at HQ P1 Wimax

To post this time, I would like to share with you some tips that you can use if you have a problem with P1 Wimax services.

Before I go further, let me tell here that I am not customer support or customer service P1 Wimax. I am not an employee or have any contact with the P1 Wimax. What I share here there is no direct connection between me and the P1 Wimax but the relationship between a user and a service provider.

I have been using P1 Wimax broadband service almost two years. During my use of their services, there is some small and big problems I've ever experienced. Not only that, I also have read some of the comments given by P1 Wimax users are very satisfied with the services they provide.

It is difficult to get a 100% free service of the problem. But the important thing is, how the services are tackling the problem and also serve their customers hassle.

Modem DV-230 dan USB WiFi

Between problems P1 Wimax

Here are some problems I've ever encountered and how do I overcome this problem.

Modem LED blinking red - This happens because you do not acquire signal modem or IP address of the Access Point P1 Wimax. It usually occurs when a heavy rain storm together.

To solve this problem, what I always do is, close and re-install the P1 Wimax modem. After the modem is restarted, the LED will be green again. Sometimes it is so, sometimes not. I'm not sure the actual factor, however, this problem occurs the maximum is around 30 to 60 minutes.

If you have more than that, you'd better call the P1 Wimax for more information.

Internet connection very slow - Some time P1 Wimax Internet connection would be too slow and very slow. Once in a day, I had to wait about 3 minutes just to open the Google website only. That is just Google. Not to mention Facebook, Daily News and several other websites.

When this happens, what I will be sure to first is bandwidth quota allowed by P1 Wimax. Each package you subscribe to will set how much bandwidth you can use. I took the package is Home - Plus where my quota to only 20GB a month.

To check the quota P1 Wimax, you should login to the site P1 Wimax Self Care . There you can see the balance of your P1 Wimax bandwidth package. Apabilah all bandwidth used, P1 Wimax Internet connection you will start to slow down so you will feel disgusted with P1 Wimax.

But if you run out of bandwidth, P1 Wimax offer refill packages where you can add bandwidth for RM10 for 2GB of bandwidth. And expiration date 2GB for 30 days.

Internet online frequent breaks - Since 2 - 3 months ago, the line P1 Wimax I always lost. And it's been getting worse over the last 2 weeks. Every 1 minute, online P1 Wimax will be cut off and then it will reconnect automatically.

Although Internet connection reconnected automatically, but keep in mind at the time you are making an online payment through Maybank2U, and suddenly you lose your Internet connection. To not want to, you had to go through the payment process as Maybank2U will kick you out because you use the IP address has changed.

If it happened once or twice, it may not be a problem to re-enter the username, password, and payment details in Maybank2U. But if you're 6-7 or 8 times occur, people do not get angry, be angry.

Although I have restart and reset the modem, the problem is still recurring. And I am advised by Customer Support to to their headquarters to replace the damaged modem with another modem of the same model.

But who replaced the modem is not a new modem. It is just a modem that was used by previous users but still in good condition. How do I know? Because I got this modem there are scratches and impact have been used are clearly visible on the body at the USB modem and wifi P1 Wimax.

If observed carefully, visible scratches on the modem

To whom to contact?

If you have a problem with the P1 Wimax, you can contact Customer Support them in several ways. Among them are:

• Contact Customer Careline P1, 1-300-800-888
• P1 LiveChat on their website
• On Twitter, @ P1Cares
• Or by mail, careline@p1.com.my

I've been using all four methods. But I encourage you to report problems P1 Wimax using Twitter (if you have a smartphone with 3G Internet connectivity). Feedback is much faster and we have a record of our conversation with the P1 Wimax.

But if you do not have an Internet connection but that depends on P1 Wimax, it is easy if you mengubungi online Careline their 1-300-800-888. However, you should be patient and remain calm to listen to them one by one operator commands before you can connect to Customer Support. That line, even if you do not cut off your line when connecting operator (never happened to me).

There are some other problems that I have ever encounter with the P1 Wimax. But only this that I can remember. God willing, if there is additional space and other ideas, I will share the tips in this post.

Although there are problems and this, but I'm still satisfied with their service. Especially on the Customer Support an efficient and quick to help.

Expected length entries in some way help you solve problems with P1 Wimax.

This article was written by cypherhackz posted by guest blogger you can also post yours contact me!

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Nokia Lumia 920 Snap Review

It's not the newest kid on the block, but Nokia's Lumia 920 is still the current flagship in the Windows Phone range.

Other manufacturers might disagree, but Nokia has packed the 920 with some enhancements to give it an edge over other models that have similar-sized screens and processing power.

The most notable of these improvements is the PureView camera technology that offers a low-light performance others can only dream of, but the other Nokia exclusive applications can't be ignored either.

Design

The design of the 920 isn't really anything new, given the release of the 800 and 900 models before it that had the same polycarbonate unibody design. However, that's not a bad thing, and the 920 is more a natural progression - a process that works fine for Apple.

The plastic casing allows Nokia to release the phone in a range of bright colours (as well as black, if the loud colours are too extravagant for you) and I certainly couldn't help but get noticed with the yellow model I received!

Side by side with HTC's 8S, or the 8X, which also comes with a choice of colours, Nokia still comes out top for making the boldest statement, with the whole rear casing sporting your chosen hue, complete with colour-coded in-ear headphones to match.

A large, 4.5-inch, 768x1280 pixel HD display completes the package, with illuminated buttons below that are also reflective to stand out even when not lit.

The 920 is a nice phone to look at, and the curved casing makes it even nicer to hold. It is quite weighty, but not in a way that makes it uncomfortable or hard to carry in a pocket.

Key Features

Powering the 920 is Qualcomm's dual-core S4 processor, clocked at 1.5GHz. This is accompanied by an Adreno 225 GPU and 2GB of RAM to aid multitasking.

It's not quite as powerful as the latest quad-core variant in use in the Android Google Nexus 4, or many other new smartphones shipping this year (including the HTC One with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 600 CPU), but it's still more than capable of ensuring that the operating system is always slick and smooth.

What the phone lacks, however, is a memory card slot - limiting you to internal storage only, although 32GB should keep most people happy.

The screen benefits from a higher level of sensitivity than ordinary screens, so you can operate it with a fingernail, or even when wearing gloves. Nokia has also used a 'ClearBlack' display, which is basically a polarised filter on the screen to reduce glare and reflections.

Along with 4G support (which is also ready to be used on the other networks launching 4G in the summer of 2013), the phone is also packed with a 2,000mAh battery so you should be able to make it through a whole day without being caught short.

And then there's that PureView camera, which leads me on nicely to...

Camera

For some years, Sony Ericsson ruled the roost by introducing better image sensors, improved lenses, post-processing software to enhance photos (contrast, saturation etc), and the Xenon flash to make it possible to take snaps in all conditions.

Nokia lagged behind until the N95 came along and showed it too was serious about imaging. In addition to its tie-up with Carl Zeiss, Nokia launched the PureView name in 2012, used for any device that offers exceptional camera performance.

In the case of the 920, this means optical stabilisation and incredible performance in low-light - of a level that would be impressive even for an expensive DSLR. It means there's no need for a battery-killing Xenon flash for indoor shots, or relying solely on an LED lamp that barely lights up things more than a metre or two away.

The performance is quite stunning, with very little light required to produce a photo that's clear of noise and amazingly well-defined. Sure, it can't work miracles and take photos in total darkness, but you really can turn the lights down low before the photos start to fade out.

So low that you'll find it hard to see anything until a soft press of the camera button illuminates the LED to aid focussing.

Unfortunately, the low-light ability doesn't extend to video recording, but you do still have an LED lamp that can help. The phone records in full HD at 30 frames per second.

Photos and videos can also be set to automatically upload to your free SkyDrive cloud storage space, but by default the phone is set to reduce photos to 1280x720 pixels to reduce data consumption. If you're using wi-fi, or have a high data allowance, you can opt to upload your media in full resolution.

Gaming

Thanks to Xbox, Microsoft has been gradually building up quite a large range of Windows Phone games, but they can be quite hard to find on the app store. Looking at the top games for January reveals titles that have been out, in some cases, for well over a year.

Games that have been available for some time will have more downloads, yet - great as the original Angry Birds is - newer users (and existing ones) might want to find something new.

Fortunately, Nokia has its own app recommendation service that offers up an ever-changing list of things that you can simply sit and watch until something catches your eye.

I did feel that an over-sensitive accelerometer made some games, such as Asphalt 5, a bit hard to play, but many games allow you to adjust the settings. Not every title has yet been optimised for the higher resolution, though, having originally been designed for Windows Phone 7 devices maxing out at 480x800 pixels.

Thanks to the phone's large screen, powerful processor, and super-sensitive touchscreen, I was able to enjoy a number of games without having to spend a penny. One big benefit of Windows Phone is the ability to get a trial version of just about everything (a developer would be mad not to offer this).

It's quick and easy to select a game to download and then go off to do something else while it downloads in the background, or you go and find something else to try.

Very soon you'll have the Games menu full of games, and with 32GB of storage space you shouldn't run the risk of running out of space unless you want your 920 to double up as a portable media player too.

When you're signed in with your Xbox LIVE account you can also enjoy multiplayer games, and interact with your avatar.

The good

Besides the above-mentioned features, Windows Phone now has more customisation options on the start screen, with adjustable sizes for icons. Live tiles continue to relay useful information, and a unified inbox delivers your email, Tweets, Facebook updates, and more in a single location. There's also a mode to offer restricted access to selected apps or games for your children.

[You can see more of the Windows Phone 8 features here]

Nokia has kitted out the 920 with plenty of its own apps, from Nokia Drive (its turn-by-turn navigation software) to Nokia Music, Creative Studio (picture editor), Maps (with high-quality Navteq maps), City Lens (an augmented reality app to show nearby locations), and two more apps to supplement the camera - Smart Shoot and Cinemagraph.

These apps, some of which will be made available to all Windows Phone users in the future, currently give potential customers of Microsoft's OS a very big incentive to buy a Nokia device.

Although still struggling to build up a large share of the market, Windows Phone has a pleasing and easy to understand user interface and plenty of the main apps you might expect to find on rival operating systems.

The bad

The Lumia 920 is pretty heavy at 185g, but this isn't really enough to be a deal-breaker, especially for anyone who is used to carrying a tablet or has owned a mobile phone more than a few years ago.

Then there's the lack of a card slot, although the problem is greatly reduced by having 32GB of storage space inside.

Summary

The Lumia 920 trounces every other Windows Phone on sale sale today, primarily because of the awesome camera and a very bright and high-definition display.

With Windows Phone set up so well for social networking, it's the perfect phone for use at parties, bars, and clubs. Those activities may well be the main reason for choosing this phone.

As ever, the problem facing Nokia and Microsoft is the relatively poor sales and the feeling that Windows Phone 8 isn't a major player.

But, with some new apps being released on Windows Phone at the same time as Android and iOS, this might be changing, and if there's a solid future for Windows Phone I can't think of any better phone to be enjoying it on.

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Understanding the Sabah dispute

To understand (1) the claim of the Sultan of Sulu over Sabah, (2) the standoff in Lahad Datu town in Sabah, (3) the stand-down admonition of President Aquino directing the followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III led by his brother Datu Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram to withdraw and return peacefully to the Philippines, and (4) the enforcement actions of the Malaysian authorities that sadly resulted in death and injury, I think it is best to begin by discussing the concepts of sovereignty and ownership.

Sovereignty is the perpetual and absolute power of a state (not of an individual) to command obedience within its territory. This power is manifested through the state’s constitution and laws, and is enforced by governmental agencies and officials. When needed, the state’s military and police forces can be called to back this enforcement.

Sovereignty has external and internal aspects, external being the state’s ability to act without foreign intervention. It is often equated with independence. Internal sovereignty refers to the power of the state to rule within its borders and to govern both citizens (at home and abroad) and aliens staying in its territory. In the exercise of internal sovereignty, it maintains peace and order, fixes the relationships of people, and governs the rights to own properties situated within its borders.

Ownership, on the other hand, has a limited scope. It generally refers to the right to control a thing (including land), especially its possession, use, disposition and recovery. Ownership rights, especially over land and natural resources, are controlled and regulated by the state.

Sultan’s claim. In brief, the Sultan of Sulu claims ownership, not sovereignty, over a huge tract of land called Sabah. He alleges that his forebears leased the property to the British North Borneo Company, which in turn ceded its leasehold rights to Malaysia. Up to now, rentals for the property are paid the sultan.

In 1963, after an alleged referendum showing that the residents did not want to be part of the Philippines or of the Sultanate of Sulu, Malaysia incorporated Sabah as part of its national territory. Since that time, Malaysia has exercised sovereignty over the area, keeping peace and order, regulating the relations among the people, and governing the ownership, possession and enjoyment of property rights.

Obviously, then, the sultan’s claim is subject to the sovereign power of Malaysia and Malaysian laws. The stealthy entry of the sultan’s followers into Sabah violated Malaysian immigration and other laws; hence, they could be held accountable by Malaysian authorities. Even assuming that as proof of ownership, rentals are being paid in perpetuity, the sultan, as lessor, cannot deprive Malaysia, as lessee, of its possessory rights by force and illegal entry.

Since the sultan and his followers are Filipino citizens, the Philippines started diplomatic initiatives with Malaysia to secure their safety and wellbeing, and to enable them to leave Sabah voluntarily and peacefully.

However, as such citizens, they may be held answerable, after the observance of due process, for violations of Philippine laws. The Department of Justice is reportedly poised to investigate them for “inciting to war, or giving motives for reprisals; illegal possession of firearms; illegal assembly” and other crimes.

If, say, a Malaysian sultan is granted ownership rights by a past colonizer of the Philippines (like Spain) over a vast tract of land in Mindanao, the armed followers of that Malaysian sultan cannot just cross Philippine borders and occupy such property without the permission of the Philippines, regardless of whether Malaysia or the sultan has pending claims of sovereignty or ownership. By parity of reasoning, the Philippine government, in the exercise of its sovereignty, can take immigration, ejectment and other enforcement actions.

Philippine claim. During the term of President Diosdado Macapagal—in the 1960s, at about the same time that Malaysia took over Sabah—the Philippines asserted a sovereign claim over the property, then known as North Borneo. Since then, however, the claim has largely remained dormant.

The Philippine Constitution “renounces war as an instrument of national policy, adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the land and adheres to the policy of peace, equality, justice, freedom, cooperation, and amity with all nations.”

Moreover, the United Nations Charter (Art. 51) obligates its members, including the Philippines, to settle international disputes only by peaceful means—that is, by negotiation, good offices, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement in the International Court of Justice, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, and other peaceful methods. The Philippines cannot employ war or other nonpeaceful ways to resolve the dispute.

To conclude, I believe the Philippines should continue pressing its sovereign claim via the peaceful methods I mentioned. Meanwhile, the Sultanate of Sulu should abandon nonlegal methods and respect the actual and existing sovereignty of Malaysia. If the sultan so desires, he may avail himself of the internal legal processes there to validate his ownership claims.

Should the Philippines succeed in its peaceful quest, then the sultan may continue his ownership claims in the Philippines pursuant to Philippine laws. This, I think, is the peaceful and legal way of settling the dispute. - source

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The last sultan

How copious is our understanding of the Sultanate of Sulu? If Malacañang’s statement is true, that it has only begun consulting historical documents, then that understanding is miserably wanting. Manila has always had an ambivalent appreciation of the sultanate and its rightful place as an institution in Philippine polity.

Islamic scholarship contends that the first-ever sultan was the Prophet Muhammad. Because of the high religious regard for him as messenger of God, his earthly conduct as spiritual leader became an example and tradition. Sultanates thus became a prescription for sustaining that tradition. All sultanate countries hold that belief.

Sulu’s early years are not lacking in historical literature. From the 17th to 18th centuries, the fulcrum of power was not in Luzon but in East Southeast Asia, a vast maritime territory of several insular nations—sultanates mostly of fragmentary polities that relied on alliance-building and trade reciprocity for their power bases. One of these was the Sultanate of Sulu. The region attracted the European powers of the day—Dutch, Portuguese, British and Spaniards. All of them vied to strike alliances with the sultans. Trade gave them a foothold for colonial expansion and that was the fundamental benefit. It was in that context that, later, the British North Borneo Company was created. The Dutch earlier had established theirs, the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (United East India Company).

Sultanic lineage is determined by way of the Tarsila (also Sarsilah, Salsilah; from the Arabic Silsilah, chain or linkages), a genealogical account of the Sulu royalty, ensuring direct lineage from the first sultan. The sultan is not just a temporal ruler, he is also a religious leader. In the traditional Islamic system, separation of church and state is nonexistent. But Philippine colonial regimes altered much of that and demolished traditional Islamic political values. Again, here are lessons that Manila has yet to learn to this day. Both colonial and republican Manila, out of arrogance borne largely out of ignorance, directed changes on the sultanate.

Let’s go back to 1884 when a power struggle for the sultanate arose after Jamalul Kiram II became the sultan at the age of 16. Because of his tender age, interim power was vested in his mother Inchi Jamila as the sultana regent. Then eligible for succession were three royal houses: the House of Kiram, the House of Sharikullah, and the House of Datu Putung represented by Datu Harun Al Rashid. In what was clearly an internal matter, Spain interfered: it unseated Jamalul II and declared Harun as the sultan (1886-1894). Spain never understood the cultural nuance that a sultan’s power builds heavily on alliances with the segmentary datus. Harun failed in that miserably. Spain was forced to restore Jamalul II (1894-1936).

Jamalul II had no direct male heir. His death in 1936 triggered a confusion of succession. By tradition, the successor ordained by the reigning sultan is confirmed by a panel of royal datus, the Ruma Bichara, and by an ecclesiastical court. The heir is titled Raja Muda—presumptive heir. Manila newspapers refer to Agbimuddin Kiram as Raja Muda as if this is his first name. Raja Muda is Agbimuddin’s title.

Jamalul II’s younger brother Mawalil Wasit was proclaimed sultan, but he died before he could ascend the throne that same year (1936). Amid the widespread disagreement about his ability to wield power, there was talk that he was poisoned. His death created a deep division in the House of Kiram. One side was led by Dayang Dayang (Princess) Piandao Kiram, daughter of Sultan Badarudin II (the 30th sultan, 1881-1884); the other, by Dayang Dayang Tarhata Kiram, daughter of Datu Atik Kiram, younger brother of Badarudin II. Because they were both women, neither of them could become sultan by Islamic tradition.

So Piandao proclaimed her husband Datu Ombra Amilbangsa sultan of Sulu. Ombra was not of royal lineage. Naturally Piandao’s proclamation invited the objection of the Ruma Bichara. A dispute erupted. Appeals were made to President Quezon to intervene. Quezon refused and said that Jamalul Kiram II was the last Sultan of Sulu. Stretching Manila’s string of blunders, Quezon announced that the Philippine government was no longer recognizing the Sultanate of Sulu. Meanwhile, Princess Tarhata’s faction proclaimed as sultan Jainal Abirin II. Three sultans, one of them a pretender.

Jainal Abirin II was succeeded in death by Sultan Esmail Kiram I in 1950. When Esmail I died in 1974, his half-brother the Raja Muda Punjungan Kiram became temporary sultan. But Punjungan went into exile in Sabah. In his absence, Esmail I’s eldest son Mahakuttah Kiram became the sultan until he died in 1986. President Marcos had reinstalled Punjungan in 1981 and named his son, Jamalul Kiram III, his successor. Jamalul III was crowned in 1986. It is he who holds the legal papers of North Borneo as decided by Chief Justice Mackaskie of the Session Court of North Borneo in 1939.

Need we lounge in libraries? One Manila lawyer makes an issue of the words “ownership” and “possession” regarding the Sabah claim. Anthropologists like Clifford Geertz emphasize the need to respond to what the field tells us—the ethnographic present. That might as well be an advice to the government. Instead of being obsessed with literary questions in the way Manila indulges in its usual self-absorption, it can do better to respond by addressing Manila’s continued disregard of the Sultanate of Sulu instead of issuing threats of arrest and court cases. This is merely a case of crying for attention. That cry is valid. - source

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Globe intensifies LTE coverage

Globe Telecom has intensified its 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) service as it activates more LTE sites across the country, giving its subscribers more reasons to enjoy superfast mobile connectivity in its network.

Initially offered in Makati City, Globe has steadily increased its LTE coverage by bolstering its LTE infrastructure in key cities of Metro Manila as well as major areas outside the metropolis. These include the cities of Pasig , Quezon, Taguig, Manila, Muntinlupa , as well as Cebu City and Boracay in Malay, Aklan in the Visayas.

Within these locales, the company has switched-on its LTE signal in some of the major avenues, villages and subdivisions, business districts, upscale malls, hotels, busy commercial zones, government offices, schools, sporting arenas and hospitals, as well as the premier tourist destination Boracay.

In an interview, Globe President & CEO Ernest Cu said that the LTE philosophy of Globe is to let their subscribers go around contiguous areas without having to lose their LTE signal: “We don’t want them to be constrained in a specific LTE spot and be cut-off after stepping out of there. The Globe LTE coverage lets them freely walk around places they frequent such as malls, offices and the like and still receive our LTE signal seamlessly.”

Cu said that the company’s LTE expansion will quickly cover more ground across the Philippines as the first phase of its modernization nears completion with its new network primed for LTE, and will be supported by the ongoing rollout of over 12,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable spanning the archipelago.

According to Globe Chief Technical Advisor Robert Tan, this development further bolsters the company’s 4G network as it introduced technologies in anticipation of the incremental demand for mobile data.

“We have continued to expand our LTE coverage as we focus on large, contiguous areas, instead of “pocket activations” and “hot spots” to ensure greater and more stable coverage for customers,” confirmed Tan. “With the Globe LTE, we have upped the ante in terms of internet connectivity by as much as 42 Mbps, currently the fastest available there is now.”

Since the fourth quarter of last year, Globe subscribers with LTE-powered gadgets such as the premium mobile broadband Tattoo Black and the first commercially-available LTE handset in the country, the Huawei Ascend P1, have been enjoying internet connections at breakneck speeds via the Globe LTE.

Meanwhile, those armed with the iPhone 5, iPad 3 and the iPad mini which have recently made available their LTE connectivity through iOS upgrades can now experience ultrafast Globe LTE on their Apple devices.

Globe was first to introduce 4G technology in the Philippines with its WiMax network in 2009 and during that same year, it collaborated with SingTel to test 4G LTE in the country which was able to register speeds of up to 100 Mbps. In 2011, Globe gave its subscribers their first HSPA+ signal. Mobile 4G LTE for handsets was already active as of late last year, supporting voice and SMS.

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Huawei HG655a Worry not DIR-615 Breaks

Just wanted to let everyone know that if your UniFi breaks, you can expect to be without Internet, Telephone & TV for quite a while. Mine failed on 1st March. Today, 4th March they finally gave me an appointment date for rectification - 16th March!

Absolutely incredible that a company that is making 1.2billion in profit cannot provide customer service - or maybe that is why they made so much? Sign up suckers like me & then don't bother to fix the system and don't allow me to cancel my 2 year contract?

For the 1st 2 days I had no DSL light. Now I notice I do have a DSL light so maybe they did some work on their side & fixed part of it and maybe now the only problem is my side.....? I am trying to fault-find myself. I am in a condo so connection from basement is by phone lines. I have a Huawei HG655a with DSL light on and Internet light blinking every so often, presumably when the D-Link DIR-615 tries to connect to Internet.

I tried removing the D-Link and have connected my PC into the HG665a and logged in with Admin/Admin. Network status is that ptm1.400 is always 'Connecting' and ptm1.600 and ptm1.500 are both 'Connected' though Online Duration is 0 and - respectively.

The xDSL info is as per the attachment.

Any experts on this HG655a that can tell me if it is dead and can tell me if I can buy my own tonight or tomorrow? Or an equivalent? I don't necessarily need phone & tv for the time being but cannot survive without Internet (typing this on my Celcom connection at the moment!)

Dave
Ticket 1-827347499.

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TM Huawei SmartAX MT900 VDSL Modem

I am currently using Hutchison Broadband at home. It is a VDSL link and PPPoE is required. I have no comment about the speed: I didn't stress tested it and I found myself happy for whatever I downloaded. However, it is very disgusting that the VDSL modem hangs always!

Hang means “hang up” here. The symptom is the VDSL Link (as told by the LED) disconnecting all the time when you are using it. Seems it is OK when it is idle — but what's for, then?! When I try connected via PPPoE, and download a couple hundred bytes, then the Link LED goes out. The Ethernet link LED will last for a while afterwards and soon, it found the VDSL link is not there, the Ethernet link on the modem goes out as well. I guess it is going to reset itself — after 17 seconds, the VDSL Link LED lighted and a couple of seconds later, the Ethernet link LED lighted as well. Then I can tell the computer to reconnect PPPoE and the story repeats forever and ever and ever.

It is strange! I phoned the HGC support hotline and nobody can tell me why is so. They suck of course. Everyone in the industry knows the support staff are the weakest ones in terms of knowledge, qualification and salary. However, when you found the VDSL link can always recover after a reset, you can guess what happened.

Actually the VDSL link and the phone line are fully working. Only the fxxking Huawei modem cause any problem. It is warm when you touch its cover. So you can either replace it with another model or brand (recommended, but why I have to buy another one to replace something not owned by me?) or you can try to make it work more comfortable. The way I do is to peel off the four covering cushion at the bottom and take away the four screws. Then you can put away the top cover (the grey one in the picture below) and it now works smoothly. It is simply too hot to keep a continuous connection!

PS: For those who don't know, Huawei is a Shenzhen-based company and it is famous for cloning Cisco devices and re-brand it as Huawei devices. What's interesting is that, somebody reported you can use Cisco firmware and configuration scripts in the Huawei systems without any modification.

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TM FTTH Immaturity: GPON vs GEPON

Implementing FTTH at this time doesn't guarantee that it's future proof yet. So to say that FTTH is the future is not true. The technology has not been finalized yet.

There're still 2 competing PON technology branches which have not been finalized yet - GPON and GEPON. TM would have to spend for another round of upgrades when they move on to newer PON technologies in future when 2nd generation 10gbps PON technologies are commercialized.

On the other hand, VDSL2 allows faster deployment and paves the way for future FTTH when need arises. You already have boxes which are placed less than 300m to homes fed with fiber. Further extension of fiber to homes is not a problem.

One (1) year ago I might tell you that GPON is winning the Passive Optical Network(PON) competition but it seems GEPON has started to gain back momentum.

Japan, Taiwan, China, Indonesia are all adopters GEPON and the next upgrade to 10GEPON shows good advantages over GPON. GPON on the other hand has started to see its decline with Verizon now slowing down their deployments.

What advantages do 10GEPON(IEEE standard) have over 10GPON(ITU-T)?

• GEPON is purely ethernet based and it was designed to accommodate full IP based services such as VoIP and IPTV - less complications.
• GEPON requires less trasmit power compared to GPON.
• GEPON will beat GPON in the next generation 10gbps based upgrades. Think 10GEPON (IEEE802.3av)
• GEPON equipments are cheaper.
• GEPON supports the defined standard for RF overlay called DePON whereas GPON RF solutions are proprietary depending on manufacturers.
• GEPON is more matured and had a better start than GPON.

Among the top companies supplying GEPON equipments are UTStarcom, Fujitsu, Sumitomo, NEC, Hitachi, FiberHome, Zyxel, ZTE, Arris, Huawei, Enablence, Corecess, Mitsubishi & Teknovus

http://gpon.blogspot.com/2010/12/gpon-vs-gepon.html

I believe TM went for the wrong technology again by supporting GPON.

Anyway can you tell me how much distance difference of fiber you have between VDSL2 and FTTH once again? Is it enough to justify the extra fiber length?

We don't need FTTH yet and the technology is still not matured yet. In fact it has been proven that even HFC cables for cable TV using DOCSIS3+ technology could achieve 1.5Gbps speeds.
Source: http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/C...-15-Gbps-113239

BT Next Generation broadband(NGN) is VDSL2 based.

Telenor Norway is implementing VDSL2 for its next generation broadband projects.

AT&T UVerse & Bell Canada also uses a mixed VDSL & VDSL2 technologies.

Taiwan's 光世代 Fiber Internet pare serviced by VDSL2.

1/2 of Japan's fiber internet is also served using VDSL2 especially in multi tenant buildings.

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ftth

Fiber is often said to be 'future proof' because the speed of the broadband connection is usually limited by the terminal equipment rather than the fiber itself, permitting at least some speed improvements by equipment upgrades before the fiber itself must be upgraded. Still, the type and length of employed fibers chosen, e.g. multimode vs single mode, are critical for applicability for future high gigabit connections.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber-optic_communication

In certain situations fiber may be used even for short distance or low bandwidth applications, due to other important features:

• Immunity to electromagnetic interference, including nuclear electromagnetic pulses (although fiber can be damaged by alpha and beta radiation).
• High electrical resistance, making it safe to use near high-voltage equipment or between areas with different earth potentials.
• Lighter weight—important, for example, in aircraft.
• No sparks—important in flammable or explosive gas environments.
• Not electromagnetically radiating, and difficult to tap without disrupting the signal—important in high-security environments.
• Much smaller cable size—important where pathway is limited, such as networking an existing building, where smaller channels can be drilled and space can be saved in existing cable ducts and trays.

I have to agree that eventhough VDSL2 is more value for money, but for the sake of future improvements, fiber is the way to go..

ADVANTAGES OF GEPON:

There are many advantages of the GEPON. They are listed and discussed here.

1. Service flexibility: The GEPON does lots of services and it is of very flexible type.
2. Easy, modular planning and rollout: The GEPON is the easiest mechanism and there is modular planning and roll out that is attached with the GEPON which adds lots of benefits to the GEPON differentiating from the GPON.
3. Highest density and availability.
4. Price. GEPON solutions at the time of writing are more cost effective
5. Much more easy configuration - easier to use, almost plug and play technology.

That's where GPON's advantage stops.

As I said, 1 year ago I recommended GPON due to its higher bandwidth but when it comes to future options, GPON is less attractive as a long term investment.

Why?

For the next update, 10GEPON's (future extention of GEPON) advantages clearly overshadows's GPON's 10GPON(XG-PON). You have the advantages of lower transmit power, better error correction features, more flexible bandwidth management - allows asymetrical/symmetrical speeds such as 10G/10G, 10G/1G, superior backward compatibility with older GEPON and simple Ethernet structure.

All these translates to cheaper cost.

GEPON is now proven to be matured having seen its success particularly in Japan, China, South Korea & Taiwan.

Top 10 FTTx operators around the world since the end of 2009 (in number of subscribers)

Rank # Operator / Main technology & architecture = FTTx Subscribers
1 # NTT (Japan) / FTTH/B GEPON = 12 779 000
2 # China Telecom(1) / FTTH - FTTx+LAN EPON LAN/DSL = 11 160 000
3 # China Netcom(2) / FTTH - FTTx+LAN EPON LAN/DSL = 5 590 000
4 # KT (South Korea) / FTTB EPON/GEPON = 4 630 000
5 # Verizon (USA) / FTTH BPON/GPON = 3 430 000
6 # SK Broadband (South Korea) / FTTB/LAN GEPON = 3 032 099
7 # ER Telecom (Russia) / FTTB = 2 140 000
8 # AT&T (USA) / FTTN VDSL2 = 2 100 000
9 # Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) / FTTB GEPON = 1 639 824
10# LG Powercom (South Korea) / FTTH/B EPON/GEPON = 1 566 206

Source: IDATE

Unfortunately, TMnut went ahead blindly with GPON and now they're STUCKED! Worst yet, this wouldn't happen if VDSL2 was deployed first, waited for the FTTH PON standard to finalized then only you extend fibers into homes.

The 3 largest FTTH markets in the world today are still China (largest FTTH market), South Korea and Japan.They all chose GEPON as their preferred standard.

No other continents have beaten them in subscriber numbers.

The only major countries which threw in the support for GPON were USA, Australia, Singapore and the Middle East. Even that said, Verizon FiOS which deploys GPON in the States are now facing difficulties expanding due to the high cost of GPON today. They seem to be halting their expansion plans as the economic crisis looms.

Most countries in Europe prefers P2P Active Fiber or ETTH at apartments. This includes HK where HKBN higher tiered 1Gbps package subscribers have dedicated 1Gbps ports at the switch located in the MDF room using AON.

In Malaysia:

TM Unifi: GPON
Jaring Flite FTTH: GEPON
OMNI: Active P2P Ethernet

Frankly, AON is the best future-proof technology.

Traditional dedicated copper pair->Hybrid fiber/ dedicated copper(ADSL2+, VDSL2, VDSL2 bonding)->P2P AON Fiber.

Taiwan CHT HiNet recently launched its 100M/10M FTTB via VDSL2 for approx RM140 per month. Other lower tiered packages include:

50M/5M for approx RM99 per month
20M/4M for approx RM94 per month
12M/3M for approx RM89 per month
4M/786k for approx RM80 per month

Among the 5 packages, they are promoting 50M as the mainstream package.

Most cases if you're subscribing to a package above 100M, it's safer to take the AON/ETTH route where you have dedicated lines. Passive optical networks such as GPON/GEPON will less likely give you the extra speed unless you're the ONLY few sharing the same line.

Maybe if there's less than 5 people sharing the same line in the apartment but very unlikely because those who subscribe to such high speed packages are normally heavy downloaders who are keeping their lines busy almost every minute in the day.

Thats exactly why I wonder. 20mbps seems to be enough for now. Blu-ray 3D streaming rate is about this area too. I cant brain why would any regular user currently need >20mbps other than transferring large quantity of media files to a friend on the otherside of the world.

Until then the media industry need to move up from 1080p again b4 the bandwidth require kicks up again. lets dont talk 3D 1080p yet. We dont even have a wide scale of normal 1080p IPTV implement yet. ( for ex. broadcasting international HD channels for International user not just Unifi IPTV) Need HULU for Malaysia biggrin.gif

even now using a VIP5 Unifi, I hardly able to use up >200GB per month, thats 1/5 of what a VIP5 can do for 1 month = 1TB. I would be more than happy to enjoy the fiber line ping time than the bandwidth they offer. I just wish TM have a smaller bandwidth package for a cheaper price.

China is GPON?

Interview with Dr Shen, Director of Broadband Division, China Telecom

Standard China Telecom Home Setup in Shanghai

Fiber port labelled EPON

You can buy one of this unregistered stray units from Taobao Auction Site China for spare:

FTTH plans in China are now going from minimum 10mbps to maximum 30mbps. Towards end of this year expect a new 100mbps package to be launched. China Telecom have already made official announcements for it.

Economics is about saving and putting resources to optimum use.

NTT Japan and China has no interest in using GPON because they are building an entirely new fiber optic network which is purely IP based. Unless you plan to shift any old telephony services or cable tv over to the new network, there is NO need for GPON's unless you need multi protocol standards such as ethernet, ATM and TDMA to run simultaneously over it.

EPON/GEPON (ethernet PON) keeps operation simple because the ONLY protocol they need to handle is Ethernet transport since everything is IP-based. Internet data, IPTV and VoIP.

Less headaches and no need for complex management of operations.

China is the largest FTTH market today. NTT Japan has the highest EPON FTTH subscribers followed by South Korea. Taiwan will be following them soon but they rather prefer FTTB with VDSL2.

Only adopters of GPON is Asia?
Etisalat and STC of Saudi Arabia

GPON FTTH installer staffs in UAE:

Three (3) methods which we'll see them take place starting in early 2012..

Pair bonding, Vectoring & Phantom Pairing

Previously those who live around 0.5-1km range from the fiber cabinets such as in UK, they were only getting 40mbps MAX.

Just last month, AlcaLu released a new technology called vectoring which effectively doubles that easily boosting speeds of 100% for the same distance ranges at 80mbps average. It's a breakthrough in DSL technology because vectoring could simulate ANTI noise waves to cancel out noises in your copper wire.

BT OpenReach as well as many European operators will implement this technology starting next year. ZTE is expected to follow.

Think of it, 80mbps DEDICATED bandwidth per user port.

If you combine more pairs by bonding, you can get 300mbps+ without spending a bomb on pulling fiber into your homes.

AlcaLu Presentation On VDSL2 Vectoring - 5mins video

You are right that high rise apartment uses VDSL2 but it's connected to Fiber from the exchange box in the apartment onwards for HSBB. Anyhow, your latency is bottleneck by the VDSL2 in the apartment which is under the management of the apartment not TM.

I understand that condo in Korea is mandatory to have fiber connection by default by the government to every single units.

So in Malaysia, in the future our maximum throughput offered for condo will be lower than landed property because VDSL2 max at 250Mbps meanwhile fiber at 2.5Gbps.

I remember TM did a trial on EPON at the same time they starting the GPON roll out ... maybe the trial didn't went well so they proceed with GPON ...

found this from google http://www.tmrnd.com.my/PR%20FTTH%20Showcase%2017July07%20ver4_12July07.pdf

The only reason for direct fiber cabling is when they need to go beyond 1gbps in the near future but the FTTH technology which Korea is trialling is different from what TM is using.

Korean broadband has limitations in some way that its international connections can be crappy. Given a country that has a population size of double Malaysia and such high broadband subscriptions, they have lower capacity links to the US compared to a small island such as Singapore. Korea is shadowed by neighbouring countries such as Japan, Taiwan and HK which directly faces USA across the Pacific.

Their local server connections is only as good as it gets. Malaysia should never use them as a good role model for internet infrastructure.

If you take notice, all the speedtests which they always show to public are usually local based servers? It's more like a local intranet to them without the great firewall that China puts in place. -LowYat

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