Glo 1 is already up for grabs. The truth is that only big enterprises might be able to purchase the bandwidth except you go through resellers. Pls you can confirm yourself. For those interested in bandwidth purchases just call 08032031645 or 08032608970 and discuss with the guy.

flyuche:

@Djcn. glo 1 is being tested? i will believe them when their crappy 3G service improves.

I was actually in glo office to make complains about their 3g service. They acknowledge the fact and said they're currently working on it tho no immediate results.
The truth is that main one is yet to start offering their bandwidth as i went to their office to discuss purchases. I strongly believe that glo will come out strong, as there is always a threshold period.

Mohamed Jameel, the Chief Operating Officer of Globacom told journalists last week after a meeting of operators and the Nigerian Communications Commission that Glo-1 had just finished undergoing some testing work.

"The Glo-1 submarine cable has been undergoing some testing work, which we just concluded. We would be due to begin operations in four weeks time or before the end of August 2010," Mr. Jameel said.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Money/Business/5592225-147/infrastructure_challenges_limit_internet_service_.csp

texazzepete:

At the end of the day, what you guys fail to realise is that specs matter little - it's the ultimate user experience that wins overall.

if a poll indicates HTc desire has a better user experience, will u invariably say that the htc is the better phone.

As a matter of fact, specs in conjuction with user experience is what is most important. Apple made a breakthrough in d mobile phone industry with the release of the (legendary) iphone in june 07 but since then they've not recorded that success in their other products.
Other companies have improved and even outclassed them in some of the features.

june 07 iphone , july 08 3g, june 09 3gs, june 10 4g

texazzepete:

Please mention any other phone in the world that has similar 'features and functions'.

You should be in a better position to list features and functions cos all that i know are already existing features n functions.

since the announcements of the 4g Tech enthusaists around the world dont find anything truly unique or overwhelming.

pros
Design (u cant beat it)
Good battery life
Apps (bonus)

The phone is overprised (we're in iworld )
No Flash (85% of the top 100 websites uses flash)
Charges for satnav (too poor)
Facetime (doesn't makes sense, the world ve past that)

texazz:

Multitask/background apps is easily enabled through several jailbreak solutions.
And in before any snarky comments from Android users about not having to jailbreak, we'd have to agree that any serious Andoid fan really has to root his device. And iPhone jailbreaks are far easier these days than rooting Android phones.

Must we always jailbreak for for what is obtainable worldwide Does that makes sense cant we be free

If we're to go by polls
A recent poll in the US indicates that iphones fans are more inclined to get and stick with the android. (where're dollars heading to)

True developers are more in love with iphone but surveys by Appcelerator favours the android as the most favored platform for the future. (dollars will definitely shift)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?&entry_id=66349

As my guy Jason sums it up "The handset is a triumph of marketing over functionality."

Acidosis:

There is nothing special about that boy.
As a matter of fact, I started hacking at the age of 4. At age 5, I developed a software that blocked the server of a famous cybercafe for 3 months.

*don't abuse/curse me, coz I might denial you access to nairaland*

For what reason should someone abuse/curse u? Except u telling lies?

Two different professionals, they complement each other.

The guy is trying but still has a lot to learn, so he shd just keep up the pace.

v3:


Make dem give us that boy/girl/robot for one week. . .Wahali d guy go confess.
Someone takes a picture of him config'n a Wireless Router? Let him go sit for d 640-802 test na. _{*long hiss*}

What's in a 640-802 that many school leavers have these days? Worst still 50% of them simply can't network two systems together.

@DC, it's true you really tried, but just forget about ur past and talk about the present, just u'll be making the headlines soon after years of research.

Konjour:

1,000 Naira for 100mb? I get 1 Gigabyte for 98 Rupees on my Blackberry(with Airtel)which is valid for 30 days, that equates to just about 450 naira, upload speed is about 30kbps.and the download speed which is supposed to be 3.1Mbps,is actually 45kbps. Also heard that there are plans to move Airtel's networks to Nigeria,prolly before the end of this year. Nigerians 'd definitely prefer their data plans to any of the ones currently operating in Naija now. Superb service delivery.

Their coming would not change anything. In US the two major carriers are AT&T and VZW and they compete favourably with afordable prises, but here we've got MTN, Zain Glo n Etisalat n a nos of CDMAs and they're all beating around the bush.

@jodoss I an not against ur statement or post, u got a first hand info which can be true. Well, what you've said makes much sense, in Nigeria the best data services is always limited to Lagos, Abuja n PH, that can reduce d costs of deployment. Well, it's not their fault, that's where the money is.

As the GSMA states "More than 50 mobile operators have already committed to LTE plans, trials or deployments that will take this speed well beyond 100 megabits."

Zain can actually rollout the plans in some selected cities, but again rolling out doesn't automatically translate to faster speed. Now come to think about this, if 10,000 persons in Lag have access to a speed of 100mbps, then where is the backbone? If there's no solid backbone support for that amount of data then ur speed would not be better than mine who's on a 3.6mbps.

I know the telcomms industry would naturally want to progress with other network operators around the world, but it would be much better if they tackle basic problems we still face in Nigeria.

You guys are talking about Gigabytes limitation. This is very necessary for the Nigerian Telecomms Industry unless none of us can surf right now.
It costs so much to put in place infrastructure for 3g networks and that's why the network operators are slowly rolling out the services to other parts of the country. The operators are as a matter of fact yet to make profits on their 3g deployments in the country, but with the increase in data services patronage, that will soon change.
We just need to be patient, as things will get better.

It costs Millions of dollars to upgrade to to a 3g network and that is why the network operators are slowly rolling out the services and they're yet to make profits with regard to their 3g investment in the country, but i think that will soon change.

As for the deployment of LTE (ITU-R), it will cost America's AT&T about 10 billion dollars to upgrade their infrastructure to 4g and that will take 3-5 years. In Nigeria, we should expect the Nigerian telecomms to fully deploy their 3g services and improve the quality of their service.

For glo 1
Let's see what June 21 holds, we're expecting a press conference from Globacom's Chief operating Officer.
Keep your fingers crossed.

mighty2007:

how can i connect to the internet using a cable decoder?

we've got cable modems for internet and CATV, but this depends on the modem u've got and ur service provider.

Just use the diagram posted by dual core as a guide, u've got 8 wires, on your Head A note ur connectors 1,2,3 and 6 and ensure they correspond to 3,6,1,2. Lets look at ur ex

mizbelle:

HI ALL,
I noticed there is no RF engineers forum tot i take it up me humble self to do that seeing that we got lots of us here and basically its to post problems and solutions to make life easy for us, like some post processing tools usage can be a pain in the u know where.
i use Tems data collection and route analysis, ACtix,Mapinfo, Nemo( not to efficiently), tips i can share and will like to get back from good rf folks out there.

before i continue any RF engineer in the house, sign.

tnx
Miz Bellz Herself

Good rf tools, just tell us what u've got, and what you can offer and the tips u can share

texazzpete:




There are versions for the iPhone and iPod touch. But the iPad versions are a whole new app on a whole other level.

Well, i'm yet to get an ipad for myself (waiting for next version), ipad and iphone run the same os, and steve had announced earlier before the launch that 150,000 iphone applications will automatically run on the ipad, i dont know what we're dragging here.

Its good to know that multitasking will be an added feature later this fall, these guys surely know what they're doing (marketing strategy), i'll surely wait till then.

texazzpete:

No. They are iPad apps. UI designed for the bigger screen.

Well, these applications were originally designed for the iphone and modified for the ipad, a look at the itunes store below confirms that
The requirements are the same and functions basically the same.
For brushes, sketchbook pro and artstudio of the same version, the apple store states

"Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 2.1 or later".
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brushes/id288230264?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sketchbook-pro/id364253478?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artstudio/id354818333?mt=8

texazzpete:

of course i was there at the joint. Drinking my malta guinness as usual.
Sorry, i have no idea what you people see in drinking beer (bitter) 

How best can u enjoy yourself if you dont drink beer? Pls dont get caught up with jedi-jedi and the likes with ur sugary drinks.

Pls for those that drink, drink responsibly.

texazzpete:

There are at least 5 painting applications on the iPad on the appstore currently. Some examples below

You very well know that these are iphone apps, modified or not the ipad will be the least of devices a "A SPECIALIST IN ANIMATRONICS" will want to use.

texazzpete:

Many people will use it as a web browser. That doesn't qualify as 'play'.
Many people will use it as an e-book reader. That's education, not 'play'
Many people will use it as a platform for many apps they need. Medical apps, Engineering apps, Banking applications - a whole lot!

Many will use it as a means for video entertainment. Free Netflix streaming, CBS and ABC video. Cheap TV shows. The works!

True talk, To the abilities and limitations of which it can serve

Well, no one dictates to anyone as to how they shd spend their hard end cash. It's up to the individual. As to those that spend 20k on liquor, you nust have been at the joint(s) to know what's happening there.

lekside44:

Before you buy: 12 things to know about the iPad
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/ptech/04/02/ipad.preview/index.html

A cool review.

Apple is very much welcome into the tablet pc world. There are variants of tablets in the pc industry and we hope the ipad will stand out. The hype wasn't as much as the iphone becos people are learning lessons from technology and its out-turn of gadgets everyday. Look before you leap.

@mikesleek pls what is the cost o the banwidth. I really tired of my dopc subscription.

phemmy88:

i stil don't bliv there's a soln 2 dat, 'cos nobody av sucesfuli done it.

Y don't u let me flash u wit a private no n tell me d i flashed u wit number @rekeson

That was a good one, pls let no body deceive you and stop wasting your time as at today there is no solution to reveal unknown callers.

Ex Inferis:

everbody!! look!!! Flyuche's opinion!! RUN!!!! TAKE COVER!!!

seriously, do you ever figure on stopping being a jerk? just take a day off, its healthy.

CONJUNCTION

Ex Inferis:



so, the let me add that including a first party antimalware app may not be the best course of action (no OS comes with one by default); somethings are best left to 3rd parties. how else do you plan on having an ecosystem on your platform if you hog all the apps?

The best antivirus is to leave ur system without an antivirus?
Can u beat that

flyuche:

no Ex. it baffles me that a company like MS would continue to churn out OS with intrinsic security vulnerability and needs third party app to make it secure.
do you have any antimalware app installed in your macbook?

Have pity unto others, whatever u do to others will be done unto you.

bigrovar:

I would just advise u to leave the linux as it is, dont let the word linux scare you the one that comes preloaded on your machine has been made to be very easy to you so you wont have any problem, xp doesnt run well on netbooks, by the time you have your anti-virus it would just become very very slow to make any sense, also to be able to install XP u would have to get an external cd-rom, plus start looking for drivers that would work, after which u would end up with a system that is very slow to bootup, applications would be slow to start etc, when i got my compaq mini 700 netbook it came preloaded with xp, the performance was soo bad that i had to install linux, which has been slimmed down to run on netbooks i never when back. again linux is not that hard to use, incase you have any problem or question about it please let me know i would be glad to help . cheers.

Could that be really so, linux netbooks have drastically fell in market sales, cos more persons have been less satisfied with these stuffs, while windows experience a 10% INCREASE.

Windows-based netbooks grew to 96% of the market as of February, up from under 10% during the first half of 2008. Microsoft's gains were cut from the market share of Linux-based netbooks, a fact Microsoft attributes to consumers wanting a netbook that runs like their home PCs.

http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/poaUBhdqhWgKhaCiceiTBVXnJu?format=standard

@Mac T, are u interested in buying branded systems to meet your need or u're only interested in the processor type? the truth is that there's always a system to meet your every need and even the most powerful games shiver on the Dell XPS 730X but if you are only interested on processor then go for the intel core i7 or AMD phenon to mee your needs,
don't forget, in PCs, not only the processing power counts.

@dual core, Comparable AMD processors, heats less than Intel Processors and that is due to a technology employed by intel known as deeper pipeliling to achieve faster process. Many at times, it's better, when you specify than generalize, i've been employing an AMD processor along with an Intel Processor, so apart from theories, i can actually see practically what's happening.

@nateevs, thx for the articulate answers. Actually, i had the LAN in mind, and that would most often lead us to EIGRP and OSPF.
With EIGRP, as u've said u'll have to think the cisco way as this protocol is limited to cisco routers, OSPF provides an open standard.
The Cisco syllabus deals more with EIGRP and so cisco people are more farmiliar with that standard, not knowing much functionality of the OSPF, especially when using different routers from multiple vendors. I had wanted to know the limitations of both and to some extent, u dealth with that.

@moonguy, I quite know of NEC, an Electronics firm, i think they make Japan's top 100 after some consolidation stuffs, i was only wondering, why they will be implementing such a bandwidth on their LAN or they are only thinking of creating such stuff as a backbone for the internet.
If all their staff were to be streaming a HD DVD content at the same time, they will stiff be using an infinitesimal of the network bandwidth when operating on zetrabyte.

@st, good to know that tokyo still leads to a large extent in broadband for home users, just wanted to confirm what a friend passed across. I'm hoping the UK and US will gear up the wheels. You can stop with non-disclosure thing cos i gat no work for you if you are fired.
On, the project stuff let me ascertain the reality and functionality, and once that is done, i'll do well to make the necessary contacts.

Good stuff, from a great company on a good platform. do well to tell us more of the congress.

@nateevs anyhow, anyway just keep us going on. Pls which is the best routing protocol for now?

@stevetokyo, nice seeing fine people with fine ideas, i'm think of a project and still in the drafting phase. are u actively involved with networking?
pls what is the relevance of certifications in japan and on what broadband speed is your network connections to the internet?

Nice thread nateevs, but pls i'm not certified or a cisco person. It would have been nice to give the title a more embracing term. like networks and internetworking, anyway and anyhow, it's ok.

@moon, pls which organization do is employing the zetrabyte data transmission on a LAN and what does the org do

@poster

would have been nice to state your needs or applications of the processors. Actually there's a lot of factors to consider that as such they can be any outright winner.