Archive for category Connectivity
Virginmedia has bad customer service
Posted by Alex Costa in Bad and Ugly, Connectivity on July 12th, 2010
Having had services from Virgin Media before I decide to go back with them for my broadband at my new place. I did that against all the bad comments from others about their bad customer services and slowness in getting your connection setup. Well here is how it went. Called Virgin Media to setup connection.. [...]
East Africa Undersea fibre optic network is live
Posted by Alex Costa in Connectivity, Itechlog News on July 23rd, 2009
Undersea fibre optic network ready to deliver unprecedented capacity and connectivity to Africa 23 July 2009 – SEACOM today announced that its 1,28 Terabytes per second (Tb/s), 17,000 kilometres, submarine fibre optic cable system linking south and east Africa to global networks via India and Europe has been completed and commissioned. Backhauls linking Johannesburg, Nairobi [...]
3G Mobille Broadband – Huawei E156G – USB Dongle on Linux
Posted by Alex Costa in Connectivity, Easy Tips, Linux on December 4th, 2008
I acquired a 3G Mobille Broadband – Huawei E156G – USB Dongle and really wanted to get it going on my Linux (Ubuntu) laptop. After much looking around and trying several unsuccessfull ways of doing it found a very easy and working solution. Basically Linux will recognize your Huawei E156G USB Dongle and you can [...]
