I have been hosting my blog with the same hosting company since the very beginning. I have no plans to change unless they fail to fulfill my hosting needs. So far, they have provided me with more than I can ask for. Not to mention the great customer support that they have provided so far.
I read other bloggers complaining about their hosting company’s horrible customer service — some companies do not reply to your emails for days or do not answer what you have asked. I have said this before but I will say it again. I pity them because I have Sam (my hosting company’s big boss) in my MSN contact list. I just give him a buzz whenever I have a question and he replies almost immediately.
For the past few weeks now, I noticed that TMNet’s line becomes a little unstable at times. They have announced that they are in the midst of upgrading their network. To be honest, I have somehow lost confidence in TMNet. That is why I requested Sam to transfer my blog to another server hosted some where else.
To my surprise, he said he has a server in the US. It is hosted under the same company that LiewCF is currently using. Sweet! I asked him to transfer my blog over and it was done immediately. I believe the local dns servers have updated the new IP and my domain names are pointing to the new server in the US.
A big thank you to Sam who runs ServerFreak. I highly recommend those who plan to start a new blog or are frustrated with their current hosting company to try them out. They provide one of the cheapest package that I have seen this far. However, rest assured that they do provide quality servers and great customer service as well.
Celcom Broadband was launched early this month. It promises true mobility and lightning speed internet access to its users whether they are surfing from home or outdoors.
Plan and rates:
There are 3 plans available. You can choose to subscribe at RM8 for 24 hours unlimited, RM68 for a monthly unlimited access, or pay-per-use at 10 cents per 10kb. The chart below shows a comparison of Celcom’s rate compared to its rival.
How to subscribe?
Existing Celcom subscribers:
Daily Unlimited - Register via SMS or dial *118#
Monthly Unlimited - Register at any Celcom Service Centre or selected dealer
Non-Celcom subscribers:
Register at the nearest Celcom Service Centre.
What you need?
Laptop or notebook users require a:
USB modem
Datacard, or
A GPRS and/or 3G enabled mobile phone
What is the catch?
#1: The advertised 384kbps speed can only be “obtained” if your phone supports 3G and you are in an area that is covered by the Celcom broadband service.
#2: If your phone does not support 3G or you are not in the service area, you are running on their GPRS service which provides a bandwidth of 60-70kbps only. That is just slightly faster than a dialup connection.
Note: Bandwidth figures and other information were obtained from Celcom’s call center.
UPDATED:
1) You will need to have a 3G sim card in order to get the 384kbps bandwidth. Or else, it will only be 112kbps max.
2) The 3GX that offers you up to 3.6mbps is open for invitations only. You will receive an SMS if you are the lucky one. Even then, you will need to be within the coverage area.
3) The USB modem (Huawei E220) is sold at RM900+ to RM1,200+. You will need to look around to get a good deal on this. My friend bought it for RM1,100 last week.
I have just added a Blog Policy for this blog. If you are a “regular” here, please read through it at least once. I consider having a blog policy or a disclaimer as a good practice for blog owners. If you haven’t got one, now is the right time to put up yours. Check out the post in my personal blog for more reasons why you should do so.
Everyone hates spam, unless you are a spammer. I’ve been using Akismet to block spam since the very start of my blogging life. It has successfully eliminated over 1,000 spam comments for me. However, there were also instances where it mistreated my reader’s comments as spam thus forcing me to de-spam them manually every single time. Occasionally, I had to manually delete spams that it did not “dare to delete”.
I’ve been patient but it’s time to end this “partnership”. For the past 7 days, 335 spams were collected in the Akismet “dare not delete” list. It took me a few minutes to scan through the list to ensure no false positives were made. It’s time to give the other spam blocking plugins a try.
Mooiness suggested that I use the combination of Bad Behavior and Spam Karma 2 some time ago. It’s an easy installation with minimal setup required. Unlike Akismet where you need to obtain a Wordpress.com API key before you are able to run it.
Please help me test out this plugin by commenting (as many times as you like) below. Yeah, I’m fishing for comments. Can or not?
If you are not a Malaysian, you probably have not heard of the now-famous Negarakuku rap. It is a rap recorded by a Malaysian student, Namewee that pointed out his views on Malaysia. Most of the points raised were spot on such as corruption in the police force. Unfortunately, some people find part of the rap offensive.
There’s a lot more going on but that is not the purpose of this post. If you are interested to find out more on this, do a search at technorati on the term Negarakuku or Namewee.
Namewee has since apologized especially after receiving death treats thrown at him threatening him and his family. However, this issue where some believe has been blown out of proportion is not going to end just yet. Malaysia’s local newspaper, TheStar reported that Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz wants action to be taken against YouTube and other bloggers.
The Minister also said that he wanted action to be taken against YouTube and other bloggers who allowed sensitive material which went against the laws of Malaysia to be published.
Do you think that the Malaysian government has a chance at the giant Google?
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