Hi Thomas & Rob,
>>> Try again with varying speeds betwenn 200 baud and 1.7K per
>>> second on a phone line that disconnects every couple of minutes.
R>> are connections _that_ bad at Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. Data
R>> communication Business Group ???
I'm wondering about that, too. I knew Chunghwa Telecom wasn't good
and Hinet charged by minute, but I didn't know they are that bad.
> I don't know about "Data Communication Business Group", but my
> telephone line at home is an ancient copper cable. 1.7Kps is the
> best I can get for international connections (and my POP server
> for this mailing list is in Germany). "Loading... at 207bps" is a
> familiar sight with Netscape.
Hmmm, you mean you're dialing to Germany to collect mail? Wouldn't
that be more expensive than getting an account from a Taiwanese ISP?
I remember you have a Hinet account, right? (For I remember you use
Hinet's SMTP server.)
I do know the pain of having to make do with ancient copper wire,
though, and I agree with your position about using S/MIME on TBUDL.
Too bad I got up too late this morning to join the debate before the
moderator stepped in. :)
> I am thinking of getting a cable modem now, they (i.e. competitors
> of Taiwan Telecom) make a lot of advertising. For ADSL, too.
> However, I'm waiting for someone to be first, as I don't want to
> invest and find out there is no speed increase... ;-)
FWIW, a friend of mine have been using ADSL for a few month in
Taipei and he's been happy with it. It could be a problem, however,
if your copper wire--especially your inside wiring--is really old.
It costs a lot for the telecom company to debug/repair inside wiring
problem. If you have cable service at home, it might be a better
bet. At least the cable is newer. (Taiwan didn't have cable service
until around 10 years ago, so the cable have to be newer.)
> BTW in the office we have a LAN (I mentioned that, right) which is
> connected to Hinet by an ISDN line. However, I am nowhere near the
> ISDN speed I saw on my friends' computers in Germany. :-(
As a Taiwanese, I'm sad to hear that, but not really surprised.
Looks like the privitization of Chunghwa Telecom and the
liberization of telecom market haven't done the public much good so
far.
>>> Not everybody lives in the UK, you know.
R>> not in Taiwan either .... ;-)
> ask Tracer about his baud rates.... ;-)
Hmmmm, I got curious. How is your baud rate, Tracer?
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Best regards,
Ming-Li
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