Hallo Ming-Li,
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 07:30:19 -0700 GMT (08/08/2000, 22:30 +0800 GMT),
Ming-Li wrote:
>>>> 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 ???
ML> I'm wondering about that, too. I knew Chunghwa Telecom wasn't good
ML> and Hinet charged by minute, but I didn't know they are that bad.
It seems to depend on the area where you live. I have an average of
1Kps (in Ta-An), but a friend of mine who lives a bit outside
(Hsin-Tien) gets speeds of well over 20Kps.
ML> Hmmm, you mean you're dialing to Germany to collect mail? Wouldn't
ML> that be more expensive than getting an account from a Taiwanese ISP?
ML> I remember you have a Hinet account, right? (For I remember you use
ML> Hinet's SMTP server.)
No. I connect to Hinet by local call. Still, their international links
seem not too fast (or is it the last stretch, the one from the server
into my house and my modem that makes it so slow? Who knows.).
ML> If you have cable service at home, it might be a better
ML> bet. At least the cable is newer.
I have cable TV. I may be naive, but isn't that the same cable they
use for cable modems?
>> 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. :-(
ML> As a Taiwanese, I'm sad to hear that, but not really surprised.
ML> Looks like the privitization of Chunghwa Telecom and the
ML> liberization of telecom market haven't done the public much good so
ML> far.
The privatisation had the effect that the new ISP's first leased space
(channels) on Hinet's international links... a few now have their own
now, I hear. But of course own links are expensive (especially the
high-speed ones) and I haven't heard anybody say, ISP so-and-so is
much faster than Hinet. But I do have the feeling it is getting better
in general, at least when you believe the newspapers. Taiwan wants to
become big in internet services, which is in line with the Hi-Tech
Image. I am not surprised that I see a lot of ads of cable modem
ISP's, something which I didn't see in Germany last month. Taiwan is
not stagnating, things are happening and improving all the time. :-)
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