. : : Urban Reality : : . » Technology http://blog.urbanreality.net hope is like a mist before the morning sunrise of reality... Wed, 05 May 2010 07:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Streamyx died again http://blog.urbanreality.net/2009/01/23/streamyx-died-again/ http://blog.urbanreality.net/2009/01/23/streamyx-died-again/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:26:07 +0000 melz http://blog.urbanreality.net/2009/01/23/streamyx-died-again/ Bloody Screamyxx just died on me again. Their customer support are so darn stupid trying to avoid calls. It seems that 1300 88 9515 has been engage for the last 25 minutes. Calling 100 didn’t work at all. As soon as you pressed 2 for Internet services. The line just silenced.

WhaT the hell is wrong these moron doing anyway… What’s the point of advertising how good Streamyx is when it is still NO GOOD!

I’ve been hanging on the phone for almost half an hour. All I get is  “Sorry! All our agents are still engage blaa blaa blaaa. and Please ensure that your splitter and modem are connected properly” 

SCREW YOU!!! If it’s not connnected properly, I won’t be calling you TMNUTz at all… Sigh

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]]> http://blog.urbanreality.net/2009/01/23/streamyx-died-again/feed/ 2 Vodafone Zuhause Talk&Web-Box Firmware v2.63 http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/10/19/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v263/ http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/10/19/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v263/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:35:14 +0000 melz http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/10/19/vodafone-zuhause-talkweb-box-firmware-v263/ Thanks to markmoses for pointing out the firmware upgrade for Vodafone Zuhause Talk & Web 3g router. Firmware v2.63 was released on 20 Sept 2007 as a maintenance release. Unfortunately, Vodafone Support did not mention the purpose of the release. I personally have not tested this firmware yet. My unit was upgraded to v2.50 from v2.37 .

To download the firmware, click here. Please try it on your own risk. The firmware upgrade is irreversible.

If anyone tried v2.63, please share with us what’s the changes in this new firmware. Thanks

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Now playing: J.S. Bach – Prelude from Suite for Lute in g minor (S K Y . F M – Mostly Classical – Listen and Relax, it’s good for you! www.sky.fm)

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]]> http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/09/12/games-giveaway-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Streamyx International link down again http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/28/streamyx-international-link-down-again/ http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/28/streamyx-international-link-down-again/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:56:14 +0000 melz http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/28/streamyx-international-link-down-again/ I seriously don’t know what’s happening with Streamyx nowadays. Last week’s connection was slow. Today, I can’t even surf international sites. The problem actually started since last night but it was not so severe yet. I can’t manage my domain DNS, can’t use MSN..I CAN’t EVEN OPEN GMAIL @$@$%353 523$%@ Sigh When will this end????? After 2020 ?


Streamyx Sucks

Because I couldn’t get into international sites, I stumbled onto a lot of good local blogs. I was reading AhYap’s blog just now. I totally agree to his tagline. ” Better than reading newspaper” . A definately must visit site… but be aware, this site is made for people with “big hearts” only.

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So, I tried to login to my domain management page but kept getting error that says my user/pass is invalid. I had no choice but to get customer support. I guess it’s either they have limited staff or they just have too many customers to attend to that I waited for nearly 45 minutes. I was attended by this guy called Winston. He was able to solve my problem in just minutes. He just reseted the password and resend the account details to me.

After login into the domain management, the first thing I did was to change all the DNS to my hosting. I thought it would take 12 hours or more to have the DNS updated. It took only 20 minutes instead and I was able to access my site again. Gee… that was quick!  

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]]> http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/27/domain-transfered/feed/ 0 Online Gaming with Streamyx http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/23/online-gaming-with-streamyx/ http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/23/online-gaming-with-streamyx/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:28:26 +0000 melz http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/23/online-gaming-with-streamyx/ I bet a lot of online out there would agree that Streamyx isn’t a very good solution for Online Gaming. Connection speed is on best-effort basis and not to mention the number of disconnection per day that I experienced. Back in hometown, my connection drops every 1–5 minutes after getting connected. If I’m lucky, maybe I’ll get to stay online for 3–5 hours and then get disconnected.

For online gamers, they will surely get pissed of by the connection. Let me give you a situation. Imagine that you’re playing Ragnarok Online and you’re in the middle of the Guild War. All of the sudden, you connection drops. I’m pretty sure you’ll go @*&(@39869*@(*^&(@*#7923@!! ScREAAAAAAAMYXXXXXX .

That’s what my housemate does all the time. All of the sudden I’ll hear him swear. When he does, it means the Streamyx connection has dropped. LOL FYI, he’s a BlueServer DOTA gamer. Every disconnection suffered increased the chances of his account get banned. And those who played on BlueServer knows it very well that users can only apply for one BS account per Streamyx account.

So… TMNET ~ How are we gonna enjoy our games when the connection is still crappy as ever ? What’s the point of promoting JumboPlay when the game keep halting and crashing whenever you have a disconnection. Might as well just spend some money and get the game CD instead. Sigh…….

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Too bad for my housemate. He was playing DOTA on BlueServer when the connection dropped. There goes the swearing tune spilling out from his mouth.

I called up 1300 88 9515 to enquire about the cause of the slow connection. The operator told me that there’s some maintenance & upgrading work going on. It would last till 6am on 24th August.

My housemate got annoyed upon hearing this. LOL]

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]]> http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/08/20/transfer-of-domain-registrar/feed/ 0 Blogjet 2.0.0.7 compatible with Wordpress 2.1.2 http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/04/02/blogjet-2007-compatible-with-wordpress-212/ http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/04/02/blogjet-2007-compatible-with-wordpress-212/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:27:26 +0000 melz http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/04/02/blogjet-2007-compatible-with-wordpress-212/ I’ve been testing this desktop publishing software called Blogjet for some time now. I’m currently using Blogjet 2.0.0.7 . I previously have problem posting with it cos the program crashed when I tried to post something to my blog. I was using Wordpress 2.0.5 back then. After upgrading to Wordpress 2.1.2, I found that Blogjet works pretty well with the new Wordpress.

 

Now playing: Pachelbel – Canon in D (Harp & Flute)

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