Archive for November, 2008

Sharing DiGi EDGE

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

It has only been 5 weeks or so since I cancelled TM's Streamyx ADSL broadband service and started using DiGi's cellular network, and I'm impressed. OK, ok, so TM could occasionally keep Streamyx working for 3 weeks at a time too. I promise I'll report in 3 to 6 months' ...

Goodbye Streamyx, hello DiGi EDGE

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

We popped into Port Dickson to buy a DiGi EDGE adapter in preparation for going all DiGi EDGE in a couple of weeks' time. The local DiGi centre sold us a no-name USB EDGE adapter for RM399. That seems expensive to me, but I'm so fed up with Internet Access ...

Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

I broke the cardinal rule and updated to software that was only 1 day old. It seems I've been reasonably lucky and very little went wrong. I thought I'd better write some notes on what did go wrong just in case it happens to someone else and they lose a ...