'Singapore is cyber crawling like a Third World country.'

[makapaaa]

Broadband
'Singapore is cyber crawling like a Third World country.'
MR WONG YEW HON: 'While I am proud that Singapore ranks second globally in broadband penetration ('US lags behind in speed of Internet access', Aug 27), I am dismayed it is a laggard at 24th spot in download speed. Worse, we rank 51st among 58 economies surveyed in average upload speed. At 0.74 Mbps, Singapore is cyber crawling like a Third World country. It confirms that from the consumer's point of view, Singapore places quantity (penetration) above quality (download speed). I am also curious to find out how much the South Koreans and Americans pay their service providers for broadband services. If the service here is cheaper than either, then I may accept we get what we paid for. If not, are Singaporeans being taken for a ride by service providers who offer poor quality at high cost?'
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[johnny333]

I'm still waiting for them to repair the damaged underwater cables. Anyone know when the underwater cables will be repaired

Maybe they've been repaired but the slow connection & constant breakup in connection is the norm nowadays

 

[Watchman]

A good point . It's crap as it is !

 

[johnny333]

A good point . It's crap as it is !

Worse than crap, its criminal How do they expect Sporeans to compete globally

Some of us rely on the internet to make our living . Just another sign of the malaise that's setting in Spore. Spore is in big trouble with the inefficiencies of a lazy gov't. The sign are there for everyome to see : high cost, red tape, bureaucracy,...

 

[Lu Bu]

Maybe they've been repaired but the slow connection & constant breakup in connection is the norm nowadays

Try calling them and their customer service officers tending to you are foreigners!

 

[FuckSamLeong]

The call centers are not located in Singapore!

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[johnny333]

Try calling them and their customer service officers tending to you are foreigners!

The last time I called them was because of some problems connecting to a particular US site. Realised that they are only low level staff & powerless to provide a solution.

I had to connect using a proxy site. This was the solution provided by the US & not Spore. Don't know why I needed to use a proxy because the US site I was trying to connect to was a finacial site, not a porn site.

 

[Cestbon]

New law must put in place.
Eg. 98% of the time connection speed must be not less than 30% plan and on average speed of all time must not be less than 50% plan. If above are not meet consumer will have right not to pay for the internet fee.

 

[TeeKee]

I am dismayed it is a laggard at 24th spot in download speed.

my friend if you want faster download speed, they must remove all the spying equipment...how can?

李光耀要你们每一个人的把柄！！！

 

[johnny333]

New law must put in place.
Eg. 98% of the time connection speed must be not less than 30% plan and on average speed of all time must not be less than 50% plan. If above are not meet consumer will have right not to pay for the internet fee.

SBS was fined for not meeting service level targets. Has there been any improvement