Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Thanks too Roy Dictus, I now have also the very popular GMail account.

You can contact me there by using sven.cipido@gmail.com.

 

A list of my first impression:

            - Nice layout

            - It's fast

            - Using Google's search engine

            - Feature to star/label your e-mail

           

Then something about my internet connection.  At this moment I have a cable connection through Telenet (Belgium provider).  Since yesterday they offer some new subscriptions.  The subscription that I'm using now isn't available anymore for new customers.  For this you got following specifications:

            - 8.5 GB Download (Calculated over 30 days)

            - 1.5 GB Upload (Calculated over 30 days)

            - Download speed: 4 Mbps

            - Upload speed: 192 Kbps

            - 1 dynamic IP address

            - 2 mailbox (each of 50 MB) and 5MB of attachments possible

           

Now they introduced 2 new subscriptions.  I'm going to upgrade to the heaviest subscription they have now.  For this I got following specs now:

            - 12.75 GB Download (Calculated over 30 days)

            - 2.25 GB Upload (Calculated over 30 days)

            - Download speed: 6.6 Mbps

            - Upload speed: 512 Kbps (!!!!!)

            - 4 dynamic IP addresses

            - 8 mailbox (each 50 MB) and 10MB of attachments possible

           

I think 8 mailboxes are way too much especially now with my GMail account.  But the best part is the upload speed.  No other provider in Belgium is offering this speed (as far as I know).

 

The negative point is that I need a new cable modem to have this speed.  But the provider offers a free change of modem, so I just have to wait till they contact me.

9/7/2004 8:45:18 PM (Romance Standard Time, UTC+01:00)  #     |