Comments on: Bye Bye Bandwidth, APEC is here

By: layered

layered — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:12:33 +0000

Sorry to get in here so late, but I just got to this posting and need to add some thoughts here. On the day President Bush was here (20 November), my FPT service dropped (seemingly) to 1kbps or less, if that is possible. Nothing was moving. My wife called FPT and screamed and yelled for a half-hour, and they finallly sent a technician over. He brings up his bitrate measurement program and shows me that the service was providing the 1,536 kbps promised under the MegaStyle program. I showed him that the NYTimes site was crawling in at virtually 0. Then he types in a URL for a Vietnamese newspaper and it pops right up! The lesson learned here is that the overseas internet connections were brought to a halt by overseas media focused on APEC and the leaders’ movements. My wife had to eat a bit of crow.

By: kevmille

kevmille — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:17:09 +0000

I got roughly 1200 kbps the other morning with FPT. Wow!!!

If I move, I will probably switch to MegaVNN.

By: Gman

Gman — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 15:31:45 +0000

Helu, I’m a Vietnamese Teen. I know what u thought about the bandwidth and the behavior of FPT technician. I experienced it before. Im using MegaVNN served by Vietnamnet. My bw is about 80 kByte per second (~650 kbps). U should check the unit again.

By: kevmille

kevmille — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:21:19 +0000

Hello Jon:

I have added your blog link as well. Yeah, there are a lot of decent bloggers in Saigon now, some good, some… I liked your marriage postings. Best luck in your marriage.

By: Jon Hoff

Jon Hoff — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:53:31 +0000

Hey Kevin. I’ve just discovered your blog through Charvey in Vietnam’s link-up. Interesting posts….! I will be browsing the archives when I should be working. I’ll add you as a link on my blog — the number of bloggers in Saigon has really taken off!