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I’ve been a Streamyx user for over five years now. I do not stay with the the service out of affection or loyalty; I do it because I lack alternatives. If there was a better broadband service available in my area, I’d jump ship in a heartbeat. There are times when two tins and a piece of string might seem to provide a better service than what Streamyx provides. The service is terrible and remarkably, it’s getting worse.

Like many things in Malaysia, all Streamyx IP addresses are equal but some are more equal than others. Technically speaking, regardless of what IP address you get, you will still be able to surf the internet. Realistically speaking, your experiences with different IP addresses will be startlingly different.

If you get an IP address in the 118.100.*.* or 115.133.*.* range, you can rest assured your ADSL modem will be only a slight improvement over two rusted tins and a piece of string. It is literally dial-up speed on these IP addresses. I’m seeing pages download at speeds measured in bytes per second. This is high speed “like a bad dream”.
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United don’t get the win they arguably deserve but Aalborg get the draw they’ve earned.

United top the group, which was what Sir Alex wanted, but the main story here is Tevez. The Argentinian could’ve scored another four instead the one he ended up with. His overeagerness to score is hurting his chances of winning a permanent place in United first eleven.

Park and Scholes on. Scholes to Anderson who comes up with a defence-splitting pass as he falls. Rooney gets on the end of it and neatly slots it past the keeper.

What a strange half. United start off brilliantly, score a contender for Goal of the Season, play champagne football against overawed opponents … and finish the first half 1-2 down.

I spent 10 minutes today trying to sign up for the Playstation Network. I decided to use the PSP for this. I still haven’t gotten over how cool the PSP’s online capabilities are. Hell, I’m typing this on the handheld device right now. So, anyway, it takes me 10 minutes to hunt and peck all the data Sony requires. I’m using the full-screen virtual keyboard but it’s still a slow process. I eventually complete it, feel chuffed about it, head to the PSN Store and am told it’s unavailable in Malaysia.

Suck.