Another Goondoo from STOMP
Jun 26, 2008 Gossips, Singapore, Soccer
This Sammy rants about his “disrupted live broadcast of Euro 2008 semifinal, Germany VS Turkey, early this morning”.
STOMPer Sammy was watching the Euro 2008 match, Germany vs Turkey, when the match was interrupted and this message appeared on the TV screen. The STOMPer was livid.
In his email to STOMP today (June 26), he wrote:
“I hate to see this on the TV again and again, especially when I was watching the match early this morning.
“I paid money to watch Euro but the transmission was lost.
“I feel that it is not a good excuse to say feed is inherent from source.”
Another STOMPer, Jackson, wrote in an email, regarding the disruption.
“The exciting end to end match between Germany and Turkey was disrupted several times and we miss at least two of the goals and the last goal the screen was stuck with the replay of Lahm celebrating the goal.
“It was suppose to be an eye opening exciting match as it ended 3 - 2 with the victory going to Germany at the last minute but we missed the Germans’ celebration and Turkey’s desperate fight back in injury time after the match as well and the animated players and managers at the end of the match.
“And most importantly, the goals and the best part of the match.
“Many football fans like me will most certainly have similar thoughts and feel gutted to miss out on the best part of the match, for those with Europass as well as those watching from the Preview channel.
“I am 100 percent sure that my complaint won’t be the last and hope that Starhub can provide better live telecast for the other Euro Semi Final between Russia and Spain and the Euro 2008 Final as well as the upcoming BPL matches, FA and Carling, Copa Del Rey matches and La Liga matches.”
STOMP is contacting Starhub.
Of course, as consumer, we can rant, complain. But, with valid reason and do our homeworks 1st lah. I know Stabhub Sports channels are like sh|t, but don’t just push every blame on Starhub.
The disruption was due to violent storms in Vienna, goondoo! It was disrupted right from the source. Nothing Starhub can help. Read the news report HERE. It is not Singapore only, most fans all over the world were affected.
People, don’t just sit there and complan only. Spend some time, surf some net, read some news, hang around in forums. Don’t be a frog in the well called Singapore. If Sammy spended some time in foreign forums, like those in China, Malaysia, he would have known that the fans there were also affected.
By the way Sammy, how much you lose in that game?
Tags: Chian, Euro 2008, Malaysia, Soccer, Starhub, Stomp, Vienna
Is This STOMPer Stupid Or What?
Jun 6, 2008 Gossips, IT, Singapore
A STOMPer sended in a photo of a student sitting on bench using his laptop. According to the STOMPer, T3MUJ1N, the student “was stealing his wireless broadband bandwidth”.
Quoted from STOMP:
STOMPer T3MUJ1N says this man was “stealing” his wireless broadband access yesterday (June 6).Said the STOMPer:
“I saw this man “STEALING” Internet Access today, 5th June.
“I was afraid he might hack into mine, so turned the Broadcast feature off and restarted my router.
“To my surprise, he was on mine, as he turned to rage when he couldn’t access through it.
“He must be downloading then.”
I was surprised to see such dumb post on STOMP. Just by seeing the student sitting outside his house using laptop, the STOMPer can come to conclusion that the student is using his wireless broadband. This is laughable. I wonder how knowledgeable this STOMPer is in networking. First thing, how he ascertained that the student is surfing internet, using network? Did he know that there are services nowadays called wireless broadband provided by Starhub, SingNet and M1? How about Wireless@SG? He student could be using either 1 of the services couldn’t he? Secondly, isn’t changing SSID, password and not broadcasting it at the same time much more secure than just not broadcasting it? If I have already known the SSID, I can still hook onto the network even if it is not broadcasted. And, did he use any software to scan his network to find out the IPs and MAC address around? If not, how sure was he that the student is using “his”?
Last thing, isn’t the best thing for him to do is reporting it to the police if he is so sure, rather than posting on STOMP?
Tags: M1, network, Singapore, Singnet, Starhub, Stomp, wireless
Youporn and RedTube Not Totally Blocked yet
Jun 2, 2008 Blogosphere, Gossips, Singapore
Recently there has been lots of talks about the 2 porn sites, Youporn and RedTube being blocked by Singapore local ISP. I myself talked about it, Hongkiat talked about it and how unprofessional the ISP is, and then DK’s latest entry about the loopholes being blocked. But then, I happened to found another “hole”……
I was reading forwarded mails from friends. Then I clicked on a link without much thinking and it led me to a clip on Youporn. I was surprised. I thought Youporn and RedTube are blocked already? No more loophole? Then I realized, I was on my MaxMobile network instead of my home SingNet ADSL network. I did a test by switching over to SingNet ADSL network. Dah dah, still BLOCKED! And I switched back to MaxMobile, it WORKS! MaxMobile users can try it out yourselves.
Ermmm, seems like the engineer at Starhub forgot about their mobile network…… So guys, 1 more advantage to sign up MaxMobile now! By the way, I am not in any way related to Starhub hoh, other than being their customer.
However, I do not know how long this gonna last. Enjoy while it is still around.
Also, anyone using SingNet Mobile network? Can you visit that 2 sites?
Tags: Fun, MaxMobile, porn, RedTube, Singapore, Singnet, Starhub, Youporn
