You know what I did yesterday? I was down at Raffles City where the Starhub Roadshow was at its height. They occupied a hastily-builtup space next to Gloria Jeans Coffee, which by the way, offers a wide range of glorious coffee flavours and aromas for the soul. But that's not my point.
A couple of days prior, Jason Yek had met up with me for a late-evening coffee at a kopitiam near his place of abode. Poor chap had been working hard - who doesn't - and he wolfed down his $4 sambal fried rice while surfing my blog on his 6-month old NEC laptop and a Starhub Huawei mobile modem plugged into a USB port. That was my first encounter with mobile net-surfing using this device although I've had several opportunities surfing with my Wireless@SG account at their hotspots.
There were some minor snags when he tried to log on to the internet but once that was done, the process of downloading my blog became agonisingly slow - but of course, I had my coffee and he had time for his sambal fried rice. As we ranted and raved about mobile surfing - and in between spoonfuls of rice - Jason managed to add a few comments in my blog.
It must have been insidious because I was already sold on the mobile device long before I even reached home.
At Raffles City the next day, I signed up for Starhub's Mobile Surfing 2-year package at 50% off the normal price of $76 but this was because I subscribed to three of their services - viz., mobile phone, cable TV and broadband. I only had time to try out the device from 2pm today - it worked marvellously once the drivers were loaded and installed. So, I thought I should do justice to my new piece of technological wonder by writing about it. Besides, my first three pieces of writing have been obliterated and pushed to the bottom of the pile in my blog by the tonnes of pictures I had published.
Given the time, I would like to capture my thoughts, reflections and responses to everyday situations either at home or on the move. Technology is nothing short of a miracle; we should embrace it, not shun or fear it.
2 comments:
Hi Mr Low
The hotspots usually has the SLOWEST internet connection during 'peak' period. But at times it can be the fastest too. It all depends with the number of user at that area i guess.
Wow, you subcribe to alot of starthub services. Must be a loyal customer of them :)
He he he
That's true, Ressal, and I must add that these are usually found in crowded and noisy areas where you have the greatest traffic. I can now surf and blog in quieter spots around Singapore and that would include Pulau Ubin as well.
Because I subscribe to three of Starhub's digital services, I get a small discount on my subscription rates for all three. The savings are a draw and I have no intention of switching to another telco.
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