I got another flood of trackback spams attack this time. Looks like it is getting worst – they perfect the technique and combined it with distributed zombie trackback pings. In just 12hrs, I got over 100+ such trackbacks. Luckily, all trackbacks need to go thru moderation and I can delete them with a zap. Still, […]
Why China will rise to become a superpower in the world
or as according to Cheeky, a very funny Singapore blog. Unfortunately, most non-Singaporean won’t catch the local favour jokes but you probably get this one :-) From Germany From Russia From United Kingdom From United States of America And finally, from China
Thoughts on Bellster
The latest hot news on VoIP is Bellster, a P2P phone service by Jeff Pulver and friends. And it is really hot – just barely a week into the launch, the market is buzzing about it, from Wall Street Journal to CNet and of course, in the blogging world. Now, I won’t tell you what […]
IP Telephony in Asia
Once in a while, I would get call or email from friends who wanted to do a ‘Vonage for Asia’ and ask me what I think. By “Vonage of Asia”, the general idea revolves around an ITSP (IP Telephony Service Provider) providing flat-rate unlimited calls across Asia (or a variant of that). Well, the first […]
Dinner with Michael Everson
I have a wonderful dinner with Michael Everson. We actually met in Bali 2 weeks ago (briefly) and planned to have dinner last week but I have to cancel it last minute. I felt pretty bad about it, but luckily he is transiting in Singapore again from Xiamen on his way home (Ireland) from SC2 […]
Arrested for using Lynx
A man in London was arrested for attempting to hack the Tsumani donation. But according to boingboing, here is what happened: For donating to a Tsunami appeal using Lynx on Solaris 10. BT [British Telecom] who run the donation management system misread an access log and saw hmm thats a non standard browser not identifying […]
.net bids
ICANN is now seeking public comments regarding the .net bids. Unlike before, I am not going to offend one friend or another by siding with one proposal over another. They are all qualified and experienced registry operators. Instead, I will make some general observations. 1. None of the Revenue and Pricing Model (i.e. Section 4) […]
Google providing VoIP
This is fresh on Slashdot:
SingAREN GIX
I just gave a presentation at TEIN2 meeting on SingAREN GIX. SingAREN GIX is a new Gigabit Internet Exchange we are building for the Advance Research and Education Network (AREN) community in Singapore. It is meant to be a carrier-neutral, open exchange for any research organizations (including commercial) and also provides optional Internet2 transit. One […]
Internet Interconnection Settlement
Remember I wrote about Internet Peering settlement last year? Well, Geoff Huston just published an excellent article which goes into great detail on various financial settlement model. Check it out! Efforts to extend this regulatory activity to the area of regulated interconnection and peering have been investigated by various national regimes, but with little in […]