“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Rants on Jun 11th, 2007
I am getting so I really hate Chase Rewards Visa. They are the only credit card company that I have trouble with. Most banks and credit card companies have instituted new security procedures recently.
I have several that present a sign-on screen and then present you with a second screen that has a photo you have [...]
Posted in Rants on Nov 11th, 2006
Today I had an interesting conversation with a resident of the Boquete area. I know I see Boquete pretty infrequently, but it seems that the influx of gringos is not having a positive effect on the area.
From the conversation, I understand that the prices in the Hibiscus restaurant are climbing at an unbelievable rate. When [...]
Posted in Panama Journal, Rants on Nov 8th, 2006
This morning in monitoring how my C&W Internet is performing, I find that I am getting about ½ of my contracted speed. I would imagine that most customers don’t have any idea what speed they are getting and assume they are getting whatever they are paying for.
I am glad I have the tools to monitor [...]
For the last hour, C&W has been almost unusable. I am convinced this is a technical problem and not just a capacity problem. I think C&W is dropping packets. I understand they had been using a protocol that is avoided in the states because of the lack of reliability, to prevent VOIP. What ever their [...]
Posted in Panama Journal, Rants on Oct 11th, 2006
It is 11:40 and C&W’s performance has already gone to the dogs. If C&W manufactured condoms, it would not be wise to buy them.
Posted in Rants on Oct 11th, 2006
Last night I watched part of Larry King’s interview of Lou Dobbs talking about his book “War On The Middle Class”. I think Thursday night Lou Dobbs is going to have another show on the same subject.
I agree with everything I heard from Lou Dobbs last night. I hope people who can make a difference [...]
Posted in Panama Journal, Rants on Oct 10th, 2006
It is 2:16 and the performance is deteriorating right on schedule. Anyone reading this using Cable Onda for the Internet in David, I would be interested in how your performance is.
Posted in Panama Journal, Rants on Oct 6th, 2006
Olivia was just told that she wouldn’t be able to listen to Pandora, because of the poor performance of Cable and Wireless. The last week has been horrible for many of us in the David area related to our C&W Internet connection. Music on Pandora is out of the question. In watching the transmission of [...]
Posted in Panama Journal, Rants on Sep 6th, 2006
I can’t say that today is the worst day I have had with C&W. Gosh, one should never challenge them to do worse. Heaven knows they might put forward an extreme effort and surprise you.
I usually spend some time in the mornings reading several news sites, visiting some of my favorite blogs and all the [...]
Posted in Panama Journal, Rants on Jun 21st, 2006
My Internet connection today really sucks. My down load speed is fluctuating between 0 and 150Kbps with an average of around 56Kbps. Normally I get 230Kbps download. Obviously Pandora is not good today. Cable & Wireless (aka Crippled And Worthless) must be having some problem.
This may have been the reason I had such poor Internet [...]
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