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Nowadays there is a proliferation of broadband speed tests on the internet. These have arisen in response to the growing difference between the speeds advertised by Internet Service Providers (ISP's) and the speeds actually received by consumers. More and more customers are finding that their speeds are far lower than what they are paying for and research by Moneysupermarket.com in 2007 showed that 44% of 43,000 customers were receiving only a pitiful HALF of the advertised speeds for their internet connections. This massive difference between advertised and received speeds has finally caught the attention of communication regulator OFCOM.

OFCOM has warned ISP's that they must be more transparent about the actual speeds consumers are receiving and there are calls from consumer panels to make ISP's contact customers within a fortnight of joining to inform them of their exact actual top speeds. OFCOM has also introduced, since Valentine's Day this year, important regulatory changes that give consumers freedom to switch ISP's if they are not happy with the service and speeds.

In the past ISP's could bully consumers into staying with them by charging them for changing providers and by creating delays that left consumers without a broadband connection for weeks, a situation that forces a lot of people to reluctantly remain with a provider they were unhappy with. Under OFCOM's new regulations, ISP's can no longer charge for switching to new providers. They must also ensure that the Migration Authorisation Code (MAC), the code which is given to customers to give to their new providers, is passed on within five days of the request. In the past ISP's would wait weeks before giving these codes to customers, in order to deter them from changing. Now under the new regulations consumers are protected from this practice.

These changes are part of what will be a continuing development of adequate regulatory standards that are needed for the booming broadband industry. As it becomes more integral to daily life, and bandwidth becomes more valuable, we will need to ensure that consumer rights are protected.

With these changes in mind, now is a really good time to do a test of your broadband speeds to ensure that you are getting what you are paying for, and that you CAN get what you are paying for. With many of the previous obstacles to changing providers removed, consumer freedom is far greater and worth taking advantage of to ensure you the best deal.

Broadband Wise Is The Premier Resource for Broadband Comparisons. With in depth reviews of Sky Broadband in your area.

// posted by guide18895 @ 11:48 PM 0 comments

Nowadays there is a proliferation of broadband speed tests on the internet. These have arisen in response to the growing difference between the speeds advertised by Internet Service Providers (ISP's) and the speeds actually received by consumers. More and more customers are finding that their speeds are far lower than what they are paying for and research by Moneysupermarket.com in 2007 showed that 44% of 43,000 customers were receiving only a pitiful HALF of the advertised speeds for their internet connections. This massive difference between advertised and received speeds has finally caught the attention of communication regulator OFCOM.

OFCOM has warned ISP's that they must be more transparent about the actual speeds consumers are receiving and there are calls from consumer panels to make ISP's contact customers within a fortnight of joining to inform them of their exact actual top speeds. OFCOM has also introduced, since Valentine's Day this year, important regulatory changes that give consumers freedom to switch ISP's if they are not happy with the service and speeds.

In the past ISP's could bully consumers into staying with them by charging them for changing providers and by creating delays that left consumers without a broadband connection for weeks, a situation that forces a lot of people to reluctantly remain with a provider they were unhappy with. Under OFCOM's new regulations, ISP's can no longer charge for switching to new providers. They must also ensure that the Migration Authorisation Code (MAC), the code which is given to customers to give to their new providers, is passed on within five days of the request. In the past ISP's would wait weeks before giving these codes to customers, in order to deter them from changing. Now under the new regulations consumers are protected from this practice.

These changes are part of what will be a continuing development of adequate regulatory standards that are needed for the booming broadband industry. As it becomes more integral to daily life, and bandwidth becomes more valuable, we will need to ensure that consumer rights are protected.

With these changes in mind, now is a really good time to do a test of your broadband speeds to ensure that you are getting what you are paying for, and that you CAN get what you are paying for. With many of the previous obstacles to changing providers removed, consumer freedom is far greater and worth taking advantage of to ensure you the best deal.

Broadband Wise Is The Premier Resource for Broadband Comparisons. With in depth reviews of Sky Broadband in your area.

// posted by guide18895 @ 10:11 PM 0 comments

Oh, my GOD ! That must have been a bit scary.

I was up in Genting Highlands, Malaysia, for a conference on 24th June 2006. Over the breakfast table, my friend showed me a piece of news that really shocked me. It was reported that the daughter-in-law was killed by the father-in-law using a shot-gun over some small matter in the kitchen. Accordingly, the father-in-law brought back a piece of wild boar meat and he kept it inside the fridge. Due to his carelessness, there were a few drops of blood on the floor. This made the daughter-in-law grumble over the dirty floor. Without saying anything, the father-in-law went back to his room and came out with his shot-gun. He fired at the head of the daughter-in-law, a house wife, who at that point of time was washing the dishes in the basin. The father-in law killed himself after killing the daughter-in-law. This incident is a bit scary.

Well, according to the law of cause and effect, there must be some cause that triggered off the incident resulting in the tragedy. For feng shui practitioners, the kitchen is one of the six important sections of the house that controls, wealth, health , prosperity and harmony. The oven has to be located correctly at the place where it should be located otherwise, catastrophe and bad luck will befall and the family will be in a chaotic condition. There were many precedents before the above incident. During my practice, my grandmaster always cautions me to be careful when doing reading for kitchen because kitchen is the place where the mouth takes in food which contains chi, The chi might be good or it might be bad depending on the direction of the stove. According to a Chinese saying, all trouble in life comes from the mouth and all sickness enter through the mouth too.

To place the stove in the correct direction and the proper place where it should be, you need to seek the advice of a feng shui master. Of course, the real feng shui master, not the half-past six type. This is because, the effect of kitchen alone is not enough to counteract the evil effect. Reading should be done for the whole house and alignment must be fine-tuned so that it harnesses the good chi for all those staying in the same house. The personal kua of the occupants and the kua of the house have to be scrutinized and adjusted so as to reap the greatest benefits of the house as well as to prevent unforeseen incidents from happening.

Master Lim of www.getting-pregnant-naturally.com

Master Lim started his practice in Feng-Shui since the mid eighties. He is well known for his unique cosmos therapy , which combines the implementation of electromagnetic field and energy forces with Feng-Shui. An expert in helping you to improve on your health and wealth by teaching you how to align yourself to your own home and office for smooth sailing in life. To him, Feng Shui is all about how to live in harmony with the environment based on scientific perspective,such as the effect of sunlights, colours and electromagnetic fields. He applies the knowledge of Feng-Shui in his everyday life. As a high school principal, he also incorporates the principles of Feng-Shui in his administrative work. He has travelled widely to do readings for those in needs. He was also invited as guest speaker in various parts of Malaysia and overseas.

http://www.getting-pregnant-naturally.com

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