Singapore fibre optic cables

Targeted for fibre installation between April 2011 to June 2011

Singapore starts the world's first nationwide fibre optic cable installation.
Fibre optic cables for Singapore's new, ultra high-speed broadband network, which will be completed by 2012, will be installed into homes and offices from September.
The company contracted to do the installation, OpenNet, will start sending out letters to homeowners from July.

Extracts from http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/436358/1/.html dated 16th June 2009

OpenNet to start installing fibre optic cables in homes, offices

Fibre optic cables for Singapore's new, ultra high-speed broadband network, which will be completed by 2012, will be installed into homes and offices from September.

The company contracted to do the installation, OpenNet, will start sending out letters to homeowners from July.

Residents have three weeks to respond and installation is free.

Those who want it installed at a later date will have to pay S$220 for apartments and S$450 for landed properties.

OpenNet says it expects to invest over S$100 million in total to complete the project, on top of the S$750 million funding from the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA).

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Enter your Postal Code at http://rollout.opennet.com.sg/ to check installation date for your home or office.

On the results page, you can click on 'Alert Me' to fill in your contact details for installation arrangements.

If you encounter difficulty entering the above site, enable Proxy settings in your browser, as follows:-

In Internet Explorer, click on Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settngs, and tick Proxy server, followed by Advanced to enter the Proxy Settings :-

HTTP : proxy.singnet.com.sg (proxy address) ; and 8080 (port address)

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OpenNet FAQs : http://www.opennet.com.sg/faq/

FAQ for Residential Premises : http://www.opennet.com.sg/faq/for-residential-premises-hdbprivate/
Typical installation within the home
What will the set up and installation entail within the premise?
What are the charges that I have to bear for the installation of the optical fibre point into my home?
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Will one fibre point be enough since I have home networking with multiple users at home (e.g. myself, my wife & 2 kids)? Does it support home networking?
Currently, the maximum broadband speeds offered are up to 100Mbps. Broadband through fibre will be able to provide speeds of 1Gbps and above, which are at least 10 times more than the current market offerings. These speeds can be delivered using only one optical fibre point.
OpenNet will connect one fibre point to every household. Additional fibre points can be requested through your Retail Service Providers (RSPs), if necessary.
Once the optical fibre point is established within the Home, your Retail Service Provider will work with you to establish a home network to link all your computers.
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How do I sign up for optical fibre?
How do I know if optical fibre is available where I live?
What if I do not agree to have it installed at this time?
Previously I was offered the fibre installation via the initial Letter of Offer but I refused to sign up. Can I still sign up now?
Do I need to get approval from the landlord to install the point in my rented home?
What can optical fibre do for me?
Can this point be used to watch pay TV as well?
After installing this point, does it mean I can enjoy high speed broadband without subscribing to SingNet/StarHub/PacNet anymore?
What is the maximum download speed of optic fibre?
I already have a Fibre connection at home. Can I sign up for additional fibre connection at the same address? How do I go about doing this?

There are also separate FAQs for Building Owners, and for Commercial Tenants.

Have a good Laff !

A few days ago, Prime Minister Mori was given some Basic English conversation training before he visits Washington and meets president Barack Obama...

The instructor told Mori Prime Minister, when you shake hand with President Obama, please say 'how r u'.
Then Mr. Obama should say, 'I am fine, and you?' Now, you should say 'me too'. Afterwards we, translators, will do the work for you.'

It looks quite simple, but the truth is...

When Mori met Obama , he mistakenly said 'who r u?' (Instead of 'How r u?'.)

Mr. Obama was a bit shocked but still managed to react with humor:
'Well, I'm Michelle's husband, ha-ha...'

Then Mori replied 'me too, ha-ha.. .'.

Then there was a long silence in the meeting room.

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LiFe in SiNgApOre ...

In Singapore , the majority of us live in
Highly Dangerous
Buildings
(HDB), and most people have already got used
to Paying and
Paying
(PAP).

Not only do you have to pay, you
Pay Until
Bankrupt (PUB).

If that's not enough, somebody still
Purposely Wants to
Dig
(PWD)and get more from you.

So what more can you do when you are in the
Money Only
Environment (MOE)?

With the current Mad
Accounting System (MAS), you are forced to
Pay the Sum Ahead (PSA),Which will leave some people
Permanently Owing Some
Banks
(POSB).

And forced to live on the Loan Techniques
Always (LTA) system.When you fall sick and happen to
be admitted to a
Money Operating
Hospital
(MOH),

You might be able to use your
Cash Prior to
Funeral
(CPF)fund.

If you are out of luck, you may meet doctors who
Never Use
Heart
(NUH) to treat you,

and you will be Sure to Give up
Hope
(SGH).

To help ease the traffic, motorists have to pay
Cash On
Expressway (COE).

If that doesn't help, they can always Eternally
Raise Prices (ERP)on the roads.

If you don't own a car, you can always make
a Mad Rush to
the Train
(MRT), OR get squashed in a bus
Side By Side (SBS ).


Lastly, under all these pressures, there are not many
places we can relax, not even the good old place we used to
go because it has become So Expensive and Nothing To
See
Actually (SENTOSA)!!!

Toshiba A600 getting cheaper

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Laptop Price is more expensive in Singapore

IN SINGAPORE

This laptop is selling in Singapore @ $2,429.00 + 7% GST = $2,599.03 + $30(delivery)=$2,629.03

IN AUSTRALIA

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1 AUD = 1.13116 SGD
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Diarrhoea - rice water the cure?

In the wake of the recent Geylang Serai food poisoning outbreak, it provides useful knowledge. As with any unofficial medical advice, please seek proper advice from your Doctor if applicable. ]

Extracts from http://philosophyrecycled.blogspot.com/2009/04/diarrhoea-rice-water-cure.html


With the recent cases on the Geylang Serai food poisoning out break, I would like to share the info received from a friend. Pls read on, it may be of help...

When someone gets diarrhea, sometimes the solution is so easy, we wonder why anyone has to suffer. The secret is in rice water. This is already known in this region. Ask your maids -- Sri Lankan, Indonesian, Filipina and they would know about it.

(My mother) knew about it. When Dr Albert Winsemius came to Singapore for a farewell and thank you dinner in his honour, he brought along his wife Aly and his granddaughter, Jolijn. Both women came down with very bad gastroenteritis. They saw the doctor who gave them medication. It was slow to work.

Mother boiled some rice in lots of water and went to their hotel with two 1.5L bottles of rice water. I cringed in shame at the offer of this folk remedy, which seemed so primitive to me. Never heard of this cure before. To my surprise, it worked, and they were even able to go out for dinner the next day. Both were exclaiming how the rice water did the trick of making them well again. Well, lucky it worked, I thought to myself.

I was discussing this some years back with Kim Ng, the ex-matron of KK Hospital. She said, yes, that is what Professor Wong Hock Boon, the notable pediatrician teaches. I was shocked and made some comment how could he? It was common knowledge so what had he to do with it?

Many months later, I regretted laughing at it. Dr Christina Shanta Emmanuel, who is the CEO of...uh, which group I have forgotten. Either National Health Group, or Polyclinics, or whatever.. regarded me seriously when I brought up the topic like it was good fun. She said that Prof Wong Hock Boon had presented a paper on it at some conference after he had done clinical trials. Then his results were published in the Lancet, the Medical Journal all doctors read. In fact, said Shanta, he was credited for saving the lives of 2 million African babies by this method.

It is rice water and not rice that does the trick. I have found it effective again and again. You take a handful of rice and boil it in a large saucepan with lots of water. Like three or four large glasses. Then you cool that and drink the water. If you are in a hurry to relieve the ailing person, take the saucepan off the fire and dunk it in a frying pan or basin of cool water with ice cubes if necessary. This gives the patient a chance to drink the rice water sooner and cure himself or herself sooner.

When drinking the rice water, make sure there is lots of it. You have to tell the patient that enough water must go in to line your guts from throat to other end, all 10 to 12 metres of it. If you take rice, it stays in the stomach. If you take broth, some of it may go into the small intestine. But if you take rice water, it will carry rice grains to every inch of your small and large intestine to the end where the problem is.

How does it work? Even Prof Wong Hock Boon doesn't know. . . . .
Or go to http://rehydrate.org/dd/dd06.htm#page2