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World Wide Web == World Wide Wait
0 Comments Published December 28th, 2006 in Foreign News, Local News, Streamyx.World Wide Wait is the title used on The Star front page in conjunction with the damage of sub-marine cable called Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN 2).
APCN 2 is a 19,000km-long fibre-optic cable network linking Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia, Singapore, the United States, Europe and Australia.
Transmit speed of this cable can up [...]
Currently Singapore is deploying wireless broadband network by its 3 local wireless operators. Those users with wireless enable devices such as PDA or laptop can enjoy free, both in indoor or outdoor seamless wireless broadband access with speed up to 512kps at most public places such as hotel, retail outlets, school, hospital, cafe, [...]
BANTUL (JAVA), May 31 (Bernama) — Thousands of victims in the Yogyakarta earthquake now face water-borne diseases following five days of not receiving fresh water.
The situation is made worse by the late delivery of aid to the interior regions including Bantul and Klaten.
The earthquake claimed nearly 5,000 lives while 230,000 more lost their homes.
Siti Saadiah, [...]
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