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Category: Internet
12/05/05
Fast Internet is Great, Except for ICE Shuffle
By Garland M. Baker
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
Everyone knows what a test pilot is. How about a technology tester? In this day and age, it is almost the same thing. "Pilot program" is the term used today.
In Information Technologies, development stage engineering is broken down into three parts: The alpha stage is the beginning stage of a technology when it is in a very rough form. The beta stage is an active debugging or problem-solving phase, when a technology is heavily tested in preparation for its market introduction. The stable stage is when a technology is ready.
About five year ago, GrupoICE was looking for testers for advanced Internet also referred to as ADSL, short for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, a technology that allows more data transmission over existing copper telephone lines than is normally possible. ADSL supports data rates from 1.5 to 9 Mbps when receiving data (known as the downstream rate) and from 16 to 640 Kbps when sending data (known as the upstream rate).
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03/07/05
The One Problem With ADSL Is It Doesn't Work!
Superfast Internet in limbo for weeks
By Garland M. Baker
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
The phrase "Internet Hell" is a slogan to give fair warning to users of the Internet in Costa Rica.
The phrase also offers consolation to all who experience difficulties with the Internet here. Most expats in this country could write this piece themselves, each with his or her own twist.
High technology is wonderful. The Internet is wonderful. But there is a dark side. Computers and the Internet play with basic physiological buttons in everyone. They are very similar to nasty additive drugs.
06/28/04
Superfast Internet Fails to Meet Its Promise
By Garland M. Baker
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
When it comes to Internet, ADSL is incredibly fast. It will give you a whole new world of content at your fingertips — in a flash. Whether it’s the latest music, a CNN news video, or a streaming movie, ADSL will beam it to you at lightning speed.
The only thing that isn’t fast about it is its rollout in Costa Rica. It is talked about much like the new highway from San José to Orotina which has been "just about done" for over 20 years.
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This web site contains articles written by Garland M. Baker and Lic. Allan Garro for the A.M. Costa Rica. These articles contain important information that everyone doing business—personal and corporate—in Costa Rica ought to know. Reach them at [email protected]
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