#100 Gigabit

In keeping with the steady rise of demand for high-speed broadband internet in the country, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has released a statement that the telco is planning to invest $2M to upgrade the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) cable system 100 Gigabit standards, increasing the bandwidth capacity by 200% in the process. To date, PLDT has a total of four international cable systems, two of which, the Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2) and Japan-US Cable Network (JUCN), are already upgraded to 100G, while the Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) is currently being upgraded to the said standard. Moreover, PLDT is also planning to spend an estimated Php1B to further extend their reach to almost 100,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables which, according to the company, is four times more than what the competition has to offer. However, the $399 Asus Eee PC 1000HE is looking to be a worthy replacement to my MSI Wind U100. The Eee PC 1000HE uses a newer Intel Atom CPU -- the N280 which runs at 1.66GHz (667MHz FSB compared the to 533MHz of the N270) as well as an HD-capable Intel GN40 chipset for smoother video playback. Globe Starlink 99: 100 text messages + 2GB satellite data access to essential apps (30 days) Globe Starlink 299: 500 text messages + 10GB satellite data access (90 days) The promo is good for 30 to 90 days from the time of activation. Read more in our articles including "PLDT to spend Php86 million to double bandwidth capacity" and "Asus Eee PC 1000HE makes for a good upgrade".