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May, 2010

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May 28, 2010  10:42 AM

Tech-Tip #1 – Cisco IOS Configuration Partitioning



Posted by: Matt Mather
Cisco, IOS, Tech-Tip

Welcome to the very first of my ad-hoc "Tech-Tips" (please note, no relation of other tech tips websites found using a google search). Okay, so basically what I am hoping to achieve with these Tech-Tips is to share some of the short cuts, practices or little tricks I have learnt over the...

May 28, 2010  9:07 AM

No Porn For South Africans?



Posted by: Matt Mather
Censorship, Internet, News

The internet, in my opinion, is one of the greatest inventions of our time. It allows the masses to share ideas, views, information and other such oddities you could have only dreamt of previously. I love the fact that you can read blogs like this one, create blogs like this one, upload your...


May 18, 2010  8:12 AM

Five Years Of YouTube



Posted by: Matt Mather
Internet, IPTV, News, YouTube

Who would have thought it? It was five years ago, January 2005 to be precise when YouTube release their beta website. They had a simple mission and that was to provide a place for everyone and anyone to easily upload their videos and share them with the world, in their words, "Broadcast...


May 10, 2010  4:32 AM

Bell Laboratories Achieve 300Mbps Downstream Using 2 DSL Lines



Posted by: Matt Mather
Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs, BT, DSL, FTTC, News, Virgin Media

Earlier this year British Telecom announced their next generation broadband initiative called Infinity which would offer UK home users new DSL based products that allow download speeds of up to 40Mbps (megabits per second), in reality more like 20 to 30Mbps. This new initiative is possible using...


May 7, 2010  4:23 PM

Introduction



Posted by: Matt Mather
News

In this very first post I think it's only right to introduce myself and let you all know what I am hoping to achieve by writing this blog. I don't want to repeat whats already in the "about the blogger" section to the right but I do want to maybe expand on a couple of things. In my over 15 years...


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