Archive for October 2008

VoIP provider Lingo charging an outrageous cancellation fee

Oct 20th, 2008 | By Christian Donner | Category: Business, Ethics

I received this email today. I wonder if this will be part of their new ad campaign to help sign on new customers …
Dear Customer,
We appreciate your business with Lingo, and hope that you are availing and enjoying all its benefits!
We would like to inform you of updated terms and conditions of your [...]



More Synology Rackstation Network Tests

Oct 19th, 2008 | By Christian Donner | Category: Geek's Home, Information Technology

In an earlier post I presented the network throughput results of my tests with the Synology RS-407 NAS and IPerf in various configurations. I had a Windows XP x64 client in the mix with a bad network driver that messed up my test results. During these earlier tests I contacted Synology support about the odd [...]



Who Engineered the Collapse of the US Banking System?

Oct 5th, 2008 | By Christian Donner | Category: Business, Investment, Personal Finance, Politics

As the mortgage mess unravels and takes down more and more of the players, bits and pieces of information become available about who played central roles, and who benefited the most from unscrupulous lending schemes. One suprising conclusion that I drew is that much of this was in the making during the Clinton years, and [...]