2009-11-23 04:59

Taking South Africa's Garden Route

As the host of the 2010 Fifa World Cup Final Draw, Cape Town will take centre stage in December. There is, however, another local jewel worthy of attention in these summer months. Take your eye off the Mother City for a moment, head east, and you'll discover one of the world's most remarkable coastal stretches: South Africa's Garden Route. Read More...

2009-11-23 04:53

Telkom opens 'green' data centre

South African telecoms firm Telkom has launched a new, state-of-the-art, "green" data centre – boasting features such as "virtualisation" and free-air cooling – to take advantage of a local data centre operations market that is expected to grow at around 22% a year. Read More...

2009-11-23 04:51

Fancourt opens its courses to golfing public

Ordinary golfers will soon be able to rub shoulders with the rich and famous as the Fancourt Golf Estate opens its lush courses to the public. The George course, where the likes of golfing greats such as Ernie Els have homes and where the prestigious Gary Player Invitational is to take place next weekend, has traditionally been the playground of celebrities. Read More...

2009-11-23 04:49

Garden Route looks to World Cup for tourism boost

The world recession has caused global tourism figures for January to October to drop by a whopping 8% and business tourism has dropped by up to 30% compared with the same period last year. Read More...

2009-11-23 04:40

Facebook smile leaves woman in a pickle

A Canadian woman has learned the hard way that Facebook can be a double-edged sword. Read More...

2009-11-23 04:36

Commanding Collingwood shines for England

Centurion, South Africa - Paul Collingwood marked his record 171st one-day appearance with an unbeaten century to lead England to a commanding seven-wicket victory over South Africa in the second match of the series on Sunday. Read More...

2009-11-22 12:46

British Lions series boosted economy by R1.5bn

The rugby series between the Springboks and the British & Irish Lions boosted the South Africa economy to the tune of almost R1,5bn, a study commissioned by SA Rugby has revealed. Read More...

2009-11-22 12:39

If in George, please shower with a friend

Great for tourists, perhaps, but ominous for locals who are suffering their worst drought in more than a century. The once-lush region was declared a disaster area earlier this month, qualifying it for R53-million in emergency funding from the national Treasury. Read More...

2009-11-20 05:53

Participating 2010 World Cup teams finalised

The first hosts and winners of the Fifa World Cup, Uruguay, this morning became the last of the 32 countries to qualify for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, completing one of the strongest line-ups in the tournament's history. Read More...

2009-11-20 05:49

Knysna Ironman proves his mettle

Knysna's internationally competitive athlete and Ironman, Steven Shirley, has just received the coveted Triathlete of the Year Award from the Eastern Cape Triathlon Association. Iron Man: Steven Shirley is the Eastern Cape Triathlon Association’s Triathlete of the Year. Read More...

2009-11-22 20:43

ADSL Links down in Blanco on Monday evening by kilos

Some maintenance was done on the 20th Nov Friday , pretty extensive ADSL coverage in our area. http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=203590 Quote: Basic issue: Link - Loeriepark1/2(George East); Danabaai 2; Islandview 2; Tergniet 2; RST1 - RRBR(C7A1); Kleinberg(near Mossgas); Hartenbos; Grootbrakrivier; HeroldsBaai; Victoria Bay 2 - No traffic on the DSLAM. Time Down: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:33:00 +0200 Full Problem Description Ref: NN0004036Category Severity 1 Faults Type: Fault Condition Status: New TimeDown: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:33:00 +0200 ETTR: 8 Hours Areas affected: DSLAM Affected: DANABAAI 2DSLAM Affected: GROOTBRAKRIVIERDSLAM Affected: HARTENBOSDSLAM Affected: HEROLDSBAAIDSLAM Affected: ISLANDVIEW 2DSLAM Affected: KLEINBERGDSLAM Affected: LOERIEPARKDSLAM Affected: LOERIEPARK 2DSLAM Affected: RST1 - RRBR(C7A1)DSLAM Affected: TERGNIET 2DSLAM Affected: VICTORIA BAY 2 Progress: Even the remote little areas like Rheenendal has ADSL, certainly better than WiSP access Quote: Link - Phantom Pass; Simola; Rheenendal; George 3; Knysna 3; George 4; Knysna 2 - No Basic issue: Link - Phantom Pass; Simola; Rheenendal; George 3; Knysna 3; George 4; Knysna 2 - No traffic on the DSLAM. Time Down: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:00 +0200 Full Problem Description Ref: NN0004032Category Severity 1 Faults Type: Fault Condition Status: New TimeDown: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:00 +0200 ETTR: 8 Hours Areas affected: DSLAM Affected: GEORGE 4 DSLAM Affected: KNYSNA 2 DSLAM Affected: KNYSNA 3 DSLAM Affected: PHANTOM PASS DSLAM Affected: RHEENENDAL DSLAM Affected: SIMOLA Progress: Read More...

2009-11-22 19:19

Telkom Infrastructure photos by twobombs

Where's the pigeon-hok ? You know, when 16Gb really needs to get somewhere really fast Like the green grass on the pavement; looks like you've finally had *some* rain, but not much I recon. Read More...

2009-11-22 18:17

Telkom Infrastructure photos by kilos

Vicbay Siemens DLU 044-889 + DSLAM - located next N2 National Road Not very safe Denneoord installation In my humble opinion I reckon this is what these cabinets are from left to Right 1) Siemens DLU (extension of the Siemens DE5 EWSD exchange) 2) Street Distribution Cabinet (Blue green) (cable pair connections to Exchange & to subscriber) 3) UMC1000 & DSLAM (extends Fiber to the Curb) 4) SA Post Office mailbox (snailmail) Read More...

2009-11-22 14:14

GWUG Proposal by kilos

Another feature to interconnect WUG is direct Wireless Link ie George to Mossel Bay, George to Sedgefield, and more difficulty via High Site in the Mountains George to Oudtshoorn and George to Knysna , Plett Bay http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Wireless/10291.html Quote: “At the moment JAWUG, PTAWUG [Pretoria] and PCN [Potchefstroom] are connected directly over the airwaves. PEWUG [Port Elizabeth], DWC [Durban] and CTWUG [Cape Town] are connected via ADSL VPNs which are only used for gaming and core services such as DNS.” Use Local only ADSL accounts for local WUG connects Many thanks handmade for organising the bank account. Please PM me your GPS co-ords so that I can work out possible routes to connect you up once the High Site is setup JAWUG Constitution http://www.jawug.org.za/Constitution Read More...

2009-11-22 13:16

Japan chooses George as World Cup base by kilos

Quote: Originally Posted by simonB @kilos, does Knysna have a sports stadium? The Springboks use the rugby field in plett every year for training so dont see why the soccer guys cant use it.. lol Plett is the best town in South Africa.. Brazil, Italy or England should come to plettenberg bay! You right - stupid question it has the Loerie stadium (small) next to the Waterfront Read More...

2009-11-22 12:40

Japan chooses George as World Cup base by simonB

@kilos, does Knysna have a sports stadium? The Springboks use the rugby field in plett every year for training so dont see why the soccer guys cant use it.. lol Plett is the best town in South Africa.. Brazil, Italy or England should come to plettenberg bay! Read More...

2009-11-22 12:12

Japan chooses George as World Cup base by kilos

Simon does Plett have a sport staduim ? Plenty of accomodation spots I see Knysna is being earmarked possible by France & Denmark Read More...

2009-11-22 09:53

Taxi Service by simonB

mmm just tested the iPhone code on my 5800 and the tel: code works as well, so i dont need the WTAI links. lol oh the joys of technology... Read More...

2009-11-22 09:50

Taxi Service by simonB

Thanx for testing Imel. Glad to know it works, you wont beleive how long I suffered to get click2call working for iPhone and all I needed to do was ask.. haha Now all I need to do is figure out a way for the mobi site to auto detect that the end user is using iPhone or Nokia and swap the code auto.. lol but for now will introduce a select your handset option.. Read More...

2009-11-22 09:07

Taxi Service by imel

Works perfectly, you just need to change the int number to +27 11 287 2090 as they went live with a new asterisk based voip system last week and have re-pointed their 086 number. Read More...