+1 on the TP-WR1043ND. I did flash mine with OpenWRT/Gargoyle, only because the usage monitoring on the stock firmware was crap. As A Canadian I need to monitor my usage relisiously lest I get slapped with an internet bill that would take a 2nd mortgage to pay. Were it not for the usage, the stock formware would have sufficed.
Open Media just weighed in on the report. Not as unkind as Mowat's (though it does reference it). But it does point out that the numbers don't add up.
Mike
Adopting policies means work, and locking horns with the incumbents instead of playing golf with them. It's much easier for the CRTC to fudge the numbers to make it look like their current policies and direction are having a positive effect when in actuality the exact opposite it true.
It says an awful lot when the real numbers indicate countries you would think are far less developed than Canada have broadband that makes ours look like a disgrace.
It also says an awful lot when the CRTC states something that is patently and demonstrably false and misleading.
Not that that should come as any surprise.
Mike
The first mistake is assuming that when an employee leaves, he/she isn't leaving in anger. How does the outfit know whether there is anger or not? Also, anger isn't always the only motive an admin might go rogue then up and quit. Mental illness. Drugs. Personal problems. Who knows. They certainly aren't going to announce "hey I'm angry because [enter reason here] and I'm going rogue then quitting".
The data is an asset, just like anything else in the company, and needn't be treated differently just because it's digital.
In my personal experience, mission critical data has always been backed up and kept off-site, usually with the "big cheese" - the person with whom the buck stops. How often is the answer to a simple question: "How much of this can go missing before trouble starts?"
If the answer is "none", the solution is mirroring - real time backups all of the time.
If the answer is "a little but not much", full backups and prescribed intervals with incremental backups filling in the gaps can be considered.
If the answer is "pfffft, doesn't really matter, just not too much", then a manual backup at set intervals would suffice.
The danger here is not the finding of an adequate solution.
The real danger is assuming an employee is/will be leaving on good terms and isn't intent on causing damage.
Assume the worst always, and don your teflon. When Murphy's Law strikes (and it will), you're bullet proof.
FWIW, I have a standing policy - when I accept a notice of termination from an employee with adminstrator[-like] privileges, I say thank you for service and escort them out the door. On the spot. No exceptions.
Mike
The biggest problem with UBB is the way the incumbents measure traffic. It's patently broken. 100% borked.
On the DSL side, traffic is measured at the BAS.
On the cable site, traffic is measured at the node.
It's quite simple to demonstrate how broken their measurement methodology is.
Fire up a cable or DSL internet account, set the modem up, then connect nothing to it. Then, send me your IP address. I can assure you, at the end of the month you're going to get a whopping bill for usage - whatever the max is, that's the bill you're going to get. Just let me know how much usage you want the bill to show. 200G? No problem. 1.5TB? No problem. The usage on the bill will show whatever I want it to show.
The fact is, this has been going on since UBB's inception. Bell, Rogers, Cogeco, Telus... all of them... know the metering is borked. They know it and do nothing because its raking in millions and millions of dollars for each of them, every month.
The concept of UBB is reasonable, IMHO. I have no problem paying for something I use. The more I use, the more I pay. I have no problem with this. But if you're going to charge me XX dollars for XX usage, that XX usage better be MY usage, and it better be at least half-assed accurate.
Right now, it's not even that.
Mike
You mean... there's still people out in the world that do business with that outfit?
Excuse my lack of sympathy.
Mike
Unfortunately, the government has now approved Usage Based Billing (UBB), which will allow Bell to start charging TekSavvy per GB used, which essentially removes all need to go with an independent ISP altogether, even though TekSavvy was paying for its own backbones, separate from Bell.
The UBB decision has not been made yet by the CRTC, and neither has the decision been made on Bell's R&V (asking the CRTC to force UBB on cable subscribers).
I guess the CRTC needs a little more time to ensure the proper pockets get lined and the right pork gets lifted into the barrel.
He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him. -- Bion
