Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society

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  • TSTT Blink Broadband ADSL2+ pricing

    (Edit 26 May 2009 – TSTT  doubles speed of residential packages  April 1st, 2009)

    (Edit: 4th October 2007 – TSTT site is now live ; confirmed pricing includes VAT pricing)

    (Edit : 3rd October 2007 – added more details about upload speeds via TTCS discuss mailing post )

    More details about TSTT’s new broadband ADSL2+ called Blink Broadband which will be launched this week. TSTT’s new website to market this is at http://www.blinkbroadband.tt/ . See Flow’s residential and business broadband packages for comparison. Broadband competition is good for consumers. 🙂

    TSTT’s Blink Broadband Packages Residential (pricing as of May 2009) :

    All prices in TT dollars per month. VAT is included.

    • Blink Basic : 256kbits download / 64kbits upload
      • $79
    • Blink Basic Plus : 1MB download / 256kbits upload
      • $149
    • Blink Premium : 2MB download / 512kbits upload
      • $229
    • Blink Premium Plus : 4MB download / 768kbits upload
      • $349
    • Blink Super : up to 10MB download /768kbits upload
      • $699

    TSTT’s Blink Broadband Packages for Businesses :

    All prices in TT dollars per month. VAT is included.

    • 512kbits download / 128kbits upload
      • $799
    • 1MB download / 256kbits upload
      • $1,249
    • 1MB download (sync) / [presume this means 1MB upload]
      • $1,799
    • 2MB download / 768kbits upload
      • $2,399
    • 3MB download / 768kbits upload
      • $2,949
    • 4MB download / 768kbits upload
      • $5,249

    So far, TSTT’s Blink broadband packages would be available in the following areas :

    • San Juan
      • El Socorro Rd, El Socorro Ext Rd, Boundary Road, Don Miguel Rd, Eastern Main Road, Aranguez Main Road, Saddle Rd, First Ave to Tenth Ave, Barataria, First Street to Twelfth Street, Barataria, William St, Mt. Hope Road, Lady Young Rd, 2nd Caledonia
    • Diego Martin
      • Diego Martin Main Rd, La Puerta, Victoria Gardens, Westmoorings, Glencoe, Petit Valley, Goodwood Park, Diamond Vale, St. Lucien Rd, Morne Coco Rd, Industrial Estate, Richplain, La Estancia
    • West
      • Federation Park, Ellerslie Park Champs Elysees, Long Circular, Dibe, Cocorite, The Greens, Hillsboro, St James, Newtown, St. Clair, Boissierre Village, Queen’s Park West, Poui Hill, Lady Chancellor, Woodbrook – North, Ariapita Ave – North, Saddle Rd, La Seiva

  • TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007 video

    At the recent Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) Software Freedom Day event on September 15th, 2007, Mike Tikasingh recorded some video footage with a camcorder. Thanks to Mike’s hours of editing, we have a 18 minute video of the TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007 event which also features the TTCS new logo!

    The video is available in three formats :

  • TTCS meeting on Saturday 29th September 2007 from 1pm to 4pm

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will be having a meeting on Saturday 29th September 2007 from 1pm to 4pm at Engineering Consultants, at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain. (located at the corner of Oxford and Edward Street).This meeting will be an opportunity for those unable to attend the TTCS Software Freedom Day event on September 15th, 2007 as we will be repeating some of the presentations made on Software Freedom Day .

    We will be :

    – giving an overview of what is free and open source software
    – demonstrating Ubuntu, a popular Linux-based operating system bundled with many applications.
    – demonstrating the TTCS OSSWIN CD, a CD of over 100 free and open source programs for Windows

    Attendees can get a TTCS OSSWIN CD and a Ubuntu CD for $20 TT ; schools and other educational institutions can get these free of charge, provided an email is sent before Saturday).

    Anyone who uses a computer is welcome to attend. Attendance is free.

    See you there!

  • Bitdepth column #595 on TTCS Software Freedom Day 2007

    Mark Lyndersay’s latest Bitdepth column #595 for Tuesday 25th September 2007 is online featuring the Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society’s Software Freedom Day meeting on September 15th, 2007.

    (Edit 28/9/2007 : corrected date of BitDepth column)

  • Teen charged with hacking into Attorney General’s computer??

    Saw this news item in the Wednesday September 19th, 2007 Trinidad Express newspaper :

    Teen charged with hacking into AG’s computer
    Wednesday, September 19th 2007

    A TEENAGER has been charged with hacking into the internet account of the Attorney General’s office.

    Shezie Huggins, 19, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Ejenny Espinet in the Port of Spain First Magistrate’s Court.

    Huggins is alleged to have illegally attained and used the internet account of Attorney General John Jeremie on two separate occasions.

    The incidents are said to have occurred on July 31 and August 1, respectively.

    Huggins, who was represented by attorney Sean Cazabon, pleaded not guilty to the two charges.

    The court heard that police officers entered the Diego Martin home of Huggins’ parents and seized the family computer he is alleged to have used.

    The case has been adjourned to November 20.

    A few observations :

    • It doesn’t mention it, but this is probably the second time in Trinidad and Tobago’s history that someone has been charged under the Computer Misuse Act.
    • The headline is inaccurate, according to the article, the person used the internet account of the Attorney General, not “hack” into the AG’s computer.
    • Is the internet account of the Attorney General’s office a dialup account?!!!

  • TTCS Software Freedom Day preparations update – meeting on Sept 9th, 2007

    Meeting on Sept 8th, 2007 went well and the TTCS will be having a meeting on Sunday 9th, 2007 at ENCO from 10am to continue preparatory work for Software Freedom Day on September 15th, 2007.

    You can read a summary of what happened on Sept 8th, 2007 and other TTCS SFD preparations at the TTCS SFD wiki page.

  • TTCS Software Freedom Day event on Saturday September 15th, 2007

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS), will be having a tech meeting on Saturday September 15th, 2007 from 1pm to 6pm at Hand, Arnold (Trinidad) Limited, El Socorro Road Extension, El
    Socorro, San Juan (View satellite image at http://tinyurl.com/knbef)

    We will be celebrating Software Freedom Day 2007, a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the benefits and availability of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

    Anyone interested in computing and related technology are welcome to attend this event. While stocks last, attendees will receive the TTCS OSSWIN CD and Ubuntu CDs (or any Linux distro) free of charge. Additional linux distros can be obtained for $5 TT each.

    Some of the activities planned at this meeting include :

    • demoing open source software (OSS) for Windows from the TTCS OSSWIN CD .
    • demoing Ubuntu , a popular Linux distribution.
    • how to install Ubuntu on your Windows PC (dual booting).
    • how to use a Linux “live” CD (no need to install Linux on a hard drive).
    • how to do common computing tasks using Linux and open source software.

    Please let us know via email at admin at ttcsweb d.o.t org if you are attending and what distros you may be interested in getting) so we can prepare the venue accordingly.

    See you there!

  • TTCS meeting on Saturday September 8th, 2007 – Software Freedom Day 2007 event preparations

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS ; http://ttcsweb.org/) will be having a meeting on Saturday September 8th, 2007 from 1pm to 6pm at Engineering Consultants at 112A Edward Street, Port of Spain (corner of Oxford and Edward Streets).

    We need your help at this meeting to prepare for Software Freedom Day (SFD) on Saturday Sept 15th, 2007. SFD is a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the benefits and availability of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

    In order to make SFD a great experience for those learning about Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) for the first time, we need to:

    • make a flyer about TTCS, TTCS OSSWIN CD, Ubuntu and Open Source.
    • make a flyer to promote the Software Freedom Day event
    • test machines which will be used for SFD. Minimum of three PCs needed, so far.
    • test a PC with Ubuntu installed.
    • practice how to do various tasks in Ubuntu that persons on other OSes are accustomed to.(e.g. common internet tasks, playing media content, installing a printer, etc).
    • have a Windows PC to show how to dual boot with Ubuntu or another “live”/hard drive-installed Linux distro.
    • have a Windows PC to demo Open Source Software for Windows (Microsoft Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP).
    • have a Windows Vista PC (if possible) to demo Open Source Software on this latest OS.
    • if possible, have a laptop running Ubuntu to show how it works on such a device.

    Linux/OSS fans, Windows users, Mac users, anyone is welcome to assist ith this project. If you can help us with these tasks, have ideas, suggestions, would like to volunteer to help with SFD 2007, then email the TTCS at admin at ttcsweb d.o.t org. Let us know if you will be attending the TTCS meeting on Saturday September 8th.

  • TTPS, TUCO websites defaced

    Recently, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) website at http://ttps.gov.tt/ was defaced sometime last week (at least since August 19th, 2007 according to the Microsoft cache of the site). The main page contains several images and the title of the website reads “Welcome to Rum Bar Jamaica” and several links to a Jamaican social/portal site. The TTPS site is offline for now….here is the Google cache of ttps.gov.tt

    Also, the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organization (TUCO) website at http://www.tuco.co.tt/ was also discovered to be defaced apparently by persons from Turkey.

  • Answers from Flow (August 2007)

    Introduction

    The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society met with Ian Serrao, Director of Network Services at Columbus Communications Trinidad

    (Columbus is the parent company of Flow) at a TTCS Meeting on: Wednesday 22nd August 2007

    These are some of the questions supplied by members (the title of this article was first  “Questions for Flow”) and the answers provided by Flow (hence the change in title).

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