Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) is offering wireless broadband service using CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology to provide internet access wherever there is EV-DO coverage.
EV-DO is the acronym for 'Evolution-Data Optimized.' which allows a maximum download speed of 2.4Mbps and upload speed of 153.6Kbps. The average TSTT EV-DO users will experience a download speed of 400 to 700Kbps, or more than 15 times faster than the average TSTT DSL user.

The higher upload and download speeds will greatly increase interactive gaming and video streaming which is still relatively rare among Trinidad and Tobago home internet users. Further to that there will be no requirement for a phone line. In the past potential applicants had to be either the owner of a home line or be so authorised by the owners to act on their behalf; a system that caused regret to many who rented apartments or homes.

PRICE:
There are 3 service charges
1) a one time terminal device fee
2) a one time sign up fee
3) monthly rental

The terminal Device Fee is $1,575 + VAT, BUT IS FREE upon the signing of contracts 1 year or more

The sign-up Fee is $690 VAT inclusive but sources say it may be waived for existing customers upgrading to EV-DO.

Monthly Rental is $575 per month (VAT inclusive) but is reduced on the basis of contract length as follows:

a) 1 year contract $475 + VAT
b) 2 year contract $425 + VAT
c) 3 year contract $375 + VAT

To sign up, you can download and complete the following forms
Application form
Term contract
Monthly Contract

TSTT has a FAQ page you can access as well
TSTT Wireless Broadband FAQ page

Labels: wireless internet Trinidad and Tobago

Juventus and France midfielder Patrick Vieira, his wife Trinidadian Cheryl 'Cherie' Vieira, and her daughter were gassed by burglars at their villa in Cannes, France yesterday.
The footballer and his family were knocked out by the gas enabling the burglars to loot the household of jewels and cash. The robbers fled the scene in Vieira's Mercedes Benz. The car was later found abandoned in Nice, France.

Gas was pumped into the house to keep the Vieiras asleep, but the French midfielder was cleared to resume training with the France World Cup squad after a medical check.
Trinidadian born wife Cheryl Vieira and daughter Cheries were both recovering at home and police said there should be no long-term medical effects of the drugging.

Earlier today French police held five suspects in the robbery for questioning.

Labels: Cheryl Vieira, Patrick Vieira

UNC Opposition Senator, Ato Boldon, was involved in a scare as his flight out of Piarco International Airport was delayed because there was not enough fuel in the aircraft. Boldon, text messaged Anil Roberts on Power 102 FM Radio to alert him that his flight was grounded because airline officials discovered there was not enough fuel to complete the flight.
Update to follow

Labels: Ato Boldon

If you were one of those Trinbagonians sat before your television sets watching Dateline NBC you received the shock of your life when a Trinidadian male was the feature predator in their child-seduction Internet sting operation.

The guy who brought national shame to all of us is Marvin Lakhan, screenname "crazytrini85." Lakhan met his intended victim in an online chat room and struck up a conversation with the girl who gave her name as Cindy. Having discovered she was a virgin, Lakhan sends her a picture of his genitals and asks her if she'll try anal sex, adding "it's better than regular sex."
Not content, he asks her if she would perform an act with her pet kitten and negotiates a deal for her to do so if he walks in her home naked.

The damn stupid, asshole Trinidadian actually strips his clothes and waits for the teenager, only to be surprised by the Dateline correspondent. The reporter asks him to get a towel but the damn trini fool has an erection and forms a tent with the towel.
At this point I was too embarrassed to look and turned off the damn television. It's not enough that citizens here are causing consternation and shame but now we have expatriates casting negativity upon us. All I can say is bring on Benny Hinn, even fake prayers can't do any worse.
Oh jeezan ages man. Go read the story and partial transcript on Dateline's webpage.

Labels: crazytrini 85, Dateline NBC, Marvin Lakhan, To catch a predator

Have you seen TV6 news recently? It's all about goodlooks and sex now because they have added two new newsreaders Cherise D'Abadie and Samantha Joseph.
Cherise is a buxom beauty with wonderful enunciation but it's hard to appreciate her pronunciation skills when you are focused on her more obvious assets. But having seen her a month or so now I think she has the ability to impress.

Certainly Colleen Holder has grown into her role and now, is arguably the best television news reader in Trinidad and Tobago. So it would not be a great surprise if Cherise becomes more of a journalist and less of just a pretty face on television.

With the expanding news format of afternoon, evening and late evening news TV6 clearly needed a third news anchor and they seem to have settled on radio personality Sammy Jo. But of course that name is a bit too adolescent for the seriousness of news so she has reverted to her birth name of Samantha Joseph. Samantha cut her teeth on radio and recently got a break on Synergy TV as an entertainment correspondent but as of last week she has hit the big time.

She has done well so far but as with any woman of the fairer complexion is obsessed with using red lipstick and that is a real turnoff to most viewers. But tonight on the Sunday news she has discarded the bright red for a light pink and that's the best decision she has made all week.

So, there we go, two beautiful women have been added to our newscasts and I am not complaining. Are you?

Tickets for the Cricket World Cup 2007 are on sale online says World Cup organiser, and former Miss Universe, Janelle 'Penny' Commissiong.
Penny says tickets go on sale at the official website.

Locally, tickets are available at the Hasley Crawford Stadium, the Ato Boldon Stadium and the Scarborough Office of TSTT.
The only other interesting bit of news was Penny's revelation that tickets for the Final are available to purchasers of tickets for previous games only. So no tickets for you one game fans.

My problem is I take too many pictures and then don't post them online. I have hundreds of pictures of life, parties and women in Trinidad and Tobago and sooner or later I'll upload them for you guys to enjoy.

So what's up then?
Earlier this week I was in St Augustine at the new HILO grocery and I saw Ato Boldon driving -what looked like a Toyota Camry- on that street between HILO and Mario's Pizzeria. He stopped for me to cross (that was nice of him) but I told him hang on a minute, "I want to take your picture."

Senator Boldon complied but the dang digital camera was taking an age to load and I had it on the wrong settings. Meanwhile the drivers of the few cars behind Senator Boldon were having an hissy fit because I kept them back a few seconds and started hitting their horns.
I tell you, Trinidadians have become very impatient. The end all was Boldon had to drive off because of those cacaholes and I only got a picture of his hands as he drove off. I wasted my blasted time.



Later that week I took a drive to Courts Furniture Store on South Quay, Port-of-Spain and as I was driving I saw the guy who portrays 'Roger' from the Gayelle Television series 'Snacks'.I cannot remember his name, but the actor was walking down the street casually and unbothered with his peeled oranges. Here is the picture I took...



As he passed by a beautiful girl walked behind him so I took her picture as well, much to her surprise...



At the week's end I visited the Club at Chaguaramas to have a look at the young sailors go through their paces on their Peakes sponsored mini-yachts.

Labels: Ato Boldon, Courts, Gayelle, Hi-Lo St Augustine