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Philippine Banks Swift Codes

Posted on June 19, 2008

I've already posted quick overview what the Swift Code here before and as promised here is the list of Swift Codes of Philippine banks. You can use this numbers for your international money transfer where swift code is required.

Internet Performance & Speed Test

Posted on May 31, 2008

For internet users like us, it is very easy to notice whether internet connection is normal or not. Personally, I'm easy to get irritated specially when something is not normal in my Internet Speed. I've been refreshing, this browser many times and still the page isn't loading.. :( I'm pretty sure that it's not because of my PC as I have the latest version of Kaspersky Anti virus running in my PC - its a 6 months FREE Kaspersky antivirus by the way so if you havn't heard of the KASPERSKY FREE LICENSE KEY offering you better check my previous post about it.

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Back to the INTERNET SPEED TEST, I suspect something is wrong with my ISP so I verify my broadband speed performance. You should know the speed of your internet connection too. Time is money! so speed is a key

Searching online here are the links I found that offers Internet Speed Test. Please note that the speed of internet connection varies according to the ISP, interface hardwares (modem, router), browser, time of day, operating system and lot more.

Definition of Terms:

internet-speed-testDownload Speed: the speed downloading data from internet to your PC. Example is the speed when downloading images, files, shareware, freeware online.

Upload Speed: the speed of uploading data from your PC to internet. How fast you upload images in friendster, or flicker? how quick you send email?

RTT: Round Trip Time which reports the total time in milliseconds (ms) to send a small dta packet and obtain a reply black. The smaller the RTT score means faster connection. This is also known as "Pinging"

Here is the list of links where you can test internet speed:

Protecting Yourself When Dealing with BANKS

Posted on April 29, 2008

After we adapted the ways to be a better saver one day we realized the that we have enough cash to stash. What will we do then? We might go directly to the nearest bank and open a savings account for our savings. But wait a minute - aren't we forgetting something? can we just go the bank and open an account just like that?

Of course not. We have devoted much time & effort to save such amount so we must be careful in choosing which bank we want our money to be kept.

Here are some tips to protect us when dealing with banks. Whenever we choose banks we have to make sure that we have considered the following points.