Category Archives: IT

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Nice Firefox extension: Web Developer

Hey there,

I found a great Firefox extension that is worth it!

Have a look at this partial screenshot:

partial screenshot

For example, it allows CSS edit on the fly and see changes directly: no reload/upload necessary! Adjust your style, then save and put live, isn’t that wonderful?

You can also play with privacy, display image information, div, frames, validate Links on the page, and many other interesting things.

Looks like I found a new friend 😀

Domain names

I updated SaveSpell.com. The database is now scalable, which allows many new features on top.

The idea is to let users register, tag and watch domain names that could interest them.

Would be nice if you could test it before I implement new features.

Its dedicated blog is located here.

Thanks,

ADSL pricing in Luxembourg

Here’s a brief overview of the different ADSL offers in Luxembourg:

First, every company propose the following bandwidth:
– Small: 1 Mbit/s download, 128 kbit/s upload.
– Middle: 2 Mbit/s download, 192 kbit/s upload.
– Large: 3 Mbit/s download, 192 kbit/s upload.

Now, let’s compare the prices in €:

Operator Small Middle Large Notes
P&T 29 (1 GB) 47 (15 GB) 79 (25 GB) Limited in traffic, then 0.003 €/MB
Cegecom 38 (15 GB) 42 (25 GB) 71 (40 GB) Traffic based, extra traffic charged € 0.003/MB
Fixed IP address for € 29/month plus € 109 for setup.
Visual Online 42 71 100 Flat rate, Fixed IP address for € 29/month plus € 109 for setup.
Netline 42 71 99 Flat rate, Fixed IP address for € 29/month plus € 109 for setup.
Alternet 30 60 98 Flat rate, Package with fixed IP address and 1 domain hosting for € 150.
Luxembourg Online 29 45 70 Flat rate. Extra € 6 if you do not want to use them for telephony.
Tele 2 24 40 65 Flat rate.
DSL4all 24 40 66 Flat rate.

Requirements are an analog phone line: € 19 (€ 17 for Cegecom) or ISDN (~€ 22) for every provider. Some of them require also to sign a telephone calls contract that routes all your phone calls via them. Also, some prices might not include the ADSL line while some others do. Prices were checked on their Website on January 2nd, 2006. I forgot to check what prices include VAT and not…

The most amazing is the cost of a fixed IP address. My only question is where is competition in there?

PS: Happy New Year 🙂