Article Mistake corrections

SA’s broadband better, but still below par
Missing a full stop & space in here:

"Average latency has fallen by 25% to 142ms. This is slightly up from 140ms in 2009, but still significantly lower than 189ms in 200South Africa ranks 42nd globally and has the following contributing attributes for BQS, the average download speed is 1,557 Kbps; the average upload speed is 337 Kbps and the average latency is 157 ms"
 
Hi Smurfatefrog,

The article should be corrected in numerous areas now, thanks :)
 
In U2 kills Computicket website Staff Writer erred at
  • "The Saturday date was most likely selected to minimize the amount of people which may use the online service as far less people have access to the Internet at home than at work.": he should have used "fewer"
  • He also erred at "Numerous U2 fans which tried to access to Computicket site this morning were greeted with the message:": THAT should be "who"
  • As for "One would assume the Computicket website could not handle to flood of people trying to get their hands on tickets." ...oh come ON! Sheesh people, where on Earth is your sub-editing?!?! FYI, and because THAT iteration of Staff Writer is almost certainly an idiot, the correct word there would be "the"
 
bdt said:
In U2 kills Computicket website Staff Writer erred at
  • "The Saturday date was most likely selected to minimize the amount of people which may use the online service as far less people have access to the Internet at home than at work.": he should have used "fewer"
  • He also erred at "Numerous U2 fans which tried to access to Computicket site this morning were greeted with the message:": THAT should be "who"
  • As for "One would assume the Computicket website could not handle to flood of people trying to get their hands on tickets." ...oh come ON! Sheesh people, where on Earth is your sub-editing?!?! FYI, and because THAT iteration of Staff Writer is almost certainly an idiot, the correct word there would be "the"
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No need to be rude - unless you really want an infraction.
 
Hi there
As above
"The Saturday date was most likely selected so as to minimise the number of people who might choose to use the online service...[refer corrections above for other corrections needed]
 
Oh Staff Writer, how elegantly you stumble...
Hershaw said that hopefully they establish a principal where all ISPs peer on an open basis using the "hot potato" principal - i.e. where you hand the traffic over at the closest point to where it is hosted.
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is a GEM!

Not that I'm any kind of authority. But old Paul Brians here is and I invite you to read up - it's the principle of the thing! :rolleyes:

But, to help you (and those that might also be caught out by this homophone), it reads:
Generations of teachers have tried to drill this one into students’ heads by reminding them, “The principal is your pal.” Many don’t seem convinced. “Principal” is a noun and adjective referring to someone or something which is highest in rank or importance. (In a loan, the principal is the more substantial part of the money, the interest is—or should be—the lesser.) “Principle” is only a noun, and has to do with law or doctrine: “The workers fought hard for the principle of collective bargaining.”
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Oh, and
MWEB ISP CEO Derek Hershaw explains that their ultimate plan is to route traffic in the most cost effective and efficient manner.
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should be hyphenated, id est: "cost-effective". Ditto the "old school telcos"
 
Thanks for spotting the mistake - fixed now.
 
"EWN reported this morning that cabled of the Telkom tower in Hillbrow were are on fire."
 
Thanks for spotting the mistake - fixed now.
 
Thanks for spotting the mistake - fixed now.
 
http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/16609-Universal-broadband-for-all-ANC.html

I think there may be some confusion in this article about the difference between a bit and a byte.
In terms of this table, a country that defines broadband in terms of 56 kilo bytes per second will take close to two minutes to download documents on the ANC website. It will also take 12 minutes to download a music track, 48 minutes to download a video clip and 1 week to download high quality movie. 256kilo bytes per second will improve the download speed as indicated in the table. From 2 mega bytes per second upward, it will take a single click to access documents from the ANC website.
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At 56 kilobytes per second, a music file (5megabytes) would take about 1.5 minutes to download, not 12 minutes. There are 8 bits in a byte. 56 kilobytes per second is equal to 448 kilobits per second. 256 kilobytes per second is equal to 2 megabits per second! So I'm pretty sure the figures in the article should be in kilobits not kilobytes. I'd like to see the ANC live up to the promise of a 2 meg line for everyone in SA, lol :D
 
Hi Nut123

You are of course correct, but that is why we published the ANC's article in full, unedited. There are other mistakes as well, but who are we to change official ANC documents ;)
 
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