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Chinese (Shanghai) Internet Service Provider (ISP) Benchmarks
After many years of living in China, and with recent press reports
stating Shanghai has the slowest Internet in all of China (falling
behind Tibet!), coupled with the suffering behind the
Great Firewall, today, and after several weeks of trying various ways to obtain it, I
upgraded to (little known) cable modem access in Shanghai, with
OCN.com.cn (Oriental Cable Network -- TV Service), which is operated by China Unicom, which is installed by
some unknown 3rd party.
Today (May 25, 2011) it was installed in
our old apartment building -- the 3rd party seller suggested we only buy
the 6mb plan, since the 10mg plan offered only gets speeds of 6-7mb, and
is substantially cheaper. We took his advice and did this.
I took the opportunity to run speedtests
and benchmark on different scenarios while my Shanghai Telecom DSL line
is still active. Here are the results:
The cost of Shanghai Telecom DSL is
roughly 30% higher than that of OCN/China Unicom Cable
Broadband!. If you pre-pay a year, they even give you another 4 months for free!
It's therefore a no-brainer.
Have a Chinese speaking person call OCN/China Unicom
and install tomorrow.

Toby Simkin
PS. Rumors (and news services) suggest that OCN will
be the exclusive supplier in Shanghai of 100mb cable lines
before 2012 -- part of 12 test markets in China approved by Central
Government -- so another reason to make the switch!
Now PLEASE OCN, provide some English language
programming on your digital TV services...
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Mr. Simkin is a Broadway producer of such Tony award winning hits as I Am My Own Wife, Death of a Salesman, Long Days Journey Into Night and the The Crucible. He has also produced I Am My Own Wife and Death of a Salesman on the West
End of London. Toby developed Broadway concepts and strategies within the China region that secured a national theatre network and enabled Broadway touring productions to be presented throughout China. In Beijing, Shanghai,
Wuhan, Nanjing, Suzhou, Changsha, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanning and Hangzhou and elsewhere in China - 42nd Street, FAME the musical, Disney's
production of Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA. In Taiwan, starring Brad Little, Jekyll & Hyde. Jekyll and
Hyde performed in Taipei, Tainan, Taichung and Kaohsiung. In Seoul Korea, Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington New Zealand, The Rocky
Horror Show. He has worked extensively in the broadway internet and broadway marketing industry throughout Australia, the U.S., England and Canada, with more than 120 shows, ranging from the Broadway shows of Blood Brothers and Victor/Victoria, to the live concert spectacular of The 3 Tenors to international tours of The Shanghai Ballet. He produced a critically acclaimed production of The Long & The Short & The Tall and was Stage Manager of the Royal Command Performance of The Tempest, starring Keith Michell, which opened the XII Commonwealth Games Festival in 1982. Mr Simkin produced a recording of a new musical The Promised Love in Leningrad, Russia during the coup. Over the last twelve years Mr. Simkin has worked in the entertainment technology sector, both for Microsoft Corporation and as an entrepreneur creating over 150 theatrical internet web sites for the vast majority of Broadway shows, joint technology ventures and bulletin board systems. Mr. Simkin pioneered bringing broadway theatre to the Internet with a Bulletin Board Service in 1989 called ShowCall in conjunction with the League of American Theatres & Producers. Since then, Toby has produced and developed websites for broadway shows, broadway plays, broadway musicals and generally, the majority of broadway theater. Mr. Simkin pioneered bringing Broadway theater to the Internet in 1995 with a web site for the broadway show Victor/Victoria. In March of 1994 he built his first web site. In April of 2000, Mr. Simkin sold the Internet company he
founded in 1995, Theatre.com. Mr. Simkin was Associate Producer of the Tony Award nominated Broadway play revival of Arthur Miller'sThe Crucible starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. He is Associate Producer ofLong Day's Journey Into Night starring Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy and Philip Seymour Hoffman. In addition, Toby is managing all broadway internet and broadway marketing initiatives online for Long Day's Journey. He is currently involved with the Broadway production of I Am My Own Wife. In conjunction with Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, Toby produced 4 Broadway shows directed/choreographed by Wayne Cilento for Celebrity Cruises to launch the Constellation in Europe. Broadway Plays include Long Day's Journey Into Night and The Crucible. Mr. Simkin is currently Executive Producer of Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, responsible for the development and production of new business in both the legit, cruise, technical & web industries and foreign markets, and producing Savion Glover improvography throughout the world. He also served as Chief Technology Officer of Broadway Digital Entertainment, managing the broadway internet and broadway marketing for the Broadway Theatre Archive and Broadway Tonight series, and is a consultant to Music Theatre International, the leading licensor of the majority of broadway musical theatre, responsible for all broadway internet and broadway marketing.
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