Comments on: Bad PR karma return to haunt Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/12/846 Everything media! Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:49:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Comfort Delgro plays number game but loses it on shift system | the(new)mediaslut http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/12/846#comment-21866 Comfort Delgro plays number game but loses it on shift system | the(new)mediaslut Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:07:38 +0000 http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/12/846#comment-21866 [...] number games will most likely by IDA in April 2008 when the number of Internet users in Singapore will drop by a cool 1 million users. Then again, the fault has been pointed at Singtel for providing such figures to the [...] […] number games will most likely by IDA in April 2008 when the number of Internet users in Singapore will drop by a cool 1 million users. Then again, the fault has been pointed at Singtel for providing such figures to the […]

]]> By: c#programmer http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/12/846#comment-17570 c#programmer Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:08:23 +0000 http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/12/846#comment-17570 They could only try this stunt because SingTel and IDA are in the same camp. They could only try this stunt because SingTel and IDA are in the same camp.

]]> By: GeekyCoder http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/12/846#comment-17533 GeekyCoder Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:13:58 +0000 http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/12/846#comment-17533 I choose to be different. The figure of 1 million users is due to phone infrastructure not signup. If this is taken into consideration for the survey of 2005, then why can't the same tactic be used in the next survey ? So what is the infrastructure next time ? How about cable infrastructure ? Remember that majority of HDB flats are been wired with cable and can be turned on anytime for internet connection if user choose to pay. So user don't have have to use cable for internet but IDA can still consider them as user because the infrastructure is there. In the end, the number could be inflated even further than 66% because the way of some creative intepretation at play by IDA. On the whole, it is a smart move by IDA not to include cable infrastructure as a factor initially because it can be reserved for the "rainy day". If you think about it, you find it hard to beat such reason afterall the statistic by our media does not need to explain how they achieve the number all along, do they ? I choose to be different.
The figure of 1 million users is due to phone infrastructure not signup. If this is taken into consideration for the survey of 2005, then why can’t the same tactic be used in the next survey ? So what is the infrastructure next time ? How about cable infrastructure ? Remember that majority of HDB flats are been wired with cable and can be turned on anytime for internet connection if user choose to pay. So user don’t have have to use cable for internet but IDA can still consider them as user because the infrastructure is there. In the end, the number could be inflated even further than 66% because the way of some creative intepretation at play by IDA. On the whole, it is a smart move by IDA not to include cable infrastructure as a factor initially because it can be reserved for the “rainy day”.

If you think about it, you find it hard to beat such reason afterall the statistic by our media does not need to explain how they achieve the number all along, do they ?

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