lenz: July 2008 Archives

dns is in trouble, at least caching dns. i guess everyone who is into that topic is busy patching his resolvers. the funny thing about that topic is the kids that start wining that this is all bad and that the new design does not work for them and so on. it looks like paul vixie now stepped up to calm the crowds. his post is nice, i love clarity :-)
problem with the post is that the kids don't know paul or don't value his input but hey, after 7th of august there is not too much to worry about kids anymore. the internet will be a mess and there will be heaps of crying kids, complaining that all this is not fair and that there was too less time for them to patch and all the usual bla bla ...
there is a moment in your live where you learn pretty radical that there are some guys you better listen to when they say that things go bad. if you think you know better the world will show you that you are wrong. this is one of those moments.

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the poor guys of vodafone had their shop open till about 6:00 this morning and reopened at 9:00. i was in the shop at around 9 and found some pretty tired faces :-)
it looks like the credit check thing is the part that takes the most time. mine failed obviously the first time as i am no kiwi and they wanted to have my passport and visa faxed to the vodafone credit check team. even today in the morning there are queues at all three voda stores in welli and guys are running around shops asking for stock figures. the 16gig version is pretty much sold out now as it looks like.
well ... i finally managed to get my hand on one as well :-) lets see how it compares to the first generation iPhone.

some pictures from the iPhone launch down here in Wellington. The queue was about 150 guys long and was well treated by Vodafone staff. It was only around 10 degrees down here and Vodafone served coffee and provided caps for the freezing queue.

At midnight the store opened and the first in line - and only the first - entered the store to get his iPhone. It took about 20min till he came out again. I am curious how long it took the last guys to get their phones :-)

the plans for the iPhone in NZ are plain ridicules. NZ is light years behind the global standard and vodafone is trying to sell it to us as a premium service for the high price segment. mobile data usage is standard elsewhere but it looks like vodafone NZ did not even bother to look abroad. 250 meg for 80$ a month is a joke when you compare it to europe or the states.

this video shows the reaction down here quite good :-)

http://www.youtube.com/v/291gK1ikf1w&hl

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the iPhone plans for NZ are online ... well, were, for about a minute or so till the vodafone servers crashed. here is a screenshot:

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