To Eccentric: On Brunei Ranking and Competitiveness

Eccentric: To me developed status isn't something like an award we can accept or reject. I posted few hours ago regarding the qualifications & factors needed to be a true developed country (not just on paper), and out of many Brunei has attained only 3 of them. Will see if it will be posted later.

That means, even if Brunei decids to claim the developed status now, it'd be unrealistic as its industries are not that advanced. Its cities like Bandar and KB are pretty dead, and moreover its technologies are very low, it needs to outsource much of its technical tasks to foreign firms. Unlike Singapore, HK, Luxembourg (Singapore & HK have very strong trading & export economy, they have good industries, Singapore has very advanced electronics and chemicals industries and Hong Kong has robust real estate industries. There are quite a number of Made in Singapore and Made in Hong Kong products which make their names around the world.

Both are world's leading financial centers. Luxembourg has a very strong steel industry. Its industrial sectors have also been successfully diversified to include chemicals, rubber, and other products. It is the world's second largest investment fund center after the USA) These countries can realistically claim the developed title, but for Brunei, judging from its industries and development, I don't think it really can. It is simply too unrealistic when matched with the real industrial strength, financial clout, and technological level. @John Bread: I'm not criticizing Brunei, I'm just pointing out the real situation that people overlooked.

The world economy is rebounding and recovering, if you look at Wall Street, the index has been rising from 6900 to 9600 in the last 6 months. Soon our neighbors, with their established industries, will pick up again. Brunei economy is stalled for years even before crisis; will it make any differences before/after recession? I have readied a 20,000 word recommendations and suggestions to develop Brunei economy, but will the government listen to me?

I'm sure there are abundant of Bruneians out there who have brilliant ideas on the economy. But in the end, the decision makers are not us. The authorities at the top government departments... Well, it involves business awarding, power, connection, etc. I know they have already hired tons of economic advisers from UK and others, they can give better ideas than me, but at the end it is all about the top decision-makers. @sponge kuning: Thanks for the info. I was not aware of it. I'm just following the stat given by UN population report. If what you said is true, Brunei population is really 619,000, then Brunei GDP per capita must minus 55% from its current value, then it won't be the highest in Asia.

This is in fairness as other countries all count expats as parts of their population in report. UN report, for instance, include all foreign expats (amounted to 23%) as parts of Saudi's 27.5 million population.

-BruDirect Website on www.brudirect.com

Ever wondered why internet in Brunei is so slow?

Why is Brunei internet so slow? If you ask DST/ Telbru the answer is along the lines of: "Brunei has a small userbase, this means that each user has to pay more for their bandwidth. The available bandwidth is what can be purchased for the current userbase." This sounds quite plausible. Maybe this is the case. Or is it?

To start Brunei's average internet speed is 0.86mbps. Let's look at other countries around the world and see what speed they get: Macau - Similar size user base to us, must be the same speed right? Nope the average internet speed in Macau is 3.9mbps. Hmm that must be a one off right it can't be that there is that much difference in our internet speed compared to a similar country. Dubai - This is going to be the same speed as us, just has to be. Slightly smaller user base, oil rich country. Pretty much the same situation as Brunei, if anything their internet will be slower due to the smaller user base, right?

Wrong the average speed in Dubai is 1.7mbps. So twice that of Brunei. Indonesia - Not a perfect comparison because the user base is going to be larger, but the country is a lot poorer, and the land mass is a lot greater than Brunei, plus it is in the same region as us. So the speed there should be pretty similar to us. Their average speed depending on the region varies between 1.08mbps and 17.27mbps. Ok so let's get this straight, even the slowest speed in Indonesia is faster than the fastest in Brunei. Iraq - Haha this has to be slower, it is a war zone, not much of the country is not fighting. But do you want to guess what their average speed is in Bagdad? 0.65mbps.

At last somewhere that is slower than Brunei, a battle field. Although if you look at the rest of Iraq, some regions have an average speed of 2.52mbps. So even a war torn country, has better internet than Brunei. And a quick look at some more speeds: Equador - 2.3mbps - 0.51mbps Columbia - 1.82mbps - 4.47mbps Brazil - 21.61mbps - 4.93mbps Newfoundland (northern Canada, almost at the north pole) - 2.95mbps Ethiopia - 0.32mbps Ghana - 0.49mbps - 0.82mbps Brazil - 2.93mbps - 2.06mbps Peru - 1.02mbps - 0.85mbps Mongolia - 3.26mbps Lets get this straight, the drug cartels in Columbia have better internet than Brunei, the polar bears in Newfoundland have better internet than Brunei. The mountains of Peru have better internet than Brunei. The yaks in Mongolia can stream HD TV.

But in Brunei we cannot even watch uTube. You know, it was actually pretty hard to find anywhere slower than Brunei. Yes there are small 3rd world nations in Africa and South America that are slower, but not many. Brunei rank's 158th out of 192 countries. So only 34 countries in the world have slower internet than Brunei. Why is this? We now know that smaller countries, with less users and who are more remote, have faster internet. War zones have faster internet. Pretty much every other country in the world has faster internet.

So Telbru/ DST Why is Brunei's internet so slow?

-BruDirect Website on www.brudirect.com

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A bear, a lion and a pig meet.

Bear says: "if I roar in the forest, the entire forest is shivering with fear."

Lion says: "if I roar in the jungle, the entire jungle is afraid of me."

Pig says: "big deal.... I only have to cough, and the entire planet lives in fear.


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i think the world of angst teenagers seems to be getting out of hand lately. sure, we may not like each individual that we meet, nor would we like to see our reputation go down the drains because someone has been spreading rumours about us. but in the first place, THINK. what did you do to deserve it? did you do something to offend? did you deserve it? is it true? what can you do to counter it as a civillised human being? i know it isnt easy to find out that someone's backstabbing or causing you trouble, but fighting fire with fire DOES NOT SOLVE ANYTHING. I'm pretty sure many of the female counterpart have been called degrading names before, whether it was meant or not. but throwing back an equally degrading name does not solve the problem, nor will it force the attacker to surrender. as an individual, i'm sure the only person who knows you the best would be yourself, and knowing that you are NOT what they labelled you, there is no need to waste your time and energy on persuading the attack to change his mind, further more on the attacker itself. like they say, empty vessels make the most noise, thus the noise empty vessels make has no meaning to it. its ok to not make a comeback to every statement made to you; likewise its ok not to accept what people say to you. so in case an attacker tries to cause problems for you, always remember who you really are inside and dont let others provoke you. they are not worth your time and energy, and you're better off enjoying your day than to waste even a second on these idiots. =] so when you encounter a situation similar to this, just take a deep breath, say thank you, and walk off. oh yeah, dont forget to smile ;)! i'm pretty sure that bully wont bug you anymore ^^!

as a reminder to all victims: keep your chin up and remember who YOU are. you know yourself the best, so dont let another person's hateful comment harm you. you're stronger than the winds of the earth, and you have the power to be the best among the best. even at your worst, you're still wayyy better than that idiot which the noise is coming from. =]

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