Schools will be closing this week and the holiday is upon us all. This holiday I’m sure most of us will be going away for a while to take some time away from our busy schedules.

Today I saw a number of bloggers posting about their holiday plans and when they will be going away and for how long, this made me think, is it wise to divulge all your holiday plans online?

The internet is an great way to express your views on things and share stories of your live with fellow internet users, but it also make certain information freely available to crooks. What better way is it for a burglar to go search the web for posts about peoples holiday plans and then have enough time to burgle your house or office while you are away.

So please if you are going to tell us about your holiday plans keep it simple, do not give away exact dates and information that could be useful to criminals.

I know chances are slim that house burglars are really tech savvy, but you never know. What do you guys think about giving away such information on your sites?

@pigeonrace2009 was born due to the mere fact that Telkom is useless when it comes to internet in South Africa.

Neil the man behind the Pigeon Race idea was getting realy frustrated with the slow speed and unreliable lines that the company he is working for is using to transfer large files between satallite call centres. This made him think about a april fools paper he read a while back about using carrier pigeons as a network layer.

This all got Neil thinking about how long it takes to transfer large amounts of files in South Africa over standard ADSL line, and how fast it can be done using carrier pigeons. After discussing it with his CIO, Pigeon Race 2009 became a reality.

Basically they will be flying a pigeon with a 4GB micro SD card from Howick to their central site in Hillcrest. They did a dry run. Here is the stats: Pigeon took 48 minutes to deliver the data. ADSL is still downloading. Telkom got hold of this via the media and is currently in a flat spin. They got a call from Telkom asking them for their circuit numbers so they can make sure they have good service.

Now for the best part, tranfering the data through ADSL circuit is costing them +- R45 000 per month, now if they moved to Avain Carrier Pigeons they will be saving a whopping R35 000 per month.

If you would like to support Neil and Winston the Carrier Pigeon go check out their site, follow them on twitter or search for Winston on Facebook. You can also buy a very nice shirt from springleap to show your support.

Just a friendly reminder for you guys that missed the G-Connect Giveaway post. You have until end of day Friday to enter to stand a chance to win one of 2 G-Connect vouchers to the value of R50 each.

Each voucher can be used to buy 1GB worth of Internation ADSL bandwidth, this is a great way to test out G-Connect’s great offerings if you always wanted to. G-Connect not only offers ADSL connectivity but the voucher can also be used to access 3G aswell as G-Connect WiFi hotspots with your phone.

To enter simply follow the instructions on the G-Connect Giveaway post, good luck to all.

We here at iGeek believe in driving broadband prices down in South Africa, and thats exacly what the guys at G-Connect is doing at the moment.

A while back I wrote  a article on G-Connect’s great pricing. G-Connect currently offers the lowest price for carry over ADSL data in South Africa at only 4.9c per Megabyte, and the best part is you can use your one account for wifi, 3G and ADSL.

The guys at G-Connect have been very kind and donated two R50 G-Connect vouchers for me to give away. To enter simply reply to this post or retweet the following on twitter “@diekloon @G_Connect Win a G-Connect Voucher with iGeek and G-Connect http://bit.ly/N01RH”

For more information regarding G-Connect’s great offerings visit their website.

G-Connect is the latest company with its mind set on driving broadband prices to the ground in South Africa. G-Connect enterend the market a few months back first with their wireless offerings, and recently introduced G-Connect ADSL at the cheapest rate for unshaped prepaid ADSL in South Africa.

Sure there are other cheap offers on the market now, like FNB Connect and Edgars Club Connect, the thing with those packages are that there is catches. FNB Connect asks a R69 activation while the Edgars offer is only R29 it only applies to the first gig there after prices is sky high.

G-Connect ADSL connectivity is available at only 4.5c per MB during Happy Hour and 4.9c per MB during normal hours, that equates to R50.17 for 1GB worth of data that is unshaped and has carry-over. Some other great news is that G-Connect will soon launch prepaid vouchers obtainable from various outlets, something similiar like Axxess is doing.

What are the benefits of G-Connect ADSL?

• It’s fast.
• It’s cheap.
• It’s awesome.
• One account.
• Prepaid.
• Free Connection Manager Software.
• Data rollover.
• 24/7 Customer Support.
• No Sign Up and Activation Fee.
• Unshaped

For more information on G-Connect’s great offering visit their website here.