Today marks the day of ‘posting random, statistic-driven images on the Pajago.com blog’. I think it should be marked as a public holiday! What do you think?

I made a couple of neat discoveries today; both at adsl2exchanges.com.au. First is a tool that allows you to see where the RIM’s ( Remote Integrated Multiplexer) in your area are located and how many available ports there are; the other, a heat-map of likely ADSL2+ speeds within your area. I believe both are quite reliant on user-interaction - a good way to go about things provided the information is moderated.

To view the RIM searcher, go to the left sidebar and click ’suburb’ view. Do what it asks to locate the suburb in question. You will see a Google Map littered with heat-blobs. Click on each and it tells you the RIM’s name and status. The Telstra exchanges are also marked by a little upside down tear-drop looking icon.

The speed heat-map can be found under ’states’ at the left sidebar. The more user-generated input here, the more robust the tool becomes. Very neat tool.

Go check it out.

PJG