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Posted: 29 May 2012 02:45 AM PDT

I had a coupla queries. Would appreciate if anyone could help me out.

I've had an Airtel broadband connection for the past two years (1mbps, 15GB). Recently, I got a new flatmate, who had his own Airtel broadband connection shifted into the place where we're living right now - so currently there are two broadband connections at home - one of which will obviously be cancelled, and we'll probably upgrade the other one to a 2mbps 75GB connection.

Now, we're also thinking of shifting to Airtel IPTV from the current Tata Sky. What I want to find out is that does having IPTV affect your internet speeds? Does it make sense to have one connection only for IPTV, and the second for normal browsing, etc? Both of us stream a lot of stuff, so would IPTV create a problem with speed?

If so, what is the minimum speed required for IPTV connection? The Airtel website says any broadband connection is upgradable to IPTV with a 249/- topup. Is it possible to have IPTV with say a 256 kbps connection? If so, then I can keep one connection at a base speed, say about 200 bucks a month (plus 249 for IPTV) and keep the other one purely for browsing / streaming.

Is there anything else involved if I take the base IPTV connection - 249 bucks a month?

Would love it if someone would help me get some clarity on this. Apologies if the query is stupid - I'm just a novice here :)

Best Web Browser

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:45 AM PDT

^ Interesting

Chrome is my default browser at home, the overall browsing comfort is unmatched, yet when I use it in a bad and congested network such as my office or a dial up, it takes ages for a page to open. Axis Bank and Kotak seems to encounter sessions problems with Chrome right after log on. The download speed for large files sometimes becomes very sluggish, often dragging at bytes per second when some other application is chewing on the bandwidth.

Firefox is my default browser in Office, it seems to handle slow unreliable and congested networks very well. For banking transactions I always rely on Firefox, along with the downloading of very large files.

Advice on 3g modem and plan

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:44 AM PDT

Cool. Would you suggest any specific dongle, maybe one that doesn't overheat or have other problems? There are so many of them, its a mess! And although ebay dealers provide 6 mth warranty, claiming it is gonna be a headache.

Thanks again!

Best Air Conditioner for Indian Conditions

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:31 AM PDT

I always preferred Carrier, but i had to buy a Samsung split in a hurry about and it's servicing is causing a whole on my pocket. Samsung it seems does not have it's own service centre, it has authorised multiple service centres in the city and they are giving samsung a bad name. in all these past three years since I bought the AC, I had to go for a deinstall and cleaning and reinstallation everytime, mainly due to the gas leakage, every year before the start of the summer my AC runs out of gas and there's no cooling, this year i hired a local electrician to do it, so far the cooling is stable.

Thoughts about eBook Readers?

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:21 AM PDT

Anyone getting a e-reader , i would suggest to go for NST w Glowlight

@chromaniac , have you arranged to get nook or any e-reader from abroad ?

Creative uses of Unlimited 3G?

Posted: 29 May 2012 02:00 AM PDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by ved123

Hey Guys,
This is my first post in forum. So incase I make any mistake, do let me know.
I want to know various CREATIVE uses of Unlimited 3G plan. What it could be? Remember I need Creative answer, so there is no barrier.

Get pirated dvd's and cd's with movies and games and songs from market and then seed em over torrent on the internet :P

"choose ur career carefully"

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:54 AM PDT

Quote:

Originally Posted by bajechele

What does she do with so much money ?? :tonguesmilie:

Donate it to italy.

Samsung Galaxy S III

Posted: 29 May 2012 01:37 AM PDT

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