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| Mobile Accessories @ Gizmeup.com Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:58 AM PDT Hey, I have a 10% OFF discount coupon "GIZME10". Using this, i am able to get Screen Protectors for just Rs 58.5 / Mobile Accessories :: Mobile Accessories :: Screen Protectors - Online Shopping for Computers, Mobile Phones, Digital Camera and Consumer Electronics Let me is you find any better deal than this? |
| Zee to launch 2 new channels - &pictures and Anmol Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:57 AM PDT http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k13/aug/aug20.php
Weird name
Then after few days they will start broadcasting dubbed South Indian movies
Hope it doesn't fails like Zee Next channel which was launched as 2nd GEC few years ago. |
| Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:57 AM PDT Do they change the plan immediately or end of billing cycle? Do they do it online/phone or will i have to visit the exchange? For MTNL Delhi |
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| Olay Total Effects Normal Day Cream for Rs. 189 Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:41 AM PDT |
| TATA Docomo 3G service has become pathetic in Bangalore Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:18 AM PDT its been a irritating long month since i have been facing issue with 3G or 2G connectivity in bangalore. APN settings are perfect on my handset, but some time 3G connectivity completely looses. even after switching on or switching off the handset the services doesnt work. randmly the 3G symbol will appear and then i can use the services. i thought the problem was with the handset but then i changed the handest and problem remains the same.
this problem was not there before 1 month. i had bought another prepay sim to check the issue but to my surprise the problem is same with other no. as well.
i belive TATA docomo DATA network's capacity is full and they are not upgrading the infra any more because of ROI.
Calls get connected without any issue and no call drops as of now. |
| MTNL Broadband VDSL2 User Experiences Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:03 AM PDT I wanted to start a new experience thread simply to discuss MTNL VDSL.
SNR margins (SNRM)
Higher you sync rate, lower the SNRM will be. Lower the SNRM, lower the connection reliability. Lower reliability means frequent disconnections. Hence ISP's have a setting in DSLAM to artificially increase SNRM value for a particular phone line. Hence you sync at lower rate and line automagically becomes stable.
Attenuation may not be that important after all. It reduces sync speeds over a distance but is not an indicator of connection reliability. (You can roughly calculate your line length from it. Do it here) Apply for VDSL connection only if you are within half km. Otherwise you will get ADSL like sync rates. I will update this entry with some of our findings. Since VDSL is somewhat new to India, this thread can help some early adopters.
Currently the speeds are decent for fast servers. But single streams are slow due to a bottleneck somewhere.
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| NetExpress: New Broadband Service in Chennai Adyar and Gandhi Nagar Posted: 06 Aug 2013 02:01 AM PDT Last week a guy came and gave a pamphlet stating that they have started a new broadband service called NetExpress. I spoke with the marketing guys and subscribed for 1 Mbps. So far the service is good and the TAT for installation is 1 day, below is the tariff for the service provider Speed 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 4 Mbps 8 Mbps Data Usage Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 1 Month Subcription Charge Rs. 499 /- Rs. 799 /- Rs. 1299 /- Rs. 1699 /- Cons 1.No Auto dialer(each time we need to Provide User ID and Password in case of Disconnection) 2. Mid month plan change is not Possible Pros 1.No Fair Usage Policy 2.Pricing is somewhat good 3.Once connected it never disconnects 4.Wireless can be configured So far the experience is good with the provider |
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| BSNL Broadband routing problem seems to have been resolved Posted: 06 Aug 2013 01:09 AM PDT I made a thread a few days ago complaining about BSNL's horrible routing. Well it looks like it has been fixed. I thank all the guys who made efforts to bring this to BSNL's notice. Especially Anurag Bhatia who highlighted the issue with much detail on his blog
http://anuragbhatia.com/networking/bsnl-softlayer-connectivity-problem-possible-fix/#comment-30341
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| Saavn to offer Music Videos by next year and Movie Downloads by 2015 Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:27 AM PDT
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| Poor service from ACT.... and the modem/cable hasn't even been installed! Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:23 AM PDT I currently live in Bangalore and I've been having a huge problem with ACT Broadband. I was introduced to your forum by a friend of mine and might I say how glad I am to find that it isn't just me who have been apparently diddled by this ISP.
On the evening of the 11th, I spoke to an ACT subscription agent, a Mr. Sajid to enquire about the connection being advertised by them for high speed internet connections. I then decided to opt for the 15 MBps plan which I then paid for 6 months advanced payment (an amount to the tune of close to INR 6700 or so) so that I can avail of a free Wi Fi router and Installation. At the time, I was told the connection would be up and running in 7 days.
On the 13th, I received a confirmation e-mail from them thanking me for my cheque which they encashed promptly. On the same day, I was visited by two representatives of their company, a Mr. Vinod and a linesman who had come to perform the installation. In the process of doing so, I discovered that they had planned to take the connection from a "Distribution Point (DP)" which was located on private property, the owners of which had gone on vacation and wouldn't be back until Friday. This Mr. Vinod then promptly responded that they would return the next day between 2:30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. to attempt to install the connection again. I took time off my busy schedule to be home during the given time so as not to cause inconvenience, only to be inconvenienced myself - Mr.Vinod didn't bother to call until I took the initiative at approximate 3:15 P.M. to ask if they would be coming. He claimed to have visited the house to find it still locked, and that they would not be able to know for sure until Saturday evening. We were then given no further update on the situation.
Since then, attempts to reach Mr. Vinod on his cellphone have resulted with him not answering the phone. My calls to the original subscription agent, Mr. Sajid, have led to half hearted vague responses of speaking to "the office" which again, have resulted in nothing. On top of this, I have also filed two more complaints in the past 2 days to have something done ( by phone, a call handled by Agent Rupa, second complaint was handled via e-mail, which recieved a generic response e-mail with no action taken). This morning I also got to speak to fellow named Mr. Nithin (after yelling at that Sajid fellow, he finally coughed out some info on his superior) who then promised to call back. He didn't and we had to call him back - he then promised me that this Mr. Sajid would come by at 2:30 in the afternoon and the line would be installed today itself. So, I waited and as is to be expected, 2:30 came and went - called up Mr. Sajid only to be given, once again, some vague response of something been done. He then claimed that "the owner of the house where the Distribution Point was installed had returned and was refusing to let them install more connections because he didn't want any more wires coming into his house", apparently. Such are the wise infrastructure decisions of ACT Broadband in the Ulsoor Lake area.
So now, I'm stuck waiting for these people to rub their two IQ points together, hopefully start a fire with it and somehow manage to get my installation done - thankfully I didn't cancel my existing (and equally terrible) Hathway connection because my month wasn't up yet. I find it really bizarre that an organization would choose to install their DP in the bedroom of someone's house (as opposed, to say, you know, a building with security guards and whose roof can still be accessed even if everyone in the building went to Rishikesh or were dying of dysentery in their own apartments ಠ_ಠ) and on top of that, actually expect that to not be a problem in case the people living in that house go on vacation and leave up at their mercy in case our net should go down. Hell, it actually sounds more and more like a fraudulent business practice.
In any case, I suppose nothing will be done if I complain yet again because, I will, as expected, get a generic reply from ACT telling me that they are "very sorry for my inconvenience and that they will do their best to rectify this situation". Nothing ever gets done, but they're still very sorry, apparently. I haven't even had the modem or the line even laid down and I'm running pillar to post with their customer service - two complaints lodged in 11 days, each of which were promised to be rectified in 48 hours. I suppose this is only an omen of things to come if this is the way they run.
As a public service message, might I suggest that for the benefit of those living in your building, if you do see some unscrupulous agent stick their ACT Broadband sticker in your lift/hallways, kindly remove them - if not for restoring the beauty of the wall, but atleast to prevent people from getting conned like this. Think of it as your good deed for the day and a service to the public at large.
Sincerely,
One more "customer" who got "excellent service" from "the beshtest ISP in India".
Edit #1 (26/06/2013) : So far, no connection, no modem, no word from ACT Broadband. It has now been 15 days since we first contacted them (11th June 2013) and 13 days since they encashed the cheque (13th June 2013). This means that they are now over their own company policy of having a connection installed by more than a week, by almost a week in itself.
Since the time that this problem of mine had been first posted on here, there have been quite a few responses from ACT Broadband, but no action has been taken. Here are the PM's I sent and received on this forum on the matter.
Also, here was the responses I received when I spoke about my experience on another forum. Once again, no action has been taken, despite all relevant information being provided. To be fair, the user ACTBroadband was created on that forum (Reddit) with the sole reason being to respond to my experience and as such, I cannot verify with full authority on whether that was a genuine representative of ACT Broadband or it was just someone messing with me. Could an admin please ask for verification in private that the person from broadband.act is actually a representative of the service? It would seem that the only thing most of us here are getting are just copy pasted responses with no actual solutions to the problem which either buys them more time or trying to impress us with their customer outreach.
Edit #2 (26/06/2013) 10 A.M. : My father placed a call with Mr. Nithin (mentioned earlier in this wall o 'text) who then told him first that a man had already come to set up everything on the terrace and everything was ready to lay down the wire. We then pointed out that our terrace has always been under lock and key and that there couldn't have possibly been any activity on our terrace owing to the fact that the sole key has always been in our possession. In the face of what was a blatant lie, he said there must've been some mistake in communication from his field staff and then promised to send one of them, a Mr. Ashok to hook our connection up.
We then called Mr. Ashok a fair few times, the first couple of times ended with him not picking up his phone. When he finally did, however, he was quite vague when asked to give a firm answer on when we should expect him. His answer was "Sir, I will come at 9-10-11 o'clock, sir" My father, annoyed at his vagueness, responded irritably "So, we shall have you hear by 12-1-2 o'clock, then?" The silence at the other end of the line confirmed that Mr. Ashok was a bit peeved.
Edit #3 (26/06/2013) 12 P.M. : We have been graced by the presence of a celebrity - The Nodal officer, Mr. Kiran Kumar, placed a call to my father round close to noon today and wanted to find out the full details of what exactly transpired uptil now. My father, at this point being quite thoroughly ticked off at the proceedings, proceeded to give him a piece of his mind of what his experience was thus far. He then asked for some time with which to resolve the situation. Almost immediately after this, a linesman (A chap named Vijay) showed up and asked me where he could install the DP box and so forth. As I write this now, he is in the process of setting it up.
Mr. Kiran Kumar, if you happen to be reading this right now, I do apologize for my fathers irritability - as a diabetic and person suffering from hypertension, he does not suffer stress and aggravation well and constant vague responses from people who were quick to collect the money from us at the time of signing up for the service only served to get on his nerves. I would also like to thank you for expediting the matter thus far. If your juniors were as efficient at their work as you seem to be, ACT would really be going places.
And now, I shall wait to see the activation of the service and the quality of it thereafter.
Edit #4 (26/06/2013) 1:30 P.M. : Vijay has finished installing the line. He has informed me that another technician will be coming in an hours time to finalize the setting up of the router and the activation of the connection.
Edit #5 (26/06/2013) 2:30 P.M. : As Vijay had mentioned before leaving, two technicians (Ashok and a person whose name I couldn't quite catch, I think it was Muniz) came by with the modem. They had everything hooked up within a few minutes (after visiting the terrace to do something with the DU for about 15 or so minutes) and all was well with the world. After the technicians left (collected my dad's signature after verifying the speed for him via Speedtest.net), my dad again recieved a phone call from Mr. Kiran Kumar (The Nodal Officer) who wanted to make sure everything was taken care of.
So thank you, Mr. Kiran Kumar, for intervening in the matter and preventing this issue from dragging on for a few more weeks. I had made a few suggestions to you regarding your presence here on this forum - I sincerely hope you will take them into consideration in future.
For the record, it has taken us a total of 15 days to have our connection set up from initial contact to final installation and verification. Perhaps in future, this time can be amended for future subscribers of the service. |
| Is it possible to move Google purchases to another account Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:18 AM PDT So, a friend needs to switch email Ids for some reason, and accordingly wants to move his app/devices purchases to the new account. Is there a way to do it. Googling seems to indicate no, but mostly found opinions. Any concrete answer?
So one is stuck with an email ID once a purchase is made to retain the app? |
| SMS Services on Reliance Jio Infocomm Network Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:16 AM PDT |
| Posted: 06 Aug 2013 12:14 AM PDT I am not sure if Dream is the codename for this phone.
https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/357452074671276033
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| Flipkart Deal of the Day: BlackBerry HS 250 In-the-ear Headset for Rs. 1429 Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:58 PM PDT |
| Indian is brand name of Motorcycle in US Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:56 PM PDT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_(motorcycle)
The "Indian Motocycle Co." was originally founded as the Hendee Manufacturing Company by George M. Hendee in 1897 to manufacture bicycles. These were initially badged as "Silver King" and "Silver Queen" brands but the name "American Indian", very quickly reduced to simply "Indian" We are not the only Indian
US has some special liking for word "Indian". |
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Here's the action packed trailer of the upcoming movie D-Day. |
| Posted: 05 Aug 2013 11:34 PM PDT YouTube - Introducing the Chromebook google has this brilliant ad. they realize that not everyone is amused about chromebooks. they realize that not everyone is ready to ditch their desktops with software apps. and they have a simple message! i just hope they do not get frustrated with the lack of response and ditch it in the near future! |
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http://www.phonearena.com/news/Nokia-Lumia-925-tapped-for-May-14th-unveiling_id42644
Since Nokia Lumia 928 is planned for Verizon US, 925 could be International version of 928.
The specs of the Lumia 925 are expected to be the same as the Lumia 928, with a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset, a 4.5" 720p HD display, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a camera that supposedly will perform excellently in low-light conditions, and of course it will run on Windows Phone |
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| Posted: 05 Aug 2013 10:59 PM PDT I have probably watched most of the older seasons on Star World but going through it from scratch considering it is a show that is still running and doing extremely well.  It is not the most exciting of shows but it does well nonetheless. I like the primary character because of his stupid smile and the way he handle things while narrating it to audience how he does it. |
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lol. so there are now two movies based on mandela!
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| Posted: 05 Aug 2013 10:51 PM PDT Jeff Daniels FTW! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A1Rc4MDmr8o http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xtm4ySJQPOc http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V4IRsCjMqdI |
| Mark Webber to quit Formula 1 at the end of current season :o Posted: 05 Aug 2013 10:51 PM PDT http://www.readability.com/articles/t3i2meq2
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| Posted: 05 Aug 2013 10:50 PM PDT Leonard Downie Jr. steps down as executive editor of Washington Post Washington Post has revealed in a statement that their executive editor Leonard Downie Jr. is going to step down from his position in the coming this September. The company added that he would become the vice president of the company and would remain in the company. They [...] Leonard Downie Jr. steps down as executive editor of Washington Post |
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