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| Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:38 AM PDT Expected to launch next month for around Rs. 17000. To be powered by Tegra 4 making it one of the most potent Tablets around. |
| Amazon Kindle Fire HD Tablet launched in India Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:34 AM PDT 16GB Model: Rs. 15999 32GB Model: Rs. 18999
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| Moods of Cloe Deals and Discount Coupons Posted: 24 Sep 2013 03:30 AM PDT Moods of Cloe: Offer: Buy 1 get 1 free. http://www.moodsofcloe.com/category/Super-Saver/buy-1-get-1-free/?utm_source=10012&utm_medium=20004&utm_campaign=70073 Valid till 30 Sep. |
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| How do I add more bandwidth to my prepaid 3G plan? Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:58 AM PDT I have around 650MB in my account. Expiry is 28th. Since I have hit FUP, and I have to download around 1GB data, I am considering renewing my 250 rupees 1GB 3G plan after consuming what is left in my account today.
How do I go about it? Can I renew my 3G plan before 28th? What is that 50MB stipulation that Airtel enforces on prepaid customers? |
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iPhone 5S, 5-inch iPhone 6 allegedly spotted at supplier | Apple - CNET News |
| Inkfruit Deals and Discount Coupons Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:43 AM PDT Offer: Get Polo T shirts Only for Rs.399. http://www.inkfruit.com/mens-premium-polos?misc_ref_code=hp_banner_mens-premium-polos&ref_id=5007&utm_source=OMG-AFF&utm_medium=AFF&utm_content=banner&utm_campaign=HomePg Valid till 30 Sep. Offer: Casual shoes starting at only Rs.299 http://www.inkfruit.com/mens-casual-shoes?misc_ref_code=hp_banner_mens-casual-shoes&ref_id=5007&utm_source=OMG-AFF&utm_medium=AFF&utm_content=banner&utm_campaign=HomePg Valid till 30 Sep. |
| [Pune] YOU Broadband working for you ? Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:43 AM PDT I am in Aundh area of Pune and YOU broadband is not wokring since morning. Even their own website is down. I did get a messages yesterday that due to flood threat in Surat, internet services might be affected but i though that would be only for Surat subscribers.
Are you using YOU and is it working for you in Pune ? Also not sure why their website is down as well (tried using different connection and 3G as well). |
| Naaptol Deals and Discount Coupons Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:42 AM PDT Hi, I have found naaptol coupons Coupon Code: NTCVYEN2W8 Rs. 400 discount on minimum purchase of Rs. 1500 on Hot Deals section. |
| Provogue Deals and Discount Coupons Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:41 AM PDT Kindly check if you are interested..
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| MTNL Broadband VDSL2 User Experiences Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:38 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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| Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:29 AM PDT I placed an order on 25/07/2010 for Reliance BIG TV DTH Hi-definition Advanced Digital Video Recorder thru letsbuy.com and an amount of Rs. 7990 debited to my Visa Credit Card. I have received a message from letsbuy saying that they cannot install it in my home in Kerala. Dear Mr. Ali, We request you to kindly provide us your alternate address as there is no service in your area. Kindly provide us the same so that we can dispatch as soon as possible. -- Warm Regards, Letsbuy Team Landline: 011 - 47012012 Email: customercare@letsbuy.com Visit us: Online Shopping India - Online Shopping with Best Deals on Mobiles, PDAs, Laptops, Digital Cameras, LCD & Accessories Since I cannot install somewhere else, what would be the solution? |
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| Posted: 24 Sep 2013 02:16 AM PDT Like always, we now have the rumors on the upcoming movie Dhoom 2. Apparently, it still features John Abraham. In simple words, Hrithik Roshan is actually John Abraham in disguise. He is wearing a mask throughout the movie. Sounds pretty stupid right? It is indeed. |
| Flipkart Deal Of The Day: 50% Off On Louis Armand Perfumes Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:58 AM PDT http://www.flipkart.com/louis-armand-talisman-de-chance-eau-parfum-100-ml/p/itmdmnhzdn9nhguh?pid=PERDCA9JYGJZHQHH&affid=sushubhgma&ref=304b2ac9-c81b-417e-9f36-8000b2d61ede God damn. Flipkart links used to render fine. |
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| Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:52 AM PDT Adult comedy, the sequel to Masti....
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| Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:51 AM PDT |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:49 AM PDT Microsoft’s latest beta release of Internet Explorer 8 compare Mozilla’s Firefox 3.0.1 in terms of speed? The tests Two head to head tests:
The results speak for themselves:   Source: ZDNet.com |
| Tikona - Public Grievance Complaint Forum Posted: 24 Sep 2013 01:14 AM PDT Hi all,
i have been entered the torture chamber of tikona customer right after 4days of connection activation which was 18th august. raised a ticket due to frequent disconnection on 1st september with a tat of 24hrs and today is 24th september 24 days and still not resolved(The ticket number pending is :- 1-2776386817 Progressing 01/09/2013, last contact was on 3rd september from Tikona)
I wrote to nodal officer with no help.
Anyone who has issues like me or worse, urge all of you to lodge a public grievance in the below forum - TRAI
Below is the link and please use firefox to use this forum. somehow that site doesn't work well on other browsers. ask me if any doubts on how to fill the form!
http://www.pgportal.gov.in/Grievance.aspx
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| Airtel Broadband: A Money Fleecing Scheme Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:45 PM PDT In first quarter of the year 2013 India's average internet speed was 1.3 mbps; far below the speed of developed countries and to some extent even some of the developing countries. To prove my point anyone can read a few news articles on the internet, and compare India's average internet speed with that of other countries, and on that list India would appear at the bottom.
In most developed countries the minimum broadband speed set for ISP's (Internet service providers) to sell broadband internet plans are at minimum 1-2mbps. In January, 2011, TRAI(Telecom regulatory Authority of India) had raised the minimum broadband speed requirement to 512kbps, but malpractices still continue, I shall share an example here latter.
Internet holds a great potential and can mean business to many. Many people make their living out of internet, and internet means money. But corporates like Airtel (one of India's leading telecom provider), and its competitors try to fleece as much money as they can from users. I have to say it's not just Airtel Broadband (mention Airtel here on), but other ISP's too. I will take Airtel's example, as I am its customer and a disappointed and helpless one.
People use internet for different purposes, some are termed as heavy users, others as light users. Heavy users are those who use up most of the internet bandwidth. Problem for ISP's are these heavy users, who clutter their networks. The only way out is by providing them with limited bandwidth since no one else is able to use up the bandwidth meant for all. But this is not the correct way as adopted by companies like Airtel -adding more user to the network rather than upgrading their broadband infrastructure for being able to handle higher bandwidth. So how does Airtel limit the bandwidth? By adding Fair usage policy (FUP) clause, or as most people call it F**k user policy. Worst so ISP's sell unlimited internet plans with FUP, in technical terms its limited to, because FUP is a limit itself.
There are many other unfair practices, but I will just tell you few of the problems I faced, and its something all future and current Airtel customers or other ISP's customer should know.
We have been using Airtel broadband services for very long, 5-6 years tops, really can't recall when exactly. It was a Rs. 649 plans at first 256Kbps internet speed, we had this plan for a 4-5years, even after discontinued selling that plan, as I was away, and parents were light users. Some time ago they changed the plan to Rs.849 (I can't recall the exact price, it was about this much), with 512kbps speed, and FUP limit of 8 GB, beyond which the speed used to go below 256kbps. This is totally an unfair practice, as TRAI has set a minimum broadband speed limit of 512kpbs.
Now once you are about to reach the said FUP limit, in my case 8GB, they you get a lot of pop up, saying you are reaching the FUP limit, and consider buying additional bandwidth, which thay call SmartBytes. So these pop-up just keeps coming, and spoils the internet experience. i.e. If I am on a skype call, the call is disrupted, etc. So Airtel is just nuisance to customer, and trying to fleece $$$$. I have read a few articles on people being charged wrongly for SmartBytes,I didn't happen to me. But I was charged twice for Airtel PC secure
So I did finally fell for it, I needed a better plan, Rs. 2599 for Rapid 175, with 8mbps internet speed. Well, it was great, 8mbps speed was just awesome, was downloading content at 1mbps speed, but the real downside was the upload speed, it was too less usually 60-80kbps, to upload content! Now that was really sad, I paid Rs 2500 for 8mbps plan, which gave me a content upload rate of 80kbps! At first I thought it was a mistake, so I checked with customer care, and all he could say was 'Airtel only guarantees download speed and not upload speed'. Frankly this is sh**, 8mpbs plan for this upload speed.
I manage a few website, and one of the larger one has 8gb data, which I download to my PC, as back up. So downloading usually takes 2-3 hours, now uploading that content back to the web server will take me more than 1 day. This is bad for business.
In the end all I can conclude is by saying Airtel and many other ISP's are not really upgrading their infrastructure, cluttering their network by adding more customers, fleecing money from the customer, and doing malpractices, etc. In time I hope these problems are addressed to, and TRAI is able to act on it, and work towards customers benefit and not towards the ISP's.
My intention here was not to defame Airtel or any organization, all I trying to educate the current and the future customer the problem that exists. Also leave you with a image, with details on average internet speed, and average price for it in various countries. This would give most of a bit of idea what we people are missing.
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| Airtel raises Hello Tunes charges by 20% Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:43 PM PDT
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| ICICI Bank iWish flexible Recurring Deposits Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:43 PM PDT
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| Dear Indian Government: Let and Let Live Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:42 PM PDT http://www.readability.com/articles/gqjk6ozn
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| Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:22 PM PDT Does anyone know where in mumbai is the mtnl FTTH available? and the tariff for the same? |
| Star Sports offers HD streaming packs (incl. on mobile devices) Posted: 23 Sep 2013 11:03 PM PDT
Not sure if people are aware of it. I just found out, seems a pretty decent service |
| Nokia Smart Camera for Nokia Lumia Posted: 23 Sep 2013 10:56 PM PDT
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| Posted: 23 Sep 2013 10:42 PM PDT
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 |
| Docomo 3G in Bangalore review? Posted: 23 Sep 2013 10:38 PM PDT Looking for Docomo 3G reviews (service/network/plans), which I prefer to use it on my Mobile handset in bangalore. |
| FIFA 14 for Google Android and Apple iOS Posted: 23 Sep 2013 10:31 PM PDT
Free download. Which means the usual. In-app purchases for basically everything that is needed to do well in the game.
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| Tata Docomo: 2GB 3G + Full Talktime & Rs.499/- Posted: 23 Sep 2013 10:20 PM PDT You can do online recharge after comming Sunday. 2GB data Validity:: 60 Days. Talktime Validity:: Core Validity. |
| Blackberry selling itself to a group led by Fairfax Financial Posted: 23 Sep 2013 10:17 PM PDT Fairfax Financial is the largest stockholder in the company. I assume this means that BB would go private (like Dell) and Fairfax Financial would sell BB in parts to various buyers hoping to make a profit from the deal. http://techwhack.co/blackberry-announces-decision-sell-group-led-fairfax-financial-46524/ |
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