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The Mentalist

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:41 AM PDT

 

My experience with ACT BB

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:32 AM PDT

Feedback whether positive or negative should be passed to the appropriate person. That's what I believe in.

This is the timeline of how my installation experience has been with ACT BB

 

11 Nov-2013 - I applied for a new ACT BB connection today in Kundanahalli Gate, Bangalore. I will keep you posted on the developments.

11-Nov-2013 - Cheque payment made to Sales executive, Babu Reddy, details filled on form and submitted to him.

 

ETA - 3 days for wiring and connection to be activated.

 

12-Nov-2013 - I got a call from ACT technician today that cabling would be done by end of the day. Got a confirmation call from Customer Care at 1543 hrs, IST today that connection will be activated in 2 days. So far, so good.

12-Nov-2013 - At 1616 hrs, IST I receive a call from Mukund who is the ACT technician saying that the wiring has been completed to my apartment on the third floor and i would be receiving a call today at 1700 hrs, IST for username and password. Mukund confirms that I can use my internet connection from tonight.


I would term this as awesome service from an installation perspective, although I would have to wait and watch how stable the connection is post installation.

12-Nov-2013 - Cabling has been completed and just received the credentials for my broadband account at 2059 hrs, IST through email and the registered mobile number. A confirmation call was made from the customer care before the account got activated.I am still out, so I gotta go and check how the connection is. I will keep you posted.

I have connected the cable from ACT BB to my Netgear WGR614 router.

http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/netgear-wgr614-54-mbps/4505-3319_7-21218238.html

 

In case, someone wants to have the contact details of the sales person & field engineer of ACT for Kundalahalli area, let me know.

Speed test shows rocking upload and download speeds. I am on Act FORCE plan.

 

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12-Nov-2013 1159, IST - First level checks indicate amazing speeds with YouTube where I can watch videos without buffering in Full HD.

I will keep posting various workloads I consider to be bandwidth intensive and would update this thread.

 

Any downtime or disconnections will also be reported.

Amazon India: Enter the Amazon App Sweepstakes for your chance to win an Apple iPod Shuffle (2GB)!

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:32 AM PDT

Flipkart User Experiences

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:30 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.


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Warm Regards,
Letsbuy Team
Landline: 011 - 47012012
Email: customercare@letsbuy.com
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Since I cannot install somewhere else, what would be the solution?

Myntra: Zip up with fabulous jeans for men and women - Rs. 599 onwards at Myntra only!

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:30 AM PDT

Amazon India: Get up to 30% off on popular smartphones

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:29 AM PDT

ACT Broadband - Worst Broadband ever! Not reliable.

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:20 AM PDT

I'm from Bangalore and I've been using ACT Broadband for 5 months. ID 10712212

As the title says, it's the worst connection ever!!

Here are the issues I've observed so far:

 

  • Frequent disconnection (downtime for 10 to 15 minutes once every 2 days, sometimes it gets resolved in 5 minutes)
  • If you've have to login to portal to use the connection, do remember, the session will timeout after 24 hours. So whatever you are/were doing, will get disconnected 24 hours after your last login (This is a nightmare for me, since I play games and download stuffs.) I've tried to use so many plugins to somehow keep the session active, but all failed. So yeah, it's their servers that kick my session off after 24 hours and there is nothing I can do from my end unlike other websites and it's hard to keep track of last login time to get prepared for a disaster disconnection.
  • After 2 AM, there is a high chance for more packet loss. God knows why that happens.
  • I play more MOBA and FPS games and trust me, this connection is no good for gaming. You'll get disconnected every now and then or you'll lose some frames due to packet loss. I do have backup internet connection, which is Airtel 2 MBPS connection and it's 10 times better (reliable) than this 25 MBPS ACT broadband. Of course, when browsing website, you won't notice a difference since websites do wait few more seconds for your packets to arrive before timing out. But that's not the case with Gaming, Every packet loss counts and it drives you mad. I've tried to explain how gaming affects me (not as same as browsing, since we don't see much difference) to ACT customer care, but all they ask is, "Okay Sir can you try again browsing some other website?" WTF!
  • Also when watching movies, the movies need to be reloaded again, because this connection do lose some fragments on the way and never recover. So all the buffers is wasted and need to be buffered again. Yes I can agree, it has good speed and can load movies faster. But you'll lose more bandwidth since you'll have to reload it again. This happens to most of the websites like Viooz, putlocker etc., also this happens very rarely on youtube. I've tested watching movies on the viooz and putlocker sties using my Airtel 2 MBPS never had any issues.
  • Customer support is not 24/7 (Of course since they're new to the ISP world and might need some time to have 24/7 support, at least they could have Technical support 24/7 for God's sake) but if you lose your connection late night (which do happens all the time) you have nothing to do other than playing spider solitaire unless you have backup connection like me.
  • Also this is no connection is no good for some streaming sites, like twich.tv. But never had any issues so far with VOIP luckily.
  • Their DNS servers sucks.
  • When I called their customer service and asked them which WAN protocol they use, they put my call on hold, and then they said they use DHCP, LOL. Then I had to abbreviate WAN (Wide Area Network) and later they told me they use PPP. #Something for network engineers

I've been waiting for Google Fiber to available in Bangalore (I really hope it happens sooner) or at least Airtel comes up fiber broadband.

How is Tikona Broadband in Bangalore?

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:17 AM PDT

First of all, I don't have any other options for broadband as AirTel has ruled out the feasibility for a connection due to lack of ports in my apartment and ACT BB, who is my current ISP does not have feasibility to transfer my connection to my new apartment.  I am planning to avail Tikona's 4 Mbps, Rs.1,499 plan which has a FUP (ppl say Fair usage but I call it f**k*** usage policy). I wanted to know the feedback of Tikona BB before I jump into the well.

You broadbad - worst service and speed

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:10 AM PDT

I am using you broadband in wakad pune. My experience with you is very bad.
The speeds are never as per the plan you are on. On weekends, its almost unusable. The call center people take a lot of time to answer your calls. Many times i had hang up as no one was picking up the call.
My recent experience is worst. My net was down for more than a week. And the suport person arrived only after my recharge was expired and i refused to renew as the net was down (I received a lot of calls from them to renew). Reminding to renew is the only thing they are good at.
Please beware of you broadband.

New Broadband Tariff For Bangalore Only!

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:04 AM PDT

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As These are promotional tariff it wont last long maybe.. if in dowbt please check www.bangaloretelecom.com website

Nokia X Dual SIM

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:51 AM PDT

Check Nokia X Dual SIM Deals on: Flipkart | Amazon | Snapdeal

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Nokia X Dual SIM - Affordable dual SIM smartphone with Android™ apps - Nokia

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The Nokia X is the entry level member of the family, with 4-inch IPS LCD screen, 512MB RAM and a 3-megapixel camera. It will be available in green, black, white, yellow, cyan and red.

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Data Fixed rental plans

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:31 AM PDT

Is it just Vodafone or are all the operators charging fixed rental ( i.e. NOT PRO-RATA) for data services ?

Is it safe to download form online torrents?

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:28 AM PDT

Is it safe to download form online torrents?

 

I don't feel safe for my PC downloading from torrents.

It is safe?

 

If yes then which are best of all torrents.

The Good Wife

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:25 AM PDT

The Good Wife (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Next in line. Have been told it's great!

Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:14 AM PDT

Check Prices on: Flipkart | Amazon

Amar Singh, Jaya Prada have reportedly joined RLD

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:05 AM PDT

Assembling a CPU

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:02 AM PDT

The time has come for me to change my CPU. So want your suggestions in my budget to the best configuration available. My usage is going to be only browsing, downloading, YouTube and Minecraft. Not more. I don't have much clue about the configuration required for CPUs but I think I'll want about 500GBs of hard drive and decent internals. Also, a 64 bit Windows(7 or 8?). Any suggestions as to the RAM, Motherboard, Processor, HDD, DVD drives, power unit, Cage, Graphics Card, etc? I want this CPU to last me about 6 years, like my current one did. Budget is around 15-20K. Plus if my old CPU sells, I'll add that here too.

Aliexpress: Balance Deducted without Password Authentication

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 11:45 PM PDT

An unusual thing happened today. I was looking at a product on aliexpress which I liked. I wondered if their payment system accepted debit card payments. I use bank of baroda cards. I clicked "buy" and headed towards the payment page. I chose VISA and entered the debit card details expecting two things: 1) I would be prompted to enter my online shopping password or 2) I would get some "unable to make payment" error saying I needed an international credit card or something. To my surprise, I was given a payment successful page. My immediate thought was that the aliexpress website was stupid. But then 20 seconds later I got an SMS informing a debit transaction. :shocked: Has anyone experienced this? I think my bank screwed me here. Why didn't they ask me for my online transaction password? AHoles!!!

Supreme Court: We believe Congress and BJP can collaborate to form government in Delhi

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 11:40 PM PDT

Why Supreme Court thinks BJP, Congress can govern Delhi together | NDTV.com
 

The Supreme Court said, "For the Jan Lokpal Bill, both the BJP and Congress came together. It indicates that Congress and BJP can join hands and form a government. What happened in the Delhi assembly clearly indicates that nothing is impossible. Even two parties which do not meet on any platform can still meet on some platform. There are no permanent enemies in politics. Today's enemy can be tomorrow's friend and best friend."

Tata Sky new 'Everywhere TV' app for Android & iOS

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 11:36 PM PDT

I have just come across this image. Apparently a screenshot of tata sky's mobile app. Looks like some tv channel is playing on this? Is this what they are planning to launch? Any news/ updates? 

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16th Lok Sabha General Elections of India

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 11:33 PM PDT

General Elections for electing 16th Loksabha members would happen in 1 year from now. It may even happen within 1 year as well if situation arises like current govt decides to call early elections or looses majority if coalition partners pull off support (which is less likely). So who could it be forming new govt? BJP or Congress? NDA or UPA? Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi? Sushma Swaraj or Manmohan Singh? Arun Jaitley or P. Chidambaram? What impact Arvind Kejriwal would have on these elections? And finally will any 3rd front succeed in forming govt at Centre?

Motorola Moto G

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 11:12 PM PDT

Best Deals on Motorola Moto G in India? - Deals - India Broadband Forum

 

It should go on sale tomorrow. This is a discussion thread regarding the phone. And as always... This forum is not Engadget or The Verge. If you do not like this phone, express your opinion and then ignore. You do not have to post the same shit again and again. Cheers. 

 

Hathway Broadband launches Docsis 3.0 Ultra High speed network

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 11:08 PM PDT

We are the first Company to launch a Docsis 3.0 network in the country," said Hathway Cable & Datacom MD & CEO Jagdish Kumar. "With our Docsis 3.0 network supplied by Cisco we are ready to deliver Ultra High Speed Broadband upto 50 Mbps to every retail customer in South Mumbai.

 

Hathway Docsis 3.0 plans start from monthly Rs 599 and go upto Rs 1499 for the 50 Mbps plan which offers 50 GB of download data.

 

Read more here: http://www.indiantelevision.com/digital/y2k13/oct/octdig15.php

The network is initially being deployed in South Mumbai and has been extensively tested. All existing and new customers of Hathway Broadband in South Mumbai can upgrade to the Docsis 3.0 plans. The customers will be provided a Docsis 3.0 Modem by Hathway which will be capable of supporting the ultra high speed plans. The company plans to rollout the Docsis 3.0 network in Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad during this fiscal.
 
The network is initially being deployed in South Mumbai and has been extensively tested. All existing and new customers of Hathway Broadband in South Mumbai can upgrade to the Docsis 3.0 plans. The customers will be provided a Docsis 3.0 Modem by Hathway which will be capable of supporting the ultra high speed plans. The company plans to rollout the Docsis 3.0 network in Pune, Bangalore and Hyderabad during this fiscal.

 

http://www.smartinvestor.in/market/story-203249-storydet-Hathway_introduces_ultra_high_speed_internet_in_South_Mumbai.htm

Resurrection

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 10:42 PM PDT

Revenge

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 10:38 PM PDT

True Detective

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 10:33 PM PDT

 

This one has Woody Harrelson. How can I miss this show! 

Arvind Kejriwal has not vacated his official bungalow

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 10:24 PM PDT

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/arvind-kejriwal-yet-to-vacate-cms-bungalow-pwd-scared-to-send-notice/456335-37-64.html


Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has batted for honesty and integrity in public life, has not vacated his official bungalow C-II/23 at Tilak Lane despite the completion of the 15-day grace period.

According to Delhi Secretariat sources, PWD has not sent a notice to Kejriwal for vacating the official house allotted to him, fearing that if the same government comes to power, it may create trouble for the concerned officials. Even, from Kejriwal's side, there has been no communication in this regard. Kejriwal who resigned from the chief minister's post on February 14, ideally should have vacated the house on March 1.


Just created new thread to continue the trend :D

Maharashtra NavNirman Sena, Shivsena & Maharashtra Politics

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 10:21 PM PDT

HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3545 AIO Printer

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 10:14 PM PDT

Check HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3545 AIO Printer Deals on: Flipkart | Amazon

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My aging HP Photosmart 8158 printer finally gave up yesterday and sister needs printer frequently now a days.  I already had HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 3545 AIO Printer in mind.  Finally bought it today for 6k from a known vendor who supplies computer products to our company.  This printer retails at 6.7k on Flipkart, so this was an excellent deal.  Some features mentioned below.

    [*]Wireless connectivity.
    [*]HP Ink Advantage cartridges (HP 678 Black and Color)
    [*]HP ePrint support.
    [*]Apple Airprint support.
    [*]HP Wireless Direct support.
    [*]Automatic print on both sides support.
    [*]Scan through web portal.
    [/list]Took a couple of prints and all were good enough.  The automatic print on both sides amazed me as I have seen this only on high end laser printers.  Scanned some old photos and it looks great too.  Printouts fired from my mobile/tablet works fine using the native print support in android 4.4 but the print comes comparatively slower which is probably because it prints on 'Normal' or 'Best' mode and in mobile I couldn't find an option to toggle this.
     
    Overall a pretty solid printer for the price.
     
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BSNL Broadband Tariff Hike Details

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:31 PM PDT

BSNL to modify its tarrif plans for Unlimited Broadband

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New Delhi: Telecom Company, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has decided to modify and boost the prices of its ADSL Postpaid Unlimited Broadband Plans for its existing and new customers, which the pan-India operator offers to its users and the change will come into effect from March 1st, 2013.

The expected price hike of the Unlimited plans will start from Rs 25 and a maximum of Rs750.

For example, the BB Home ULD 499 plan which costed Rs.499 will now cost Rs 525 to the users while the BB Home ULD 750 plan which costed Rs.750 until now, has seen an increase of Rs 50 and will now cost Rs 800.

To all the users, who have been using the BBG Combo ULD 2150 plan, you will now have to pay an extra of Rs 100 and pay Rs 2250 per month while the BB Combo ULD 3300 has seen an increase of Rs 200 in the price and will now cost Rs 3500.

So all the customers be prepared to pay this extra amount!

Now Bsnl getting Cruel on Broadband no extra speed only Hike in Prices

When will BSNL launch new broadband plans?

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:29 PM PDT

hi Guys,

 

Its frustrating that BSNL is yet to launch truly unlimited 1/2/4 Mbps plans for < 1500Rs. Its perpetually offering 512Kbps speeds from last 4-5 years. Not only that, they are not even offering speed boost say after 6pm like MTNL does. Its not only about downloading torrents. Even if i want to watch Youtube files, I am not able to with 512kbps. They should start offering speed boost to 2/4Mbps at 6pm to 8am slot if offering the same at daytime is not possible. What can we do in this situation ? Can we all raise a CRM ticket at selfcare portal to demand this ?

 

Sanket.

WhatsApp Updates

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:29 PM PDT

Decent pings in bsnl

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:27 PM PDT

i am getting decent pings in bsnl what about yours share it...

 

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after fup my speed as well as ping, i am on 800plan

Goodbye BSNL

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:23 PM PDT

Goodbye BSNL! I finally have an viable option and can consign my BSNL broadband connection to the garbage. To be honest the service was not too bad - I had the 8 GB @ 2Mbps plan and by and large connectivity was okay. But the speed was never up to the mark. And on the few times I had problems, their customer service was so bad I felt like ripping the phone lines out of th wall. Firstly, they only work from around 10 AM to 5 PM. So what happens if there is a problem outside thosehours and urgent work is held up? And if you do call during working hours, it takes ages for anyone to answer - the average is the phone rings for about 10 minutes. And once you get an asnwer the oeprator is least interested in hearing about the problem - she is in a rush to give you a complaint number and go off.

 

But what made me decide to finally give BSNL the kick was a couple of weeks ago when the connection kept going on and off every few minutes. After the usual headaches I was able to maek a complaint in the morning. When nothing was done till late afternoon I spent another half an hour tryign to call them again. When I got through and said that nothing had been done about my complaint, the operator said that there is nothing she can do and gave me the number of the local telephoen exchange and said I should phone them. That number was, of course, always busy.

 

Another ongoing issue with BSL is that at fixed times everyday - aroud 5 PM and 10 AM in my case, the bandwidth dropped considerably. Other sers tell me that this is because BSNL allows public sector clients to use excess bandwidth - its a government to government thing and the hell with private users.

 

There are other service providers who offer up to 40 GB downlaod (upload not taken into account for calculating usage) at speeds of up to 15 Mbps. There is no reason why anyone should use BSNL. I am happy I got rid of this third rate organization.

BSNL Broadband modem+D-Link DIR-605L interconnection problem

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 09:05 PM PDT

Dear Friends,

 

I have recently purchased D-Link DIR-605L Wifi Router...I like to interconnect this one to bsnl Broadband modem.. My Modem connection type is PPoe.Pls tell how to configure D-link router ?............I am looking for your valuable  suggestion.

 

Thank You,

Unique Identification Authority of India (Aadhaar)

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 08:06 PM PDT

the govts plans to have a biometric national id cards for everyone by 2010.In usa the real id act is facing fierce resistance as 20 states have signed legislation opposition this as well in UK as groups like defyid and no2id.THis national id card makes india a police state,mass surveillance society and blurs the difference btw nazi germany and india.
the supreme court has interpreted that we have the right to privacy which the national id card violates.Why isnt anyone doing to stop this.I contacted times of india ,cnn ibn,ndtv but got no reply?.


we already have voter id card,passport,driver license,ration card,pan card(similar to social security card in us.).EVen is usa the ss card is not to be used as a id card.why do we need a chip card?the only thing that i can think is abut control and monitoring us.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipurpose_National_Identity_Card_(India)
once everyone has this card the govt can track your every move and switch your card if you resist or dissent.

those who give up liberty for security neither deserve liberty nor security-Benjamin Franklin.

the cons of having a national id card
NO2ID:why not?

videos
http://broadbandforum.in/politics/33896-we-soon-get-our-national-id-card/3/#post315359
http://broadbandforum.in/politics/33896-we-soon-get-our-national-id-card/2/#post278474
http://broadbandforum.in/politics/33896-we-soon-get-our-national-id-card/5/#post315728

hacking
http://broadbandforum.in/politics/33896-national-id-cards-india/8/#post325815



can we stop this?

Canon PIXMA MP287 Multifunction Inkjet Printer

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 02:42 PM PDT

Canon PIXMA - MP 287 Multifunction Inkjet Printer - Canon: Flipkart.com Get a Philips SHL3000 Headset worth Rs. 1099 free with this Printer

Amazon India: JBL Flip Portable Bluetooth Stereo Speaker for Rs. 4550

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Amazon India launches Daily Deals

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Deals on Induction Cookers

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