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- Cancelling an Airtel 4g LTE Dongle
- Star Sports channels to be only A-la-carte
- Random Reboots and Channel changes from New MP4 STB
- ACT broadband in Chennai
- 16th Lok Sabha General Elections of India
- BSNL Broadband: Combo ULD 800 Plan Review
- New Promotional Plans from MTNL
- Youtube privacy settings
- MTNL Broadband VDSL2 User Experiences
- Suits
- ACT Broadband rethink
- My experience with ACT BB
- USB 3.0 Pen Drives
- Idea cellular reworking on its website to enhance customer experience
- ACT Broadband- I wish I didnt go with them
- Zee khana khazana added
- How to configure LAN port to WAN port
- Domino's India Discount Coupons (BOGO and others)
- Power Issues in the Panel Box Installed
- Data Fixed rental plans
- What does this mean?
- Tata Docomo reactivated my Indicom number with a retention plan
- Fargo
- Unique Identification Authority of India (Aadhaar)
- TESLA - "Modern Spaceship" Commercial
- The Collectables
- Muppets Most Wanted
- Maleficent
- Scandal
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- Airtel a true example of monopoly.
- HTC One - US sprint network - how to unlock - to be used in india
- Google Alerts Updates
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- Google: Project Ara
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- Microsoft Outlook.com Updates
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Funny Videos, Images and Jokes Posted: 21 Mar 2014 02:53 AM PDT MS staff There was a pilot flying a small single engine charter plane, with a couple of very important executives on board. He was coming into Seattle airport through thick fog with less than 10m visibility when his instruments went out. So he began circling around looking for landmark. After an hour or so, he starts running pretty low on fuel and the passengers are getting very nervous. Finally, a small opening in the fog appears and he sees a tall building with one guy working alone on the fifth floor. The pilot banks the plane around, rolls down the window and shouts to the guy "Hey! Where am I?" To this, the solitary office worker replies "You're in a plane." The pilot rolls up the window, executes a 275 degree turn and proceeds to execute a perfect blind landing on the runway of the airport 5 miles away. Just as the plane stops, so does the engine as the fuel has run out. The passengers are amazed and one asks how he did it. "Simple" replies the pilot, "I asked the guy in that building a simple question. The answer he gave me was 100 percent correct but absolutely useless, therefore that must be Microsoft's support office and from there the airport is just a while away." __________________________________________________________ Is Windows a virus? No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do: They replicate quickly Okay, Windows does that Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so okay, Windows does that Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk Okay, Windows does that, too Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems Sigh... Windows does that, too Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware Yup, that's with Windows, too Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences: Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature So, Windows is *not* a virus __________________________________________________________ Note about Winblows '95 Windows '95 supports Plug 'n' Pray peripherals!!! ![]() ![]() __________________________________________________________ What's the difference between Bill Gates and Robert Tappen Morris, Jr. (the Internet Worm Hacker)? Robert Tappen Morris, Jr., got six months in jail for crashing 10% of the computers that Bill Gates made $100 million crashing last weekend. __________________________________________________________ Bill and his young wife wakes up after their first marriage night. The woman says: "Finally, I found out, why you called your company "MicroSoft" ![]() ![]() __________________________________________________________ FACTS 1- In a world without wall and fences, who needs windows and gates? 2- Disasters of our century: Hiroshima '45, Cernobyl '87, Windows '95. __________________________________________________________ And for many more...chk out http://www.zejn.si/~natan/gates.html |
$50 worth of free Apps and Games from Amazon Posted: 21 Mar 2014 02:50 AM PDT Though the list isn't very exciting in itself except Swype. |
Question about vodafone 3g roaming Posted: 21 Mar 2014 02:21 AM PDT Hi ..
I am new here. Need to know whether vodafone 3g works on roaming? ie was planning to go goa soon and so wondering about the roaming charge or is it free ?
is 654rs plan 3gb UL ? showing unlimited plan?
Regards AJ |
Cancelling an Airtel 4g LTE Dongle Posted: 21 Mar 2014 02:16 AM PDT Here's why you should never get a 4G LTE data card from airtel.
Dont get me wrong, the service is good - although a little overpriced. The speeds were high and the pings were low as long as i was using it.
But where it fails is when you try to end the subscription. - The only way to cancel is to call the customer care number and request a cancellation. They will give a confirmation which is in no way verifiable.
I called to request cancellation on 15th of February, was asked to pay that month's due. Paid it, called back and requested cancellation again - at which they confirmed that the connection had been cancelled.
I get another mail on the 26th of february enclosing the bill for that month. - I call the service center and they say that my connection is very much active. - I raise a complaint that I had already requested cancellation which apparently was not done. And request cancellation again.
This time they thankfully process it - although i keep getting a call every 2 days about the last bill that was generated - after i was told that the connection was cancelled. Every time I tell them there is an open issue regarding that last bill.
Ive cleared the bill now - partly because Im tired of their calls. and partly because I heard they send court notices to defaulters and i dont want to risk my clean record.
But this is nothing more that a broken system or really really cheap tactics to bleed money from customers. In either case, shame on them.
Please stay away from this company. |
Star Sports channels to be only A-la-carte Posted: 21 Mar 2014 02:12 AM PDT Got a popup message yesterday that with effect from 1.4.2014, all Star Sports channels would cease to be part of any package and would be available only on an A-la-carte basis. |
Random Reboots and Channel changes from New MP4 STB Posted: 21 Mar 2014 01:52 AM PDT I've upgraded my Old STB to New MP4 compatible STB about 8-11 months ago. Its worked fine for the first 1 month (warranty period of free STB). But after that I'm constantly experiancing random reboots and while watching programs channel automaticaly changes from one to other (freaky when whatching a horror movie alone |
Posted: 21 Mar 2014 01:42 AM PDT Saw posters just now in Chennai (Teynampet area)
Called up the number. They are covering entire Mylapore now. Surroundings (Adyar, Besant Nagar etc to be covered in a month). Rest of Chennai soon after... So, lets see... |
16th Lok Sabha General Elections of India Posted: 21 Mar 2014 01:01 AM 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?
Updated on 21 March 2014, following links added- |
BSNL Broadband: Combo ULD 800 Plan Review Posted: 21 Mar 2014 12:52 AM PDT Hey friends,
I installed BSNL BB with Combo ULD 800.
AS per plan speed should be max. 1mbps upto 6gb. But i am getting 1.6mbps speed as per speed test (measured on speedtest.net). How it can be possible. Can any 1 answer??????????????????????????????????????????????
BSNL has taken 2 month to install Landline but bb installation is very quick (2 days after application).
Till now i am satisfied. I am in Vadodara, Gujarat region.
You ppl also can share your experience for this plan and BSNL service. |
New Promotional Plans from MTNL Posted: 21 Mar 2014 12:50 AM PDT |
Posted: 21 Mar 2014 12:16 AM PDT I want to upload some videos and share them publicly but I don't want the viewers to see what else I am watching or liking or whatever....... They should just be able to see the uploaded videos and nothing else about my activities. Possible? |
MTNL Broadband VDSL2 User Experiences Posted: 20 Mar 2014 11:46 PM 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: 20 Mar 2014 11:15 PM PDT Suits (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ![]() Finished first season. It reminds me of two shows... First Collar on how it is presented. Mad Men because the character of Harvey Specter is so freaking similar to Don Draper. The problem is that Specter is like 5% of what Draper is. It just does not feel solid enough. When Draper talks, you listen. When Specter talks, you hope that he would say something that would impress you. Sadly, it does not happen very often. |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 11:06 PM PDT Hi guys,
I had heard some great reviews from my friends about ACT broadband, so I had almost decided to switch to ACT ( was about cancel my existing service). But after reading the reviews here and elsewhere I must rethink.I live in Girinagar,Bangalore . My existing connection is slow but atleast its reliable , what I dont want is fast connection which is not reliable. From the reviews read it appears that this is what ACT gives, which is a deal breaker for me. And apparently the speeds of websites hosted outside india are pretty bad ...so mostly I have to rethink for sure . |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:56 PM 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.
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.
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. |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:50 PM PDT I have had good experience with this model: Transcend Jet Flash 700 16 GB USB 3.0 Pen Drive - Transcend: Flipkart.com Should I stick with this model? Any other recommended model? |
Idea cellular reworking on its website to enhance customer experience Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:48 PM PDT Pls log on to www.Ideacellular.com to see the work in progress |
ACT Broadband- I wish I didnt go with them Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:47 PM PDT 15 days back I shifted my place and did a biggest blunder of applying for ACT Broadband despite a friend suggesting me otherwise. Since connection was establish every now and then I would loose connectivity for 3-4 mins and then it would come back automatically. I neglected that aspect as it was manageable and not that pain. but this saturday I lost it for almost 30 mins and I decided to call customer care. a very prompt and polite guy answered the call and he escalated it to the field technician. After 2-3 hrs I spotted an ACT guy in my building trying to take out a new connection from box set in front of my flat . I thought he came to fix my issue but he said he is not aware of my case and upon repeated request he was least bothered to look into my issue . I also asked that when a existing customer fro same box is not getting connectivity you should fix that first instead of pulling out a new connection but as usually it fell to deaf ears and they finished their work and went away. Today morning I was promised that it will be fixed with 2-3 hrs and that hour didnt come so I decided to give them a call. and moment I said that if you cant fix the issue terminate the connection and Lady was more than happy to accept the request. within seconds my request for termination was raise. This kind of egerness to raise termination of service request was something new in last 6-7 years in Bangalore. I did loose lots of money and reputation since I failed to migrate someones website which I promised to do on weekend and this reckless attitude pissed me off even further. I am in process of applying for Airtel connection now and I am damn sure they wont suck like this. If someone from ACT is watching this thread you can keep my hard earned money and I am not going to recommend anyone to go for ACT in coming days. Your service is worse than Reliance and you are not going very far with this kind of after service . |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:37 PM PDT Airtel dth has added Zee khana khazana on channel no.328
Topup to avail for price Rs. 30 for a month, not available in all packs though |
How to configure LAN port to WAN port Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:33 PM PDT Hi All,
Please help if you can configure LAN port to WAN port.
I have purchased DLink Wireless Router with Modem model No:-D2750U which has 1 ADSL port and 4 LAN port.
The main problem is my internet connection is of Wired connection and it has RJ45 port. But my router has RJ11 port because of which im not able to use my router.
Please let me know if there is any way where we can one of the LAN port as WAN port |
Domino's India Discount Coupons (BOGO and others) Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:27 PM PDT
Register in WOW club of Dominos on their website and get a discount coupon of 25% valid for three months. This coupon can be used multiple times by taking printouts. Also there are lot of other offers on the website. Go satisfy your taste buds!! :happy: |
Power Issues in the Panel Box Installed Posted: 20 Mar 2014 10:18 PM PDT Hi All, I got ACT 2 months ago. I am the first one who got the connection in my area and I referred two friends too. They installed the panel box in my home and I personally supervised the installation. They clearly explained me that there will be a internal battery in the box and that will support the router when the power goes off. But after sometime the promise went for a toss. Whenever there is a power failure the internet goes down. It is illogical since most of us use Laptops which can support 4 hours of backup. I raised complainants 4 times so far the best part is they will close the issue on their own and I need to call the customer care every time to understand the status of the ticket.
Complaints raises so far : 0001791667,0001812313(missed the other 2 nos)
My Account ID : 10704370 |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 09:27 PM PDT Is it just Vodafone or are all the operators charging fixed rental ( i.e. NOT PRO-RATA) for data services ? |
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Tata Docomo reactivated my Indicom number with a retention plan Posted: 20 Mar 2014 09:14 PM PDT ![]() |
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Unique Identification Authority of India (Aadhaar) Posted: 20 Mar 2014 08:46 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? |
TESLA - "Modern Spaceship" Commercial Posted: 20 Mar 2014 08:38 PM PDT
A promo made by Tesla fans. |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 08:29 PM PDT Scandal (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ![]() yeah. it's not very good. at least the first episode was like a big wtf. characters look extremely weak. Guillermo Díaz was awesome in Weeds but here? ![]() |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 08:09 PM PDT http://techwhack.co/google-androids-stock-keyboard-download-google-play-44824/
This is great as Google can now deliver updates without requiring a full OS update. |
Airtel a true example of monopoly. Posted: 20 Mar 2014 07:55 PM PDT Hello all,
Yesterday i got an sms from airtel saying due to incerased input costs, my rent would be increased to 1550 from 1400. my plan is 30GB 2 Mbps in delhi.
This is it. I am looking for options other than Airtel, uptill now everyone on our family preferred airtel due to their services, but they are changing service charges at their will. This shows their monopoly. I have decided to just stop using airtel services altogether, airtel broadband, as well as 6 airtel mobile connections. i m going to dump all of those for sure.
For that matter, i am looking for other options for broadband in delhi area.
Please suggest broadband services.
I am specially interested in tatadocomo broadband plans.. as they seem very competitive.. but i am unsure if they are available in delhi region. Has anyone tried tatadocomo broadband services? and how to contact them? i tried contacting their toll free number which promises a return call within 24 hrs.. but i never got a call. Also my email sent to them bounced and never got delivered.
Any other options that can be suggested in my area PIN:110096 Mayur vihar phase 3.
Thanks.
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HTC One - US sprint network - how to unlock - to be used in india Posted: 20 Mar 2014 07:32 PM PDT Hi Friends,
I have a HTC one of Spring Network (CDMA provider in US), which I got from US and wanted to use in India. I need to unlock it to use it here. Any idea how to do it? Any kind of genuine info will be appreciated. I dont mind paying few bucks for getting unlock code.
Did any try this and already using in India? Will sprint n/w phones work here? may be on reliance/tata cdma n/w might work??
All kind of info is welcomed.
Regards, Satban
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Basically a show with elements of GOT in it. Pilot was nice.
2 Episodes aired already. Third will be out by morning. Anyone watching this? |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 07:25 PM PDT
This show is not over yet!!! OMG. |
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 07:16 PM PDT Sony to Add Original TV Shows for PlayStation - WSJ.com
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Posted: 20 Mar 2014 07:15 PM PDT
This fade in is new. Maybe it's there for a long time now. I only noticed it today. The website also seems to have been refreshed in the recent past. |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 07:02 PM PDT Marvin Chow - Google+ - #mindblown holding the @ProjectAra design prototype. this… This does not look that shabby. ![]() |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 06:56 PM PDT Microsoft releases a new camera app that mimics the features of the newer Android phones. Burst mode.
What they do not mention in the app description is that the photos are much lower in resolution. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Posted: 20 Mar 2014 06:47 PM PDT Microsoft introduces Outlook.com which would probably replace Hotmail branding |
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