Sunday, April 27, 2014

India Broadband Forum Feed

India Broadband Forum Feed

What small car to buy?

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:45 AM PDT

Planning to buy the petrol version. Anything I should know? I want to avoid going to Team BHP and kill myself out of frustration with too much information.

Network Neutrality in USA

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:35 AM PDT

Pretty much going down the drain. 
 
We are fighting to restore Net Neutrality. Ask us anything. (Josh Levy from Free Press, David Segal from Demand Progress, Amalia Deloney of Center for Media Justice, First Amendment lawyer Marvin Ammori & Sarah Morris of Open Technology Institute) : IAmA
 
Goodbye, Net Neutrality; Hello, Net Discrimination : The New Yorker
 

If reports in the Wall Street Journal are correct, Obama's chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Thomas Wheeler, has proposed a new rule that is an explicit and blatant violation of this promise. In fact, it permits and encourages exactly what Obama warned against: broadband carriers acting as gatekeepers and charging Web sites a payola payment to reach customers through a "fast lane."
Late last night Wheeler released a statement accusing the Wall Street Journal of being "flat-out wrong." Yet the Washington Post has confirmed, based on inside sources, that the new rule gives broadband providers "the ability to enter into individual negotiations with content providers … in a commercially reasonable matter." That's telecom-speak for payola payments, and a clear violation of Obama's promise.
This is what one might call a net-discrimination rule, and, if enacted, it will profoundly change the Internet as a platform for free speech and small-scale innovation. It threatens to make the Internet just like everything else in American society: unequal in a way that deeply threatens our long-term prosperity.

TIKONA broadband advice

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:31 AM PDT

hi

i am a hathway banglore user(a very happy one) but now i am changing apartment(bommanahalli) and dont have hathway,act you or anything except airtel or bsnl which r too much above my budget with pathetic FUP's

so only solution is tikona(yeah even after reading all the scary reviews....but fate is a b****)

so how is tikona internet??

my questions r

in hathway i have  a login which is pain in bottom but it can be done through my mobile or any device...does tikona has something like that login

 

also...how many devices can i connect wirelessly...right now i am connecting a pc through lan and 4 other wirelessly....does tikona block multiple devices??

 

how is the ping and netspeed (i am a online gamer and need good ping)

 

last but not least how is the service and connection drops??if it rains or is cloudy  then will the internet stop or pathetically slow down??

 

i connect my hathway cable modem to a wireless router and connect all other devices does tikona give a wireless router which can do that or they give only wired one with a single rj45 port??

 

thanks

Beam Fiber Price Revision

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:23 AM PDT

Got this mail today from Beam Fiber

 

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Hathway Docsis 3.0 50Mbps plans are available in Bangalore now

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:08 AM PDT

Hathway Cable & Datacom has launched a 50 Mbps broadband service, targeted at the mass market, on its Docsis 3.0 ultra high speed network. Docsis 3.0 is a widely deployed and dominant broadband network technology (capable of delivering speeds up to 1 gigabit) which powers leading broadband markets like USA, Korea and Europe.

 

http://www.indiantelevision.com/cable-tv/msos/hathway-launches-ultra-high-broadband-in-bengaluru-140326

Scanner for documents

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 12:46 AM PDT

I am looking for a simple scanner to scan my business documents like letters, bills, and similar. Dont need a high end scanner as needs are simple and dont want to spend unnecessary money but need a stable and good device. So please suggest accordingly.

WhatsApp Updates

Posted: 27 Apr 2014 12:18 AM PDT

The Good Wife

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:30 PM PDT

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

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

Khatron Ke Khiladi

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:08 PM PDT

Media News Mumbai, July 26, 2008 Catch the contestants winning over their fears of cockroaches, worms, and frogs. The girls have to search for a bunch of keys in a jar full of these creepy crawlies to rescue their partners. Anita freaks out and starts crying. Akshay holds her till she finishes her stunt. A sudden hail storm changes the weather drastically, and the next stunt is a water stunt. Will the girls be able to do it?? What is the stunt? Who will be evicted next? Look out for the same in the next episode for Fear Factor Khatron Ki Khiladi on 28th July 2008 only on COLORS. Every Monday to Thursday, at 10.00 p.m. on COLORS

NATing by ACT through a Chennai Server

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:02 PM PDT

ACT seems to have started NATing all Bangalore connections through a single IP addressed Server in Chennai. My router shows my IP address as 10.254.43.146 (thru DHCP) & my external ip address as seen Outside is 106.51.238.64 (constantly).

 

This has led to horrible performance issues during peak hours where the server seems to be overloaded. Many times during credit card payments & accessing websites, my connection times out even when the internet access is fine. I have even los Rs.5000 due to timeout when making a payment for Amazon. I never had any issues like this even last week.

 

Also it had broken all my setting for my VPN server & SSH connections which I use to access my work from home & vice versa as they are intentional breaking all port forwarding. 

 

I am very disappointed with ACT with this development & seriously thinking of other alternatives as I work from home few days in a week & I am now forced to goto the office for even doing small things.

 

ACT, if you listening, please give me back my external IP address 

Time To Get Reliance Broadband

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 10:29 PM PDT

I filled the form which is on their website on april 19th 2014 and still i have got no call from them despite my 4 calls and 5 emails to them. everytime i call they say it is feasible and their service people will call me in 1 business day...

 

Is your experince like this too?? I live in pune and i am dilemma over YOU broadband and reliance wireline.

Tikona Prepaid Recharge

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 10:28 PM PDT

So my sister doesn't want to recharge Tikona prepaid because they won't be in town for a couple of weeks. So, can they just come back and recharge, do they need to inform or anything.. Any hassles in recharging after a break of 15 days of due date...

Flipkart: Perfumes - Min 40% Off on Calvin Klein

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 10:11 PM PDT

Wireless Router

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:50 PM PDT

Need a Basic Wifi Router for my Beam Fiber connection. Basically will be using 2 Phones and 2 Laptops. 

 

Max budget : upto 1500

 

Also as Beam provides connection via Fiber not sure if all routers will support it, beam gives RJ-45 wire. And also let me know if the router with one antennae will be good enough or not or better opt with one for 2 Antennae  

The Goldbergs

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:44 PM PDT

News Titbits

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:33 PM PDT

Windows XP Infograph Shows Why Users Should Upgrade

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:25 PM PDT

really strange....check this link to find out more of it.....given below

 

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/03/windows-xp-infograph-shows-why-users-should-upgrade/

 

Junglee Updates

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 09:05 PM PDT

Funny Videos, Images and Jokes

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 08:53 PM 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."

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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

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Note about Winblows '95

Windows '95 supports Plug 'n' Pray peripherals!!! :D :D

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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.

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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" :P :P

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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.

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And for many more...chk out 

http://www.zejn.si/~natan/gates.html

Indian Premier League 2014

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 08:41 PM PDT

Hathway Hyd getting DAS packages

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 08:38 PM PDT

Just had the Hathway rep come up and announce that DAS packages are going to be implemented with immediate effect and has given me 24hrs to submit the form with packages/channels selected.

 

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So, while I was paying Rs 200 for two TVs, I will be supposed to pay Rs 600 + tax now on!

Orphan Black

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 07:10 PM PDT

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The show follows Sarah (Tatiana Maslany), an outsider and orphan whose life changes dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman who looks just like her.

Sarah takes on her identity, her boyfriend Paul (Dylan Bruce) and her money. But instead of solving her problems, she makes the dizzying discovery that she and the dead woman are actually clones.

She finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly conspiracy and racing to find answers.

DuckTales - Saturday Morning Slow Jams

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 06:44 PM PDT

LORDE: Royals

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 06:38 PM PDT

 

Loved this song! 

Let's Be Cops

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 06:16 PM PDT


 

It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted "heroes" get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

Mahabharat

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 06:11 PM PDT

Star Plus is doing a remake of Mahabharat. FML.

Gurgaon News Titbits

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:52 PM PDT

Cops to enforce lane driving - The Times of India

lol. good luck to these guys. i mean if they are able to get truckers to leave some lanes for cars at nights, it would solve a lot of problems for night travelers.

Aam Aadmi Party and the Lok Sabha Elections 2014

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:26 PM PDT

The Aam Aadmi Party today announced that it will contest the upcoming Loksabha elections from maximum number of seats. At a press conference held today, party leaders Mr. Prashant Bhushan and Mr. Sanjay Singh said that within the next month, the party will announce names of most of its candidates. They said that their party will contest elections on issues faced by the common man.

  National Executive Meeting | Aam Aadmi Party, India

Stree Shakti Awards

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:25 PM PDT

Comedy Nights With Kapil

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:24 PM PDT

I wonder why there is no thread for this yet!

 

The show is doing wonderfully well. I personally love it. It's different, no cheap comedy and pure entertainment.

 

TRP wise it's doing extremely well. Currently at the top in it's category (even above the likes of KBC, Jhalak Dikhla Ja, etc.) and overall 3rd.

BTW you can watch the full episodes, trailers, etc. here - http://www.youtube.com/user/colorstv/search?query=comedy+nights

Believe me, this show is amazing. You gotta watch this if you don't.

Jessabelle

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:23 PM PDT


 

A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.

Edge Of Tomorrow

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:22 PM PDT

 

 

 

The epic action of Edge of Tomorrow unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loopforcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.

The Movieclips Trailers channel is your destination for the hottest new trailers the second they drop. Whether it's the latest studio release, an indie horror flick, an evocative documentary, or that new RomCom you've been waiting for, the Movieclips team is here day and night to make sure all the best new movie trailers are here for you the moment they're released.

 

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:15 PM PDT

Production starts early next year. Release date set in May 2014
Jamie Foxx as Electro?


Jamie Foxx As Electro In Amazing Spider-Man 2? ENTV - YouTube

NEW SPIDERMAN VILLAIN?! CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN MOVIE!! - YouTube

Encounter

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:15 PM PDT

Frozen

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:13 PM PDT

 

 

Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.

 

CID Updates (ACP Pradyuman Edition)

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:13 PM PDT

Shivaji Satam is quitting CID. My life has no meaning now.

Person of Interest

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:11 PM PDT

Person of Interest (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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This I like. Few characters but very strong. Nice presentation. Good execution. Loved it!

Applied for a new connection - Aundh, Pune

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:16 AM PDT

I had applied for a new reliance broadband connection (to get the Thunder 1099 plan) on 24th March, 2014 in Aundh, Pune. I was told that service is available in my area and a sales representative will come in 2-3 days.

 

As expected, no one called or showed up. I have called customer care for 4-5 times now (after every 5 days or so) and every single time they had the same reply - "We are extremely sorry, we have forwarded your request as urgent to the sales department and a representative would come to you in 2 days".

 

This shows the pathetic service of reliance communication, even in a city like Pune. I dare not imagine what the situation would be in other places. 

 

I never imagined that there would be any company in the world that would not want new customers. But, i think i have found the one and only company.

 

Anyways, i have complained to the nodal officer today. Lets see, if that helps.

 

I started this post to inform everyone about the problems i faced and will face to get a new connection (if Reliance wants to give one).

The Invention of Wings

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:02 AM PDT

 
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Sarah Grimké is the middle daughter. The one her mother calls difficult and her father calls remarkable. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, Hetty 'Handful' Grimké is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons and presented to Sarah as a gift. Sarah knows what she does next will unleash a world of trouble. She also knows that she cannot accept and so, indeed, the trouble begins. A powerful, sweeping novel, inspired by real events and set in the American Deep South in the nineteenth century, The Invention of Wings evokes a world of shocking contrasts, of beauty and ugliness, of righteous people living daily with cruelty they fail to recognize and celebrates the power of friendship and sisterhood against all the odds.

2 States the Story of My Marriage

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:02 AM PDT

 
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2 States is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Chetan Bhagat. This book depicts the common quarrels of couples who come from differing social backgrounds in India and the story being semi-autobiographical makes it all the more relatable.
2 States: The Story Of My Marriage is an entertaining account of a boy and girl who are madly in love but can't get married without their parents' blessings. After spotting Ananya at the IIM Ahmedabad mess fighting with a worker, Krish attempts to befriend her in the hopes of winning her favor. They eventually become a couple and dream of tying the knot, but the task of battling with their parents looms in front of them. They have to overcome their fear of rejection and come up with effective ideas which would result in a happy married life.
Love marriages in India are still a touchy subject in most families and the story draws inspiration from this mentality. How they decide to conquer the hearts of their parents and make their marriage materialize into something more than a dream is something that will keep readers enthralled.
2 States is available in paperback and this is the 4 edition. It was published by Rupa in 2009.

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Posted: 26 Apr 2014 11:01 AM PDT

 
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The main driver of inequality--returns on capital that exceed the rate of economic growth--is again threatening to generate extreme discontent and undermine democratic values. Thomas Piketty's findings in this ambitious, original, rigorous work will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.
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