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Whats funny is that Johnson's partner who was on strike got out & not Johnson that got out... His partner would have been like:madness::madness: ... In the dressing room he would have said "Get the bowler mad when u are on strike BI*CH!!!!!" :hysterical::hysterical:

How do u define low bandwidth? 256 kbps?

@ichaitanya It seems he does :)

I am so fed up of those zoozoo ads now that I thought of some ads showcasing zoozoo getting killed. Something on the lines of ..

A zoozoo sitting on a park bench sunny morning reading a newspaper, A srcuggy pot belied half shaven dude walks to him,grabs the newspaper,throws it away, then grabs the zoozoo by the neck,shakes the bejesus out of him, finally holds his head with his left hand and his body with the other and pulls away the head.A trickle(tiny) squirt of blood erupts out.(that damn zoozoo dont have much blood).Cut to ... the man holding the zoozoo by his right leg upside down with some blood drops dripping from zoozoo's neck.The ad reads... to be continued.

Second ad:2 zoozoos sitting on a outside bench having a cup of "whatever they drink". Cut to ... the distant building window.. broken glass and a nozzle of sniper gun.Boom. One zoozoo's head explodes.The one sitting nextby him goes in shock screaming in his zoozoo dialect.The audience hears a distant reloading of a bullet.And a zoozoo heads explodes on screen.The ad reads... to be continued.

Third ad: A bunch of zoozoos chatting away on a sidewalk in a gringy neighbourhood.A car comes by, slows a bit, a gun comes out of the car and starts spraying bullets.Bunch of zoozoos go down.One lonely zoozoo runs away in his wierd running style.The car moves forward.Slow motion sequence.You are watching from the drivers side looking towards the passenger end.Slowly as the car moves along the running zoozoo slowly catches up.raatatatatat. Zoozoo goes down. The ad reads... to be continued.

Sorry... I was getting irritated with the zoozoo ads shown in between cricket.So thought of ingenious ads to kill those buggers.I am not a psycho.I just hate them. :)

Yes and no. 5Mhz to 20Mhz doesn't necessarily mean 4x more bandwidth (operators abroad operate 3G networks just swimmingly with 5Mhz channels), but if they *can* deliver 4x more bandwidth per user, the question is "will they"?

Assuming a rent of say Rs20k per tower (as mentioned in the article), they're going to have to cram a large number of users on to the towers just to pay for that - plus power/fuel (often equals the rent), plus the bandwidth (let's say Rs3/GB), plus fiber from the tower to the local PoP or central office (let's say a stock-standard point to point 1Gbit/s link in an urban area about 1,20,000/month). Rule of thumb suggests somewhere then around 1.6 lakh per month plus tax (30%) plus license fees (6%).

If they charge Rs1000/subscriber for 100GB we can work backwards:
Rs700 left after corporate tax
Rs640 after 6% of revenue for the license
Rs440 after 20% overheads (labour, operations, MAYBE they can include equipment in there, and I'm being rather stingy even then)
Rs140 after bandwidth
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Rs160k divided by 140 = 1142 customers per tower to break even... which seems remarkably high to me.

100GB * 1142 = 114286 GB = around 380mbit/s CBR (constant bitrate averaged over a month) per site, which if I remember correctly would require 4-5 BTS to handle that kind of customer load, of course, all of these numbers are guesses (except the tax and the 6% license fee), so I could be wildly off, but based on my own assumptions, 50GB to me seems more possible, as it leaves 290 free for infrastructure which halves the number of users needed to break even.

However on the other hand, if they upped the price to say Rs1500 for 100GB, (640 would be free for infrastructure in that case and even a profit margin) or even Rs2000 for 200GB (840 free for infrastructure and an even bigger profit margin), then that would work far more in their favour, and the customers favour too. The only issue then would be that now there is a large number of customers (say 200 at any given time) competing for 1Gbit/s of bandwidth = average throughput of 5mbit/s each = better than most 3G operators but not by much.

(Damn I hate working out metrics, it's so complicated, even as an example).

I meant for bandwidth and domestic capacity. RCOM has a fairly significant nationwide fiber footprint. Obviously who they choose for BTS is not relevent to RCOM.

It can ask, but will it get is another story.

Even BSNL had a CDMA service called 'Tarang'. Don't know whether it is still alive though :imwink:

R T Nagar

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Speed was minimum 1.5 to max of 2mbps in all the speed tests.

its in testing mode and will be added shortly

I have been using BSNL 3g for the past 3 months & I will try & answer ur queries to the best of my knowledge...

1) The best way to chk is to buy a prepaid BSNL Sim card ( or get it free if u have a BSNL landline) & pop it into a 3G Mobile & chk if u get a 3G signal... If u get a 3G signal then u can recharge it with Rs 50-100 to chk the download speed... Alternately u could recharge with a FRC 121 or some other one(maybe someoe else could inform which FRC is best) to get 50-100MB of free data... & Yes u can use this very sim card in ur modem later on if u decide...

2) The BSNL Data card which costs Rs2500 is actually a 3G Modem... It is recommended to buy a good quality modem from ebay like the Huawei UMG1831(21Mbps for Rs3500) or a HUAWEI K3715(7.2Mbps for Rs 2400-2500) than buy the BSNL modem coz of the quality & price diff... If u buy from ebay u should be able to use it with any service provider while the one from BSNL with only work with BSNL

3) Both the Sims are the same

4) This is a difficult question to answer... The wireless medium is very unstable & varies a lot from location to location... You have to test the speed out urself at ur location to chk if it is better or worse than ur landline... Personally if u ask me the wired line is more stable & if u have BSNL landline u might be better off just taking the 512Kbps @ Rs750/mo plan... BSNL 3G does not have a unlimited plan right now & the only reason I bought BSNL 3g was coz of the tremendous VFM of the 4200 Plan & the fact that I was getting 2Mbps+ speeds ... My advice get the BSNL wired 512Kbps plan if u can coz the 3G plans right now are just not good enough to justify the investment(2500+ for the modem) & the tension(low speeds in some areas high pings & lots of disconnections) ...

PS If u have a 3G capable mobile(HSPDA+) a 3G modem is not necessary if u are only gonna use on ur laptop...

In general PCM gives only stereo and Dolby Digital gives 5.1 surround sound. If the PCM is multi channel i.e. 5.1 PCM then both PCM and Dolby Digital are same. The only difference is where the decoding of Dolby is happening. In case of 5.1 PCM output, the decoding is happening at the STB and in the other case its happening at the home theater.

If your home theater can not handle/decode Dolby Digital then you have to go for PCM only. But I don't think so. If your home theater has optical IN then it might support Dolby digital too. This is an assumption only, not a fact.

I will say Netherlands.

Infact it would be really interesting to see them in the Q/F's.

My BSNL DATAONE @ 2mbps - D/L speed averages to 70kbps.

Yeah, I get it. If I had to pay a bit more for better service, I probably would. Not a whole lot more though.

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I'm on prepaid, so paying 299 for just 2GB every month is just way too much. Well, one of the downsides of being on postpaid...

this is well... disturbing to say the least. this forum and most of my blogs would be in infringement. time to look for a job i guess.

saw the movie "Burke and Hare" today and u can give it a try. Simon Pegg is there from Shaun of the dead :)

I seriously doubt those claims of 'unlimited' usage on both Tata Indicom and BSNL. Go into the finer details to see if they have a download limit beyond which your speed will be downgraded. AFAIK, for IT it is some 5 GB.

I have released an application PNR status that has the feature to check the status of tickets from your IRCTC account. I hope this will help people a lot and that IRCTC will not get angry because of this. :)

It's usually set in the DSLAM, whether this is in a cabinet or at the phone exchange (the DSLAM is essentially where your phone or ADSL line terminates and joins with all the other users in your area to the central office).

Rs. 199 is way too much. I'm on prepaid & a top-up of Rs. 84 gets you 1GB data over EDGE, 2000 SMS, etc etc etc for 30 days.

Because of the bonus pack, my balance is the same. No deductions so far. So, at least for the moment, I'm getting 3G speeds at 2G prices.

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Don't know about 3G rental. It should be the same. But I think that the migration to 3G is free. You can always force your phone to use 2G, even after migrating to 3G, if want....
No plans to deactivate it as of now.

Since AIRTEL does not have 3G licence for Punjab.
Im waiting for IDEA 3G launch in Punjab so that I can swtich over to IDEA from AIRTEL.

Really :huh:

I am not able to catch IDEA/SPICE 3G signal
Are you still able to catch it ?
Was it a test signal ?
In which part of CHD are you ?

Nice, i'm gonna switch to prepaid asap then! thanks a lot.

Guess your Fair Usage Policy limit? 5GB? Lol :D

With the time delay that good old BSNL sometimes update the usage data, it would be a great help if DataFox could display the last “Stop Time” from the account so that we know how up to date the information is instead of just the last time Datafox looked at the data. Keep up the good work. Alan

I have a 7.2Mbps router & I normally get around 2Mbps download & 500Kbps unload speed with a weak signal... Though it is not uncommon for it to rise to 2.5 Mbps DL & 900Kbps+ Unlimited... @iitmanojit Most 3.6Mbps modems have their upload speeds limited to 384Kbps so u would experience decent upload speeds on them...

A Missed Call Alert service informs you of incoming calls while your phone was switched off or out of coverage area.

Do you really need it? You could always just mute your iPhone when you don't wish to be disturbed; missed calls will show up on your call list.

However, if you still want to subscribe to the (premium) service, register for it with MTNL. That way, you can retrieve missed call info at a price.

Nothing you need to do on the phone (unless you want to Call Forward to the quoted MTNL number).

they introduced 13 new channels, but i am receving only two new channels. i heard in that some channels will come free for new south gold sports pack can any one tell me which channels will come or whether i go for Add-on.

are all channels upscaled or some are true HD???if yes which channels are the true hd 1080i ones??

Zimbabwe, they had their moments against oz !

http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/503159.html

"Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, shook off the World Cup ticketing fiasco, saying that the ticket ballot which is about to be instituted for the finals and semi-finals was the best way to deal with the heavy demand for the ruling body's flagship event."

"All through his media conference Lorgat repeated made the claim that the ticketing crisis and the official ticketing website crashing when tickets for the final went on sale, proved the 'strength of the game', and that the supply would never be able to catch up with demand. "This is how wonderful the growth in our sport has been. It is a reflection of the popularity of the game. It certainly negates those naysayers about the demise of 50-over cricket; it shows you what the flagship event means"

India is a cricket-crazy nation & it is only here (sub-continent) that you will find such craze for home & knockout games. I guess someone needs to tell the ICC president that

How are there services in Delhi? Anybody facing any problems? Are they recently launched?

Hi I m new to this fourm
I need your help
I have reliance static ip SS
I want to convert it dynamic ip
I know its possible with CMD
but how I do not know
If u know about this then plz reply

Read a first few para's & book-marked it......looks really useful!! thanks for sharing!!

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Btw, do LCD TVs come with Bluetooth support?? (Though I dont see any reason why they shouldnt!!)

Hi Guys,
I am new to this forum. Need a little 'Honest' advice. Sun Direct has really pissed me off with their HD content, customer care and everything else...

So I am planning to Move to Dish TruHD.. Specifically as they are offering the maximum number of HD channels (30 is very far away from its nearest competitor Sun with 6 regular HD channels). So have few question to help me decide...

1) Does dish have a HD-DVR or it is a plain old HD-receiver with no recording?
2) Does any one actually get all the 30 channels, I was little suspicious that these could be up-scaled broadcasts. Can someone do me a favor by posting pictures if possible of these channels.
3) How is the customer care @ Dish? I know of the CC services in India suck, but can they be tolerated and are they educated enough to speak to customer ? ( I had this experience with Sun where even after calling for 20th time for one issue they would start with the first step... "Please switch off your STB and check the connections..."... Dont they read the previous call log which they DO HAVE??? )
4) How do the regular channels fare? I am asking becos the quality of regular channels on Sun HD is worse than the analog Hathyway Cable connection I have.

All Advices are appreciated...........
Thanks in Advance...

Cheers,
IndyMav :)