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I am from Vadodara, Gujarat. I am facing the same problem. The data transfer speed has been capped at 128 Kbps on 3.5G network. The best part is that as per TATA DOCOMO chat representative, there is no 3G network in Vadodara. My handset is on 3.5G signal since the past 3 months. Given below is the Chat session I had with TATA DOCOMO chat representative.


Welcome to Tata DOCOMO Chat. Please wait while representative is identified...
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{Naveen} Good Morning Mr Sujo Philipose. You are on line with Naveen.
{Naveen} How may I assist you sir?
{Sujo Philipose} I am from Vadodara. I have recharged my account for Rs.350 (3g Pack). The data transfer speed that I am getting is only 128 kbps. Why is it so?
{Naveen} I'm so sorry that this happened and I will do my best to fix this situation
{Naveen} May I know what is the browsing speed?
{Sujo Philipose} I am getting is only about 128 kbps
{Sujo Philipose} *8
{Naveen} You mean in your handset?
{Sujo Philipose} no on the PC
{Naveen} And in your handset?
{Sujo Philipose} its about the same.
{Naveen} May I know which handset are you using and what is the number of signals are you getting in your handset?
{Sujo Philipose} I am using a Nokia E52. Number of signal bar:7 (constant). Signal type: 3.5G
{Naveen} May I know you city name plesae?
{Sujo Philipose} Vadodara
{Naveen} Let me check it for you sir.
{Naveen} Please stay online.
{Sujo Philipose} ok
{Naveen} Sir, as of now the 3g services is launched only in the following parts of your state AMRELI
ANAND
ANKALESHWAR
BHARUCH
GANDHIDHAM
NADIAD
VAPI
VALSAD
GANDHINAGAR
GODHRA
BHAVNAGAR
JUNAGADH
RAJKOT
SURAT
{Naveen} That's the reason you are getting slow 3g speed,as 3g network is not available in your city as of now.
{Sujo Philipose} That is ridiculous. My phone has been showing 3G signals since the past 3 months
{Naveen} Ok
{Sujo Philipose} If there is no 3G network in Vadodara...then how is it that my phone is latched on to the 3.5G network
{Naveen} But sir,the 3g will not function in non 3g coverage area., But you are getting a speed of 128 kbps which is vey good speed.
{Naveen} Is there any thing else I may assist you with?
{Naveen} Are we connected? If yes, then please respond to me.
{Sujo Philipose} Naveen you are missing the point that I am trying to make here. My phone is showing 3.5G Network of TATA DOCOMO and it is latched on to it.
{Naveen} Let me check it once again.
{Naveen} May I know from which city you have activated the 3g on your handset?
{Naveen} Let me take a complaint for the same sir.
{Naveen} Please stay online.
{Sujo Philipose} Vadodara...I recharged online from your website.
{Naveen} ok
{Naveen} Request you to provide following details for raising a complaint on your concerned network issue -

1. Handset Model -
2. Handset support GPRS -
3. Town/city -
4. Area Name -
5. Landmark -
6. Number of Signal -
7. Alternate Contact No -
8. Error Message -
9. Destination number -
10. Pin code -
{Naveen} And please let us know your full house address.
{Sujo Philipose} wait 2 minutes
{Naveen} Sure.
{Sujo Philipose} 1. Handset Model - Nokia E52
2. Handset support GPRS - Yes (3.5G)
3. Town/city - Vadodara
4. Area Name - Tarsali
5. Landmark - Motinagar No.2
6. Number of Signal - 7
7. Alternate Contact No -9998xxxx11
8. Error Message - slow speed of 128 kbps on 3.5G network
9. Destination number - NA
10. Pin code - 390009
11Address: @@@@@@@,@@@@@@@@, Tarsali Road, Vadodara-390009
{Naveen} Thank you for the details sir,let me raise a complaint for your issue, please stay online.
{Naveen} I have registered the complaint and reference number is NWK3G10040122 , which will be used for your future reference and same will resolved by 07-MAR-2011 20:00:00.
{Sujo Philipose} ok
{Naveen} Is there any thing else I may assist you with?
{Naveen} Are we connected? If yes, then please respond to me.

It happened to me today... had to mute and unmute to get rid of the volume leveler.

Also the banner hanged for me.. for that had to press "i" twice to get rid of it.

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few tips here:
1. drink lots of water
2. go for a walk daily
3. eat in snacks
4. meditate daily
5. take sound sleep

^^ Its not there in TS+ HD STB.

As what ankurs mention.. will wait for the s/w update.

One more problem with the volume leveler and information bar which sometimes hang on the screen. This too to be resolved through s/w updates.

All of u r lucky guyz who can watch ICC live but not me bcause my mom disconnected TV cable!! :icry:
But any ways the life here is more lively, when i go back to D i will still keep in touch!! :)

I've chosen BANGLADESH!!

vodafone network and CC both suck like crap here in Delhi.

Airtel is any day better in network and cc in Delhi !!

Newzealand should get this one - even though they were playing poor cricket as recently as 2-3 months ago, if they play normal cricket - it should be an easy win (Defend 300+ or Chase 200 kind of match)

I too needed a high gain usb adapter for internet but i've to keep on searching, its very difficult to get stuffs here in INDIA.

So, they have introduced 200 GB promotional plan with a speed cap of 1.14mbit/s?

If your IP address starts with 59.xxx.xxx.xxx then u r in NIB -1 or IP address starts with 117.xxx.xxx.xxx then u r in NIB -2.
I think u r in NIB - 1.
So try to change NIB - 2. Please contact with BSNL SDE. After change (NIB-1 to NIB-2) you will get proper speed (4Mbps upto 20Gb .....). Because its new plan.

On the heels of Comcast saying they’re getting closer to offering faster upstream speeds via channel bonding, Cox and Motorola have some upstream speed news of their own. According to an announcement by the companies, the companies claim to have broken a world speed record for upstream coaxial service, using a Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 RX48 [...]

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UK Still Looking To Kill 'Up To' Broadband Marketing Lingo – While In U.S. Some ISPs Have Already Done So Voluntarily

It remains a very distinct possibility that Sprint will make the jump to LTE. Sprint issued an RFP exploring the migration to LTE, then announced a multi-billion dollar network overhaul that could easily pave the way for such a transition, and we’ve heard from more than one employee over the last year that Sprint absolutely [...]

Sprint: We Could Have Nationwide LTE By 2014 – And LTE Ready Devices By Mid 2012…

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AT&#038;T has consistently stated that the company didn’t think they’d lose that many iPhone customers to Verizon, so it’s thoroughly unsurprising to see AT&#038;T acknowledge that — they’re not losing that many iPhone customers to Verizon. “We haven t seen any surprises, and everything is pretty much within our expectations,” AT&#038;T boss Ralph de la [...]

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We’ve talked a lot about how the FCC is kicking and screaming about how there’s a “spectrum crisis” in the States, without really acknowledging that the fact that there’s limited spectrum is because the wealthiest companies tend to squat on the public resource. An FCC insider recently called the entire idea of a crisis “manufactured,” [...]

Congress Introduces Two Spectrum Auction Bills – To Deal With Spectrum 'Crisis' That May, May Not Exist

According to the latest data from Leichtman Research Group, cable companies in the United States continue to not only add broadband customers at a faster rate than their telco counterparts, but they continue to control more of the market. The top cable companies netted 68% of the broadband additions in 2010, cable companies adding 2.3 [...]

Cable Beat Telcos In 2010 Broadband Subscriber Adds – Cable Nabbed 68% Of New Additions, Or 2.3 Million Users

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Everyone is pissed. And so does Tech Dirt claims that it would take over 10,000 years to change the ‘upto’ marketing hoopla in Broadband access. The point here is that at least the regulators are talking about it. Here, TRAI is BLISSFULLY unaware of the issues! I wonder what the”consumer organizations” have to say about [...]

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I bought a WD elements 500 GB off ebay for 2700 :cool2:

Reliance HD DVR at Rs.4,490
In this offer you get a Reliance Digital TV connection with Diamond Pack + Jumbo HD free for 3 months.
No. of Channels - 165
check : www.letsbuy.com :thumbsup:

I just used the link, wrote to Nodal officer and Appellate authority also. Will post the progress.

and theres is one more known as LPCM which i use when burning instead of Dolby digital, bcause with Dolby digital more vibration can be felt on vocals, but with LPCM the voice clarity is much better.

I know, but i think the Add-ons will be similar, except for a few south channels - thats what i assumed.

if money is reason then don't migrate .. private company loots customer more than govt company ...

i was thinking that only.. how can there be 30 hd channels !:confuse: thanks for info buddy .

U gotta have SMSBACKUP by jan berkel, backs up call logs, SMS as per sachedule or manually; stores right in gmail, also floating images with live feeds from net awesome apps

An extract of the speech done by the President-Mobile Services:

"As the undisputed leader in the Indian telecom industry, we are truly driving the mobile data revolution in the country. Today, with just over a month since our rollout began, our 3G network covers around Half a Million customers, has 4500 sites and is available across 7 cities" said Atul Bindal, President-Mobile Services, Bharti airtel. "We are definitely witnessing the tipping point of non-voice and data explosion in this country and will be bringing the airtel 3G advantage pan-India soon as promised." he added.

I declare the above quote as the biggest joke of the century :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

Forbes buisness has come out with this story about India's BB woes and remedies.
It says Fiber is the way forward........but govt. is virtually sleeping till now...

Tata,reliance,bharti are u listening.....

Lighting Up the Last Mile: Fibre Optics are the Way Forward

:urock:

Yes, simple & that also only unlimited plans, no crappy policies!!

u guys are giving me tension!

Well.. i have already bought it.

babloo looks great ! :happy::happy:

why, any south channels r added?

I use a utility called IP Messenger - ipmsg.exe from IP Messenger

imageshack.us back again!! Pics r now seen & not that useless frog!!

Airtel Digital TV customer service sucks big time .. This is what I wrote to them ..

I have been a long customer of Airtel, including an unlimited blackberry
connection and 3G internet broadband connection. (Mobile number
9901xxxx36). Recently I had taken the Airtel Digital HD TV connection
(customer id 3007066435). From day one the digital TV quality was poor
from Airtel, and I later found that the Signal Quality is coming to a
mere 40% whereas the expected one from an HD connection should be around
100% (at least for other digital tv connections). I spoke to the
customer care of Airtel Digital TV and the guy who took the call had no
idea and he said he will send a person to my home. The person came and
declared that the problem was with the LCD TV and not with the picture
quality and I could get only that quality from LCD tv. He also declared
that 40% is the quality you should expect from an HD box and normal box
will be better around 60%. He promptly asked me for the happy code and I
did not know that he was going to close the call. He first said he will
speak to the MDU person at Ajmera Infinity and resolve the issue, but
after that he never turned up. I raised a call again to the customer
care two days back, and no one turned up in the last two days. I then
called up today again, to my shock, I came to know that the person had
closed the call as he could not reach me. I have an airtel mobile
connection and the signal quality is very bad at my office(which is on a
busy IT corridor in outer Ring Road in Bangalore). I had raised a call
for that, that is still outstanding. I had asked Mr. Sandeep Sharma who
took my call to transfer my call to the supervisor and he said he cannot
transfer at this time and I should call back in an hour. The first thing
I am going to do tomorrow is to go and switch my mobile connection from
Airtel to Vodafone (thanks to TRAI for number portability) and get more
people from my office also follow the same suit. I am extremely fed up
with Airtel, had an excellent Dish TV connection for past three years
and was forced to take Airtel as the apartment complex has only option
of Airtel. I will influence my builder to switch to other Dish
connection as soon as possible. You just do not want a digital tv
connection which has a quality which prompts my visitors to ask if that
was a cable - and that too worse than a cable.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, Android 2.1

Thanks for that hint :)
Would get it then :)

Hey, but did u try the link?? If it wasnt helpful, i can search for another - thats all i can do.

Amazing isn't it. One of India's success stories.

When is the book coming out ?

'How to become rich like Hassan Ali Khan'

After consulting the International Disaster Database maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) this is what I found in respect of extreme temperature events (all figures relate to the period 1900 to 2010).

If you must have a huge cast, if you have no other access to off/on stage, you might make this a very animated, audience involved, interactive performance, with the CHILDREN acting as children, running up/ down/ all about, in the context of the audience.

Mr.Perfectionist brand ambassador of a defective product, well perfect blunder.
The demand of the bike has gone down to 600 aprox in 2011.

Sounds interesting :|

I think you already know who they are. You have their flag as your avatar.
And yeah, they committed terrorisim:
They sent thousands of rockets into Israel this summer, striking civilians. Did you forget that?

Rafa is back and he'll win both. Also, I have NOTHING against Brits but I absolutely despise Murray...you guys need someone with a better personality to root for! I don't know much about her, but Laura Robson seems like a nice girl...when is she becoming pro?

I'm pretty sure it was in a gunfight. I haven't listened to My Chemical Romance in ages though so don't quote me on it.

I don't think she will have as good of a result at the French Open this year considering it is her worst surface and the one that is least-suited to her big serve power game. You are right that she had a very lucky draw this year.

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& Men Were Made 2 Love
But in Today Life
Men R Being Used
& Things R Being Loved

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Latest Channel List Updated of DD Direct + DTH on 3rd March 2011
Because IBN Lokmat Channel Removed & New Test-212 Channel Added

Aa Dekhen Jara Movie on this Friday (4th March 2011) at 09:30 Pm on DD-1 Channel

De Dana Dan Movie on Saturday at 08:30 Pm on DD Kashir

Main Meri Patni Aur Wo Movie on Samy Day at 10:00 Pm &

Bhool bhulayia Movie on Sunday at 01:00 Pm on Star Utsav Channel

no Ibn lokmat now not on DDD+

There is rumor about PS3 prices going further down in 2011, do we have any concrete news about it?

humm very true .. so big money is waiting for him .. we can see few more like this from this world cup ...

so his last record was 142 from 128 balls .. so he is hitter and consistence in his performance ...

---------- Post added at 04:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 PM ----------

match finished.. netherland all out on 120 ...

Yes everything is back to normal, cool, my computer got fixed, i mean i reinstalled vista service pack 2 and now atleast u can see me, phew.
some 2 days back i was like a ghost, who would b seen by your naked eyes!!

THANKS a lot opera admin, i am grateful to u!!

with rel all the 3 r opening fine, do u want some screenshots???

Tata photon plus now bangalore rs:1499

ever heard of third party accessories ??

I got problem with setup box and the following is the summary of how Relaince Big TV Customer care troubled me.


1. On Feb 25th 2011 at 2:20pm I gave a complaint about my setup box and Service Request No is xxxxxxxxx.

2. On Feb 28th 2011 at 11:40am I received a text message saying above request is closed and Rs. 175.00 charged to my account. But No one attended to my issue and it was not solved and also my account was suspended without any reason.

3. On Feb 28th 2011 at 12:00pm i gave complaint about the same and Service Request No's are xxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxx.

4. On March 1st 2011, I called customer care and they said it was in process.

5. On March 2nd 2011, I called customer care and they said it was in process.

6. On March 3rd 2011, I got a text message saying xxxxxxxxx is closed. But no one attend the issue and my problem was not solved. Even I gave land line number in case my mobile is out of coverage.

BIG TV customer care gave lot of pressure, tension by suspending my account, charged the amount without providing the service and also deducting my account every day with out watching or using your services or channels.

and Still the problem is not solved and can some one help me out how to address this issue. Can I goto consumer court.

Thank you

I got this information from a person who is working with rentention department, he specifically asked me to mention in the email 699 rentention plan.

i have written to airtel, lets see what they reply,,,,,:ashamed: i ll updated with their reply........

Hi guys,
I am on mtnl 495 combo plan with 320 kbps unlimited. I roughly use 8 GB in month on mtnl.

Tikona has a 8 GB plan with 2mbps and then 512 kbps unlimited if I cross 8GB for a month. The cost is 799+tax.

please guide me how is this broadband service in Mumbai?
Currently I do not get a wifi of tikona on my laptop. So i guess they will install a nano staation on my terrace.

Let me know can I use my desktop+ wifi laptop+ wifi mobile in that 799 scheme?
are there any hidden charges? like sify had a maintance charge?

any other inputs would be appreciated..

alright. here is what a friend suggested.

he said you should first concentrate on changing your SMPS. basically upgrade it to something much more capable.

but if you are just looking for a good graphic card. he suggests Radeon 6850 from your list. obvious answer i guess. but this would be a future safe upgrade considering you are planning to buy a 23" inch display.

In other words, 2G scam followed up by 2G mercy scam!!

Maybe its because of the same APN which is used for EDGE & 3G :D

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humm at initially u need to do it .. but once they are known face others will start using this ...

here we know many ministers known by nick name .. like

baba .. cm of maha ...
dada .. dy cm
aaba ... home min...

oh well. this is just the beginning. next they would force webmail companies to give them access to the email accounts.