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Hello, I have new bsnl broadband connection and i opted for 1425 plan (4MBPs) , but i get only 0.45 MBPS and download is even worse at 25-30 kbps.The bsnl guys connected a brand new wire for my line and my phone line is also very clear.I thought i had a problem in my modem and gone to bsnl exchange to check it, there they connected my modem with my line at their at end and speed was like charm , it showed almost 4 MBPs.They told me to check my latop for virus and lan card. I backed up my data and formatted my system and installed  kaspersky in it.But still the problem exists.I am pulling my hair out thinking that what could have happed wrong,i even bought my friends laptop and checked it with my connection,but it also shows same.

These are my ADSL modem stats :

 

  DSL Status Connected  
  Downstream Data Rate 101 kbps   
  Upstream Data Rate 888 kbps   
  DNS Primary 0.0.0.0  
  DNS Secondary 0.0.0.0  
  Max Att Downstream Rate  120 kbps  
  Max Att Upstream Rate  888 kbps  
  SNR (Downstream) 8.5 dB  
  SNR (Upstream) 8.0 dB  
  Line Attentuation(Downstream) 30.5 dB   
  Line Attentuation(Upstream) 28.0 dB   
  Gateway IP 0.0.0.0 
 

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!!!

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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"

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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

I bought an Airtel SIM day before yesterday, and the activation is taking too much time. I'm still not getting any signal on my cell phone since 2 days. Any suggestions?

Hello Readers,

My name is Vivek Sinha Anurag and i am going to post some "great" work shown by Act Broadband.

I applied for ACT Broadband 5 Mbps plan [its having cap value of 35GB after that speed will reduce to 256 kbps] by calling their customer care on 16th Aug 2011. I was surprised to see their lightening fast response as the representative came to my doorstep the very next day and on 17th Aug 2011 Mr Ashitt O.S. collected the money and documents and told me that withing 5 days i will get my connection and i even got sms confirmation that my request no is 142263.

Now the real story started. Even after 6 days no one ever bothered to check my request so i called customer care [ 080-42840000] to remind them and i was told that i will get it withing next 2 days. I waited for next 2 days and called them again.

I was surprised to learn a new technical term from them that they are "Uploading network" hence its taking time and soon i will get my connection. Since my work was getting affected because of their delay i applied for a BSNL connection too. Now today is 5th September and i am still waiting for the connection and to my surprise i got the BSNL broadband last week.

I tried escalating this matter and asked the customer care for any high level contact and they said that i need to mail helpdesk@acttv.in. I emailed them but i got no response.

Please note some points regarding ACT broadband before applying ACT broadband
1. They dont have nodal officer/appellate authority [against TRAI rules and i have already escalated this matter to TRAI officials with the help of pgportal.gov.in]
2. They have a customer base of 2500 users in bangalore and they are not able to manage even this small number.
3. They DO NOT PROVIDE STATIC IP [even if they claim to do so]
4. Their customer care service is useless. All you will losse is your balance by talking to them
5. They can "Upload network" [You can imagine the understanding capability of their technicians]
6. They are fast in collecting money but lazy in delivering service

Final conclusion: To be on safe side stay away from them else you will suffer like me. Morning shows the day and even before using their service i am suffering. Don't know what will happen when i get the connection and i face any problem that time.

After my 40" LED Turning into a crap in a small period of 2 years , I have no option left than to buy a new TV.

This time I am scared to invest huge money and looking for the cheapest and best possible LED/LCD out there.. Please help me out.

1. It should either carry 3-5 year warranty or having facility of extended warranty .
2. Should be in between price dance of ₹25000 to ₹ 30000.
3. Preferable brand : LG, Samsung , Panasonic, Philips.


Thanks in advance.

Hi Experts,

 

This is Rahul ,I am currently living in malviya nagar ,Khiriki extension ,near Krishna Mandir Delhi

 

I am looking for a new broadband connection,I am listing few points below:-

 

1)I am ok with both LAN broadband and Wifi

2)My average usage is around 50-75 GB per month

3)I am ok with speed at 1 MBPS(and greater) but download limit should be higher range like >50 GB

4)I am ok with spending Rs. 2000 monthly for a GOOD and RELIABLE internet connection.

 

Please guide if there are any experts in this area in Delhi.

 

I am getting the feedback that top companies don't give connection near Krisha Mandir/Khirki Extension area,is it true?

 

Looking forward for expert Guidance.

 

Regards,

Rahul

 

 

While I plan to list this item on Ebay/OLX soon, I just wanted to know what my friends on IBF would suggest.

 

I've got a PS2 (SCPH-9004CB) against some outstanding amount, the playstation 2 is sealed pack, and comes with bill (but in my name)

and is genuine, un-touched.

 

What should be the fair price I should be looking at ???

 

 

Thanks...........

 

Edit:

 

Flipkart lists the same for Rs.6830/-

 

Should I sell it for 5800, do I have a chance with giving 1000 off 

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exciting but more than 40 days left

http://www.readability.com/articles/igu9aaza

 

 

 

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel cruised to a third straight Singapore Grand Prix victory on Sunday and moved 60 points clear of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso after a dominant drive under the floodlights at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

The German led from pole to flag and lapped on average almost two seconds quicker than his rivals to finish 32.6 seconds clear of Alonso and take another big step towards a fourth successive title with six races remaining.

 

60 points! Nice. 

So the next update is going to be 4.4 KitKat http://www.android.com/kitkat/

New Delhi: The auctions for the Indian Premier League (IPL) have begun in the ballroom of the Oberoi Hilton in Mumbai.


The Chennai team paid the highest amount for Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the first round. Dhoni was bought for Rs 6 crore ($1.5 million) and he will be joined in the Chennai team by Sri Lanka’s spin whiz Muttiah Muralitharan who was bought for Rs 2.4 crore ($600,000).


Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne, who retired from international cricket early last year, was bought by Jaipur at Rs 1.8 crore ($4,50,000) while Adam Gilchrist was bought by Hyderbad for Rs 2.8 crore ($700,000)


Controversial Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar will join Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata team for Rs 1.82 crore ($455,000).


The first round auctions saw the 'Marquee Players' being put up for sale. The Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi teams did not take part in the first round.

A total of 78 players are up for grabs and they will be bought by eight franchises over the next 11 hours. Around Rs 160 crore ($40million) is at stake during the auctions.


But in a big blow to the IPL, Australia's Test and One-Day skipper Ricky Ponting, Andrew Symonds, Brett Lee and Michael Hussey will not be playing in the IPL in 2008 and hence they won't be auctioned.


Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid have already reached the for their team's bid


Each of the eight franchisees of the IPL will be allowed to spend a minimum of Rs 132 crore ($3.3 million) but not more than Rs 200 crore ($5 million) during the auctions.

Chennai bags Dhoni for Rs 6 cr, SRK wins Shoaib

I am very very happy that my company has got dhoni and more importantly dhoni will play for Chennai Team. I am delighted on this news. Come chennaites the first IPL tournamet will be ours. Cheer up chennaites.

Preferably Sony.
Wi-Fi enabled would be nice.
For a friend.

Need software to convert Word/Excel file to PDF

Why do I have three options to make online transfer of money? Which is a better option? Seriously... Why cannot I make a payment on a Sunday?

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ended up watching the entirety of this show last night and loved it. i am amazed that this show got broadcasted in the US market and here in india words like shit are censored with beeps.
 
Books:
 
Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire
A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire
A Storm of Swords: Steel And Snow Book 3 Part 1 (A Song of Ice and Fire)
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4)
A Dance With Dragons: Part 1 Dreams and Dust

New Channel called "Romedy Now" is being telecased on channel 140 on Hathway. Read somewhere that this channel will show both movies and serials in the romance and comedy genres. Not sure if the channel is being telecasted just as a free preview like those HBO channels. 

I have been using Airtel broadband for the past 6yrs.. 2Mbps connection.. I tried very hard to change my plan to

4/8Mbps plan. But every time i called the customer care i was told no feasibility..

Thought to change the provider .. It was Act this time.. I placed the request 10days back and still no reply from

them..They have not told till now whether my place is feasible or not..

Finally had spoken to a BBNL guy around 6 pm ... He said they will provide a free demo installation, which we could use for 3 days and take up the connection if satisfied. Within 20 mins, 2 personel showed up and asked us to fill the form ( no proofs were asked as it is for demo ). They said they could give only modem for demo which is the wired connection. We said we use only Wifi and need wifi router. Immediately he got a brand new D-link router and

did the installation. the connection to modem was through TV cable wire. He gave us an username and password. At 7pm we got our connection.. He said the speed will be between 6-10Mbps.

Youtube 1080p videos buffered immediately without a pause.. Downloads were between 500-700.. Sometimes it even reaches 850Kbps.. From approx 250kbps to around 800kbps, its a huge leap in download experience and unlimited data usage ( ie. no FUP limit ) let me not always keep tab on my limit.


The overall experience is positive. Im still in demo period. I initially thought to have airtel for back up. But now feel its not very necessary, since this guys have been taking care of sanjay nagar area , the response is attentive.

Let me come back after using BBNL for few weeks and write my review ..

Speed Test - http://speedtest.net/result/2213514039.png

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Flipkart: 15% off on Casio Watches

Alright. Need to recharge a number via amex. So, landed on this payment portal via the mtnl website, beam.co.in.

Payment went through. Gateway used was Dialect Payments. However, after the transaction was over, I got redirected to beam's homepage. No transaction id, nothing. Recharge hasn't happened yet.

Isn't related to beam telecom from what I can see.

From past few days my service was just pathetic. i am having a 2mbps unlimited plan on which download speed was 2mbps but the upload speed was around 400kbps. There were issues of packet drop and high pings. So a guy from tikona suggested me that i should take the static IP service and there will be huge change in your service. And guess what he was correct.

 

Benifits

1. No login page ever.

2. Connect as many PC with your Wifi router.

3. download speed of 3.5 mbps

4. upload speed of 2mbps

5. super low pings.

6. no packet drop.

 

Drawbacks

1. you will have to shell out Rs1500 a year.

I have a broadband connection from MTNL Delhi on which I have been facing problems from time to time as other members using an MTNL connection also have reported. But this time it has broken all records for me. It has been 19 days since I could use my broadband connection on my PC at my home as there has been no phone or broadband connection for the last nineteen days.

 

Seeing the posts on this forum, which I always have found helpful, I had written emails to various officers e.g., helpdesk.delhi@bol.net.in, deintcc@bol.net.in, gmbb@bol.net.in, amth@bol.net.in but to no avail. Everytime I book a complaint for phone or broadband online or over my mobile phone, the complaints mysteriously disappear (for which I doubt the lineman who is a wretched guy) without my problem being solved at all. I also called up many important persons in the MTNL telephone exchange from where my phone and broadband connection is controlled from AM to the Officer in charge of broadband but to no avail.

 

Once after emailing to the Broadband GM I got a "cc" of a reply which forwarded my complaint to the concerned AM at the exchange to take appropriate action. The next day I got a call from the same office enquiring about the location of my phone connection and also whether I was facing the problems which I mentioned above.

 

After that when I checked the Complaint Status on the Fault reporting Website, it showed "CBD BOOKED" pending at CBD. Does anyone on this forum know what this means? Also when I called up the Broadband in-charge at the Exchange he said, "Kaam Chal raha hai. Do ek din mein theek ho jayga".

 

However, a few days later this complaint also disappeared and the showed NO COMPLAINT PENDING to my frustration. So, I again booked a new complaint and also wrote another email to , again without any response.

 

So, someone please tell me what to do in my situation to get my Broadband working? Any suggestion towards this will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Hey,

 

I've been a subscriber since Oct of last year (187792) and am currently on the ACT BB DOUBLE PREMIUM plan which is 10MBps till 75GB. I am considering switching to the new ACT BB SOHO Value plan which is 50MBps till 250GB for Rs. 3299 p/m. I currently have two concerns:

 

1. Why is the post-FUP speed 2MBps when we are paying more than Hyderabad who has a post-FUP speed of 6MBps?

2. Will I be able to switch back to my current plan if I decide the 50MBps plan is not worth it? I absolutely detest the current roster of plans so I do not want to choose between my current plan and a 25MBps plan.

 

Thanks guys,

 

MystPhysX

I want a fibre connection for better pings for gaming, using a MTNL broadband as of now(decent connection, 40-60 pings in india servers in mumbai, hyderabad etc), since MTNL FTTH seems the cheapest i would like to have it only. 
Any idea what areas it is available in general?
I myself live uttam nagar(near vikas puri and janak puri) so it would be great it someone can confirm its availability here.

Well its a sturday and I didnt really have anything else today , woke up at 6am and there was no electricity , so I decided it was time to use the new TATA SKY + DVR STB in a diffrent way :happy:.

So I decided to open it up to see what they have hidden inside , what kinda upgrade we can try ourselfs to get more recording time , can we transffer the recorded videos to a PC ....and guys the answers were all positive!!!

Opening the Tata sky STB is one of the easiest experiments I have ever done (this may vary from person to person , opening your STB up causes your warranty to be void , so please do this at your own risk - this is not my responsibility nor is it the forums , but all I can say is its very hard to do something wrong and mess it up ) .

Opened up the 5 screws of the STB , one on each side and 3 at the back of the stb , this causes the upper lid of the STB to slide off , so once the screws are removed just gently slide the top of the STB open.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6103/89873162wj4.jpg

The HDD imaged :
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9598/dsc01130na4.jpg

Sitting right in the middle of the board is the Broadcom chip :
The big broadcom chips is a :
BCM7453TKPB10G
UN0829P31
881512U3

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http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2391/dsc01132op8.jpg

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5227/dsc01133my2.jpg

Just above the HDD enclosure is the processor used by the STB :
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/9167/dsc01138pu8.jpg
I didnt open this up to see what they are using here (this is for another experiment another day.

A closer look at the HDD Area :
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9428/dsc01139np0.jpg

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/7880/dsc01140vj5.jpg

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/2985/dsc01141jf0.jpg

The HYNIX Chips (these are the memory modules on board ) :
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2704/dsc01149je7.jpg

HYNIX -830A
HY5DU561622FTP-D43

The Dual tuner and another broadcom chip :

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/5663/dsc01151xr7.jpg

Broadcom chip details :
BCM4506KQLEG
CN0834 P11
8884213

HDD removed : WD 1600AVJS -63wna0
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The good thing is its a regular SATA Desktop (not laptop) HDD.
It Can easily be replaced with another HDD say a 500 GB increasing your recording capacity by 3.5 times .

To see if this is possible connected this HDD to my PC :
Vola.... The file format is FAT 32 !!! so what you would ideally need to do is
Buy a new SATA - Desktop HDD - create one big partition and format it in FAT 32 and then connect it to the STB and it should simply work (I havent tried this yet , but will do it next week , but i dont have any doubts it will just work).

The good thing is in case you have recorded something important and you need to transffer to the PC you can do it this way (since the file system is FAT 32!!

Screen shots of the HDD connected to my PC :

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/575/wd1zd9.jpg

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/9205/wd2yn6.jpg


After all this o just put back everything to gether , and switch on the STB and well everything just worked like nothing happened
Feedback appriciated!
Updated with trying to copy recorded content here.

I have applied for transfer of connection as I have moved to a new house on 14th sep 2013. 

My ticket number - 1221583.

 

The house is in the same area where I was residing earlier ( Nagawara, Bangalore - 560045).

 

Already 8 days are over from the day I raised the ticket. But still nobody has contacted me from ACT so far. I called up customer care almost 10 times. All the time I get the same stereotype answer that they forwarded to the concerned department. I am in urgent need of the connection; but these type of lazy action and lazy words from them irritates.

 

Note that, when I have applied for new connection 2 years back, they were very quick to call back, they were quick to install and everything was perfect. But now, they have SWALLOWED enough money and not willing to move their back to do their work.

 

So PATHETIC service from ACT broadband.

 

 

 

I want to play the GTA 5 and thinking of buying an used console (xbox 360 or PS3)

 

I've got a good offer for xbox 360. I just want somebody to suggest me some things to look out for before buying the console  like which years' product to avoid etc. help appreciated

  I am doing a story on slow broadband speeds in India. It would be really nice if I could get an insight into the problem faced by broadband consumers probably through a brief interview/interaction with you. I would also like to know if consumers are getting any relief from Trai.

Alright. Post your feedback in concise points. I personally have no clue about TRAI helping out broadband customers in India. From what I read here, nodal officers and that pgportal something? 

I got ACT connection a month ago. I am on the ACT BB Premium plan (999). Till now i have consumed about 36 GB download and 12 GB upload limit, but speed has been reduced from 10Mbps to 512 kbps.

Here is the speed test screenshot
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2140836551.png

Please help....!!!!!!!!

Thanks