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Airtel myPlan for Postpaid Users (Sounds good, reality is different)

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 12:31 PM PDT

Person of Interest

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 12:30 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!

WordPress Updates

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 12:06 PM PDT

can i place google ads on my wordpress blog?

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Smartphone under 20k

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 11:28 AM PDT

Though budget is around 20k, would prefer to get something at a much lesser cost as for sure there should be options

 

Usage 

a) Read lot of documents (pdf / doc / ppt / xls) 

b ) Basic Browsing

c) Support for leading data storage services, whatsapp

 

Thats it. 

 

Optional Preferences 

a) Huge Battery

b ) Dual Sim

c) Reasonable Storage (1-2 GB of docs might be needed)

d) Android Jellybean

 

Not required/Dont care

a) Camera

New modem running slow

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 11:06 AM PDT

Hello everyone, actually I got a new modem TP Link ADSL2+ (TD 8817)
After replacing my BSNL supplied wifi modem (WA3002G4) with the this one my connection speed has become too slow , like it takes 5-6 minutes to even load google.com
Even for this post I was forced to use My phones 2G Internet.

My setup
TP link modem on PPPoE mode and wireless router in dynamic mode

Digital Camera with Manual Controls

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 11:03 AM PDT

Basically confused between a mirrorless camera and a DSLR. Looking for great picture quality with some manual controls which can give me nice (DSLR like) focus. Bokeh would be awesome.

 

Any photography experts here?

Dhoom 3

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 10:56 AM PDT

Like always, we now have the rumors on the upcoming movie Dhoom 2. Apparently, it still features John Abraham. In simple words, Hrithik Roshan is actually John Abraham in disguise. He is wearing a mask throughout the movie.

Sounds pretty stupid right? It is indeed.

BSNL Broadband: How to Troubleshoot Frequent Disconnection

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 10:49 AM PDT

1. Post your SNR and Attenuation values. Table for speed less than 8 Mbps


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If your values are bad, ask the line man to give a clean line. Make sure there are no joints or non insulated parts.

2. Make sure all connections come after splitter. Follow this diagram


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Bypass the splitter, connect the line directly to the modem and check.


3. Check if splitter or ethernet cable is faulty. Use a spare one and check.


4. If possible get a friend's modem and check. That will confirm if modem is faulty or not.


5. Do you get power reset ? If yes, check modem's power adpater and make sure it is functioning well.


6. Try GDMT mode in modem and check.

Modem says downstream 2048kbps but getting 512Kbps

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 10:18 AM PDT

Hi Guys,
 
 
 
My plan is a combo 550 ( 512Kbps during the day and 1Mbps post 1800hrs). NOW.... My Sterlike Ax300 DSL GUI page says Down 2048Kbps! And MANY a times when i am downloading an app on my Android phone, I see the app downloading at 150KB/s  where as my PC is downloading file at 60KB/s (KILOBYTE not Bit).
 
Is there any tweak that can be done to utilize 2048kbps ??
 
Any help would be great. Thanks

Mozilla Firefox Updates

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 10:17 AM PDT

What the company offer is a set of customized toolbars for the users of Blogger.com, Bloglines, LiveJournal, TypePad and Technorati users. It means if you are a heavy user of any of these services, you can skip the default toolbar and chose one of the versions customized for these tools. What you get along with the routine features are services related custom options making them accessible from the search toolbar itself. For instance, if you are a Blogger user you can install the Blogger version. The toolbar now has a Blog This button (similar to Google Toolbar) which let you Blog with a single click. Other custom options give you fast access to the Blogger homepage, dashboard and user profiles. Similar options are present for the other toolbars customized to that particular service. To one his own set of tools! Can make browsing a lot of fun if you are indeed a heavy user of one of these services.

Firefox Toolbar: A set of search toolbars for Mozilla users

Lenovo has gone crazy. Paying Ashton Kutcher to market them.

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 10:01 AM PDT

 

1 hour 19 minute mark. 

Need help configuring Belkin N300 router

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:18 AM PDT

I have just purchased a Belkin N 300 router. I need help setting it up for MTNL (Mumbai). My present modem is the SemIndia DNA - A212.

MTNL Broadband VDSL2 User Experiences

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:18 AM PDT

I wanted to start a new experience thread simply to discuss MTNL VDSL.

Some things to consider before/after taking a new VDSL connection

 

SNR margins (SNRM)
Below 9 dB : Poor experience with lots of HEC and CRC errors. Line will disconnect frequently.
9   - 11  dB : Ok but not ideal. Disconnections will be there if some unexpected variance is introduced by rains, humidity in the wire.
12 - 16  dB : Ideal and realistic value. Expect almost no disconnections as the line has more wiggle room for tolerating variances.
17 dB and up : God Mode. Lucky few get this on VDSL synced at 30 mbps and up. So far I have seen various stats and no one has reported this SNRM (That is because VDSL sync rates are always higher)

 

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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MTNL 3G Jadoo Experiences and Issues

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT

Please use this thread for MTNL 3G/HSDPA activation/speed discussion.

Mumbai
1. For 3G settings, please click here

2. For PrePaid data plans, click here and select 3G Prepaid Data STVs tab.

3. To recharge your prepaid mobile, go here.

4. To check Talktime Balance and validity, dial *444#

5. To check Promotional plan like pay per second validity, dial *445#

6. To check Data Balance and its validity, dial *446#

Delhi
1. For 3G settings, please click here

2. For PrePaid data plans, click here


More data will be added as found. Please PM me if you have something to contribute to this post.

Online gamer and Heavy downloader switching to Tikona from Airtel - Advise needed

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 07:00 AM PDT

Hi All,

I am from Bangalore and have been a customer of Airtel for so many years now and have been mainly using it for online gaming and heavy downloading along with browsing. Ever since FUP was introduced I started my dislike for Airtel as it started to affect my download requirements. I need to download atleast 300GB per month and I also need good pings to online Gaming servers in Asia. Airtel provides the latter but not the former.

 

So I am considering the 4mbps Tikona unlimited broadband plan (1499 Rs). There is no ACT/You broadand in my area. Few questions on the same

 

1. Does Tikona have good pings to Asian servers for smooth online gaming?

2. Tikona's terms and conditions says 1:20 contention ratio for FUP of 80GB and upto 1:50 post that . Can anyone tell me what is the speed folks get after the fup limit?

3. When the Tikona engineer comes for demo what all should I check because Tikona employs wireless connection?

4. What about the signal quality and service quality of Tikona in Bangalore?

Sony Xperia L

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 06:29 AM PDT


I want to send flowers online.

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 06:16 AM PDT

Hello,

 

please tell me who do online flowers delivery in noida....

Fernando Alonso News and Updates

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 05:32 AM PDT

Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets on his return to Renault today at Jerez lapping the Spanish circuit a tenth clear of countryman Pedro de la Rosa. It was an impressive return to the team for Alonso as he put in 70 laps with a best time of 1:19.503s.

It was a busy day for the McLaren Mercedes team with de la Rosa putting in 111 laps in his MP4-23 while Kovalainen sixth fastest, completed 130 laps in the new machine.

Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa were third and fifth fastest respectively for Ferrari with Nico Rosberg running well in his FW29 with the fourth fastest time.

Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais proved closely matched for Toro Rosso Ferrari with the seventh and eighth fastest times while Mark Webber was ninth best in the Red Bull Renault.

Kazuke Nakajima rounded out the top ten in his Williams Toyota ahead of Timo Glock in the leading Toyota TF108 and Giancarlo Fisichella in the Force India Ferrari. Kamui Kobayashi brought up the bottom of the timesheets in the second Toyota while Super Aguri Honda did not run after problems encountered yesterday.
Renault continued its preparations for 2008 today with Fernando Alonso taking over driving responsibilities from Nelson Piquet.

It was an important day as it was Alonso's first appearance in Renault colours since being confirmed as a 2008 race driver in December.

Arriving at the Jerez circuit yesterday evening, the Spaniard spoke to the engineers to understand how the first day of the programme had gone, and to prepare for his two days work with the team.

His first day behind the wheel gave the Spaniard the opportunity to drive a car in accordance with the 2008 electronic regulations, and most significantly without traction control. It was also a good opportunity to reacclimatise to the team with which he has worked for six years in the past.

At the end of the session, having covered 70 laps, the overall result was an encouraging first day as Alonso topped the timesheet with a best lap of 1:19.503s.

Fernando Alonso
"The result of my first day in the car is encouraging. I could not wait to drive again, but at the same time I was a bit tentative. I quickly settled back in to the team and everything went well. We made good progress throughout the day, but there is a lot still to do. I had to adapt at first to the car and get used to driving the car without traction control, but I am convinced that that soon I will be used to this and will not remember what is was like to drive with traction control."

Kimi Raikkonen News and Updates

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 05:31 AM PDT

Now it is official.,

FIA rejects McLaren's appeal to penalise drivers

Kimi Raikkonen keeps World championship title

PARIS: Formula One's governing body FIA rejected McLaren's appeal to penalise four drivers for fuel irregularities at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, letting Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen keep his World championship title.

The Hindu : Sport : FIA rejects McLaren’s appeal to penalise drivers

Sebastian Vettel News and Updates

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 05:30 AM PDT

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exciting but more than 40 days left

DSL 2750U Internet disconnecting

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 05:01 AM PDT

I got Dlink DSL 2750U on Saturday and I'm seeing internet disconnecting every hour someone suggested to untick Keep Alive which didn't helped I have the same modem since last 2.5 years but it was giving me problems so got a new one , ISP is MTNL below are ADSL settings.My older router does not drops any connections 

 

Can anyone compare with there modem settings 

 

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NEED HELP REGARDING BSNL WIMAX

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 04:39 AM PDT

M gettng gud wimax signl bt was uanble to connect to intrnt maybe m diallng wrng.. can anyone tell me how to dial.. ?? rply asap

Government claims Airtel, Idea, Vodafone 3G roaming agreements are illegal

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 04:26 AM PDT

Vodafone 3G roaming

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 04:24 AM PDT

Does roaming allowed in Vodafone 3G if they have licence in both the states. tried to reach cc but not able to get through, I have bangalore sim and travelling to chennai

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Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:31 AM PDT

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Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:25 AM PDT

Thor: The Dark World

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:15 AM PDT

Title: Thor: The Dark World
Year: 2013
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rating: ? (? Votes)
Runtime: ?
Director: Alan Taylor
Writer(s): Jack Kirby, Stan Lee
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston
Plot:


Thor's adventures continue following the events of The Avengers.

Microsoft Surface Pro 2

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:15 AM PDT

http://goo.gl/sllnFp

 

 

 

Surface Pro has been an amazing device. It has been my daily machine for a LONG time. Surface Pro 2 is a very significant upgrade on top of that strength, with meaningful battery-life improvements so it lasts nearly a full workday, a dual-stage kickstand that works great on your lap, and even faster performance. With Power Cover – a new cover accessory that provides the same great typing experience as Type Cover along with a built-in extended battery that charges while you're working or while it's connected in your bag – Surface 2 lasts more than more than 10 hours. With the Docking Station for Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 can be the first device that is a tablet, a laptop, AND a high-powered workstation.

 

The Originals

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:14 AM PDT

Gori Tere Pyaar Mein

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:13 AM PDT


 

Kareena Kapoor and Imran Khan are getting back together again for an upcoming movie called Gori Tere Pyaar Mein. Imran Khan will start shooting for this movie as soon as he is done with his previous project!



again a title from the 80s. :\

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:12 AM PDT

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The event is set to take place in a historical building bombed by the Luftwaffe airplanes during WWII.

Hinting towards a WW2 setting? Doesn't sound like a good idea. Machine guns vs. guy with knife in a upclose and personal killing game.


http://www.examiner.com/article/assassin-s-creed-4-announcement-coming-on-feb-27
http://www.vgleaks.com/rumor-assassins-creed-going-towards-world-war-ii/

Samsung Galaxy Round

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:12 AM PDT

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Yes. I agree. It looks stupid. 

 

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The Offtopic Thread

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:09 AM PDT

Hoardings banned in Chennai?? Thats strange. I didnt knew this. Any particular reason??

Complaints

Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:07 AM PDT

Warning for the post? WHY!!!

 

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