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Best Android smartphone under Rs. 10,000

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:56 PM PDT

Need suggestions for android under 10k. Primary use is calling and whatsapp.Open to indian brands. 

Citizen Khan

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:45 PM PDT

Geonet? Delhi... Any reviews

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:22 PM PDT

Hi

 

Around a decade with Airtel (initially touchtel) it was time to move on. Was interested in FTTX (X=B,H...) but with non of the branded names in my area I had no option but to knock the doors of local cable wallah to get reliance / spectranet etc etc in the colony. To my surprise there is a local operator (based out of Bikaji Cama Palace) and presense in quite a few locations in NCR delhi called Geonet (http://www.geocity.co.in/coveredarea.html). Any reviews???

 

The person claims to run a backbone on fibre, has bandwith from multiple branded ISPs and gives a standard Ethernet connection over PPOE. plug in a normal router and you get a public IP (199.XXX.XXX.XXX Series (he did not tell me the complete series). Lastly with cable lines being broken stolen multiple times a year in my colony he offered me a air grid connectivity. He said it is enough for upto 10mbps line. He also offered something called nano bridge for speeds upto 25mbps

 

for those still interested:

- one time installation charges Rs. 1000 (said he would need to expand around 200 meters and will be installing a switch behind my building) so he is making investment and hence cant discount this, moreover this would be non refundable.

- air grid security deposit Rs. 500 (refuntable). would charge installation charges even if I take air grid as he claims airgrid costs him around Rs. 5000 and hence would need installation charges anyhow

- monthly charges including tax - Rs. 1K for 1mbps no FUP , Rs 1.1K for 2bmps for 25gb and then 1mbps unlimited.

- Other plans include 400kbps Rs. 560 , 512 kbps Rs.650, 8gb 2mbps post which 512kbps for Rs. 750

 

Since I am on a D-LINK 2750U I would need to buy a normal WIFI router for which he is charge Rs. 1500 and is upfront saying It includes around Rs. 200 as his commission to bring and install the WIFI.

 

My Questions

1. Any one any review of this ISP. He claims to have 30K customers in and around Delhi

2. Any issues with Latency, Speeds, downtime

3. Any issues anticipated with the following services

3( a ) - VPN : I need to connect to office VPN which is powered by Aventail.

3( b ) - VOIP : I use a lot of Magic Jack, Vonage and likes for calling both from desktop, Apps installed on phone and devices

3( c ) - NAT / Remote initiated sessions - Read hosting gaming servers, adhoc FTP severs, Torrent Downloading

3( d ) - Google Cloud Print  - I have 2 printers one is classic (attached to chrome on a machine to allow cloud print) and other directly connects to google cloud.

4. Any person who has idea of Air Grid, Nano Bridge ETC and can comment on these connectivity during rain, winds, etc....

5. Is 1 mbps enough for watching SD and/or HD streaming videos from Youtube/FB/vimeo etc.

 

I do not have any particular requirements, I usually consume around 22-24gb a month with normal surfing, app updates on various mobiles, Drop Box however I am not using my internet connection to potential because of post FUP 256kbps fears.

 

Ps. The ISP has a scheme of Rs. 50 a month discount for 8 months on refer a friend. Incase you plan to take this connection do give my reference. I am waiting for my installation which would happen next Saturday (damn office during weekdays) and I am planning to continue my airtel for another 2 months before I degrade my plan and then another 2-3 months before I disconnect completely (if I am satisfied with this ISP).

 

---edit--: 

Just an update, managed to search a thread on this forum itself

http://broadbandforum.co/topic/43237-ms-krishna-internet-services-deficiency-in-service/

but this is over 3 years old and hence posting a fresh thread

Airtel HD+ - Query on using existing hard drive partition

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:15 PM PDT

Hello Techie folks,

 

Yesterday, I upgraded to Airtel HD+, which allows us to connect to an external usb storage and record programs.

 

I have a query that I am hoping to get a resolution on this forum.

 

I have a 1 TB USB external hard drive which is partioned into 4 drives of roughly 250gb each. I plan to use one partition for HD+ STB. However, as soon as I plug in my hard drive to STB and switch it ON, it asks me to 1) Format drive 2) Go back.

 

I cannot format the drive, because it carries useful data and run beyond 600 gigs, which I cannot back-up somewhere else, even temporararily. I can't just lose the data (believe me, they are not movies).

 

I just wish that the STB should prompt me with the drive name, once I select it to format. But, I cannot try this, because, if it doesn't prompts me and formats the entire 1 TB drive, I'll be in soup.

 

So, if any of you have tried to connect a partitioned hard drive to HD+ STB, could you please share your experience?

 

Is there any way out?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Kapil

Masters of Sex

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Naaptol: Up to 62% OFF - Women Navaratri Special

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Naaptol: Up to 77% OFF - Mens Navaratri Special

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Naaptol: Up to 70% OFF - Women Navaratri Special

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:38 AM PDT

BabyOye Deals and Discount Coupons

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:36 AM PDT

 

Coupon Code - HOUSE25

25% off on In-House Brands on minimum purchase of Rs. 500

Applicable on in-house brands: Pine, Babyoye, Aomi, Lexy, Ollie & I and Ollington St.

TnC -: Max. Discount of Rs.400. Not valid on discounted items

Valid till: 7th July 2013

 

http://goo.gl/usOIb

PrintVenue: Flat 25% off on Combos

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:35 AM PDT

SnapDeal: Extra 10% off on Car Audio/Video

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:35 AM PDT

Maximum discount of Rs.1000 only

 

Coupon: AUTO10

 

http://www.snapdeal.com/products/automotive-car-audio-video?MID=ViewAllOffer_AUTO10

 

 

Atlantis

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 10:34 AM PDT

BOSS (Akshay Kumar)

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:43 AM PDT

Samsung Galaxy Gear

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:43 AM PDT

http://techwhack.co/samsung-confirms-upcoming-smart-watch-powered-android-43421/

 

Both Motorola and Sony have similar models. Apple and Samsung are going to be next. 

 

Motorola MOTOACTV

 

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Sony SmartWatch

 

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Dracula

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:42 AM PDT

fodderscamtruth.com

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:40 AM PDT

Liberalization of the Indian Central Board of Film Certification [Censor Board]

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:37 AM PDT

Funny Videos, Images and Jokes

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:18 AM 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

Kaun Banega Crorepati Updates

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 08:53 AM PDT

KBC makers on the hot seat, fined Rs 1 cr

New Delhi: Arguably the most successful game show in Indian television Kaun Banega Crorepati was on Thursday adjudged unfair in certain aspects by the National Consumer Commission which imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore on broadcaster Star TV and the sponsor Airtel.

"Star Plus TV and Bharti Airtel Limited are held to have violated the provisions of Consumer Protection Act in conducting the 'Har Seat Hot Seat' (HSHS) contest which was in conjunction with the main television show Kaun Banega Crorepati and thereby adopted unfair trade practice," the Commission presided by Justice M B Shah said.

The Commission, also comprising members Rajyalakshmi Rao and Anupam Dasgupta, held that in 52 episodes of KBC-3 the telecom company and the channel made a profit of Rs 8.12 crore out of the SMSes sent by viewers to participate in the contest.

"Considering the large amount of profit earned and large number of consumers affected, this would be a fit case for imposing punitive damage of Rs 1 crore," it said.

Popular TV game show KBC, hosted by Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan between January 22 to April 19, 2007, was sponsored by Airtel.

Best imgur app for android

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 08:11 AM PDT

I had one which was best, it used to give option to upload from almost anywhere.

For example from gallery it had an option to directly upload to imgur and the url was automatically copied to clipboard, but now I don't see the app in playstore >_>

Breaking Bad

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 07:52 AM PDT

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Breaking Bad (TV Series 2008) - IMDb

It's simply the best show on Television imo. It gets better with every season. Breaking Bad S04 which ended on last sunday was simply television at it's very best.

Review Needed about AirWire

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 07:24 AM PDT

Hi,

I am Anand from Mahadevapura, Bangalore. I am having BSNL Dataone [phone line dead since last 5 months :( ] and Tataphoton+.
As my BSNL line is dead since last 5 months and N number rounds and complaint to BSNL didnt prove positive and I think Tataphoton+ is expensive for a user lke me who does more downloads. So I want to move to some other ISP.

I tried calling many ISPs, some are costly and some doesn't have feasibility in my lane/ area I reside in though its available some 100s of meters aways.
People from Reliance, Spectranet, Railwire did come to my house to check the feasibility, but Reliance completely denied pulling a line though there junction box is very near compared to other ISPs. Spectranet and Railwire both say the service is available in my area but it will take some more time to pull a line to my street, they have asked few more weeks of time from me, but they are not guaranteeing me about pulling the line.

Today one of my friend gave me a pamphlet Ad about company called AirWire. I am hearing the company name for the 1st time. I did a search and found a url which shows the content of Airwire, though the domain name points to justdialboadband.com ( http://www.justdialbroadband.com/ ).
I called the number provided in the pamphlet. He too said he will come to my home today evening will check for the feasibility in my street though its present in my locality.

I request people to give there review if they have come across this service provider called AirWire.

Requesting Admin to create a seperate section for Airwire if Airwire is a Service provider.

Regards,
Anand

2013 Korean GP

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 06:42 AM PDT

Vettel takes pole for tomorrows koream GP...

 

http://en.espnf1.com/korea/motorsport/story/128101.html

Comedy Nights With Kapil

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 06:40 AM 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.

BSNL Combo 600 Plan Free usage reduced to 750 MB? (August 2013)

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:57 AM PDT

Just logged in to portal to check my usage details for BBG-FN-HOME-600-COMBO-PLUS-MONTHLY_R plan (2.5 GB day usage and night unlimited) and was shocked to see that the free

usage instead of showing as 2.5 GB is showing as 750 MB!!! I have used about 970 MB till now so the charged usage is showing as 220 MB!

Very shocked and disappointed if BSNL has taken this step which is beyond belief. After waiting for many years, instead of getting a raise in 

the free usage, it has been reduced to more than one third! If other people are using this plan kindly check your portal account to see if there also it is showing 750 MB? If yes then post here and if it is still 2.5 GB then I suppose there must be some issue with the site. Hope it is still 2.5 GB because 750 MB is a joke! Also people might end up getting huge bills this month if they don't know this. Quite shocked by BSNL's shamelessness as they once again made such a huge change without informing the users!

 

HDFC Bank NetSafe Is Back

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 04:44 AM PDT

Seems HDFC Bank is modifying its Netsafe

It might be a New Looks, or some Bag round changes, but its down since last few hours and shows the following Screen.

 

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Lets hope something smarter is launched......

Flipkart Deal of the Day: 45% off on Sports Watches

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 04:25 AM PDT

AADHAAR required for getting LPG cash subsidy?

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 03:18 AM PDT

Need a best software to convert Word to PDF...

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 03:03 AM PDT

Need software to convert Word/Excel file to PDF

Sasural Simar Ka

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 02:53 AM PDT

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Skype message not delivered

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 02:12 AM PDT

Have been trying to send files on skpye, every now and then I am getting message not delivered ? Same is happening with other person. He is using win8.

 

 

Any solution as neither the files nor the messages are getting delivered !

Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 02:08 AM PDT

Google Nexus 5

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 01:00 AM PDT

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Testing Store Links

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 12:02 AM PDT

Airtel offering more non-advertised plans?

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 11:01 PM PDT

It turns out Airtel CC has been offering non advertised plans off late to customers who  are on high end plans and routinely come close to exhausting their FUP limits. I was offered a 2149 (w/o tax) plan for 8mbps and 125 GB FUP.

 

One of my friends got a 250 GB 8 mbps plan for close to 3K including taxes. 

Unable to use Tata Sky Wifi Remote

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 10:56 PM PDT

Hi

 

I've a TataSky HD+ box, and I downloaded the new TataSky App from the AppStore.

 

The STB is connected to my WiFi router with the TataSky Wifi Dongle.

I am unable to use the feature of WiFi remote provided by the TataSky App.

 

On trying to connect I get an error '0xfd2002 : Wi-Fi signal not available, Please ensure your TataSky + HD set top box and this device are currently connected to the same Wi-Fi router.'

 

Has anyone in the forum faced the issue? Any solution?

 

The TataSky helpline is clueless about this...

Auto Hathway Authentication

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 10:32 PM PDT

Making this as a new thread just for the sake of the new Hathway users who are sick of regular browser logins. There are few developers who have been working on these programs and apps. Thanks to them. There are some programs that can be used for automatic authentication.

 

1. For Desktop/Laptop - Auto Hathway Authentication

 

2. For android devices - Auto Hathway Authentication and Hathway Login

 

Auto Hathway Authentication program is free software where as Hathway login app is a trail version for first 5 logins through your android device and then you have to purchase it for Rs. 100 or so to upgrade it to full version.

 

All credits goes to these developers, I m just spreading the word as it helped me. Ciao!!

new plans from hathway

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 10:05 PM PDT

4 new plans

 

1, speedway 512 - 512 Kbps during day and 2.5 Mbps during night (12-9am) for Rs 500+ST

2. speedway 1 - 1 Mbps during day and 3 Mbps during night for Rs.750+ST

3. speedway 2 - 2 Mbps,15gb FUP post, 512kbps for Rs.750+ST

4. speedway 5 - 5 Mbps, 25gb FUP, post 1 Mbps for Rs.900+ST

 

it says charges applicable on minimum 3 months. may be it means they will take 3 months advance money

 

 

General Secularism Discussion and Rant Thread.

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 09:53 PM PDT