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With the recent spurt of people going offtopic, I saw the need of this thread.

Here you can go offtopic as much as possible. Post whatever you want, with just one condition that at least post something sensible that someone else would reply. Don't just post crap.

Thread hijacking is totally allowed here.

That being said, I'd like to post this.

Today, while coming to office, I was listening to Radio Mirchi, and there the RJ was playing songs dedicated by the parents for their child(ren).

There's one father who dedicated the song "Kajra Re" for his son. There's another father who dedicated the song "Dhoom Machale Dhoom" for his son. Now, after those two requests, there was one mother who dedicated the song "Jaadu Jaadu" for her daughter.

Now we can see the real contrast in the choice of songs between the dads and the mom (or for the son and the daughter). What do you think which was it? Or does it indicate some kind of specific mentality?

Its been a month since I started using TATAT DOCOMO postpaid connection with rs 350 plan, which promises me 1GB 3G internet + 2G unlimited internet. But as soon I took the connection I realised that TATA DOCOMO internet connets once, stays on for 30 minutes and after that disconnects. It doesnt connect back for the entire day(How many ever times you try). The next day I either have to switch off/on or Remove/Reinsert my SIM to connect the internet back again. I have raised several complaints with Tata Docmo Customer Care regarding this. The solution they gave was to "IP Pooling issue for the entire of karnataka Circle, so Keep turning off/on the data to reconnect back and occasionally try switch off/on also". I am tired of turning off/on my data connection on my MOTOROLA ATRIX 2. My question is when TATA DOCOMO can't provide the service promised, why should I pay their postpaid bill? I feel cheated by this geasture of TATA DOCOMO. Please provide me valuable suggestion to file a Consumer Complaint regarding the same. Customer complaint numbers are 759078273, 381921313

MTNL seems to have started new 8Mbps plans recently, dint see any thread discussing about it here.

 

Here is the link 8Mbps Plan - MTNL Mumbai

 

 

 

 

 

Anybody tried booking these plans.

 

If they can maintain the speed 24hours it would be great

 

STV used: Rs55 Unlimited

 

On website its written 1day unlimited but those who have used it  might know already that its 2days unlimited

 

BSNL still the best in Wireless Broadband No TataPhoton, Mblaze or Reliance Netconnect can beat BSNL EVDO

BSNL - EVDO - Usage - Review and everything about it

I know its a old school connection , about 4 years old but till now there isnt a better wireless plan compared to this till now

Rs 750 Pm True Unlimited . Prepaid

Pros:
1. True Unlimited no FUPs - i download around 100-150 Gbs a month, i can download upto 200-300 Gbs but i run out of files
2. Priced cheap compared to others , when they charge Rs 1000 with 10 Gb FUP
3. U dont have to talk to the customer care ever

Cons:
1. it has too many
2. Coverage is too thin , forget about slow speed there are places where u wont get any service at all
3. u just cannot walk to a BSNL office and buy this sim , because 70% of them doesnt know there is a service like this
4. CDMA
5. Availability of CDMA- EVDO modems in the market
6. Recharge Problems , those STVs mentioned on the site dont work most of the time ( lost Rs 1000 over online Recharge couple of times)

even after all the above i just love this connection , its prepaid and costs 750 pm , unlimited
have nice coverage in my town , so always get 1-2mbps , but dont ask about the ping or latency values

with this connection i have never thought about another connection for 3 years now .

have some doubts ? want details ? ask it here

happy to help





Max speed , remind u that my device supports upto 3.1mbps only

to check balance - 18004259123

Micromax Canvas series to receive Android 4.4 KitKat update soon: Reports

 

Hopefully the other manufacturers are watching. Samsung, are you listening remember you have a series of your own called 'Galaxy'. How aboout doing a Micromax on that.

I was recently prompted by a friend to shop at http://www.shopclues.com/ for their 'Sunday Flea Market'. The items of interest mobile phone covers. There was a code which would get you a cover for Rs 63+ shipping. I created my login then went about selecting the relevant mobile covers, the quantity, added the promo code which showed it was valid. But it did made no difference to the overall billing amount which was Rs 758/-. Now it should have been only 63*2+29=155. So I cancelled y order, I tried again later & got the same result. That was when I decided to delete my a/c but to my shock I could NOT do so, I went thru the FAQ's here's what I found.

 

'Deactivate my account

Please contact us at shopclues.com/support'

 

Now this is pasted from their site

But if you go to the above mentioned link there is no way to contact them. When I mentioned this to my friend, he tried from his a/c & it was the same story so he volunteered to post on their FB page (I don't have an a/c) but the shocking thing is that his post can be seen only by him. It cannot be seen by anyone who is not logged in OR by other FB members who can login & go to this page. I am now stuck as

• I cannot delete my a/c (I find this totally unacceptable)
• Cannot remove my personal details like name/address/cell no. OR even change those details from their site
• I cannot communicate with them in any way, if I don't have a pending order with them (I assume this is possible if you have a pending order)
• If you post on their FB page it's not visible to anyone else. For those who want to check look at their post which says 'Last Sunday of 2013 29th Dec 2013' (I don't want to post their FB post pic here. Don't want to give them free publicity)

 

So guys I posted about  my experience of this here to caution anyone who is tempted to shop there.

I placed an order on 25/07/2010 for Reliance BIG TV DTH Hi-definition Advanced Digital Video Recorder thru letsbuy.com and an amount of Rs. 7990 debited to my Visa Credit Card. I have received a message from letsbuy saying that they cannot install it in my home in Kerala.

Dear Mr. Ali,

We request you to kindly provide us your alternate address as there is no service in your area. Kindly provide us the same so that we can dispatch as soon as possible.


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Warm Regards,
Letsbuy Team
Landline: 011 - 47012012
Email: customercare@letsbuy.com
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Since I cannot install somewhere else, what would be the solution?

Just a poll to see the ratio of happy and sad customers. 

 

 

India tour of South Africa

• 18 November: T20 Tour match, India v SA Invitation XI, Potchefstroom (Day/Night)
• 21 November: 1st T20 International, Johannesburg (Day/Night)
• 24 November: 2nd T20 International, Cape Town (Day)
• 27 November: 1st ODI, Durban (Day/Night)
• 30 November: 2nd ODI, Port Elizabeth (Day)
• 3 December: 3rd ODI, East London (Day/Night)
• 6 December: 4th ODI, Centurion (Day/Night)
• 8 December: 5th ODI, Johannesburg (Day)
• 12 December: 6th ODI, Bloemfontein (Day/Night)
• 15 December: 7th ODI, Cape Town (Day)
• 18-19 December: India v SA Invitation XI, Paarl
• 22-23 December: India v SA Invitation XI, Pietermaritzburg
• 26-30 December: 1st Test, Durban
• 2-6 January: 2nd Test, Cape Town
• 15-19 January: 3rd Test, Johannesburg

 

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The traditional Boxing Day Test returns to South African shores for the 2013-14 season with India scheduled to play the first of three Tests in the home summer. CSA cancelled the fixture last season and opted to play three T20s against New Zealand over the festive period instead in the hope of attracting bigger in-stadium audiences. Although the matches were sell-outs, there was a public outcry about the lack of a Test match and with India visiting this season, the administrators have reinstalled the fixture and handed it back to its usual home, Kingsmead in Durban.

 

 

Yes Johannesburg this time rather than Centurion. 

Can we activate evdo on normal bsnl cdma sim???

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

Airtel called me today and said since I'd taken Smartbytes for 12gb last month, they wanted to offer 125 fup plan(80gb now) at the same speed(8mbps) for 50rs extra.

 

I also heard they are giving 3g at 2g rates in my area these days.

Is airtel on a PR improving spree? Anyone got offers like this?

So the talk re pitches have began with the series just around the corner. 

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-india-2014/content/story/703577.html?CMP=chrome

Dear All

 

 

I it is a sad incident of Act which is still  not resolved i have taken act broad band connection with upfront 6 months paid for it and from 25th onwards its is not working i had to call the customer care wherin they gave a TAT of 24 working hours and says thats working hours is 3 days and till now the compalnt status says that tried to ping the ip but  not responding  when i contacted nodal team on call and spoke to person Ravi  i got reply that i can go no where he is the entire Bangalore escalation head and will get the same fixed by 26th by 7 PM but after that there is no update regarding the same where in am running pillar to post but getting same answer that give us some time .I am repenting why did i go to ACT broadband from Airtel as there is no proper response even after esclating things.

 

 

I will wait for a day and file a case in consumer forum reg the same for my losses incurred for disrupted services, 

 

 

Regards

 

Nithun

Hello everyone, first time poster here.

 

I am located in thane west and have been using 5net for about 3 months now.

The main reason i switched over to 5net  from my tata indicom adsl was the torrent speeds.

I always used to get 900kB/s fro popular torrents and even 7-8 MB/s for more popular torrents.

Later i discovered that it is due to BtCache/ CacheBT..

but since 2-3 weeks... i am not getting such high speeds on torrents. max i can go upto is 130-140kB/s (i.e my 1mbps UL plan)

BtCache/CacheBT no longer shows up in the peer list for the currently downloading torrents (as many of you might know.. this is a network caching cluster of fivenet which provides such amazing speeds... simply put.. local torrent caching)

 

i can see however that youtube still works good for 720 even 1080p videos(i.e youtube is still cached)

 

 

has fivenet stopped torrent caching??

any one else facing a similar issue?? 

a call to my lco got me this response "Everything is fine"

 

 

A BBNL technician recently told me that FTTH will be introduced soon ( possibly by Jan/Feb 2014 ).

 

With 'fiber to the home' I am hoping consistent speed ,bettery quality and hopefully lesser down times.

 

Existing modem will be replaced with a fiber optic modem and the technician says it would be a free replacement. He also said that faster speed plans apart from the current max of 10 mbps ( unlimited download ) are also in the anvil.

 

Cheers to BBNL!

 

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Currently on a 10 mbps( unlimited download ) plan.

 

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3198556273.png

 

 

BBNL sure knows how to delight customers

 

Location : Sanjay Nagar, Bangalore.

I am selling my Tata Sky HD box.

Hardly used 3 months almost brand new .

Intersted person can contact me via Pm

I can ship anywhere in india .

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

 

 

 

 

Release Date: March 21, 2014
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: James Bobin
Screenwriter: James Bobin, Nicholas Stoller
Starring: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey
Genre: Comedy, Family
MPAA Rating: Not Available

 

 

 

Disney's "Muppets Most Wanted" takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe's most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World's Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon.

Disney's "Muppets Most Wanted" is directed by James Bobin and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Bobin co-wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Stoller, who is also executive producer with John Scotti. Featuring music from Academy Award®-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie, ""Muppets Most Wanted"" hits the big screen March 21, 2014.

 

 

 

A group of women go on a life changing adventure.

 

Madhuri to act in Ishqiya sequel

if done well, this could turn out to be an amazing movie.

 

 

 

Song Name - Nee Enna Periya Appatakkara
Movie - Yennamo Yedho
Singer - Anirudh & Harshitha krishnan
Music - D. Imman
Lyrics - Karky
Director - Ravi Thyagarajan
Producer - P. Ravikumar & P. V. Prasad
Starring - Gautham Karthik, Rakul Preet Singh & Nikeesha Patel
Studio - Ravi Prasad Productions
Music Label - Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.

 

Have a look at the Samsung ad in today Times of India, you will see this ad
 
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIM/2013/12/31&PageLabel=1&ForceGif=true&EntityId=Ad00101&ViewMode=HTML
 
Their idea of 'carrying the latest' is that YOU have to BUY/Exchange for the latest model of their phones. Why cant they keep their phones updated with the LATEST firmware especially KitKat as it can handle h/w with 512 MB RAM. See what Micromax has promised to do for their Canvas series

Saw posters just now in Chennai (Teynampet area)

 

Called up the number. They are covering entire Mylapore now. Surroundings (Adyar, Besant Nagar etc to be covered in a month). Rest of Chennai soon after... So, lets see...

Can the IP address be changed For the Tikona broadband connection by restarting the router everytime i wan to have a new IP  ?

 

 

Please someone reply ...

 

The story of a con artist and his partner in crime, who were forced to work with a federal agent to turn the tables on other cons, mobsters, and politicians - namely, the volatile mayor of impoverished Camden, New Jersey.

 

 

 

 

RIMSHOT... Adhyayan Suman got another movie! 

 

 

Shekhar Suman is directing this one. So that explains something. 

The American version of Sherlock Holmes

 

Just ordered a t-shirt from Wear Your Opinion. I would let you know it goes.

This is the one I ordered:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BcloiEZa1iI

Carbon set to come on Google Android

If this app launches before Boid becomes usable enough, it is bye bye Boid.

http://broadbandforum.in/google-android/76780-boid-for-google-android/

Hai

I would like to share FNP coupons

Coupon code: FLOWERAN15

Flat 15% discount on any purchase.

hi Guys,

 

Its frustrating that BSNL is yet to launch truly unlimited 1/2/4 Mbps plans for < 1500Rs. Its perpetually offering 512Kbps speeds from last 4-5 years. Not only that, they are not even offering speed boost say after 6pm like MTNL does. Its not only about downloading torrents. Even if i want to watch Youtube files, I am not able to with 512kbps. They should start offering speed boost to 2/4Mbps at 6pm to 8am slot if offering the same at daytime is not possible. What can we do in this situation ? Can we all raise a CRM ticket at selfcare portal to demand this ?

 

Sanket.

Hi Guys,

 

I am using Airtel BB in Noida and I'm not able to connect to WoW, Diablo3 and League of Legends today. Also some of the sites are not opening up. This happened 2 days back as well, but things sorted themselves out.

 

I think the international gateway is down. Anyone else experiencing the same problems?

 

Cheers,

StillWaters

hey guys i'm using tata indicom broadband.. and i would like to know  how to make use of torrent caching/peering .. 
how would i know if my isp even cache torrents or not? 

 

 

The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

 

Guys so frustrated with MTNL that I am starting a thread for MTNL box location in your society. I have uploaded this pic just now after several phone call to MTNL broadband guy, AM, SDO, GM & what not however no action is taken and broaband kepps coming anfd going off. This is the worst condition and water is dripping from top from a air conditioning duck.

I am also going to sent an email with this pic to the mtnl so called babus so that they can see what the hell is going on in my society.

 

Airtel speed sucks and they have fup but atleast in my society they have a decent box installed with proper wiring.Here you can see the MTNL wiring and the box does not even has a close lid.

 

If you guys have the same or the worse scenario do share you experience with the pic.

 

Not sure if new. 

 

 

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