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Dear sushubh,

It is with great humility and submission that i would like to bring to your notice that the no. of smilies per post which had been previously increased as a result of my numerous requests, have been reduced to 4. So i would once again request u to kindly increase the same to say around 7 or more.

thanking you,
Mystery_inc18

I spotted a banner in RT Nagar, Bangalore today morning which advertised a new speed plan from BBNL - A 25 mbps @ Rs.999 pm.

When I enquired, I got to know that there was a FUP at 60 GB. Forgot to check what the speed would be post 60 GB data limit

I believe this has been introduced initally for RT Nagar and it would take couple of weeks before this plan is offered in other parts of the city.

With this plan, BBNL has cocked a snook at ACT Broadband( which offers 25 mbps -60 GB at Rs.1349 ). Its good to see such competition

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.

HYDERABAD: Eleven days after TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao began an indefinite fast for Telangana, the Centre on Wednesday announced that the process of formation of a separate state was being set into motion and that a resolution to this effect would be moved in the Andhra Pradesh assembly shortly. Though he did not specify the timing, there is speculation that it may be tabled as early as Thursday.

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I am looking for one actually. 

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/software-services/Google-to-put-new-Android-versions-on-all-upcoming-phones/articleshow/30608871.cms

SP general secretary Amar Singh, speaking to mediapersons on Thursday, said that if Dutt was disallowed from contesting the elections because of the criminal cases against him, the party would move the Election Commission or the Supreme Court.
\"Dutt told me you are like my elder brother. He said he would do anything I ask him to though he said he was not a political person,\" said the SP general secretary.

All websites are loading extremely slowly/not loading at all on my Airtel Broadband. Is this issue only with me? Can anyone in Delhi with Airtel confirm? Even online games are not working at all

Edit- It was just a temporary problem. Fixed now. Mods can close thread

A leading Pakistani daily on Sunday called for emulating Arvind Kejriwal, who quit as chief minister of India's national capital, and said that "his simple demeanour and cry against corruption is a model the Pakistani aam aadmi could in time be inspired to try out".
"In Arvind Kejriwal, the aam aadmi, or common man, in Pakistan did not just see an Indian politician out to entertain peeping neighbours with his public antics," said the editorial.
It lauded Kejriwal's "simple demeanour and cry against corruption" and called it "a model the Pakistani aam aadmi could in time be inspired to try out, depending on Kejriwal's journey in New Delhi".
Though the AAP journey in Delhi has been stalled, the editorial said that Kejriwal's tenure lasted "more than Atal Behari Vajpayee's 13-day first stint as prime minister all those years ago".

Hey guys. Let me go straight to my problem here. I have a BSNL connection with the unlimited  6 GB plan, i've recently bought a Galaxy S3 8.0 tablet which has Wi-Fi access.
I have a D-Link wired modem. Can you guys suggest me a decent Wi-Fi router to cover my house. Does it need to be affixed on the wall or is it enough to be in the placed where the modem was intially?

Thanks.

I HAVE WIRELESS BSNL.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S-4-GT-I9500-16GB-Black-Mist-Unlocked-Smartphone-/251453860570?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3a8bd16ada

I had been using Vodafone NetCruise ( its supported by MTS Broadband) and it game me a public DHCP IP address. Few months back the Netcruise service stopped in my area and i bought Vodafone 3G.

but Vodafone 3G provides as NAT address( private IP).

I would like to know what 3G/4G Dongle services provide public IP ( DHCP or Static ) so that i can access my home network from outside.

Feedback whether positive or negative should be passed to the appropriate person. That's what I believe in.

This is the timeline of how my installation experience has been with ACT BB.

11 Nov-2013 - I applied for a new ACT BB connection today in Kundanahalli Gate, Bangalore. I will keep you posted on the developments. 

12-Nov-2013 - At 1616 hrs, IST I receive a call from Mukund who is the ACT technician saying that the wiring has been completed to my apartment on the third floor and i would be receiving a call today at 1700 hrs, IST for username and password. Mukund confirms that I can use my internet connection from tonight.

I would term this as awesome service from an installation perspective, although I would have to wait and watch how stable the connection is post installation.

12-Nov-2013 - Cabling has been completed and just received the credentials for my broadband account at 2059 hrs, IST through email and the registered mobile number. A confirmation call was made from the customer care before the account got activated.I am still out, so I gotta go and check how the connection is. I will keep you posted. 

I have connected the cable from ACT BB to my Netgear WGR614 router.

http://reviews.cnet.com/routers/netgear-wgr614-54-mbps/4505-3319_7-21218238.html

In case, someone wants to have the contact details of the sales person & field engineer of ACT for Kundalahalli area, let me know.

Speed test shows rocking upload and download speeds. I am on Act Force plan.

12-Nov-2013 1159, IST - First level checks indicate amazing speeds with YouTube where I can watch videos without buffering in Full HD.

I will keep posting various workloads I consider to be bandwidth intensive and would update this thread.

Any downtime or disconnections will also be reported.

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Hello Friends,
 
I am looking forward to buy a 39 inches FHD LED TV of Micromax.
 
I saw it in action at vijay Sales, for the price it is being offered - 26728 INR, I think it is a nice price value proposition.
 
http://www.snapdeal.com/product/micromax-39k20fhd-39-inches-full/818744677
 
http://micromaxestore.com/detail.aspx?id=96
 
Please let me know guys, what do you think about this TV?
 
regards,
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recently i got this spectranet connection. They did underground fiber optic cabling and started the service called spectranet FOX in my area. the plan is 12 to 16 mbps  for 6 months. looking at the speeds they will provide, i got my airtel BB service discontinued.

I AM HIGHLY DISSATISFIED WITH THE CONNECTION.

 1) promised speeds 12-16 mbps ,you never get the promised speeds throughout the day. even right now i am getting just 3-5 mbps.

     why do ISPs do this? come on! if you dont want to give constant speeds then why the hell do you have to make false promises?

when they visit your home for a demonstration, such good marketing skills, overselling their product, promising this and that. 

but when it comes to the connection, its very poor.

2) its a daily glitch in the connection. from timings 9 pm to 12 pm i always get very low speeds like 1 mbps and very high pings touching 200 ms. i've got to play online games , but with such a pathetic ping im not able to play the games properly. and this is very irritating!

and this happens everyday

3) when i had the airtel connection i used to watch alot of youtube, surf internet and the data limit was 8 gb. with these activities not even half of my data limit was used, and around 4-5 gb was left unused per month.seldom, i used to download movies because once the data limit was reached, then speed degraded to 256kpbs(reason to change spectranet ISP). using this connection, in last 1 week the 5 gb of data usage has been shown in my spectranet account(5gb data volume used)

i myself have downloaded around 700mb of data THAT'S IT! i can accept even if i had watched 1080p HD videos on youtube, i could accept that i could've consumed data but still cant find what has used 5gb. if it could've been a theft over wi-fi, but whenever i am at home i connect through LAN cable and switch of the wifi service and whenever im not at home i switch off the router. then how come 5 gb of data has been consumed?! and i cant buy this fact that ONLY net surfing at watching videos on youtube would've consumed so much of data. i really find that spectranet is a cheat on this part. 

if someone using the same net plans from spectranet and facing the same issues please reply and put forward some solutions to my problem, so as how to get the promised service from my ISP.

Hello,

I have just moved to JP Nagar 8th phase in bangalore and I am looking for a new internet connection. I have already contact ACT and Airtel and they do not provide connections at my address.

My address is

SK Nataraj Layout, 1st Cross, Kothanur Dinne Main road, JP Nagar 8th Phase, Bangalore - 560078

I am not including the house # for obvious reasons.

I would appreciate any suggestions or recommendations as to which other ISP i can contact for a connection in the above mentioned area.

Dear members

IS Sygic & MapmyIndia really free from Play store??

I mean app is free but, maps from MaymyIndia also free???? IF so , in future can free version get the update of new maps??

Hi,

I applied for ACT broadband and have submitted all the application form and given the required cheque(this was was 2 weeks ago).Still there is no sign of installation.I have to say this is worst broadband service I have ever experienced..I want the ACT representative  to take immediate action. I m from Mylapore.The guy who collected the cheque is not giving any concrete answer.I want this solved soon or otherwise I'd rather stick with my old broadband. I wanted this connection basically for the high speeds which i need for my office use.I m really running out of patience. I will furnish my details below  and i want a reply from an ACT representative

Application Number : 115

today my stb updated to 502.....release, some changes what i observed like my account option in menu(but no information is available till now)...audio for sd and hd channels can be with dolby digital, subtitles option removed, somewhat picture and audio quality improved for my liking,changing between the menus bit faster now.,Menu time out option added in user settings, new message screen and channel subscription now with different languages...so there are some improvements , and u can also update via manually...

Microsoft extends Windows 7 shelf life as Windows 8 struggles

 

It seems that Windows 7 will remain on sale to business users until at least early 2015, if not longer, following a change to Microsoft's Windows lifecycle.

 

HIiii all.

This is a nice forum and I hope i will too get a nice responce.

I want a Tablet Pc win 8 .... kind of hybrids..with a keyboard...or a keyboard case or cover or something like that.

OS-Windows 8

Processor-Atom z3740 and up.

Screen size-10.1 inch or greater.

Multitouch-Yes......of course.

Back camera-Yes......atleast a 5mp

Front camera- Yes....quality...doesn't matter.

BUDGET- UNDER RS.50000.

All suggestions are warmly invited. 

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Hello

My Canvas 4 got delivered yesterday. Pretty cool phone at this price (Rs 14399) loaded with tons of features.

However, when I connect the USB to my MAC OS X 10, it does not detect the internal storage. In my HTC one V, it used to detect automatically. Is there any setting I need to turn on to access the storage?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance

There's not much known about the specifications of the device – we can expect it to carry hardware similar to the flagship Galaxy S4 (5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 600 CPU, 13-megapixel camera, etc.), but with Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box. It's unclear if Samsung will name it the Galaxy S4 Neo upon launch, but I guess we'll find out before this month is over.