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The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an antitrust probe against Indian Railways and The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for alleged unfair trade practices by IRCTC while providing online train ticketing and others services.

As per the CCI order, Railways is allegedly restricting technical and scientific developments related to booking of e-tickets using IRCTC and is imposing unreasonable conditions on its recently launched e-wallet scheme. It is also levying premium charges for calls made to 139 and limiting the provisions of IRCTC authorized agent services.

Other complaints from the order

- Tickets booked online doesn't permit any concessions except for senior citizens and doesn't allow users to reserve tickets with break journeys. Users are apparently permitted to book only 10 tickets per month

- IRCTC charges a premium on the e-ticket pricing on top of which it charges a non-refundable service charge and payment gateway charges. There is also a extra agent service charge if ticket is booked through an IRCTC authorized agents.

- Huge amount of Tatkal tickets are hoarded and sold at a huge premium of Rs 400 over the normal price. These bookings start only one day in advance thereby creating artificial scarcity and illegal practices by touts and agents.

- Limiting the availability of IRCTC agents by charging high fees for agent appointments. IRCTC currently charges a one-time fee of Rs 20,000 and an annual fee of Rs 5,000, which apparently acts a barrier for smaller agents.

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I got myself an internet connection not too long ago. They allot 5GB, and then the speed reduces (Unlimited). I just wanted to know whether it's in the realm of possibilities to switch to slow version now and start using my 5GB later on, in the month? 

hey 

i recently purchased YOU broadband 

I need help with WAN configuration of my router.Its a belkin g wireless router.

like host name?

Could anyone help please.

Hi ,

I am a loyal BSNL customer so far . But now-a-days , they seem to be more keen on raking up moolah than enhancing customer services. 

So , I have decided to bid good bye to BSNL and opt for cable broadband . My local cable operator is offering WishNet . Is it good ? I have heard about Allience ... it is good. but , how is WishNet ?

Taken ACT broadband connection on 13th of Feb 2014 and today on 14th of March 2014 facing the 2nd internet connection failure!!

I speaking from challaghatta, bangalore btw.

ACT gives good speed for download and upload but their stupid DNS server gets down all of a sudden and there are no sign for it to come back even after 24hrs. And customer service as said by everyone is USELESS! RETARDS!

Hi, I reside in Chikkalasandra, Naidu Layout, Bangalore-560061. Does ACT serve to this area?. If yes then how early can I get a connection.

I've been on MTNL since 2007. Lots of ups and down since then but mostly it works fine for my all move movie downloads from torrent,porn streamed fine and FIFA is also fine but very laggy at times not totally satisified there (playing since 09) but then also I blame EAsports there.

Anyways the issue is since last 2-3 weeks my speed test shows around 1.31 mbps max and earlier I was always 1.8 on mtnl website aswell as speedtest.net.

Even with that speed things should work fine right? but no I disconnect from online gaming and when it works its evry laggy. Porn takes forever to stream and surfing isnt the same anymore. Its like there is a constant break somewhere not the adsl shit that usually happens.Torrent download works fine.

I try to call them from my mobile on  but the line never gets connected and when it does a fat lady dies having an orgasm

I don't have unlimited balance you know.

So I decided to kill the laziness and reach out for the mtnl phone on the other side of the bed only to find out the phone isnt working anymore the line works not the phone as in handset or whatever.

I thought why not use the internet without the phone because i dont use the phone to call ever so I took the wire out from the splitter and connected to the modem directly..

Does that mean the reduction in speed is due to no use of the phone box.? m using the cat 6 cable whichis the best I guess from the pole to my house.

I tried complaining online and the complaint is sorted out there without even a single soul in my house knowing about it.

I can write forever about mtnl I guess. I called nextra last sunday which isnt even installed yet I'll post about it in that nextra category.

Anyways give your helpful views on this guys.

I have 2 points on the single bsnl line. 

Is it possible to use 2 modems at both points. (1 wireless and another wired)

i bought a Beetel 450TC2 modem from a person who his known to my friend, later 1ly i came to know it is airtel modem but my ISP is BSNL, By watching youtube tut i configured the modem but cant do nothing with wifi settings. I asked him for that he told me he had firmware by updating that u can use wifi i send u but he absconded cant able to contact him or by friend , i using modem without wifi for 2months 

So please any one send me firmware to me, give me a guide to update it.. my mail id: narendhiran8288@gmail.com

So please any one send me firmware to me, give me a guide to update it.. my mail id: narendhiran8288@gmail.com

So please any one send me firmware to me, give me a guide to update it.. my mail id: narendhiran8288@gmail.com

Dear Friends,

I have an old Toshiba laptop. 6 years old to be precise although it has ben working fine with Lubuntu on it. Here is my laptop.

Toshiba Equium L10-273
Model no. PSL17E - 009008AV

http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/equium-l10-273/

Intel® Celeron® M Processor 360 1.4 GHz

40 GB HDD

512 MB DDR RAM (originally it had only 256 MB RAM, but I upgraded it to 512 MB within 1 week of purchase of the laptop)

DVD-RW

I have managed to install Win XP Pro on it with all the drivers, but it does not boot normally instead whenever it boots it gives me many options just like the ones shown in link below. I have to choose Start Windows Normally each time I boot my laptop, which was never the case earlier. Please help me. Thanks

http://oldsite.omidfarhang.com/_/rsrc/1297455034193/computer/how-to/general/safe-mode/win-xp-boot-menu.JPG

Hey guys you need to help me for this...

1. I am basically from Mumbai and I am looking out for the bestt best wifi route that  MTNL supports....budgetis not a constraint just need the best as I need to give online trainings so need a wifi one....

2. I am confused between a wifi router and wifi modem kindly explain and which one to opt for , I would even like to use net on mobile as well.

http://www.bitdefender.com/media/html/betanews/

Fill you details and click get free license.

Lets see how long this lasts.

Hi,

    I am currently having Sony 32 inch Bravia HDTV (Not FULL HD), and it is very nice.

   I want a 32" FULL HD, and i would prefer Sony only, but currently Sony not making any 32" FULL HDTV without Smart TV function (if they are,.. do suggest..but i am certain, as i called them to re-confirm)

  Now here are the models i am looking into.

  1) Samsung  LED 32F5100    cost around 32k-34k

  2)  LG LED 32LN5400 (it has IPS panel)  same cost as above

  3) Toshiba 32PT200   around 26k to 29k

All above three models are FULL HD

I can go upto 35k, but for best panel quality. I do not want smart features.

I plan to buy Playstation 4 later, hence FULL HD is important.

Sony comes around 40k+ with smart features, which i am not gonna use, as all those features i can use with other gadgests which i already have.

All Sony TVs below that range without smart features are just HD , not FULL HD.

If anybody is having above models, please do share your experiences.

The Nokia X is the entry level member of the family, with 4-inch IPS LCD screen, 512MB RAM and a 3-megapixel camera. It will be available in green, black, white, yellow, cyan and red.

http://chennai.bsnl.co.in/News/BBGULD795.htm

795 - 2 mbps for 8 GB & 512 kbps beyond. 

Basically, they have cloned the 900 plan & removed the 350 calls & made it as per existing landline plan. Might turn to be expensive if you dont have a higher range landline plan. If you are in the 900 plan, you are better off continuing perhaps

On a second glance, looks like they have brought back the stand alone BB plan of 800, but instead of 1 mbps till 6 GB, they have replaced it with 2 mbps till 8 GB & reduced Rs.5 to that plan..

People on BB Home ULD 800, should probably look to migrate to this one. But yeah, better read the fine print to make sure you are not loosing something..

I migrated from combo-800-uld to combo-600-FN. I was billed for standard time rate bsnl broadband, which is not understandable as my usage is within limit.

what is standard time rate ?

Why I was charged even if within limit

How to calculate unit in INR

someone plz explain 

http://www.zejn.si/~natan/gates.html

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.

Goodbye BSNL! I finally have an viable option and can consign my BSNL broadband connection to the garbage. To be honest the service was not too bad - I had the 8 GB @ 2Mbps plan and by and large connectivity was okay. But the speed was never up to the mark. And on the few times I had problems, their customer service was so bad I felt like ripping the phone lines out of th wall. Firstly, they only work from around 10 AM to 5 PM. So what happens if there is a problem outside thosehours and urgent work is held up? And if you do call during working hours, it takes ages for anyone to answer - the average is the phone rings for about 10 minutes. And once you get an asnwer the oeprator is least interested in hearing about the problem - she is in a rush to give you a complaint number and go off.

But what made me decide to finally give BSNL the kick was a couple of weeks ago when the connection kept going on and off every few minutes. After the usual headaches I was able to maek a complaint in the morning. When nothing was done till late afternoon I spent another half an hour tryign to call them again. When I got through and said that nothing had been done about my complaint, the operator said that there is nothing she can do and gave me the number of the local telephoen exchange and said I should phone them. That number was, of course, always busy.

Another ongoing issue with BSL is that at fixed times everyday - aroud 5 PM and 10 AM in my case, the bandwidth dropped considerably. Other sers tell me that this is because BSNL allows public sector clients to use excess bandwidth - its a government to government thing and the hell with private users.

There are other service providers who offer up to 40 GB downlaod (upload not taken into account for calculating usage) at speeds of up to 15 Mbps. There is no reason why anyone should use BSNL. I am happy I got rid of this third rate organization.

I am from Chennai and planning to buy new broadband connection and my usage is around 50 GB per month.

Please share you feedback on Tikona and Reliance ISPs in Pallikaranai.

Also suggest if any good ISP and plan is available in this area.

WUT.

 

Two computer programmers fall in love as they create the first ever piece of self-aware artificial intelligence, which is designed to help humanity. But things go wrong when the MoD steal their breakthrough and teach it to become a robotic weapon.

A soldier fighting in a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle, though he becomes better skilled along the way.

Leo the dishwasher falls in love with a bride on the day of her wedding - to another man.

Whoa. 

 

Chozen is an animated comedy about its title character, "Chozen," a gay white rapper fresh out of prison. Armed with a new message, Chozen is on a quest for redemption and to claim his rightful position as the world's top rap artist. His music and lyrics take aim at the stereotypes of machismo and misogyny that is synonymous with rap music. And his new world view has been shaped by his time in prison.

After Archer , I'm looking forward to this one as well.

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A victim from World War II's "Death Railway" sets out to find those responsible for his torture. A true story.

They are making a sequel of 300?

Official Website: http://goo.gl/H9fUO

Trailer/Preview releasing in a couple of hours. 

 

Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel Xerxes, and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster "300," this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield—on the sea—as Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war.

 

"300: Rise of an Empire" pits Themistokles against the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes, and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy.

 

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures present, a Cruel and Unusual Films/Mark Canton/Gianni Nunnari Production, "300: Rise of an Empire." The action adventure stars Sullivan Stapleton ("Gangster Squad") as Themistokles and Eva Green ("Dark Shadows," "Casino Royale") as Artemisia. Lena Headey reprises her starring role from "300" as the Spartan Queen, Gorgo; Hans Matheson ("Clash of the Titans") stars as Aeskylos; David Wenham returns as Dilios, and Rodrigo Santoro stars again as the Persian King, Xerxes.

 

The film is directed by Noam Murro, from a screenplay by Zack Snyder & Kurt Johnstad, based on the graphic novel Xerxes, by Frank Miller. It is produced by Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Bernie Goldmann. Thomas Tull, Frank Miller, Stephen Jones and Jon Jashni serve as executive producers.

 

The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Simon Duggan, production designer Patrick Tatopoulos, editor Wyatt Smith and costume designer Alexandra Byrne. The music is composed by Junkie XL.

 

"300: Rise of an Empire" will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. This film is not yet rated.

 

In a future world people are divided into factions based on personality, a teenager is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy to destroy all Divergents, her life is threatened.

Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed—to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and best friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany), both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can...but if they should. Their worst fears are realized as Will's thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, to what end is unknown. The only thing that is becoming terrifyingly clear is there may be no way to stop him.