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BSNL has 1 lakh excess staff

Latest Post: I also believe that only privatisation can rescue BSNL. Govt and the unions should sit together and work it out. They should immediately outsource all type of customer service and cut down number of heads as required. Back in 1970-80s, they used to call "retrenchment", but these days we read terms like - downsizing, up-sizing, right-sizing, etc. I think every company has the right to remain in the business, stay competitive and with healthy balance sheet. Govt shouldn't bailout BSNL.

BSNL 3G Usage Details

Latest Post: it is *123*6# for data balance and *123# for account balance

Which movie deserve Oscar 2009...?

Latest Post: personally, i could not relate much to "UP". didnt like it much for the same reason.

Selling XBOX controller for PC

Veta vs Inlingua

Latest Post: skfg60 wrote: "Rosetta Stone" is one of the best language learning progy. ... and Rosetta Stone is possibly the worst thing you can use to learn a language. I tried it when I learned Chinese. It was absolutely horrible. It was very basic and with sentence structures which are grammatically right, but sounds just plain wierd. Please dont use this piece of ... Go to the british council and see if they have classes.

Bsnl new wimax Tariff

Latest Post: yep .. you are right 2 mbps unlimited is only for business users at 7000 INR per month. Good job BSNL. Setting the right standards for internet in India. WiMax supposedly supports speeds upto 30 mbps and more. Doubt that would happen. http://www.bsnl.co.in/service/wimax/wimax_homepage.htm I've signed up for their experimental 3G service at Cochin...will post speeds once I get hold of it.

Compass India 2010 in 7 days !!

Latest Post: I generally don't even take printouts. Just note your ticket serial no (normally starts with 'A' and then some digits) and email address and say it at the ticket counter and they will verify it from their list and give your pass.

Outpost Firewall Pro 6.7.3 Free Download With License Serial

meghbela broadband

Latest Post: can anyone have address of the meghbala broadband

Invitation thread

Latest Post: @ashutosh i sent u a pm to which u never replied

Govt to hold 3G spectrum auction on April 9

Latest Post: Any update on the actual availability of the spectrum? Last I heard they wanted telcos to pay money at auction time and wait till August / September to be able to use the spectrum.

Suggestion for a new mobile phone

Latest Post: Thanks guys, got nokia E63. My vendor gave me nokia email solution lifetime upgrade free. Still got to use it but I am loving this phone all the more I use it. Ravi.

Best mobile provider in south India?

Latest Post: I picked airtel. Impeccable connectivity .. works everywhere. It's a + having used T-mobile in the US for a long time .. which had spotty coverage. But downside is data .. switches between 2G and GPRS. Hopefully 3G will be here soon!

can i access netone via gsm mobile

Latest Post: at least he used the search function

Rediff is not opening !

Latest Post: What the "TAMASHA" is going with BSNL network, I cann't open rediff the whole day again. Anyone experiencing the same problem?

BSNL Bangalore totally down??

Latest Post: I am from Bangalore and I am unable to make any outgoing calls from BSNL landline nor from BSNL Cellone. No Signal in Cellone and from BSNL land-line even calls to 1500 or any number is busy all the time .. wtf!!?? is anybody else in Bangalore experiencing problems?? is this the 3g effect??

Humour Mania

Advice needed for buying amd heatsink

Latest Post: Actually the heat sink hasn't died, only the fan has died. So you can get a fan of similar size, and solder it upon the heatsink. if you want to buy a new fan, take a look here: http://lynx-india.com/index.php?categoryID=155&category_slug=air-cooling-products I bought an ocz vanquisher for Rs. 1350 from here last year, and it is a decent cooler.

Linux!!!

Latest Post: Even for systems that don't *need* the extra memory space, swap can actually provide performance improvements by allowing unused memory to be replaced with often-used memory. Well it is the default and magical property of swap space, because extra RAM doesn't allow you to replace unused memory with often used memory. The theory holds true no matter how much RAM you have. Swap can improve performance. Regards

RTI Application against TRAI with CIC, New Delhi

Latest Post: Abhishek, Don't make judgenment of others..we all are human and err is the nature..Do you know what is being 'idiots'.. they are the most happiest lot and no responsibility, lot of fun indeed.. like amir in 3 idiots.. But be a intelligent lot of responsibility, lot of sorrow, you can moderate the post, but not wholly censured, because what fair I think, may be unfair to other, and what they think fair to me unfair..so it is better to let the poster's post judged by the other members of the forum if yu need question pl e-mail me I 'll answer The Right to Information Act, 2005 In terms of section 5(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the following officers of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India have been designated as Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) and Central Assistant Public Information Officer (CAPIO) in respect of all matters pertaining to TRAI. Name, Designation, Address and Telephone Number, etc. of the CPIO and CAPIO, TRAI are as under:- Shri D.P.S Rajesh Central Public Information Officer and Dy. Advisor (A & P) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Old Minto Road, New Delhi-110 002 Tele : 011-23211622 Fax : 011-23213294 e-mail: ap@trai.gov.in Shri D. K. Sharma Central Assistant Public Information Officer & Senior Research Officer (Coord.) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Old Minto Road, New Delhi-110 002 Tele :011-23231929 Fax : 011-23211046 e-mail:srocoord@trai.gov.in APPELLATE AUTHORITY Sh. Harsh Bardhan, Pr. Advisor (Legal) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Old Minto Road, New Delhi-110 002 Tele: 011- 23234367 Fax : 011- 23237749 e-mail:ap@trai.gov.in or pradvlegal@trai.gov.in

BSNL GPRS charges reduced

Latest Post: BadMan wrote: why we are bumping a year old thread. by the way bsnl have revised its gprs plan now it 274rs for 1 month previously it was 221rs cant find the news on bsnl site but I know because I have recharged a few days back and it was 274. Increase in the postpaid and prepaid unlimited usuage by 50/ rupees is offered as/promotional offer(?) actually after converting many BTS to edge/3G enabled the GPRS offerred to 2G customers are now having increased speed, so they want to increase the charge of unlimited//however usuage charges are slashed as to 0.01 paise for 100kb

Nokia 5233 ??

Latest Post: it seems 5230 is no longer available and that Nokia is pushing 5233 do no know why

1 Gbps Speed - Google Plans For High-Speed Broadband Network

Latest Post: pradeep wrote: Missed this one. Thanks! I hope they pick a county where the people are rich! On a slightly related note: The 3G revolution is now being offered by BSNL. Only in Ambala. The hope is that it will spread to the rest of the country within the next 30-40 years. rejoinder to above: from feb-09 to Oct-09 BSNL has only added 10000 subscribers (except chennai) in rest of India, when 3 G introduced in chennai during November-09 till date within three months it added 20000 subscribers after slashing the rates(a video call previously cost 3 Rs per call was reduced to 0.30 paise per call). The reason is customers who are earlier complaining about poor quality of voice in 2G are now happy with the voice clarity in 3 G . there are still some complaints ,(sim cards sold to the customers where the BTS for 3G is yet to operational, could not receive the signal, or poor signal)

Urgent Router Help

Latest Post: Each branch has a small LAN of 2-3 computers only. At the central level, the Router is planned to be connected to a 48 port L3 swicth for HO LAN. Can't the centralised RDBMS application run on 64 kbps.

Giveaway - EASEUS Partition Master Pro - ends 20th Feb 2010

Latest Post: Then i guess it isn't such a good offer

You are Cordially Invited to visit Gear School MI-ACT

Latest Post: You are Cordially Invited to visit Gear School MI-ACT Exhibition. Guest of Honor: Dr. Eric Cornell, Nobel Laureate http://ping.fm/RmguB http://www.gear.ac.in/

How can i do?? Please help me...

Latest Post: krishnan wrote: How did you get the job? Good question. Better question: what are you trying to do? Serve a web page? Files? print sharing? internet gateway ... exactly WHAT?

Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ & other alternatives

Latest Post: Well, I have finally got this thing to work. I had called up customer care & this time after a couple of attempts I was able to connect to the netconnect customer care. When I entered my data card no. while on the IVR it said the no. was invalid. It happened a couple of times. I made sure that I was indeed entering the correct no. I was totaly baffled at this. Luckily, I could speak to a rep. this time. This guy asked me to change the mode of connection from hybrid to broadband and then attempt to activate. This worked. But even then when I tried to connect I got the same error message ' the remote computer did not respond' but then it connected on the 2nd attempt. Once connected, it really worked well. It gave me speeds of over 1.44 mbps while downloading as per the speedtest ....this was kind of surprise as I didn't expect the speed to be so good.

Using Dsl Modem As a Switch

Latest Post: Errr.... On somebody else's machine, without a copy of the settings, which I wouldn't be able to know without accessing them... No! It is also one of those free-with-the-phone connections. Whilst they might seem an amazing deal to us here in India, paying through our noses for our not-very-broadband, they do not come with particularly helpful and knowledgeable support staff.

Dataone and linksys pap2

Latest Post: The PAP2T in India costs a whopping 4000 bucks...

Handycam / camcorder which one? Urgent!

Latest Post: Unenviable_moniker ......... Did you receive my PM ? WHat happened ? Are you not in state to fulfill my request ? Please do say so ... I have no problems if thats the case.

huawei modem not detected on my D420 Dell laptop

Latest Post: Other people are having similar problems..take a look at this : http://forum.huawei.com/jive4/thread.jspa?threadID=325701&messageID=403603 found out by googling 'Huawei modem not detected in xp'.

BSNL .. what the 'beep' is this?

Latest Post: hellmet wrote: <- snip -> Sometimes I see other numbers too. Often, I also see 0kbps/0kbps too. Awesome work BSNL. You gave me a 9Mbps connection, eh? Guys, don't get jealous. The speeds I get don't exceed the typical speed of a 90kbps connection. <- snip -> That speed should be correct!. But it is the DSL line speed. Most probably you would be connecting via PPP. The ISP might set a speed limit for the packet rate in a PPP session.{The speed that you might have agreed with the ISP}

What is the future in linux as compared to windows operating

Latest Post: the future is pretty bright

BSNL spins web of lies to save Raja

Latest Post: BSNL: Fraud getting murkier Quote: Responding to a series of exposes in The Pioneer on the issue, the BSNL on Friday said in a fresh rejoinder: “As per documents submitted by M/s Ampoules & Auto Private Limited, the company was registered in Kolkata as on 21st May 1958 as ‘Ampoules (India) Private Limited’. The company changed its name to “Ampoules & Auto Private Limited” on 11-12-1963, as per the certificate from Assistant Registrar of Companies, West Bengal. The company has submitted certified copies of last two years’ balance sheets and has requisite turnover.” In its first rejoinder on Wednesday, the BSNL had said, “The company M/s Ampoules & Auto Private Limited, Kolkata which has participated in the said tender is a Registered Firm under Registrar of Companies, Government of India.” But the fact remains that no such company exists presently as the name of M/s Ampoules & Auto Private Limited was changed to Starnet Communication Private Limited in November 2009, five months after the original small-time auto ancillary company submitted the tender bid for WiMax franchise in June last year. BSNL sources said that under pressure from their political boss, the high-ups are trying to keep Starnet, the real allottee, out of media glare because the company has been taken over by Raja's men. Read More: http://dailypioneer.com/232618/Fraud-getting-murkier.html

Linux and Vista

Latest Post: For the power user Fedora is a nice distro.. But I vote with Linux mint (the ubuntu clone) for the users coming from window desert land

Kerala top Indian state in Broadband Speeds

Latest Post: creative wrote: but if u read the report clearly, u will notice that the average speed across India is very poor <750kbps.. the speeds we receive in India are not the advertised speeds.. and well below the Asia average But your speed test shot donot agree with your statement..

Right to Information on BSNL?

Latest Post: @hellmate, I understand your question.. but what I saying is if your information sought from the BSNL already part of Public records(CA&G reports, Company audit reports, information provided to print and electronic media, then the BSNL authorities are not bound to respond your RTI Plea.. so you have to prove consciously that that you have sought the informatiion in the above mentioned sources, and failed to found, then in such case, Your RTI plea will be upheld.. about the bandwith, BSNL is borrower not a seller(unless it purchase the suplus capacity from Reliance,Airtel, VSNL(TATA TEleservices), hence payment to the company usually found in the accounts.. Let me help you in this regard to form very nast question for your RTI query.. 1) What is the amount spent by BSNL corporate office for subscribtion to Golf course in Delhi? 2)What is the amount paid to Microsoft for purchasing Office 2007 for its system throuout the country? Why Tender was not called for ? why Open office was not used for saving crores of Rupees spent on this regard? 3) How much BB connections were given on service quota to DOT Officers who are on Deputation/Who already retired? This is ony few..Just specific in a point..Hit the Bull eye!!

after BSNL which ISP?

Latest Post: pitamm wrote: ... But of course you can use yours, if you need the settings, call the customer care and ask for the technical guy. They do seem to know what they are talking about.I'll work on that next time I get a bout of techie networking enthusiasm! I've already been talked throught the setup on their own modem, when it failed, and I don't think there is anything particularly Airtel-specific about it. The connection is bound to the line, so, although there are passwords, they are fairly obvious --- once you know what they are. I suppose I might as well run one device instead of two, save a watt or so of electricity and a calorie or so of heat <Next Day Edit> Oh... I forgot... my router is only a router, not a modem/router --- I need the modem anyway, and was using BSNL's modem before. Have awarded myself five idiot points

Suggest Me A Good Mobile Phone

Latest Post: I think if u install a lot of apps, u should go for nokia brand.