Seems that my blog is turning out to be a general gripe column. I don’t think I should be blamed for it though. Our country is full of technology companies who are only out to fleece people. When you use the services of a company who considers quality of customer service as a variable business [...]
Entries Tagged as 'delhi'
Biting the “broadband” bullet again – Tata Broadband in Delhi
June 10th, 2005 · Comments · General
After my terrible experience with Sify broadband early this year, I decided to stick to dialup – Reliance rconnect over FWP actually. But the idea of keeping a phone busy all day doesn’t appeal to me much even if the plan I have (Platinum) doesn’t have download caps or per minute call charges.
So today I [...]
Tags:broadband·delhi·internet·ISP·personal·service provider·tata indicom·tech
I am a victim of the Sify Broadband scam in Delhi
March 5th, 2005 · Comments · General
Here is the letter I sent to Sify contact points in Delhi yesterday. It chronicles my Sify broadband experience here in Delhi.
From: Sandip Bhattacharya <sandip AT lug-delhi.org>
To: Sanjay Bhandari <sanjay_bhandari @sifycorp.com>
, Puneet Sharma <puneet_sharma @sifycorp.com>
, anamika <bbcoordinator_delhi @sifycorp.com>
Cc: India Gii <india-gii AT cpsr.org>
Subject: Official complaint [...]
Moving on to Sify (not)broadband
February 25th, 2005 · Comments · General
Inspite of my contempt for their loathsome Internet fleecing plans, I had to reluctantly sign up for a Sify cable internet plan today. Cost me a neat pile for installation and pre-payment for one month. The most painful part of this transition is going back to a NAT-ted private IP. This means no more gnomemeeting, [...]
Tags:broadband·delhi·hotwire·internet·ISP·personal·sify·tech
Madhu’s Shiok far eastern restaurant in bangalore
September 12th, 2004 · Comments · General
All those who know me, realize very well how much food excites me. I am passionate about (eating) it, though. But there are some people like Madhu Menon, who takes really shows what being passionate about somethings in life is all about. Madhu left his IT job about an year back and opened up his [...]
