Tag Archives: internet

ISP data caps taken to court in US with very convincing arguments

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Sandip Bhattacharya

We Indians have been cribbing about ISP data caps for broadband called very insultingly as Fair Usage Policy (FUP), but I have heard few making a very good case about why this is a bad idea for the market. And … Continue reading →

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MTNL is twice as stingy as BSNL in ADSL data caps

Posted on August 6, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Take a look at the following table showing the difference between similar ADSL broadband plans of BSNL and MTNL – the two public sector telecom companies of India. MTNL only operates in the cities of Delhi and Mumbai, while BSNL … Continue reading →

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Biting the “broadband” bullet again – Tata Broadband in Delhi

Posted on June 10, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

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 … Continue reading →

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PrintFu – On demand PDF printing

Posted on May 10, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

http://www.printfu.org/ Give us your PDF and a couple days later, you’ll have a black and white, printed and comb bound book on your door step. Damn, this is something I have been looking out for ages! How I wish somebody … Continue reading →

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Configuring Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router for my home

Posted on May 5, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

I bought my first wireless equipment a couple of days back – A Linksys Wireless-G router model WRT54G. I had selected this model after spending a number of days poring through online reviews of various routers. The box cost me … Continue reading →

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Net4domains Goes IE-Only

Posted on April 14, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Today morning when I logged in my net4domains control panel, I was shocked to see the control panel missing. I tried to login using one of my end-user accounts (I am one of net4domains’ reseller), I couldn’t see the user … Continue reading →

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I am a victim of the Sify Broadband scam in Delhi

Posted on March 5, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

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 … Continue reading →

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Moving on to Sify (not)broadband

Posted on February 25, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

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 … Continue reading →

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A world without TV ads?

Posted on September 2, 2004 by Sandip Bhattacharya

This cartoon strip of Rudy Park today, in some way brings out the revolution in TV watching that TiVo has pioneered. Yes, we have all been pissed out with watching too much TV ads throughout the day. In India, there … Continue reading →

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Tables are passe. CSS is here!

Posted on September 1, 2004 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Eric Meyer writes that the Microsoft web site has been redesigned to use a mostly CSS based design as compared to the old table based one. The subsequent page size decrease was 75%+!! There is no denying the fact that … Continue reading →

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