>Take the connection on someone's else name .. who has a Photo ID card (PAN
>Card, driver's license, >passport etc) and address proof (electricity bill,
>bank statement photo copy) and one or 2 small >photographs !!
that's what I did and I wrote that. Took in my father's name. So nothing has
changed.
The keyword is "prepaid", yes. And since the prepaid concept is there, why in
somebody's else's name? Well, then I understand - it's not a perfect world.
The mistake I made was that I listened to that honest looking young salesperson
(my weakness was she was an Assamese and was also from Santipur) who suggested
that I should take the regular (post-paid?) connection with a thousand dollar
deposit and as soon as I return the sim card they would refund that money to my
father - he doesn't have to do anything, they will mail a check to him.
She got a good piece of my mind on my next visit to India though.
Life makes you tough!
“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble
like a blade of grass”
- Lakshmana
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:23:29 +0530From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]: Re: [Assam] Internet connection in GuwahatiTo get a mobile phone
connection (per-paid) at any place in India (including Assam), you can always
manage! Take the connection on someone's else name .. who has a Photo ID
card (PAN Card, driver's license, passport etc) and address proof (electricity
bill, bank statement photo copy) and one or 2 small photographs !!
On 10/20/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks for the good info, Babul. And thanks to Krishnendu for asking. About
mobile phones in Guwahati, do they allow non-residents to get a connection now?
It is great that there is no charge for incoming calls there. Although you get
hundreds of minutes for a package deal here, they usually charge even more for
incoming calls. I think India is very advanced in this field.
But I had to get my cell phone connected in my father's name. Reliant won't
even give me a connection, it was one of those two - Air... something. One is
doing very well, I hear, so it would be the other. They gave my folks back
home a lot of trouble - instead of giving them the deposit back (yes, it was
one thousand rupees only, but still they never saw that money again but was
relieved that their "head office" in Fancy Bazar realized that it was a closed
account and stopped any charges into the closed/non-existing account), they
kept sending them the bills for months even after the phone was disconnected
and the sim card was surrendered. It was just so ridiculous! that a lawyer
friend of ours even asked if we needed any help so they won't do it to others.
Reliant won't even add a new phone even if you have an account with them -
during that time - about a year or so ago. And if you use your phone connection
from the US, the good connection is there but would cost you an arm and a leg.
Of course, one good thing in India (about computers and getting a connection)
is that the technician would make house calls - though within the warranty
period only. And I hear there is no license/copyright restriction for most of
the application softwares - even when one uses it for profit. Anyway, I feel
better now that I said it all. Thanks again. - baideu
"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble
like a blade of grass"
- Lakshmana
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:30:42 +0530From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]: Re: [Assam] Internet connection in Guwahati
1. BSNL's broadband ..2. ERNet's business centre located at Panbazar, by the
side of the flyover (hwre IITG office is located, in the big building) 3. GPRS
enabled mobiles...4. ......
On 10/20/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Friends from Guwahati,What are the high speed internet options availabe
inGuwahati and how long does it take to get a newconnection? How is the
speed/availability/cost? I have managed to convince my manager to extend my
vacation plan for a couple of more days with a planto work from home ... so
need a dependable internet
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