Suman,
I hate to burst the bubble, but a realitycheck might be good over here. First, AFAIK
the fineprint of some of these
Caltiger ads mention that the account can be used only from one particular phone
number). Secondly, the people at
Caltiger are only at home with MS products... Linux?? Duh! whats that???
One of our new members, who happens to be a Caltiger agent and attended the last
meeting confirmed all our worst fears
about Caltiger -- that they are not Linux-friendly. I won't say you shouldn't go for
it, but do take a good look at it
before you do.
Besides, while the internet connectivity costs have come down a lot (from what they
used to be), accessing the Net is
still too costly... what use is unlimited access when the actual bandwidth available
is limited at best, security of
the systems pathetic, managed (mis?) by clueless admins, but most importantly when you
end up paying a 14k+ phone bill
on average when you wish your account "unlimited" manner?? Believe me it hurts very,
very badly....!!
IMO, the actual need of the hour is to press for lower internet-friendly telco
charges, better system security and
higher bandwidth.
Cheers,
--i14a.
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> From: Suman Nandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> caltiger.com is offering free internet access. it is taking an initial
> deposit of Rs. 6800 for one year ving back exactly the same amount after one
> year, the condition being that u have to use it for at least 120 hours. u r
> loosing an interest of Rs. 680. I am interested but it is almost impossible
> for me to deposit the lumpsome at this moment. If anyone(s) is interested, he
> can share the account with me. the total money will be divided by the number
> of persons and after one year each one will take back his or her money. Thus,
> if there are ten members, each one will have to pay only Rs. 680 and get
> unlimited free internet acceess.
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