On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 07:34 +0530, Soumyadip Modak wrote: > On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 01:10 +0530, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: > > Hi, > > As many of you probably know, nowadays, I spend Tuesday to Saturday > > outside Kolkata in my college hostel. > > I take my laptop to my hostel, but I am yet to find a way to connect to > > the internet from the hostel. > > Of late, I have been looking at the various options, and GPRS seems to > > be the only viable one. > > We get BSNL (Sarisha tower) in the hostel, along with Airtel. My Hutch > > connection works, but the signal is really weak (tower is usually > > Diamond Harbour or Falta). Reliance does not work. > > > > I believe Sarisha falls in the Bengal circle of BSNL (not the Kolkata > > one), and I don't think BSNL Bengal provides GPRS service. > > > > Airtel has something called Airtel Mobile Office which they offer at a > > flat rate of Rs 600 per month. > > http://www.airtelworld.com/16/circle_other_services.jsp > > > > Any other suggestions/experiences of people with GPRS from Airtel would > > be very helpful. > > Did you consider Reliance phones ? If the network is available, then you > get a decent speed of around 90 kbps.
Doesn't work - no signal. -sdg- -- All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible. Seven Pillars of Wisdom -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
