Hi Sayamindu Am not too sure, but Airtel has reduced their Rs 599/- a month charges some time ago. Do speak with an Airtel guy.
I use Hutch-GPRS on my Treo600 and at times to connect via my Laptop too. Works fairly well. Havent travelled much using the laptop, but over the phone,I check my mails, browse the net, stay in touch over MSN/Yahoo/AIM using the same, telnet/ftp to my servers' using the same. Hutch charges 199/- p.m and 50 paise per 10KB. HTH Rajesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sayamindu Dasgupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ILUG - Kolkata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 1:10 AM Subject: [ilug-cal] [OT] Suggestions on Internet connections > 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. > > -thanks- > Sayamindu > > PS: My college is about 10 minutes walking distance from Sarisha, and > around 20 minutes drive from Diamond Harbour/Raichak. > > > -- > > 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 -- 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
