Agree for rest of the companies, other then BSNL. BSNL (like Indian Airlines) operates in almost ALL other circles/subcircles blah blah, which are NON-PROFITABLE. Enabling, GPRS at such bases is for lots of 'other' reasons, which I can guess of.
I have been following various proposed initiatives for public WiFi/WiFiMax networks in various forums. Should be intrested to contribute if we can gather more ppl here in calcutta. I read about one fella in the media (Telegraph I guess), who was game for sharing his bandwidth in Park Street area over WiFi some 3-5 months ago. Yet to see it working. I have WiFi in my office since 2 years and quite a lot of frnds also have them. Tricky part is to handle and convince them about letting them share their bandwidth with the comfort factor that 'their' network is going to be safe. Rajesh NB: IMO this OT thread is going little further. Shall we take it offlist ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashwin Mansinghka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] [OT] Suggestions on Internet connections > Hi, > > I have been following this thread for sometime. > > I believe operators like BSNL, Reliance, Airtel, Hutch will never provide us > reliable Internet services at our place of choice as those places do not fit > into their profit objectives. Moreover, their tariff will be always sky > high. > > The only option for people like us (Linux users - believing in open source > and free world) is to set up WLAN at our places. Adjoining places in the > radius of a few 100 meters will be benefited too. > > I suggest all such places like WBUT and other Tech colleges should setup > Wireless Access Points (make one with Orinoco PCI card and Linux box) > including finding ways to cover college hostel and campus which will benefit > more than one individual. > > I have a small Linux based WLAN at my home. > > I can provide all the required expertise. > > So what about it then ? (Want to beat Pune and Bangalore in this race ?) > > with Regards, > ASHWIN > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rajesh Kankaria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 2:52 PM > Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] [OT] Suggestions on Internet connections > > > > 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 <snip> -- 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
