Dear Owen, 2010/9/20 Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) <[email protected]>
> On Monday 20 Sep 2010, Llywelyn Owen wrote: > > I will be visiting Delhi in the next week or so to work on the Games > > coverage for a fortnight. I plan to bring my Linux Netbook to keep on > > top of my email. Some of my sad Windows using colleague want to do > > the same. We've been told that wifi is either expensive or non > > existent. Our hotel (Regency Hayatt - not far from the tennis > > venue) has prohibitively expensive wifi internet. > > > > We would be grateful for your advice as to the best options for > > visitors spending 2-3 weeks in Delhi. > > Your best bet would probably be to get an el cheapo Reliance or Tata > pre-paid phone with USB cable which will give you around 150 Kb/s > throughput. Alternatively, you could get a USB 3G dongle from MTNL if > you're looking for high-speed connectivity (though MTNL has its own set > of problems). You can also buy a 3G dongle in Wales and populate it > with an MTNL SIM when you land here. > As suggested by Raj, there are quite a few options available that you can use. The situation is not as bad as portrayed by Raj. :-) Yes, we have problems but we have come a long way and we need to go further from here. Raj, You have already created a negative image of India even before poor chap has chance to see India! :-( Let us not discourage our guests and let them come and have taste of India. > Both methods will require some sort of proof of identity before you can > purchase them -- our paranoid (though impotent) regime is obsessed with > tracking callers and Internet users, and I don't really know how > difficult it would be for a visitor to purchase one of these in Delhi. > Having a friend in Delhi purchase one for you, if you have one you know > well enough, would probably be the best bet. > I think he and his group will not have issues obtaining a temp connection with their passports and hotel bookings. Of course having a friend in Delhi purchasing and activating in advance is always better solution. > > Regards, > > -- Raju > > Let is keep our problems with us and try to solve them ourselves. Why saddle our guests with our problems? With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System Pvt. Ltd. +91-98213-11906 +91-9833-TICKET http://www.shahmicro.com http://iopt.in http://crm.iopt.in Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
