On 18/04/05 16:02 +0000, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > >From: Abhishek Daga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >I dont know why even in this internet day and age we are just Lagging > >behind the > >US in all this? One would think we are more upto speed now and dont have to > >make > >the same mistakes to learn from them? > > I agree with you. I mean look at Koreas, they are such small countries with > very less skilled population than us( percentage of skilled population is > more, but actual numbers are less ) BUT they have 100Mbps connections. I > just dont understand when will these so called broadband really become > "broadminded" and gives us BANDWIDTH and UNLIMITED DATA TRANSFER? I mean > whats idea behind giving a 512Kbps connection with only 200MB monthly > transfer and charging Rs.2/- per MB for extra MBs(That was Hathways stunt > BTW). What the hell do they mean by "always on connection", "unlimited > surfing". What the hell do we do with an unusable always on connection? What
Unlimited == no per minute billing. For decent connectivity to be achieved, you need _local_ traffic. This means that your servers stay in India, and people use domains hosted locally, and get their ISPs to peer with each other. Alternatively, pull ethernet to your neighbours (and the next building), and bypass the ISPs entirely. Remember, you aren't sharing the Internet, just route local traffic (file sharing particularly) over that. Oh, and _voice_. > use is an always on connection which cant be used?! What the hell does > unlimited surfing mean? Obviously you CANT have unlimited surfing without > data transfer!!!(Thats class MTNL Triband's advertisement). > > > >Around 5 yrs ago, AT&T broadband tried the same stunt on me when I told > >them that > >I wanted to share the connection via a router. > > Hehe, my ISP too warned everyone that, if we were to share our > connections(create a LAN of some sort at home) then we would be rendering > the contract void. I spoke to one of their "engineers" he too sympathised > with me but he said "sirjee, ye company ka policy hai. Hum kya kar sakte > hain?" (Sir, this is company policy, we cant do anything about it). To this > day, I share my connection with two NICs. Heh. > > >If this matter were to be challenged legally, i dont think the cable > >companies > >stand a chance. But then again, they are not exactly your poster boys for > >law > >abiders (sic) so they'll just cut your line anyways. > > Very true. > > >I am waiting for Reliance broadband to come out with their works. My > >neighbor, > >being a fortunate reliance employee up in the pyramid somewhere, has had an > >amazing broadband connection for free for a year, 512 Kbps minimum, Video > >on > >demand, Phone etc etc. I attempted sharing that connection via wireless > >802.11b, > >but the signal did not travel the distance we wanted, but it worked!. For > >almost > >2 days I could surf at 512 Kbps sitting on the Pot. (the closest spot).. > > Cool. I too am waiting for reliance BB. Atleast they have a decent 10GB > limit and affordable connections(128Kbps for Rs.750). But I want unmetered > downloads! I think MTNL has the potential but someone has to take the lead I > hope someone does and we, customers, benefit from it! :) So stop being a customer and be that someone. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
