On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Dinesh A. Joshi <[email protected]>wrote:
> Warning: This post contains strong language. Reader discretion is advised. > > Hi, > > So the jackasses of MTNL have ****** up a perfectly working setup at my > place in Mumbai. Now my old folks are left without Internet. So I'm > thinking of adding a redundant line. They dont require anything fancy - > a volume based plan and a low latency connection ( for VoIP ) would be > required at the very least. Reliance has cabling but I was burnt the > last time I used their services. They're supposed to have improved since > then but I dont want to fall into *that* trap once again. > > Recommendations are welcome. i used MTNL dsl earlier it worked well but came with a fat bill. also when it stopped working no one knew why. i use reliance bb delivered thru wimax in bombay. it works well. i use Tata indicom bb delivered thru wimax in bangalore . it works well but they deactivate your account when your payment is processed ( it did happen once ! ) . also sometimes it randomly stops and u really need to speak to a geek in tata ( rare spieces ) to get it sorted. they actually had to reconfigure the device in one case. for this wimax service they fix a dish type thing and suspends a lan cable in to your home POE device which will then feed lan cable to your laptop / computer / wireless device > > > - Dinesh > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- __________________________ http://harsh.busa.in/ Robert Benchley - "I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fair... -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

