On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Dinesh A. Joshi
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Harsh Busa wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
>
> I've a few questions.
>
> 1. How is the latency and uptime on the connection?

 uptime fairly decent now with both tata and reliance. in blr i had some
trouble with tata initially but it works now.

>
> 2. How much electricity does the dish consume?

never bothered to check. i didnot hear my parents complain about electricity
bill

>
> 3. How fast does the connection setup?

it took 2 days for reliance and 1 week for tata indicom.

>
> 4. How much does the service deteriorate during rains?

did not for me atleast

>
> 5. Where is the dish fixed?

on the terrace of my bldg . in bombay i m on 7th floor of 7 floor so cable
aint too long . in blr i m on first floor of 5 floor bldg. still as good

>
> 6. If I have a laptop with a wimax card in it, can I use this service on
> that laptop?

not sure

>
> 7. How do you login?

browser based auth .

>
>
> - Dinesh
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