>Instead of buying these overpriced pieces of hyped up crap, buy a cheap chinese knockoff and setup your own server either in house with a static ip or one of the numerous virtual server providers. It's far cheaper and safer than the branded crooks.
I do not know much on the networking side, but above said is exciting. can you share more insight or recomend some books to understand this more? Regards, Ravi On 8 June 2010 13:31, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 08 June 2010 12:56:36 Amol Hatwar wrote: > > Hello, > > > > A quick read of my recent blog post at http://hatwar.org/epilogue/ > > should give you a feeler about the problems I am facing. > > > > Basically, when one buys an iPhone from the official channel in > > India (Airtel or Vodafone), one is glued to the service provider > > for life. > > The bigger the hype the worse the product. > > > (Think about a contract that can't be terminated or > > reversed). Despite paying the full price for the device, you can't > > change your telephony provider. Doing so involves > > unlocking/jailbreaking the iPhone which is illegal according to > > Apple. > > > > Talking to Airtel about it has been unproductive. On the other > > hand, Apple doesn't even list a customer support number for the > > iPhone in India on it's Website: > > http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/country/ > > > > I am told, people who use BlackBerries and other smart-phones face > > similar problems. You are forced to: 1. Pay the full marked price > > for the device > > Nothing illegal here > > > 2. You aren't allowed to change mobile phone providers > > Is there something specific in any contract you signed that says so?. > > The way i see it Airtel is legally bound to service a defect piece > subject to the warranty terms. Same with Apple. Dont want Airtel dont > use it. Take the phone to the new provider, who should be able to do > the needful. Airtel is not obligated to enable your switch. Ofcourse > if they installed something they are obligated to uninstall that. > > > > > I feel this is totally unethical and doesn't give a sophisticated > > consumer any choice. As India gets a 3G network, these problems > > will only grow. > > > > As of now, I am frustrated enough to bring these people to the > > books. Any help, pointers on how to go about it will be helpful. > > Consumer court - with a very long shot. > > Instead of buying these overpriced pieces of hyped up crap, buy a > cheap chinese knockoff and setup your own server either in house with > a static ip or one of the numerous virtual server providers. > It's far cheaper and safer than the branded crooks. > > > -- > Rgds > JTD > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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