Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

2007-10-29 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 29-Oct-07, at 12:33 PM, Gautam John wrote: And if the Hutch network is EDGE enabled, then the speeds are even worse than I imagined. I get between 0.50 kB/s to a (rare) max of 5.3 kB/s... It's not much better on Airtel EDGE. 1.5 - 3.0 kB/s is the norm. The network and handset are

Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

2007-10-29 Thread Gautam John
On 10/29/07, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure I understand. Airtel has EDGE coverage nearly* everywhere, and I suspect Hutch does too. The networks are already there. Of what I understand from Hutch, which is what I use, EDGE is enabled only when using their TV service or

Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

2007-10-29 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 10/29/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/29/07, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not much better on Airtel EDGE. 1.5 - 3.0 kB/s is the norm. The network and handset are technically capable (EDGE multislot class 10) of over 10 kB/s. Oh. In which case, why?

Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

2007-10-29 Thread Bonobashi
It was bowdlerised, Shiv. The original was with the F word. shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall reading long ago - when linguistic morals wre different, that the F in SNAFU is not fckued as suggested, but fouled shiv On Monday 29 Oct 2007 5:07 am, Charles Haynes wrote: On