Broadband: Need more speed?

by Abhishek on June 28, 2006

This was being actively discussed in the forums; whether or not should be petition TRAI for revision of definition of Broadband speeds. Much like the classical “chicken and egg problem”, it is difficult to build up a case for higher (…)

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A request to readers

by Abhishek on June 28, 2006

Thanks for the comments. I really appreciate it. However, I have been getting mails complaining to me about your ISP! What the heck can I do? There are enough morons who are posting their details online. It would be assinine (…)

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Broadband: Net Neutrality 2

by Abhishek on June 28, 2006

This is a follow up post to the earlier write up. As usual Robert Cringely has hit on the argument right on head. He writes: If you look at the amount of overhead TCP needs it’s exponential to how slow (…)

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Personal Milestone

by Abhishek on June 22, 2006

After a long winding hard work, I finally managed to clear my MD entrance examinations. I had cleared a couple of others earlier on, but I wasn’t getting the choice of speciality. I would be absent for couple of days (…)

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Broadband: Net neutrality

by Abhishek on June 20, 2006

Net Neutrality: This is a term coined by Columbia University Law Professor Tim Wu which orginally identified network bias toward or against particular classes of application or providers of content or services. According to Wu’s analysis, the Internet is not (…)

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Opera 9 Released!

by Abhishek on June 20, 2006

Opera is my favourite browser. The beta review appears here courtesy Opera Watch. By and large, fairly in depth to list the major changes from the previous versions. This version of Opera has innumerable features; notable among them is the (…)

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Think Nest

by Abhishek on June 19, 2006

The purpose of the blog is to engage in conversation, learn and hopefully, in the long run, be a medium of change. This is a long shot and the whole effort is stuck in my biases. Internet has exposed me (…)

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