Posts Tagged “IPTV”

Airtel DTH: Yawn

by Abhishek on October 10, 2008

Another boring launch. Airtel wants to “differentiate” itself from the other providers by having a different format of watching channels. Thats about it. You can follow the news as it happens on the forums or their official website which on (…)

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A long hiatus!

by Abhishek on September 12, 2008

I must admit that this blog is suffering from the neglect over the past few weeks. A lot is happening in the telecom sector; things are rapidly changing and shifting. The policy for 3G and IPTV has been announced. Multiple (…)

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IPTV India: Against DTH?

by Abhishek on August 15, 2008

Viewers are spoilt for choice. DTH is a credible option and at the start of the day, I had no frigging clue to the pent up demand for the same. The Direct To Home players like Tatas and Zee have (…)

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Airtel Broadband: a pleasant surprise!

by Abhishek on February 7, 2008

After writing in a scathing post on Airtel, someone up there seems to have read the previous post. I got a call asking me to upgrade my plan to 512kbps for a slightly more amount than I am paying at (…)

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Airtel Broadband: Suckers

by Abhishek on January 29, 2008

Airtel recently reduced the price for 512kbps; I got a call from an excited “executive” who “informed” about the price reduction. In real terms, this doesn’t amount to much since the taxes would anyway make it more expensive than it (…)

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Airtel Broadband: 2 Mbps boost!

by Abhishek on October 28, 2007

Much like the UFO sightings it had generated a wave of excitement. Most of the Airtel users testifiied getting a temporary 2 Mbps boost! And what a f***ing boost it was! My torrents coursed like crazy, my downloads went off (…)

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TRAI: Another salvo

by Abhishek on September 7, 2007

Wow. It’s called as kicking in between the telecom companies crotch. It would hurt them for sure. TRAI has called for universal implementation of IPTV by the cable service providers. This means that cable companies would provide a direct competition (…)

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