Posts Tagged “Landline”

TRAI: Filed for RTI application regarding Broadband

by Abhishek on November 9, 2009

Here is the text of the email, fax and the registered post sent to TRAI regarding various issues related to Broadband. To, The Central Public Information Officer Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Old Minto (…)

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Some late night thoughts

by Abhishek on October 26, 2008

I have been travelling over the weekend back to my native place which was untouched by the glitz and glamour of the metros. This Diwali seems to be muted; partially because of the economic recession and partly because of the (…)

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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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TRAI: Some radical changes

by Abhishek on May 18, 2008

At times the bozos sitting up and making rules seriously surprise me. They have called for implementation of Internet Telephony and Carrier Access Codes. This was mandated much earlier way back in 2001; however, this was opposed by Bharti. Reliance (…)

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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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Year End 2007

by Abhishek on December 28, 2007

This year draws to a close in another 3 days. It would not change anything except for the dates. I call this as perverted optimism because I keep on looking forward for some miracles. It’s truly a make believe fantasy (…)

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