http://sifybroadband.techwhack.com/276-021003-using-broadband-in-india India Broadband and Telecom Blog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:12:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://sifybroadband.techwhack.com/276-021003-using-broadband-in-india#comment-1460 Tapan Bhattacharya Mon, 03 Oct 2005 07:18:24 +0000 http://sifybroadband.techwhack.com/276/021003-using-broadband-in-india/#comment-1460 As a septuagenarian, who has always been actively interested in computers, IT and related fields for the past few decades, it was freshening to hear some frank talk by Abhishek. After struggling a number of years with India's joke of a dial-up internet connection, I changed to MTNL's broadband (512 kbps) just about two weeks back. Pror to that I had been using "home" broadband in the UK for about six months to impart some first-hand experience to my aged and tired hands. I must say that despite the frank opinion expressed by Abhishek above, I am beginning to be happy with the 512 kbps broadband by MTNL here. Except one point. Their server(s) is down (hanged, they say) probably two to three times a week. I can't put in a complaint before 10:30 AM on a working day, because that's the earliest the telephone helper at 1504 is available; -- and, of course, I am on my own on weekends and holidays! To be honest to MTNL, their srever gets "de-hanged" within half an hour of my complaint. But then I am not a professional any more. So my happiness with the present setup is just a small half-sweet drop in the ocean of general discontent so expressly explained by Abhisek. My only suggestion to him is to have patience and wait, because nothing, absolutely nothing, ever happens in India so fast; particularly in electronics and IT! We are great in doing timely jobs (BPO and others) for outsiders, but for us Indians, we take our own sweet time to implement the same things here! Therefore, patience is the keyword. As they say, 'we shall overcome someday!' As a septuagenarian, who has always been actively interested in computers, IT and related fields for the past few decades, it was freshening to hear some frank talk by Abhishek.
After struggling a number of years with India’s joke of a dial-up internet connection, I changed to MTNL’s broadband (512 kbps) just about two weeks back. Pror to that I had been using “home” broadband in the UK for about six months to impart some first-hand experience to my aged and tired hands. I must say that despite the frank opinion expressed by Abhishek above, I am beginning to be happy with the 512 kbps broadband by MTNL here. Except one point. Their server(s) is down (hanged, they say) probably two to three times a week. I can’t put in a complaint before 10:30 AM on a working day, because that’s the earliest the telephone helper at 1504 is available; — and, of course, I am on my own on weekends and holidays! To be honest to MTNL, their srever gets “de-hanged” within half an hour of my complaint.
But then I am not a professional any more. So my happiness with the present setup is just a small half-sweet drop in the ocean of general discontent so expressly explained by Abhisek. My only suggestion to him is to have patience and wait, because nothing, absolutely nothing, ever happens in India so fast; particularly in electronics and IT! We are great in doing timely jobs (BPO and others) for outsiders, but for us Indians, we take our own sweet time to implement the same things here! Therefore, patience is the keyword. As they say, ‘we shall overcome someday!’

]]> http://sifybroadband.techwhack.com/276-021003-using-broadband-in-india#comment-124465 Tapan Bhattacharya Mon, 03 Oct 2005 07:18:24 +0000 http://sifybroadband.techwhack.com/276/021003-using-broadband-in-india/#comment-124465 As a septuagenarian, who has always been actively interested in computers, IT and related fields for the past few decades, it was freshening to hear some frank talk by Abhishek.<br> After struggling a number of years with India's joke of a dial-up internet connection, I changed to MTNL's broadband (512 kbps) just about two weeks back. Pror to that I had been using "home" broadband in the UK for about six months to impart some first-hand experience to my aged and tired hands. I must say that despite the frank opinion expressed by Abhishek above, I am beginning to be happy with the 512 kbps broadband by MTNL here. Except one point. Their server(s) is down (hanged, they say) probably two to three times a week. I can't put in a complaint before 10:30 AM on a working day, because that's the earliest the telephone helper at 1504 is available; -- and, of course, I am on my own on weekends and holidays! To be honest to MTNL, their srever gets "de-hanged" within half an hour of my complaint.<br>But then I am not a professional any more. So my happiness with the present setup is just a small half-sweet drop in the ocean of general discontent so expressly explained by Abhisek. My only suggestion to him is to have patience and wait, because nothing, absolutely nothing, ever happens in India so fast; particularly in electronics and IT! We are great in doing timely jobs (BPO and others) for outsiders, but for us Indians, we take our own sweet time to implement the same things here! Therefore, patience is the keyword. As they say, 'we shall overcome someday!' As a septuagenarian, who has always been actively interested in computers, IT and related fields for the past few decades, it was freshening to hear some frank talk by Abhishek.
After struggling a number of years with India’s joke of a dial-up internet connection, I changed to MTNL’s broadband (512 kbps) just about two weeks back. Pror to that I had been using “home” broadband in the UK for about six months to impart some first-hand experience to my aged and tired hands. I must say that despite the frank opinion expressed by Abhishek above, I am beginning to be happy with the 512 kbps broadband by MTNL here. Except one point. Their server(s) is down (hanged, they say) probably two to three times a week. I can’t put in a complaint before 10:30 AM on a working day, because that’s the earliest the telephone helper at 1504 is available; — and, of course, I am on my own on weekends and holidays! To be honest to MTNL, their srever gets “de-hanged” within half an hour of my complaint.
But then I am not a professional any more. So my happiness with the present setup is just a small half-sweet drop in the ocean of general discontent so expressly explained by Abhisek. My only suggestion to him is to have patience and wait, because nothing, absolutely nothing, ever happens in India so fast; particularly in electronics and IT! We are great in doing timely jobs (BPO and others) for outsiders, but for us Indians, we take our own sweet time to implement the same things here! Therefore, patience is the keyword. As they say, ‘we shall overcome someday!’

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