Airtel

MMS Configuration for Airtel

July 26, 2007

After switching over to HTC Touch, I did have a tough time configuring MMS on the handset. Matters were made worse by Airtel’s “amazing” customer care service. Initially I was told that the settings would be sent to my phone and that this would avoid the pain of doing the manual configuration. The settings never [...]

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BTIS – Bangalore Transport Information System

June 13, 2007

Anyone who has visited or stayed in Bangalore would have definitely experienced the horrible traffic while commuting within the city. Bangalore Traffic Police in association with Mapunity and Airtel have come up with a comprehensive urban traffic information system for Bangalore city know as Bangalore Transport Information System (BTIS) Mapunity Information Services is a Bangalore-based [...]

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Airtel 2Mbps “Live”

March 5, 2007

On March 1st I requested Airtel to switch my current 256kbps unlimited plant to 2Mbmps limited (3GB) plan. (For more details on Airtel new plans, check this post) After making multiple calls to Airtel customer service, the plan switch is finally done today. Nice to see downloads happening at 1.5-1.8Mb/second and nice to watch YouTube [...]

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2Mbps from BSNL

December 30, 2006

BSNL has slashed tariffs on Broadband services which is effective from 1st Jan 2007 The highlight of the new tariff plan is the 2Mbps bandwidth being offered across all plans. However there is also a disclaimer in the form of this statement – Wherever technically feasible ! Unfortunately I use Airtel Service and I am [...]

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Airtel Data Card

November 4, 2006

With the advent of DSL, Internet access speed in India has improved a lot. There was a time when I used to download files at 1/2 KB/s and now with my 256kpbs broadband connection, I can get a maximum of 30KB/sec. The best connection a normal consumer can get as of today is the 512kbps [...]

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