On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 09:30, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote:
> I am presently in discussion with Sify with regards to 64kbps connections
> in the flats in our apartment(Kanungo).
I use Sify Dial-up at home. Their help-desk is clueless/unavailable most
of the time.
> They are approaching ppl on an
> apartment basis, setting up wireless receivers for linking to their NOC at
> Kaushambi - all apartments within line of sight of kaushambi
> can avail of this. Already IFS apartments have this arrangement in place
> and you can enquire about their service.
Can I mail you off-list for more info
>
> Service of all local cable-internet wallas in generally pathetic ... the
Typical Conversation
Cable Wallah (CW)
TD> What are your prices
CW> What is the type of usage
TD> Let me know the prices first
CW> They are dependent on the type of usage
TD> What type of usage
CW> Home or Office
TD> How does that matter
CW> Home users use low b/w and office users use higher so we charge
according to that.
TD> you mean if I am a residential user I get to use as much as I like
and not according to the b/w I would consume in GB's even as a home user
CW> Only one in twenty does that.
TD> Ok what's your uptime
CW> 95% (proudly)
TD> That means 1.5 days downtime in a month. Works out pretty bad.
CW> Why don't you ask our existing subscribers
TD> Would you be willing to sign an SLA ?
CW> .........(Justifying its not that bad and pricing information)
CW> We assign private IP addresses
TD> Using NAT ?
CW> Yes
TD> I want a real IP addresses my applications would break without it.
Why do you need to use NAT.
CW> We restrict b/w using IP addresses
......................
> only thing you can look forward to is almost 24 hours connectivity. Speed
> is sometimes good and sometimes pathetic ... downtimes are dependent on how
> far your place is from their distribution center.
>
> I am hoping the bigger players are more worthy ...
>
> - Sandip
>
Thanks
Tarun Dua
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