Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-27 Thread A G
--- Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/26/07, आदित्य लघाटे > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4/26/07, Vaibhav Kulkarni > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 4/26/07, A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And so if they are not using this service, why > should t

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-27 Thread Roshan
--- Nishit Dave wrote: > In my other reply to this post, I erroneously > mentioned 128 Mbps > instead of 128 kbps. My bad. People, please do not > get your hopes > up. Anyways, I am sure you all would have noticed > the typo. ... and I noticed it late, and sent an email to the list for clarifi

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-27 Thread Roshan
--- Nishit Dave wrote: > I have heard that a You tele broadband connection of > 256 kbps up to 2 > Mbps actually runs at 128 Mbps (at least in Bandra). 256 Kbps upto 2 Mbps runs at 128 Mbps ?? -- FSF of India Associate Fellow - http://www.gnu.org.in S K Somaiya College of ASC- http://www.somai

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-27 Thread Desi Penguin
TIP: don't buy services from people whose website doesn't even work, and whose channel partners abandon them for Sify ;-). Wish I had that luxury of choosing the broadband provider. -DP -- On the internet, no one knows you are a penguin Check my blog at http://desipenguin.blogspot.com/ -- __

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-27 Thread Nishit Dave
On 4/27/07, Desi Penguin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sad part is, I haven't been lucky with private players even :( I was able to get connection thru YOU telecom (then it was called Iqara) it worked for a while, then they had permissions issue. Now I have exatt, it has been down since a week, thei

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-27 Thread Nishit Dave
On 4/27/07, Desi Penguin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sad part is, I haven't been lucky with private players even :( I was able to get connection thru YOU telecom (then it was called Iqara) it worked for a while, then they had permissions issue. Now I have exatt, it has been down since a week, thei

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-27 Thread Desi Penguin
I had applied for it as soon as it was launched - I registered five times through the net and phone, but to no avail. The BSNL call centre people now ask you to rather do a paper application, because they know that other modes will not be followed up. Finally, I had to submit a paper application

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On 4/27/07, Desi Penguin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had read the announcement of BSNL providing broadband in early 2004. I'm still waiting :) I know, few people (30,000) in Pune have BSNL provided broadband, but compared to Pune's population, what % is that ? We also read about (and by now forg

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On 4/26/07, आदित्य लघाटे <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/26/07, Vaibhav Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/26/07, A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And so if they are not using this service, why should they pay? > > There may be people who do not use roads at all, why are roads free? Ro

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-26 Thread Desi Penguin
On 4/26/07, A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/apr/26broad.htm this is same as providing free electricty to farmers and tvs in some south indian state after the election. depending on the market condition, keeping low rates - eg Rs100/month unlimited, decent speed i

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On 4/26/07, आदित्य लघाटे <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/26/07, Vaibhav Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/26/07, A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And so if they are not using this service, why should they pay? > > There may be people who do not use roads at all, why are roads free? Ro

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On 4/26/07, आदित्य लघाटे <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/26/07, Vaibhav Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/26/07, A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And so if they are not using this service, why should they pay? > > There may be people who do not use roads at all, why are roads free? Ro

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-26 Thread आदित्य लघाटे
On 4/26/07, Vaibhav Kulkarni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/26/07, A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And so if they are not using this service, why should they pay? There may be people who do not use roads at all, why are roads free? Roads are free?? Don't u pay u t taxes??? -- __

Re: [PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-26 Thread Vaibhav Kulkarni
On 4/26/07, A G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And so if they are not using this service, why should they pay? There may be people who do not use roads at all, why are roads free? -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List:

[PLUG] [ot] make free - ruin the country.

2007-04-26 Thread A G
http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/apr/26broad.htm this is same as providing free electricty to farmers and tvs in some south indian state after the election. depending on the market condition, keeping low rates - eg Rs100/month unlimited, decent speed is nice. (100 is top of the head fig I wrote)