Comments for Nikhil Joshi

Comment on Fair/Forced Usage Policy?? by Madhu Ranjan

Madhu Ranjan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:31:24 +0000

Hi Nikhil, Interesting article. Have a few thoughts here:

1. Earlier when we were all on good old frame relay networks though the speeds were exceptionally slow, there was a much easier way to monitor upper limits like PIR / and a guaranteed limit of CIR. Infact, you won’t believe it , this is still the in thing in many developed countries and India is way ahead in this field ( though not as much as US right now is!).

2. Someone has spoken about BSNL not working often. I have had these problems and one of the standard things that I keep changing are the DNS server IPs coz’ most of the times their DNS keeps crashing probably coz’ it exceeds the overall no that it can handle or someone just switches them off ! So atleast in the local setup,I have got a list of 4-5 DNS ips , all in different subnets and invariably (more than 95% of times) , it works after changing the DNS ips. Recently though I had this weird connectivity problem and the helpline folks told me that the entire data center near my place was facing connectivity problems . Can’t do much in such cases!

3. Lastly, there is a fantastic product from Cisco that many SPs around the world are deploying in order to manage subscribers / their usage/ what protocols they use etc in a much better manner called SCE ( and rightly Service Control Engine) -> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6151/

Comment on Fair/Forced Usage Policy?? by Bharatwaj

Bharatwaj — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:14:58 +0000

@Nikhil…
I heard from my borther-in-law who is a lawyer btw, that a PIL is in the works against this and also a consumer fraud blah-blah-legal-jargon-something suit that will be filed soon regarding this. It seems that Bharti has left quite a few big legal loopholes in their T&C and this suit is going to be a nightmare for them. No comment about reliance n tata. But Bharti-Airtel is definitely in for a ride.
According to him, it is a straightforward case of consumer-malpractice-again-some-legal-blah-blah-which-i-dont-understand…..
He used to work under the attorney general before he started his own practice. //An SC lawyer

Comment on .tel Goes Live today by Nikhil

Nikhil — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:16:09 +0000

the place where you can buy it in rupees is http://www.inrdomains.com
it comes in for about Rs. 600/- a year

Comment on .tel Goes Live today by Nikhil

Nikhil — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:06:12 +0000

@Paras
True, but it is also available in India, so people who don’t want to spend dollars can buy it in rupees also.

Comment on .tel Goes Live today by Paras

Paras — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:25:31 +0000

.TEL is available @ $14.99 which is not bad at all. and the .TEL Domain is all set to revolutionize the way people store contact information online.

Comment on Fair/Forced Usage Policy?? by Nikhil

Nikhil — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:45:40 +0000

@Imti: I know of the US policies, but with the pathetic state of speeds in India, I thought they would have the shame of not applying FUP. Alas they are shameless.

@Rajath: I actually am not aware of the legal course of action, since they write in fine print that company T&C can be changed anytime, so I think legal course of action will not be feasible. Unless somebody takes up a Public Interest Litigation.

Comment on Fair/Forced Usage Policy?? by Rajath

Rajath — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:27:55 +0000

This is a good article. I never knew about FUP. Though one of my friend who uses the internet to download a lots of stuffs recently received a mail from his ISP(Airtel) stating that after 40 GB of download the speed gets reduced and all…we were pretty shocke dto hear that, as the connection type was “Unlimited”. This article did help me in figuring out why that is so.
BTW could we go to consumer court against this? or could we the users do something about this limiting by the ISPs?

Comment on Fair/Forced Usage Policy?? by Imti

Imti — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:23:39 +0000

I concur! The FUP as with AT&T and COMCAST in the USofA applies beyond 50gig when one continues the trend for two consecutive months. There’s no automatic termination or anything – the user gets a word of caution in his monthly statement. Following which they monitor your connection, if the trend continues – Next would be two follow up calls from their customer service executive who take it from there.
That said, my roomie has a rapidshare premium account and he consumes the full permissible download (2.6 gig per day if I am right) everyday (trust me)… We havent got any FUP advice as yet.
P.S: We are 4 such ppl with 4Tb external HD’s downloading shit all the time.. NIKKI – This article makes sense to me!!

Comment on Fair/Forced Usage Policy?? by Anilavo

Anilavo — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:44:46 +0000

Very well written added a lot of value thank you

Comment on Pink Panther Ash by Rayesha

Rayesha — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:37:20 +0000

lmaoo .. yea I think i liked the pink panther 1 a little more. Sequels are never as good as the real thing for me lol …. but yeaa ash was pretty good … it nice to see her taking up on different roles and changing her acting styles….