To get a mobile phone connection (per-paid) at any place in India (including Assam), you can always manage! Take the connection on someone's else name .. who has a Photo ID card (PAN Card, driver's license, passport etc) and address proof (electricity bill, bank statement photo copy) and one or 2 small photographs !!
On 10/20/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the good info, Babul. > And thanks to Krishnendu for asking. > > About mobile phones in Guwahati, do they allow non-residents to get a > connection now? It is great that there is no charge for incoming calls > there. Although you get hundreds of minutes for a package deal here, they > usually charge even more for incoming calls. I think India is very advanced > in this field. > But I had to get my cell phone connected in my father's name. Reliant won't > even give me a connection, it was one of those two - Air... something. One > is doing very well, I hear, so it would be the other. > > They gave my folks back home a lot of trouble - instead of giving them the > deposit back (yes, it was one thousand rupees only, but still they never saw > that money again but was relieved that their "head office" in Fancy Bazar > realized that it was a closed account and stopped any charges into the > closed/non-existing account), they kept sending them the bills for months > even after the phone was disconnected and the sim card was surrendered. It > was just so ridiculous! that a lawyer friend of ours even asked if we needed > any help so they won't do it to others. > > Reliant won't even add a new phone even if you have an account with them - > during that time - about a year or so ago. And if you use your phone > connection from the US, the good connection is there but would cost you an > arm and a leg. > > Of course, one good thing in India (about computers and getting > a connection) is that the technician would make house calls - though within > the warranty period only. > And I hear there is no license/copyright restriction for most of the > application softwares - even when one uses it for profit. > > Anyway, I feel better now that I said it all. Thanks again. > > - baideu > > > > > > > > "In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and > humble like a blade of grass" > > - *Lakshmana* > > ** > > ** > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:30:42 +0530 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: assam@assamnet.org > Subject: Re: [Assam] Internet connection in Guwahati > > 1. BSNL's broadband .. > 2. ERNet's business centre located at Panbazar, by the side of the > flyover (hwre IITG office is located, in the big building) > 3. GPRS enabled mobiles... > 4. ...... > > > > On 10/20/07, *Krishnendu Chakraborty* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Friends from Guwahati, > > What are the high speed internet options availabe in > Guwahati and how long does it take to get a new > connection? How is the speed/availability/cost? > I have managed to convince my manager to extend my > vacation plan for a couple of more days with a plan > to work from home ... so need a dependable internet connection. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > > > -- > Babul Gogoi > 011-29817150 / 9868182079 > > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook – together at last. Get > it > now!<http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033> > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > -- Babul Gogoi 011-29817150 / 9868182079
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