On Monday 20 Sep 2010, Llywelyn Owen wrote: > I will be visiting Delhi in the next week or so to work on the Games > coverage for a fortnight. I plan to bring my Linux Netbook to keep on > top of my email. Some of my sad Windows using colleague want to do > the same. We've been told that wifi is either expensive or non > existent. Our hotel (Regency Hayatt - not far from the tennis > venue) has prohibitively expensive wifi internet. > > We would be grateful for your advice as to the best options for > visitors spending 2-3 weeks in Delhi.
Your best bet would probably be to get an el cheapo Reliance or Tata pre-paid phone with USB cable which will give you around 150 Kb/s throughput. Alternatively, you could get a USB 3G dongle from MTNL if you're looking for high-speed connectivity (though MTNL has its own set of problems). You can also buy a 3G dongle in Wales and populate it with an MTNL SIM when you land here. Both methods will require some sort of proof of identity before you can purchase them -- our paranoid (though impotent) regime is obsessed with tracking callers and Internet users, and I don't really know how difficult it would be for a visitor to purchase one of these in Delhi. Having a friend in Delhi purchase one for you, if you have one you know well enough, would probably be the best bet. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur r...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
