Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-04 Thread Nishant Sharma
> 01. to monitor my net-use, i was told i have to register at > the reliance site. > when i registered, the web-engine asked for my name and > data-card number, > and then sent the password to my data-card number. there's > no way i can check > the data-card number for an sms. it's not a voice and

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-04 Thread shantanu choudhary
Hello all, > Any special setup or unlocking hassles? > > I have airtel datacard and it comes with setup for windows, once it is installed,it allows you to access phonebook, call records and messages Sim card. I have seen people having same interface older reliance data cards too. I have tried to

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-04 Thread Sudev Barar
2009/4/5 Linux Lingam : > i've gone ahead and ponied up for it. > it works great. the speeds are blazingly fast. > however, some hiccups with reliance are worthy of mention: Any special setup or unlocking hassles? -- Regards, Sudev Barar Read http://blog.sudev.in for topics ranging from here to

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-04 Thread Linux Lingam
i've gone ahead and ponied up for it. it works great. the speeds are blazingly fast. however, some hiccups with reliance are worthy of mention: 01. to monitor my net-use, i was told i have to register at the reliance site. when i registered, the web-engine asked for my name and data-card number, a

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-02 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: > dear all, > > am evaluating the reliance rocket + sportscar + fast-bowler thingie, > though it's just a usb dongle offering evdo roaming access at 3.1Mbps > in some cities and towns in india. > > does this work under gnu/linux, and specificall

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-02 Thread Nandeep Mali
I don't know if its been mentioned before but this 3.1 Mbps plan is just like any other fraud that our ISPs come up with. If you read the tariffs[1] the unlimited plan has: *** Unlimited usage plans will have a fair usage policy of 10 GB/month. Beyond which the customer will be charged at Rs. 2/-

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-01 Thread Arun Khan
On Wednesday 01 Apr 2009, tirveni yadav wrote: Good to hear of your +ve experience. > And sometimes they forget to send the bill. For me, this is where the problems started with the mobile services. YMMV. -- Arun Khan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilu

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-04-01 Thread tirveni yadav
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:51 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: > dear all, > > am evaluating the reliance rocket + sportscar + fast-bowler thingie, > though it's just a usb dongle offering evdo roaming access at 3.1Mbps > in some cities and towns in india. > > does this work under gnu/linux, and specifical

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-03-28 Thread Arun Khan
On Saturday 28 Mar 2009, Linux Lingam wrote: > How recent is/was your team's problems with the datacards, and the > dns? Are you still with reliance? Oct. 2008 and as recent as Feb/2009. Now that they have paid 3500/- for the data card they are kind of stuck with (un) reliance. I use reliance

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-03-28 Thread Arun Khan
On Saturday 28 Mar 2009, Gaurav Mishra wrote: > If at some point you want to cancel your subscription, You will need > to pay 2 months advance !, i.e the rental of the month in which you > have decided to cancel and the subsequent next month. Wow! and they are getting away with it? It is illegal

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-03-28 Thread Gaurav Mishra
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > On Saturday 28 Mar 2009, Arun Khan wrote: > >> No idea about the 3.1Mbps plan.  However, I will say Buyer Beware. >> > > I just recalled there was a similar query on the Pune LUG list. IIRC, it > about reliance as well as bsnl services.  You may

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-03-27 Thread Arun Khan
On Saturday 28 Mar 2009, Arun Khan wrote: > No idea about the 3.1Mbps plan. However, I will say Buyer Beware. > I just recalled there was a similar query on the Pune LUG list. IIRC, it about reliance as well as bsnl services. You may want to check their archives. -- Arun Khan _

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-03-27 Thread Linux Lingam
Arun, thanks for your detailed response. How recent is/was your team's problems with the datacards, and the dns? Are you still with reliance? Have you recently tried checking the dns issue? anybody else with positive or negative experiences and tips to share on reliance under linux? regards n --

Re: [ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-03-27 Thread Arun Khan
On Saturday 28 Mar 2009, Linux Lingam wrote: No idea about the 3.1Mbps plan. However, I will say Buyer Beware. > more importantly, how is your experience with reliance? Just sharing experience of couple of our team members who bought their usb data card service. Their DNS servers would not re

[ilugd] reliance NetRoaming Broadband+ 3.1Mbps on linux ubuntu?

2009-03-27 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, am evaluating the reliance rocket + sportscar + fast-bowler thingie, though it's just a usb dongle offering evdo roaming access at 3.1Mbps in some cities and towns in india. does this work under gnu/linux, and specifically under ubuntu 7.04 and 8.04? any people with experience of this s