Yes it is working!!!!

I was on an unofficial leave yesterday; eXPeriencing the power of Internet sorry.... THE REAL INTERNET. Its really amazing to do things that were not possible before; watch live streaming video, surf heavy websites, real-time update of Stock Prices and Charts. ITS AMAZING HOW MUCH PRODUCTIVE ONE CAN BE with high speed internet.

I visited YouTube.com (I have linked only small video files in my blog so low bandwidth users can also see them. This site stores millions of user created / uploaded video files of varying length and content. You'll find funny Clips, Discovery channel like Videos, Accidents, or may be you can open any lock in the world by watching this video (no don't ask me for the link!!).

You can also visit Microsoft On Demand Web casts and watch pre recorded technical web casts by Microsoft and trust me they are really good. I downloaded one on Windows Hang and Crash Dump Analysis which was very useful and helped me fix a bug or two.

Another good site is LearnVisualStudio.NET and I downloaded some free videos from here too.... its at least 10 times faster when you learn something from watching rather than reading but reading is necessary though.

If you want to trade into Commodities then you must attend NCDEX Knowledge Hub which gives you a pretty good knowledge about commodities.

I also downloaded loads of Big applications (>500MB) which I always wanted to and also downloaded few movies from the BitTorrent.

Bear Fight

A bear teaches Martial Arts VERRY FUNNY

I've finally got Broadband

After waiting for nearly 18 months (there was pre-launch waiting list) I finally got my Broadband connection live (256 kbps ADSL actually.... but this is called broadband here). I originally had a No.6 in the waitlist which was rerranged depending upon who made the modem payment first (I was unsure what whether I should buy it from the telco or from the market) and I ended up at No.140 or something. But Rs.200/- (US$ 4.50) got me a little higher on the waiting list and I got my modem installed and settings done on SUNDAY 6 Aug '06 @ about 2 PM (atleast 10 days before!!!)

I had been waiting for it more than anything else, bandwith is more valuable for than real money!!! before this I had to rely on my old RIM connection (Wireless 114kbps CDMA connection through a mobile fone via data cable) and had to wait for ages to get big pages load. What was more irritating was that though file downloading speed was OK surfing was a very boring experience. But I'm still having the connection which I'll use as a backup (u can never trust BSNL)

The speed I get is really AMAZING and Bandwidth Monitor Pro showed that at times I even got speed above 256 kbps. Since I have subscribed to the Home UL 900 plan I just have to pay Rs.900/- a month (US$ 20) for an unlimited download / upload limit. I would have preferred a 1 Mps line but that had a download limit of 2 GB (very funny indeed) which would vanish in a single day. Additional downloads cost 0.80/MB which will certainly give month-end surprises to me forcing me to sell one of my kidneys !!

I plan to keep my connection live on a 24X7 basis, uploading will be enabled on Bittorrent and Limewire to share files with others (yes I'm very generous)