Is BSNL Dataone billing system flawed?

I am using BSNL Dataone for around three months now and had no problem for first two months with their bills(as it was well within the usage limit). Last month i crossed my usage limit and i was charged for it.I had a suspicion on BSNL’s billing system and installed a Data monitoring tool to monitor usage in my end. After 21 days of usage in this month the usage data shown by BSNL usage site and my usage tool differs. There is a difference of around  10MB (higher in BSNL end). 10 MB may not be a big difference but considering my small usage this month(around 360 MB currently) its somewhat disturbing.May be , the installed tool’s data may be wrong.So I have removed it now and installed another tool to check the usage.Have to wait for some days to check the data it churns out.

After Googling ,it seems that many have experienced the same problem. This guy has data and logs in his side to prove his point and had complained to BSNL on several occasions on this.But no reactions still.

P.S:-

1.I don’t hate BSNL. In fact, Dataone’s speeds are surprisingly good and its the best ISP in my place.

2. Datafox is a great addon for Firefox.It retrieves data usage records from BSNL site directly and displays it as a appealing progress bar in Firefox’s status bar.

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Can you live without a Computer for a day?

Can you live without a computer for a day?A Shutdown day is being planned  on March 24 and if u wanna participate visit shutdown.org. For me, a fat chance.I can surely live without a computer for a day.But that day wont be as interesting as others.It took me around 17 years to find my interest in computers and in contrast i cant spend a day without thinking of computers now.Thats the way Computers and Internet has revolutionized my life.I truly cant remember a day in past one year i spent without computers.It has become a part of my life and i dont see it as a different entity at all. To put it in a nutshell I can,but i won’t.What about you? 

An Year I cherished!

This post should be actually posted on new year’s eve.But my patchy dial-up connection in home preventd me 4m doing this.2006-an year I never want to forget.Let me recollect what I had gone thru last year, i begun blogging,enjoyed@SAARANG,failed an interview,assisted in our dept symposium,moved to wordpress,failed again in interview,got thru the next,enjoyed a nice vacation,scored the highest marks of my engg. studies,thought of a mini project,forgot abt that project,got drained in orkut,forgot blogging,back to blogging,wrote an ordinary post yet got a huge traffic,read a lot of books(really a lot) and finally felt happy throughout the year(i cant even remeber a single bitter moment).This is the best year of my engineering studies,my personal life and all together.I really cherished it a lot!Hope 2007 will be also the same.My last year resolution was to start a blog and maintain it.And Im quite satisfied that i had kept my resolution.I have no such kind of resolution this year,i will post it as soon as i decide one.

And finally and a very late Happy New Year.

P.S:-Really enjoyed myself cherishing the lat year’s moments reading my blog posts.Thats the thing which attracted me to blogs when i started blogging.

A Poor fella’s travel experience

Pre-warning:Its my longest post ever.

Im now in home to prepare!! for my forthcoming University exams.I decided to blog on my frustrating experience of my travel from my college to home.

10/11/06.The university practicals are over and i have decided to leave for home rather than staying in hostel.Very tired and exhausted to take overnight journey to home.So decided to leave next morning by train rather than bus as it is very gruesome to travel by buses these days.(that too in rainy season!!).Set alarm on my mobile for 6.00 so that i can catch the train which is scheduled for 7.45 next morning.

11/11/06:Next morning when I woke up sun had crossed quarter of the sky already.Alas!,missed the train!So decided to leave by another train in afternoon.Took another nap and later started from hostel.The first thing that troubled me that day is my mobile.Its validity had expired and my mobile had shut off all its output sound suddenly including caller’s voice.My dad and my sis called continuously but i cant hear a single word of them.Its late already for this train also.So frustrated of my mobile, took of from college to Dindigul bus stand.

When alighted at bus stand i decided to pick up an auto to railway station rather than walk as i could save time.Approached an auto and asked him about the fare.Rs.30,he said.Its attrocious.Rly.Station is just a Km away and he asks me Rs.30 for that.Im not a hard core bargainner at all.I will accept most of the prices and fares as told, as long it is acceptable and affordable.But at that day i had only limited bucks in my wallet and if i spend Rs.30 for the auto i have to take a very minimal lunch and im hungry already.So I refused and asked him for half of that.He just laughed and cited petrol prices etc as usual to an auto driver.I argued for Rs.20 later but he was firm on Rs.30.During our argument a middle aged couple came and enquired the driver for going to Railway station.He just asked me to share my journey along with them.I thought that fare can be shared and so I sat down and went to Railway station.The couple got down and paid Rs.30 to driver without asking anything and went off.Im now confused what to pay as the couple had paid Rs.30 without asking me or driver anything and went off.So I asked the driver itself what to pay.Rs.25,he told.I felt very angry and gave him just Rs.15 and he didnt accepted it.He tries to get around Rs.55 for  journey which only costs around only Rs.20 for three.I thought Rs.15 is already higher and stood firm.We argued in front of the railway station for around ten minutes and he never gave up.The crowd focus was beginning to shift on us and i have only ten minutes for the train.I have to still buy ticket standing in queue for the train.

I felt very embrassed arguing in front of the crowd and decided to pay another 5rs whatever it is.He denied that too and i had no idea what to do.Im in no position to argue and at that time the other auto drivers in the station persuaded my one to accept Rs.20(Surprise!!!!).And i gave the money and proceeded without looking back.The queue was not long as i thought of and bought the ticket and went to platform.Here comes another shock.A large crowd standing in platform to board the train.And my frustration had really crossed the limits now.I thought of returning back the ticket and go back to hostel itself.But i decided to stay on and boarded the train to see no vacant seats anywhere.So stood for around two and half hours till Ariyalur and got a seat then.Its half of my journey.Had only Rs.20 balance and decided to take only a curd rice for that.Alighted down at Villupuram penniless and hungry.What a day it is!Its the worst travel I had took in my four years to and fro from Dindigul.Went to home and had a good finish off later.

New Look!

Decided to post my desktop screenshot after applying Longhorn Transformartion pack.Does it look pretty?Vista releasing on Jan.30 worldwide.I cant afford to pay huge amount of $399 for even Vista.Pirates may be releasing the cracked version on Jan.31 and then i can afford it.Before that i have to upgrade my hardware to make my rig “Vista-Compatible”.I have to definitely shell out some bucks for that.Reviews about Vista are positive and i think its gonna rock!