[Assam] Broadband in Guwahati

Fri Apr 2 11:57:09 IST 2010

Yes, I also used Tata Phuton+ as well last December when we visited India. The speed was not so bad even with a Netbook. They come with built-in camera and sound recorder and speakers of course.

On a related note, you can even have video conferences with it using Skype for example, if you need to have voice and video chat with your clients/colleagues over here. 

In December I donated one Netbook  to Parijat Academy of Guwahati and have had video conference with the Librarian and some of the teachers at Parijat Academy from my home here at Houston. Both sides used Netbook and the connection and audio/video reception was quite good.  

And yes, India is doing very good with wireless technology, but computer hardwares are still costly, in fact, are overly priced over there. 

So if you plan to go with a Netbook, buy it from here - a Netbook that you get here for less than $300 may cost around Rs. 60,000 or more for 1 GB RAM (Rs. 80,000 for the one with 2 GB RAM, etc.) in India, this is from my experience from a Hi-Fi Technology store somewhere at Chennai. It was a Sony of course, mine was Gateway/Acer for less than $300, if I remember correctly. No built-in CD/DVD drive, but has 3/4 USB ports with 120 GB of hard drive space. 

Hope everything works out fine for you to have an extended stay without having to use up all your vacation time. Try to take power outage into consideration too, a straight 8 hour engagement with the computer may not be possible. Plan to work with flex hours. :)

> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:04:49 -0700
> From: krish_gau at yahoo.com
> To: assam at assamnet.org
> Subject: [Assam] Broadband in Guwahati
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> Do you know how much the device and service costs ?      
>  
> I will not be up/down loading photos  but mostly word and excel files apart from mails and chat sessions.  Sounds like this will allow me to proceed with my plan of staying in Guwahati a little longer without using up all vacation time.
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> It is not too bad really. Will allow you time to stretch your legs or  
> fetch a cup of tea in between downloads :-). I did not require
> much downloading capacity. Uploading photos was a tiresome exercise  
> however.  Yeah, it can be compared to old
> dial-up modem speeds. I think it is about 32 kBPS.
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> --- On Thu, 4/1/10, Krishnendu Chakraborty <krish_gau at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From: Krishnendu Chakraborty <krish_gau at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Broadband in Guwahati
> To: assam at assamnet.org
> Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 10:14 AM
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> Thanks to everybody for the information.
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> C'da ,   yes that technology is available in US but not too popular probably because you have Wi-Fi hotspots almost all important places.  It is provided by most Cell Phone Service Provider and you get the device free with a contract.
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> When you say slow  how bad it is ?  I will be travelling to Guwahati and plan to work from home for a few days.  It will be doing regular office work and need constant connectivity. Is it worse then Old time Dial Up  Connection in US ?  
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> > Looks like India has made some progress, even Namti. :-)
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> ***I don't know that the airwaves at Namti were that thick to  
> penetrate :-). So
> I will withhold judgement on Indian technological ingenuity on that  
> basis. But if that
> is how Indians see it, I won't deprive anyone of the pleasure :-).
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> 
> However the USB device is certainly very handy. It works wherever the  
> appropriate
> cellphone signal is available. I suspect it is similar to smart-phone  
> internet access
> in the USA. I can access the internet with my iPhone wherever there is  
> AT &T signal
> available here in the US. But I can't use the laptop with that . I  
> suspect there are similar
> devices available in the US to plug into the laptop, but it probably  
> is not all that popular.
> Or it may be expensive.
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> > ________________________________
> > From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com>
> > To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the  
> > world <assam at assamnet.org>
> > Sent: Thu, April 1, 2010 8:16:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Assam] Broadband in Guwahati
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> >
> > I used the Tata Photon Wireless, USB device during my recent trip to  
> > Assam. It was slow
> > compared to what we are used to, but it was very effective. I could  
> > take it wherever I went. It worked even
> > at Namti, my ancestral village. This was the first time ever that I  
> > could access the internet from Namti :-).
> > I could use it in my rental car on the highway too. We can't do that  
> > here in the us!
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> > On Apr 1, 2010, at 12:48 AM, Babul Gogoi wrote:
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> >> Only broadband provider is BSNL. It takes about 7 days to get the  
> >> connection
> >> (landline)...
> >>
> >> For people who roam around, may buy TATA Photon+ which is ok type.  
> >> -- a
> >> 3mbps wireless datacard (CDMA)
> >>
> >> Except Aircell, all mobile companies provide GPRS...
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> >>
> >> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Krishnendu Chakraborty
> >> <krish_gau at yahoo.com>wrote:
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> >>> Does anyone know the quality/speed/availability/cost  for  Broadband
> >>> connection in Guwahati.
> >>>
> >>> Also how  many days it takes to set up ?
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> >>> Is it through Cable TV line or do they use separate line ?
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> >>> Regards
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