,
I have got my “broad band” internet connection from the
Thiruvananthapuram telecom of bsnl yesterday I tried to log on but I
could not – the adsl has been delinked. The reason is that I have
not even made an effort to access the net for the whole of last
month. But that does not mean they can delink the adsl from my phone
line for I am paying for it. But out here it is a jungle and any body
can do anything and get away with it – your complaining is futile.
I
desperately wanted to put on the net a new blog on my sitRep. So I
tried my reliance wireless modem which is extremely expensive when
one takes into account the data one is able to transfer. First time I
tried I was using the default internet explorer on my net book oem.
And it went on refusing page after page. So I disconnected the
wireless net got a copy of an old version of firefox started again
and this time was able to upload the text file.
I
have the bsnl “broadband” plan changed to 250 – that way I have
to pay the company Rs.250/- only per month and once the 20% deduction
to govt pensioners is added it will come to Rs.200/- per month. And
it is immaterial the plan I chose; even if I pay Rs.1000/- there is
not going to make any difference – the pimp sitting at the proxy
server will decide as to what all I can do on the net and when.
The
whole of last night there was no power supply and I still manged to
hold on till four am with my netbook battery and the emergency lamp.
Incidentally the previous night also there was no power .
Today
in the evening I rang up the help number of NIB and found out that
the account is still active – it has not been deactivated for
“paying the bill” as was the case with the telephone services.
I
switched on the modem and found that it was getting lit up – the
pimp is back in position. After a bit of see saw struggle I logged on
and this time the adsl remained steady for some time. In deed I was
allowed to download an update file for my version of firefox – it
is just 9mb file but even that is a tremendous achievement for the
Bsnl bullockBand that I am putting up with.
Later
I tried accessing the manorama daily to look up the news and soon I
saw that the adsl light is gone – the pimp is at it again! So I
switched off the modem. And that was the end of the internet usage
for the day and may be for the month and even for ever!
