Advantages & Disadvantages of BSNL’s ADSL broadband & Cable Broadband Services

This table was actually made long time back, I found it on my old writings. However I find this is good one to share. That’s why it is posted.  

 Broadband is going to be a basic need for people, though most people in India like the mobile broadband it is the wireline broadband that can really push the boundaries.  

In Kolkata for last 2-3 years some local ISP are providing services, like Alliance, Meghbela, Citi Cable, WishNet, Get Broadband, Kailash etc. There is similar trend in other cities too like in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru etc, Hyderabad has Beam Broadband, Bengaluru has RailTel.    

Here go advantages & disadvantages of BSNL’s ADSL broadband & Cable Broadband services:
 

BSNL Broadband	Cable Broadband (Meghbela, Alliance etc)
ADSL/VDSL/Fiber (in few areas)	Cable
Wide coverage	Area wise coverage in pockets
Dynamic IP for home users Everytime you connect, IP changes Disconnect > Reconnect = Good for downloading from file hosting sites	Static IP One IP is allotted for your PC No such advantages
Hack prone, your username & password can be leaked and used by others.	Username-password may require, but MAC address verification means it can not be hacked.
Just plug the RJ-45 cord from modem to laptop or PC, and set up dial up connection. You are ready to connect.	As LAN card’s MAC address is required for authentication, whenever you want switching not possible just that way, Best is to use a WiFi router.
Sometimes disconnection problem persists	Such issues are almost nil.
Unlimited plans sucks bigtime as BSNL wants to follow Airtel Broadband	Most of them are unlimited plans + night speed upgrade + Peering speed starting from 5 Mbps to ~80Mbps
Customer care over the phone sucks. Local exchanges can be a help if officials are good.	CC over phone may be good. But service depends on local cable walas. Make good rapport with them to get good services

Access Free Twitter on Desktop [on Reliance 3G]

Trick is simple!

Use mobile.twitter.com instead of www.twitter.com on your browser.

Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1 [Factory Seconds from Gobol.in]

Model Name	Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1
Camera Type	Ultracompact Digital
Resolution	12.1 MP
Optical Zoom	5x
Optical Sensor	CCD, 1 /2.33”
Image Stabilizer	Optical
Warranty	Factory Seconds, 6 months Seller’s Warranty
Gobol Price	Rs 4280

   
If you don’t know about Gobol.in, let me introduce it. Gobol.in is just another Indian e-commerce site, but unique in its offerings. It sells factory seconds or refurbished electronics at heavy discount and with warranty from manufacturer or from the seller side.  

I earlier reviewed Samsung Galaxy S 3 – a refurbished unit from Gobol.in. This time they sent me a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1 – a compact digicam.

Reliance Jio Infocomm - Updates #4 [Jio to use Rcom's OFC network]

Continuing from 3rd post on Reliance Industries owned Jio Infocomm's 4G launch....

Outlook discusses all aspects of RJIL. 

GroundData discusses Jio's giant plans to launch 4G in India

Sandip Das to join RJIL - Telecomlead

Sandip Das - the start up man
How Reliance Jio will leverage Maxis’ mobile data success through Sandip Das - TelecomLead

3G4G.in details issues to be faced by RJIL to roll out 4G voice.

Ambani Brothers Reunited - RJIL to use RCom's OFC network in India.

Coverage by
LightReading,  
Voice&Data,  
Voice&Data Analysis,    
BGR India,    
Telecomtalk,    
TelegraphIndia,    
WSJ,  
EconomicsTimes,  
ET-2nd Coverage,   
TimesofIndia,  
Reuters,  
MoneyControl,  
Medianama,  
3G4G

Following the passive infra sharing deal between Jio and Rcom, ET suggests DoT should open to spectrum sharing too. 

The deal between Reliance Jio and Rcom is very big and with wide importance for both of the companies. The deal was announced by Rcom as it informed Bombay Stock Exchange. Rcom owns huge OFC network across India which gives Jio headstart to kick off 4G services in India.

Sanjay Mashruwala Is Reliance Jio Infocomm MD by EconomicsTimes

Reliance Jio may hire as many as 32,000 towers from Reliance Infratel, the tower conpany under Reliance Communications, as reported by IndiaToday.

VoLTE - the next leap, Voice&Data

Medical Websites & Forum Listings

Though I generally don't post medical stuffs over my blog, as on this field there are many people who know stuffs better than me. However I am to list the websites as well the forums where you can get your MBBS and post-graduation study stuffs, tips, ebooks easily.

RxPG
It has wide coverage including a Wikipedia page.
The homepage is http://www.rxpgonline.com/
the forum link is: http://www.rxpgonline.com/forums.html

AcrossPG - has wide network
Exam page: http://www.exams.acrosspg.com/
Forum: http://forum.acrosspg.info/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AcrossPG
Jobs: http://medicaljobs.acrosspg.com/
Blog: http://prepgindia.blogspot.in/

AIPPG.com
http://www.aippg.net/forum/forum.php *down*
Can not pass comment, but might be it was good before NEET saga.

TargetStudy
http://targetstudy.com/

studytemple.com
Another forum for medical students, now packs other fields like engineering, biology, various competitive exams and others. Medical forum was ok, now not so good.

FeedUrBrain
http://www.feedurbrain.com/forum/forum.php
There is a medical section - it's great for USMLE!

MedicalGeek   // seems *down*
http://www.medicalgeek.com/forum.php
Once very active, now bit slowed down. Good for undergraduate students as it has quite good stuffs (though many links are broken over there)

MedxForum *down*
http://medxforum.com/vb/forum.php
Forum is active, posts various staffs with recent advancements.

CafeMedico *down*
http://cafemedico.net/forums/ - another forum in town!

PG Blazer - Blaze your way towards a medical PG seat!
http://pgblazer.com/
These one delivers all updates on India's post graduation medical exams and others.

Ebooks
http://mediepedia.blogspot.in/
Great source of new e-books, frequently updated.

drnajeeblectures.com
If you are looking for video lectures, this site is for you. Though Dr. Najeeb has some video over youtube, it is not FREE, comes for $99 for 2 years (1year + free 1 year). I personally checked some videos Dr. Najeeb is nice to clear your concepts.
** Over torrent there is a collection of Dr. Najeeb's lecture, you can download for free. Size: 95 GB

Explore: https://www.drbeen.com/
I am yet to explore. But this one is promoted as 'Medical Netflix'. 

www.mbbsdost.com
Not exactly a forum or website, rather a online center for MCQ, test for NEET. Most services are paid. Have a facebook page*.

* The fb app of this website, has a bad habit, to post pictures on your behalf. Please take care (don't allow the permissions while installing it on facebook)


Medical Council of India


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NOT WORKING ANYMORE !! #RIP

https://sites.google.com/site/rahulshetty872/books - had good collection, but links are not working.
mdebooks.blogspot.in - last updated in 2008, links are invalid
gigapedia.org - once my fav site to search ebooks, now the website removed.
usmle-download-zone.blogspot.in - removed
medical-ebooks-download.blogspot.in - removed
usmle-downloads.blogspot.in - zero post

PagalGuy (PG) - http://www.pagalguy.com/
Not truly for medical students, actually for MBA students, but if you like to do MBA after MBBS you can take a chance here. Forum: http://www.pagalguy.com/forums/

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Am Frustrated to Keep AntiVirus Updated!

I generally keep AV in auto update mode, but the problem is on my old low-end PC whenever I start internet connection my Avast! AV takes loads of RAM and it slows down the performance, specially if I am about to run Opera, Chrome or Firefox. Also I hate Avast!'s sudden voice that says it has been updated.

So I put Avast! AV in no update mode, no big deal for me, as I know what I am doing with my computer.

But whenever I try to update it manually, even with very high speed connection (upto 7.2 Mbit/s) it takes hell of a time and keeps loads of RAM occupied. Only solution is to download Avast! AV update file from its server in exe package and run it. But it is nearly 50 MB in size, which sucks bigtime.

What I can remember that one of my friends had Kaspersky Internet Security - paid version (now KIS is an utter shit, coming to this point in next para) and what I saw it is always updating its database. Even the computer is 2 hours off, it started saying your KIS is not updated. WTF !!

Now-a-days if people ask me to recommend security software, I don't recommend. I just say I am using Avast! AV, not Internet Security. If you are on genuine Windows get Microsoft Security Essential otherwise choose anything you want. Get paid version of Norton or QuickHeal or whatever free Avast or AVG. Your choice, and you may get fucked up even with all precautions.

Unless you are a porn addict or download shitty programs over torrent or other sites as they free, I don't feel that everyone do not security programs. Best is to shift to Linux. There virus are less, but adware or spyware may be there if you are a jackass. Even on Android there are some badware. One of my close senior told me that people need to be digitally literate, and I also believe so.

Sharing My Android Xp

• It says you are not smart unless you use 3G/WiFi on your smartphone. But with 2G you can do email, facebook and twitter with ease. 3G/4G/WiFi is for those are into video!
• Google Play Store may take long time when I am on 2G :(
• Are you fear about Rooting of your device? Don't worry it is like removing block to access your system32 folder on Windows. Most rooting programs offer unroot - it is necessary if you are going to claim free warranty.
• Vanilla flavor of Android is best on all devices, but don't try launchers on your 512 MB RAM running devices - too slow! Samsung's TouchWiz is ok, just ok on low end devices. 
• If you change your Android devices too frequently, get the .apk (similar to Windows' .exe) from other sites. [Or root your device to get the apk]
• How to get apk files on your rooted device - under mnt/asec or data/app. Recommended app to go this folder and copy to other folder - Root Explorer/Total Commander.

Will be updated!