Thursday, September 22, 2011

MTS offers bonus to customer care exec for convincing subscribers recharge more

I am using MTS mobile since June 2009 and MTS Mblaze dongle (EVDO wireless broadband) since July 2010. MTS at Kolkata as well as in WB is going great. I don't have complain for MTS network.

I use around 120 bucks per month on MTS mobile - which includes daily Re 1 rental for 100 sms per day to any number in India. It is more than MTS's ARPU. So I am high ARPU customer!

But I seldom recharge my MBlaze connection. I just keep it alive by fulfilling their 6 month condition of minimum recharge of 200 bucks. Only plan of MBlaze that I like is Rs 295 for 10 GiB at weekends for 30 days.

Recently I got two calls from MTS asking or pushing me to recharge more.

I go the 1st call from MTS, the person on the other side is certainly an asshole. He started the convo like this: Hello Sir, I am from MTS. Why don't you like to have caller tunes services?
WTF is this! It is my opinion to take these fucking bullshit VASs and who the hell are you I should explain to?!
Whatever I told him just these things more politely and he was sounded like messed up and said: Ok Sir! and  put the phone down! :)

I often get sms and calls from MTS's MBlaze section. They call me for changing my prepaid account to postpaid ones or informing me to send home services of MBlaze recharges (= they push me for recharge soon). But this time a Sumit called me and asked: Sir, when will you recharge your mblaze account. I told him that I want more data usage at cheaper price & validity can be of 7 days and as MTS has no such plans except STV295 I do not like recharge it anytime soon. He started luring me with plans which are crap with FUP of 1GB & then speed throttling. I told him I want speedy connection and MTS 1x network is already congested with voice customers. That time he started fumbling as I think he did not have this technical knowledge, and asked the same question again, when will you recharge? I told not any time soon....


After these 2 calls attended by me, I think MTS is pushing its CC execs for convincing customers for more recharges ! :)

What do you think ?

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

1st Online Order from Flipkart, Behind-the-Desk Story of Flipkart

Recenlty I have done my 1st online shopping with Flipkart(FK). It was real good as I got the books within a week in 2 installments. I paid via Cash-On-Delivery (COD). FK use selft-delivery system for books, a person from FK will deliver the books to you and take the payment from you in cash.

Later I order a headphone which is told to be shipped via First Flight. The item will be delivered within 7 days to me.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Disgusting Experiences with Web Browsers

For last 3 hours, I am having experience of hell with browsers installed in my laptop. Except my all time favorite Opera, all suck bigtime.

Google Chrome - fails to run! no chrome.exe found on task manager

Firefox 6 - there is no option for extension uninstall! WTF! Mozilla starts racing with Google Chrome, with version number and firefox's customization foundation extensions turn disabled due to incompatibility.

IE 9 - I hate it! no change of fucked up situation from IE 7! I shit on microsoft's this creation. 

Friday, June 24, 2011

Problems With ZTE Modems and Solutions


Before you read it, please be informed that never buy or recommend ZTE GSM-3G/HSPA/HSDPA/HSUPA modems. ZTE modems/data cards are good enough for EVDO/CDMA-1x devices, but not for GSM ones! For 3G/HSPA modems go for Huawei ones!


I am currently using ZTE MF190 – the similar device offered by Reliance 3G in India or Cell-C in South Africa. It is a HSUPA device – supports upto 5.76 Mbps uplink and upto 7.2 Mbps downlink. 

There are many problems you may face with the device, the problems are similar to many other ZTE 3G modems. First of all ZTE modems come up with a UI/dashboard which does not support USSD. 


To run USSD on ZTE modems, I tried to use AT-commands using different softwares like HyperTerminal or Putty. All tests went in vain. At last I got MDMA (www.nerve.org.za), which supports ZTE modems partially. Under QoS you can not see speed

Thursday, May 05, 2011

Some Popular China-Made Applications

HaoZip - data compression app similar of WinRar or WinZip or 7-Zip

Maxthon - Browser based on IE Trident Engine/Chromium engine, available for Windows and Android OS.

Avant -  IE based Windows browser. Have a Sister Orca Browser based on Mozilla's Gecko engine.

UCWeb - A mobile browser for Symbian, Android, Java & WinMo

QQ - wiki Page chat messenger

FlashGet - download manager on Windows

Xunlei - torrent client Website - http://www.xunlei.com/ No ENGLISH!! 

>>> Will be Updated !

Monday, April 25, 2011

CDMA Discussions - EVDO Data Cards & Programming Softwares


EVDO Modems from Indian companies

Micromax MMX 300C - RUIM enabled. sold with BSNL EVDO. The Dashboard software has preloaded profiles for BSNL, Reliance, MTS, Tata & Virgin.

Capitel CE 200 Link BSNL sells this modem.

Olive EVDO Modem V-ME 150 : link / specs in pdf - it supports CDMA EVDO and backwardly compatible with 1x services, transforms into FM Radio/MP3 Player/Memory Card Reader. Currently out of stock as Olivetelecom reported me over twitter. Probably this model is sold as Tata Photon+ MP3 Player.


Reliance Netconnect+, Tata Photon+, MTS Mblaze all generally sells ZTE or Huawei models.

ZTE AC8700 is a Rev0 model, which supports upto 2.4Mbps (theoretical)

CDMA Softwares:


So far we have been useing OPST and QXDM for reprograming ,Now use the software below which will give you the details of your CDMA Modem ,your tower position and the best tower with higher signal strength for EVDO positioning .You can also do Programing of PST and PRL files with the editor. Before Programing or changeing ,READ from the modem save the file ,RESET the Modem ,and them Write the Changes. This you can do at the PUSH OF A BUTTON.

DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. File Location below...
http://www.mediafire.com/file/gi40qenja02/AxesstelPst_EvDO_1.55.exe

This is article is made in a fuzzy! So dont expect anything productive from it.! 

Thursday, April 21, 2011

3G Avalibility in West Bengal

Kolkata has 4 3G operators - BSNL, Reliance, Aircel, Vodafone while West Bengal has 5 3G operators - BSNL, Reliance, Aircel, Airtel, Vodafone.

In Kolkata all operators commercially rolled out 3G services. It is expected Airtel will enter into spectrum shareing & roaming agreement with Vodafone to offer 3G services in Kolkata. Idea Cellular already promised to give a nation-wide 3G roaming, and thus 3G services on pan India basis.


BSNL 3G Coverage (speed upto 3.6/7.2Mbps)
On April 2010 BSNL 3G was present over 44 cities of WB. Source Telecomtalk