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airtel fair usage policy warning

Airtel Broadband recently handed out sugar coated lollipops to it’s subscribers with double speeds on unlimited broadband connections and a free 2 Mbps upgrade for watching IPL matches on YouTube. Airtel certainly went out of it’s way to become a non-seasonal Santa Claus. What didn’t get most of the attention was the silly little thing called the fair usage policy. It’s the one ingredient Airtel didn’t mention anywhere on the lollipop wrapper.
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airtel broadband ipl live

Airtel Broadband has decided to play Broadband-God during this season of IPL. Airtel has announced that it will automatically upgrade all it’s subscribers, irrespective of their current tariff plan, to 2 mbps for watching live stream of IPL on YouTube. Airtel broadband had recently also played Santa Claus while providing double the amount of promised data access speeds to all it’s users.

So it means I’ll be able to watch IPL on YouTube via Airtel Broadband without any buffer signs. With a 2 mbps line I am not even bothered about the 5 minute delay on all the IPL live coverage on YouTube. It works just fine unless you’re on Twitter and you get to know about a wicket falling and it ruins your stream. So stay off Twitter while watching the match.
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Airtel Broadband Doubles Speeds

March 11, 2010

Airtel Broadband seems to have doubled speeds for all it’s users. I have confirmed the same from users based in Chandigarh, Gurgaon, New Delhi/NCR and parts of Punjab. It could be a totally North Indian thing but until there’s an official word from Airtel there’s no proper way to explain this phenomenon.
My 256 kbps [...]

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Chain Mails Really Work, For Some!

February 22, 2010
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Free Google AdWords Coupons for Analytics Users

February 17, 2010

Apparently Google India is really interested in increasing it’s Indian user base at Google AdWords. Google today sent almost all it’s Google Analytics users, coupons worth Rs. 2500 ($50) which entitles users to register for new AdWords account and enjoy free advertising on Google’s network for the coupon’s worth.

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Facebook Zero Launched for Mobile Carriers

February 16, 2010

Facebook is playing Superman for mobile carriers who’re already choking on bandwidth. Facebook today announced the launch of Facebook Zero, a text-only mobile site, for a select set of mobile carriers. Facebook Zero is a stripped down version of Facebook’s existing mobile site.
You can access Facebook Zero at zero.facebook.com from your mobile device if it [...]

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HTC Desire is Nexus One’s Sibling!

February 16, 2010

Here comes the oomph. HTC announced it’s array of brand new spartphones at the ongoing Mobile World Conference 2010. HTC has been an early adopter of Google’s Android platform and has also partnered with Google on developing it’s Nexus One smartphone. HTC Desire has everything that Nexus One carries with a few uber cool enhancements. [...]

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Hands-on iPad Gaming Videos

February 15, 2010

The folks at Slide to Play have released some hands-on gaming demos on the Apple iPad. The videos showcase games such as Need for Speed Shift, NOVA, Scrabble and Super Monkey Ball 2 on the iPad. Gaming is destined to get even better with the big screen version of an iPhone. As you all know [...]

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