I was under the impression that technology in the UK is far ahead of other countries - until I faced this slow Internet connection at my apartment. Today it is at its worst. It takes 2 minutes to load my blogs home page. I was very frustrated with the connection, left the computer for some time, and went to do other tasks. I need to follow up with my Apartment service management tomorrow again for this issue. By the way, I am in the UK now for an official purpose.
Back in India, the connection speed is now available up to 18 mbps though practically not many people opt for this due to high cost. I have a 3.1 mbps wireless connection from Tata Indicom Photon+ in India, which is best connection speed, which I have worked with. I pay around Rs.1300 every month and get 15GB free download limit. Now Tata Indicom has come up with even a better connection up to 18mbps. They call it PhotonPro. I do not know whether I can use my old device for this new connection - I think I cannot - because they provide a new router with this connection. Therefore, I need to stick to my old connection only. I have never seen outage with my existing connection though I have frequent disconnection problem. Yes, it disconnects very frequently and I lose my connectivity to my VPN. This is very frustrating especially when I am working on client servers.
Based on my experience I have narrowed down few vital things that you should keep in mind when taking a new internet connection.
It is not easy to determine what Internet connection you want at home. You need to do a lot of research and decide. If wired connection available, go for it as it is stable most of the time and you do not get much disconnection issues. Only disadvantage with wired connection is you will find difficulties when you change your house. You need to follow up with your Internet provider to do the transfer of the connection who in turn will ask you to pay a small fee. In that front, wireless connections are recommended if you are the one frequently changing the houses.
Another important factor that you need to decide is the speed and download limit. You need to decide what you are going to do with your Internet connection. If you are going to use it only for Email and occasional surfing, then go for lower limit option - which will save you a few hundred bucks. If you do heavy downloads like me then it is better go for unlimited connection or a maximum download limit. Mine is 15GB limit which I do not usually cross that much, unless I do heavy downloading using torrents. When it comes to speed matter, I am a big fan of fast surfing. In front of computer, my patience level is very low. I have taken the maximum connection speed of 3.1Mbps. I am happy with the speed of my connection.
In wireless connection, one point you should always remember. The connection speed will not be the same in all locations. If it works well at your friend's home, it is not necessary that it should work at your home also. So, better do checks at your home before buying it. I am sure most of the Internet providers offer a demo at home for their Internet connection. If demo works fine, most probably your connection is OK.
One more important thing you should remember when you take your connection is that you should always call up the help desk and confirm that the connection speed and download limit and monthly charge that you have agreed with the sales representative are actually available with them. Because what happens the sales Representatives tell us thousand things to sell their product. Once you buy it, if you go back to them, the customer care will tell you that there is no such scheme available. It happened more than once for the people I know.
Finally, check your first month billing and make sure it is the same as what you agreed with the sales person and all points are correct.
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Monday, 8 June 2009
Spending time for family and work
I used to spend at least 12 hours daily and most of the weekends for official work when I was a bachelor. But after the marriage the situation is different and I cannot do the same as I have someone there at home waiting for me now. The expectation from my spouse is very much reasonable and understandable.
When you are single, you don't have anybody depends on you (ofcourse you have your Mom/Dad, but the impact will not be much). But once married you have the whole world depend on you - yes I meant your spouse.
Though spending time for your career is important, the equally important is spending quality time for the family. If family is not supportive, you cannot concentrate on official work. You can make your wife happy if you devote all your time with your her, but you should spend time for your job to run the family, which also requires a substantial amount of your time.
Though I try not to open my Laptop once I reach home, there are sometimes I have to do it due to work pressure from office. Being a TL, I need to be in contact all the time and respond to emails based on the urgency. It sometimes create slight noises at home, however, I manage to solve :). My perception is that if you work for 8 hours in office sincerely, you don't really have to work from home also.
Learning from my 9 months marriage life is, spend all your office time for office and others for family. There can be exceptions here and there. But it is your responsibility to handle it cleverly.
When you are single, you don't have anybody depends on you (ofcourse you have your Mom/Dad, but the impact will not be much). But once married you have the whole world depend on you - yes I meant your spouse.
Though spending time for your career is important, the equally important is spending quality time for the family. If family is not supportive, you cannot concentrate on official work. You can make your wife happy if you devote all your time with your her, but you should spend time for your job to run the family, which also requires a substantial amount of your time.
Though I try not to open my Laptop once I reach home, there are sometimes I have to do it due to work pressure from office. Being a TL, I need to be in contact all the time and respond to emails based on the urgency. It sometimes create slight noises at home, however, I manage to solve :). My perception is that if you work for 8 hours in office sincerely, you don't really have to work from home also.
Learning from my 9 months marriage life is, spend all your office time for office and others for family. There can be exceptions here and there. But it is your responsibility to handle it cleverly.
Friday, 5 June 2009
Britain's got talent
I am just watching Britain's got Talent now in ITV2 channel in London. Yes I am in London now for an official purpose. Let me come to the program.
The program is just amazing - it brings the talent from participant and shows it to the whole world. It looks like this program has earned a mammoth support from English. The winner of this program is going to be getting all in the world - Praise, money, and future. He/she get chance in TV/POP Albums/Cinema. The winner of 2008 got this chance to Recording Studio within a week's time. It was just amazing. Who won't want to win if they get these benefits?
In 2009, the winner is a group called "Diversity Group" which is a group of 13 people and they showed all talent in their dance. It is more than just dance. they showed their innovation, imagination, and everything. They deserve to win this competition.
How can I close this without mentioning about Judges of this program? There are three judges - Simon, Pears and Amenda. Piears and Amenda are usually soft spoken and soft towards the contestants. But Simon is just opposite to them. He is not satisfied easily. His expectation from each participant is not something simple. He never appreciate easily. If a contenstant gets his appreciation they feel they have won the game.
See you later!
The program is just amazing - it brings the talent from participant and shows it to the whole world. It looks like this program has earned a mammoth support from English. The winner of this program is going to be getting all in the world - Praise, money, and future. He/she get chance in TV/POP Albums/Cinema. The winner of 2008 got this chance to Recording Studio within a week's time. It was just amazing. Who won't want to win if they get these benefits?
In 2009, the winner is a group called "Diversity Group" which is a group of 13 people and they showed all talent in their dance. It is more than just dance. they showed their innovation, imagination, and everything. They deserve to win this competition.
How can I close this without mentioning about Judges of this program? There are three judges - Simon, Pears and Amenda. Piears and Amenda are usually soft spoken and soft towards the contestants. But Simon is just opposite to them. He is not satisfied easily. His expectation from each participant is not something simple. He never appreciate easily. If a contenstant gets his appreciation they feel they have won the game.
See you later!
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