Tata Docomo Chat support synonym for f*ck off

I am facing problems with a Tata Indicom fixed wireless terminal which was switched off for months. It’s in grace period. Incoming working fine. Balance nil and can’t recharge.

Went to local dealer. He said Tata Indicom is dead. It’s rebranded to Tata Docomo. Ok Fine!.

Tried recharging with multiple amounts. All failed. Dealer got no idea. Suggested me to call customer care.

Calling 121 sounds continuous ‘network busy’ like the number is banned from customer care service.

Checked their website. Happy to see online chat support.

Clicked on live chat option. Inputted my name and number and here comes an error. Their live chat does not support my browser (firefox 9). In fact they don’t support any new browser like Firefox 9 & Internet Explorer 9. But do support browsers that no more exists. Amazingly a telecom company want’s me to degrade to access their live chat support.

 

Found a solution. Changed default user agent in firefox to ie6 and it worked. Greeted by a guy within 2 minutes. I am impressed!. Told him the problem. And guess what! the reply was like icing on cake.

Sir chat support is only for GSM services. Plz contact customer care at 121. The only word in mind is ‘fu*kers why can’t you mention it when I clicked on live chat’. You had me click on a big disclaimer but forgot to mention what’s needed. Nice waste of my precious time.

Lastly I have emailed the customer care. Hope they address the problem.

I will install free wordpress blog for you

I come across many people charging 100’s of dollars just to install a wordpress blog. And don’t know how much money they ask for optimizing & designing it.

Charging hundreds of dollar for designing looks fine as it involves time, idea, creativity at the best.

But for installing a wordpress blog maximum charge should be 5$. Yes! not a penny more.

I already offer free wordpress installation to users buying domains or other web services from my site www.wimesh.in

 

Ask me why this blog is on blogger and not in wordpress

Blogger.com is absolutely free and one can use custom domain. I always recommend first time users to try a free site like blogger. There’s a lot to understand on blogging. Don’t waste money on trial.

So I try whatever free service I find on web. I have a couple of autoblogs on wordpress working, earning enough to pay for MrSkin membership. This domain sushantgarg.com was lying with me for years. Created a blogger blog, and thats it.

Anyways if you are looking for someone to setup a wordpress blog. Give me a ping.

No charge for installation. Just one clause. ‘Do say hi when you meet me!’ :)

What I will do for free?

• Install wordpress on your server.
• Configure basic settings like your blog names, comment options.
• Add necessary plugins like Google analytics, Adsense, etc
• Help you understand how to post.

What will I do for 10$? Everything except designing icons, logos, backgrounds. I do arrange the themes for a better widget experience.

Free makes you friend, 10$ makes client cum friend. Your choice.

My contact info:

My Contact:

gmail/gtalk: sushantgarg@gmail.com (preferred)

yahoo messenger: gargville

facebook: facebook.com/gargsushant

skype: gargville (I use it very less)

.xxx domains & Indian universities

The International universities in US have already reserved their matching .xxx domain names to keep themselves safe from embarrassment of being used in an adult .xxx web site.

The Indians are yet to take step on safeguarding their colleges and universities names.

Here’s a list of few top universities * colleges in India with available .xxx domain (as on 10th Jan 2012)

• amity.xxx - Amity university
• annamalai.xxx - Annamalai university
• bhu.xxx - Baneras Hindu University (BHU)
• jnu.xxx - Jawarlal Nehru University (JNU)
• jmi.xxx - Jamia Millia Islamia University
• ignou.xxx – Indira Gandhi National Open University
• lpu.xxx – Lovely Professional University
• vit.xxx – Vellore Institute of Technology
• srm.xxx – SRM University, Chennai
• iisb.xxx – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
• iim.xxx – Indian Institute of Management
• nls.xxx -  National Law School of India, Bangalore

 

Looks like no university/college in India cares much on the Internet impression. Leave the govt one’s out as it hardly matters to them.

What about the private one’s. The brand they have build is strong yet a scandal on one of these sites would be dramatic for them.

Reputation is built and needs to be maintained else it starts declining leaving you as just one of those in line.

The Indian IT law prohibits any person residing in India to manage an adult site. If I was not in here, damm.. I would have registered these domains.

The value of these domains will rise after a couple of years as India is yet to see the adult industry boom.

Irctc.co.in certificate error; do not panic

 

Indian Railway’s online reservation web site “irctc.co.in” is showing some certificate errors.

 

There is a problem with this website's security certificate.

The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website's address.

Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.

 

Is it concerning. No..

 

What are certificates?

-> Certificates or say Digital certificates are authentication, proof that the website you have opened is genuine. These are issued by authorized companies. These certificates contains the details of the organization.

Why is this error shown?

Look at these two site names. 

• sushantgarg,com
• www.sushantgarg.com

Do you notice any difference. Second one has ‘www’ in it. In internet terms, these two are different sites.

Irctc.co.in has its digital certificate registered for “www.irctc.co.in” only and once you open “irctc.co.in”  without www, your browser detects it as threat.

Normally a website manager will redirect ‘sushantgarg.com’ to ‘www.sushantgarg.com’. Type ‘sushantgarg.com’ in browser and see it redirects to ‘www.sushantgarg.com’.

Sooner or later the guys at IRCTC.CO.IN will make changes.

 

What should you do?

Simple, just type www.irctc.co.in in the browser and use it without the certificate errors.

An idea = 1 domain . Lots of ideas = 100’s of domains. Save money on renewals.

 

Whenever an idea comes into mind a domain name is registered. Lots of failure ideas and my portfolio crossed 200 domains. Its only this week I came to know that I own these many domains.

I have been carelessly managing the domains all spread through various registrars, most on auto-renewal.

Here’s what I used to do when I had to register a domain name and save money on renewals

• Google search for best offers, jump to some middle page like 5 or 6 to get best offers. The top search results mostly have some terms and conditions.

 

• Its easier to find big registrars and their discount coupons on social networks.

 

• But the smaller sites are ones that saves me money in long term. Its just a trust thing with them, I like them though!

 

• Domains don’t need much management. Nowadays every site offers free DNS management, free email and other tools to manage your domain.

 

• Once you find the best offer, try twitter and search for a lower value than your current offer. Use #hash #tags for quick results. It has always worked for me. Many sites come forward with such limited time offers.

 

• Satisfy yourself with fact that you got the best price this industry can offer.

 

When renewal came I again repeated the above steps, this time searching for best domain transfer offers.

 

About to expire.

Lately one of my domain or should I say a valuable domain was not on auto-renewal and it got expired. Thankfully I noticed it while it was in ‘Pending Delete’ status. Didn’t want to take a risk, Signed up for backorder and yes it was back in my box. Costed me some heavy bucks.

 

Its time to get organized.

So I decided to create a list of domains I own. Surfing through dozens of control panels, my spread sheet was ready with over 200 domains. The first thing that came in my mind was, Fuck! I am wasting so much money on these domains.

A mind is a mind and those flop ideas once again rotate.

 

Got a reseller account.

After some thoughts and well searched I purchased a reseller account and is transferring all my domains in it. The last batch will transfer by 2nd Jan. This would help me keep all my domains at one place. And also maintain costs.

As a reseller I would get a uniform price for renewals and registering domains. And expiration won’t be an issue again.

 

 

Talking about offer’s. Here’s an offer for you!

Needless to say if you are into domains. You can register, transfer and manage your domains with me at the least prices. I plan to keep some domains for lifetime. So my site will evolve, step forward and is here to stay.

For blog readers. Before paying send me an email ‘sushantgarg@gmail.com’ and enquire about best prices for you. I have already put good prices keeping myself margin just enough to handle payment transfer charges. I plan to keep such prices unlike most sites whose renewals are far expensive than transfers.

My site is www.wimesh.in

Unlocking BSNL EVDO AC8700 usb modem

 

I have been using BSNL EVDO since a year. Many people have asked me on how to use BSNL EVDO data card (AC8700) with other CDMA operators.

The below content applies to BSNL EVDO data card model AC8700 manufactured by ZTE only. I have tried to put details, still may have missed as I am in a hurry to leave for somewhere.

First of all almost all BSNL EVDO data cards are unlocked. However you may face an issue of not detecting the T-SIM card.

To solve this:

Time Needed: 10 minutes max.

1. Download the DFS software from http://www.cdmatool.com/Download.aspx (Its free)

2. Install the software, its basic install. Do not start the software now. If the software is on you can close it.

3. Connect your BSNL EVDO modem AC8700 and start the DFS software now.

 

 

4. Click on ‘Ports’ on top left.

Look for ‘ZTE Service Port FFFE (Com??)’. Double click on it.

 

Your modem should be listed as in above image. If not try double click again on the ‘ZTE Service Port FFFE (Com??)’.

 

Close the ports screen and get back to main screen. It should be like in the image below:

5. Check the second line on top left. The Icon before the Port name on top left is green or not and the ‘ZTE Service Port FFFE’ should be listed.

Important: Don’t change anything else than what is mentioned here.

The SPC box by default has ‘000000’. If not put ‘000000’ in it. And then click on SPC button.

You will see ‘DEVICE Unlocked’ in the bottom screen.

In case it shows ‘BAD SPC VALUE  UNLOCK FAILED’. Double check that SPC is ‘000000’ i.e 6 zeroes. Still its shows error means SPC is different and needs to be hacked. Which is easy and I will write about it later. My guess is you wont stuck here.

 

6. Now go to ‘Programming Tab’. by default it shows the “General sub tab’

In the Config Box on right side click Read. It should display current settings in the respective boxes.

In the ‘Ruim Config’ box select ‘Ruim Pref’ and click on write.

By selecting Ruim Pref, now when you insert a T-SIM in the modem, it will start using the SIM and once you remove it, it starts using the inbuilt settings of your home operator. Here BSNL.

7. Click Reset on the right top side on software. Close the software.

8. Test it and let me know if this worked for you. Do ask if you face any problem.

 

Have a nice day.

fraud alert : holidaycarts.com

I ordered two products from holidaycarts.com on  29/07/2011.

1. Xkey360

2. Maximum Lizard 360

Till today I haven’t received the products. Neither have they replied to any of my emails or messages sent thru their site. I had sent dozens of them. Xkey 360 was a pre-order and by the end of october it was available at almost every online and offline store.

I paid them using alertpay.com and now plan to file complaint against them. Their no reply attitude clearly shows their website is fraud.

I got cheated and hope you don’t. Its definitely a scam site.