Month: August 2005

Google launched its chat software recently. Now in its beta release, Google Talk has little to offer its users. A crisp interface and close integration with GMail is all that may catch one’s fancy. When it comes to features, Google Talk seriously lags behind its competitors. The fancy emoticons which are the very essense of instant messaging are missing. No support for webcam or file transfer either.

I have internet via cable. My local cable operator claims he is providing a broadband connection. Now this is the biggest lie. The Indian government has framed laws clearly specifying that a connection with a minimum speed of 256 kbps may be called as broadband. And the speed provided by my cable operator is a meagre 32 kbps! I am planning to switch to BSNL who are providing broadband over phone, they are providing 256 kbps of speed in their ‘Home 500’ plan. The rate is exactly the same as my cable connection package. And like my present connection, the BSNL one is also 24×7 i.e. unlimited package.