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What does a caffeine junkie who needs a Starbucks Grande Americano every morning do in New Delhi when he is in need of a fix? Well he heads over to one of the dozens of Barista cafes in some of the more posh neighborhoods. It looks… Read More »

It has been 36 hours I have been in India, and I suddenly have a new found respect for CDMA technologies, particularly 1xRTT. Last time I was here, it was nearly impossible to find even a dial-up port that could support 14.4 kilobits per second connections.… Read More »

As the hand-wringing over the future of UNE-P continues, Z-Tel, a CLEC has written to FCC saying that it is willing to have talks with Bell companies, and offer them a “Twenty Dollar Solution”, which would provide Z-Tel access to Bell company networks for a flat,… Read More »

The Wall Street Journal reports that Nextel Communications’ CEO Timothy M. Donahue’s salary jumped nearly nine time from $2.9 million in 2002 to a whopping $26.4 million in 2003. Is he worth it? I am not sure, but the shareholders aren’t likely to object. He is… Read More »

Wall Street Journal has an interesting round-up of political moves, rants and raves on the subject of outsourcing. It is not surprising all the noise coming from Washington DC, given that is an election year. On that same note, here in India, election fever is in… Read More »

SBC is finally flexing its muscles in the UNE-P side of things, The company and clueless Washington have once again proved that with enough money, anything is for sale. In case you were wondering about my rant, I was responding to this news that SBC has… Read More »

And not a drop to drink! The poor in Indian capital have to scramble hard to get a bucket or two of drinking water. Read More »

Cricket 247

Indians take their cricket very very seriously. For nearly 24 hours I have been here, it all cricket all the time. There is no getting away from the game. On television, nearly 20 channels have given the game the status of headline news. The radio has… Read More »

Cookie Monster

Oreo Cookies in a gas station in New Delhi, Amazing! I guess Indian sweet tooth translates to oreos and other US treats! Read More »

Airports without WiFi are dumb

Frankfurt Airport, Local time, 12.10 pm: Luftansa claims that you can get WiFi on their planes and in their airport lounges. So not true. The WiFi in the sky is not available on the planes, despite their claims. At the airport, there is no access as… Read More »

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