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Well, the doubting thomas that I am, how about copying some 15 - 16 GB and transferring back, just to be 100% sure? Kidding... I guess you will waste lotta time on that.... so upto you.

I am MAINLY referring to deliberate acts of the telcos to sabotage the system by withholding port-out requests. Just think about it, they have been accused of delaying MNP for years. Does it take a genius to foresee that they will not resort to such dirty tricks to prevent port-outs? Still, the system is such that there is zero accountability and no penalty for wrongly withholding or denying port-out requests. If just this one factor is addressed (I'm not saying other issues should not be), so many people will be saved so much harassment and expense and will also help healthy competition.

Grounded? But when did phone chargers even have a ground pin/wire? All those I have seen have only 2 pins. Third pin, if existing is a dummy. Are you sure pressure can affect the touch sensor? Then what about so many people carrying their capacitive screen phones in tight jean/trouser pockets? Isn't it possible that this also adversely affects the screen?

You already got the drive?? Thats mighty quick shipping by Letsbuy.com, which seems to be known for very slow shipping (besides other things). Maybe they have improved or maybe only some get lucky or maybe they try to appear good for smaller purchases... Waiting for more reviews esp. on whether the drives are original with the promised capacity.

Sibal and TRAI very well know what is going on. But they have chosen to do nothing yet. They have devised a system which is so obviously full of holes and no redressal. It seems they themselves are not going to get the act right unless someone puts pressure on them and demands to know why they aren't doing their job right. For that I'd suggest writing to the PM or better still a PIL or something since our PM is an acknowledged lame duck.

Thanks. Just sent a mesage from my RGSM. Reply came in less than 10 secs. Can't say anything about the details as haven't used the connection in more than couple days.

It happens only when using the sockets in trains and not in normal wall sockets, with the same original chargers?? Suggests that the output in train sockets is screwed...

Dude, what do you expect from AirHELL? Why do you think we call it AirHELL? As discussed above, please try writing to PG cell of DoT and TRAI as mentioned above. Who knows, you just might get lucky like Pasumark. If you don't, then you are on your own. Your only option will be to take them to court. Rather than doing all this, I would seriously suggest you leave the number with AirHELL and run like HELL. Just get a fresh new conn. with a better operator.

Is it toll free?

This thread just reminded me of one of my past experiences with AirHELL and DoT - I was using an AirHELL connection on the Friendz plan. This plan was very popular esp. with students and allowed for calling AirHELL to AirHELL at 10p/min in "happy hours" which are specific times in the afternoon and nights. Even though I hate AirHELL/Bharti perhaps more than any other brand, I was forced to maintaion my connection as a secondary connection so that friends could call me and I could call them at 10p/min, which was not possible thru any other connection. Needless to say I kept my balance to the bare minimum, and had to recharge small amounts frequently because, besides activating various services (of course unasked for), and balance vanishing even without activating anything, AirHELL started a new trick - they started charging the base rate (Re. 1/min) in stead of 10p/min even in the beginning of the so called Happy Hours, and made my hours VERY UNHAPPY. This used to happen in the 1st half hr or so, from when the happy hours used to start. I asked my friends, and all of them told me that they have experienced the same thing. As a final resort I wrote to DoT. As I mentioned, the mail was simply forwarded to somewhere higher up in AirHELL. The female who called me regarding my complaint to DoT 1st told me that my watch is wrong. Of course she faced stiff argument, from me (not getting into details). When she could no longer outright claim that all the watches in my house, office, pc, other phones were wrong, she had the cheek to tell me to set all my watches about 40 mins behind IST, so that they would sync. with AST (AirHELL STARNDARD TIME) and that would solve my problem! Can you beat that? I told neither of my workplaces nor anybody I know follow AST, and if I followed it, I would be booted out. So I would like an assurance from her that AirHELL that they will offer me a good position in their company. She then gave up and just told me that it is simply not possible them to make any change in AirHELL's network time, and it is I who will have to adjust according to it. I immediately brought it to DoT's notice, with reminders. IIRC I got one pre drafted reply only, and no more replies. I then called up the Director and was told what I have already stated in a previous post. My complaints had zero effect on anything. I could not take that and I finally got rid of my connection. Most my my friends take all this daylight looting in their stride and find it normal, so are still with AirHELL. Actually this is what seems to be happening - the complaints from DoT seem to be forwarded higher up the redressal hierarchy in the telco. For eg. one of my complaints against RCom went to the Corporate Office. The response from there is definitely of a different order. After that mailing them directly (other issues) had the same effect. You are simply lucky that the telco redressed your complaint after writing to DoT. If they don't, bad luck!

Your statement "If govt does not have teeth who else on earth has?" is of course a valid statement; but one which has no answers. I have already posted the regulations above. "Stringent mail" or whatever has zero meaning when the sender has no teeth. Accept it, its true. The Director's statement is quite correct, given the current regulations.

I must say your trust in the ugly institution called government is indomitable. Now maybe that is something worth saluting. Where do you think mails sent to ddgpg-dot@nic.in are going? Is there any difference in posting your complaint on their site or emailing them? Also, just see the email id... does it suggest something??? TRAI as we all know does not deal with individual cases. Nor are they empowered to do so. This I am sure everyone knows here, so I won't even post proof. All these are just paper tigers. How exactly do you expect them to send this "specific stringent communication" when they simply do not have any teeth? Do you still seriously think they even read the complaints before forwarding? If yes then one more to you.

Dude, sorry to say but I'm afraid so much of your idealism is li'l misdirected. Much as I hate AirHELL, I'm forced to say that the credit should go to them only, lol! Further, I had even called the Directer General's office once and was told the same thing - that all they can do is forward it to the appropriate authority in the telco. They cannot help beyond that. He further advised me to change over to PSU telcos - MTNL/BSNL, to avoid getting into problems with private telcos, So in short, all they are doing is functioning like a post office or a router. Since you may not believe me, I fished this out from their site - Seems like your salutes should go to AirHELL. Indian Govt. doesn't function too well, I'm afraid.

Thats the PG cell. Its just a post office. But ya, I'm not saying it does not bring results. But don't think that DoT is giving any special interest in your case. Quite likely they just forward it, without even reading, lol. In case the telco does not resolve your issue, they won't/can't take any punitive action.

Thats hardly a fair statement. I smell a rat, and hence just cautioning others here. I have no personal experience of buying anything from them. Yes, I did email them twice - was interested in buying something (and they had/have a 15% discount for RCom postpaid subscribers, which was very tempting for buying higher value items) and had a query about some product. IIRC I even sent one to their CEO. Absolutely no reply. I called them once, and the female was neither helpful nor professional nor even "friendly". If this is their normal behavior, imagine what it might be after they get your cash. And this besides what I'v already mentioned in the previous post and make your own judgement. In a way its good that many here have ordered. Now I can hope for some more reliable reviews.

Oh ok. Since its your 1st purchase from Letsbuy, will await a review of your experience. Please check out the reviews of Letsbuy online, esp. at Mouthshut. Reason, observation and my intuition all tell me that the recent good reviews are posted by the company itself, to improve its rating there. Check them out and decide for yourself. I don't think you would have bought if you had checked out the reviews. I can only hope your experience will be different.

RCom seems to be in a real mess. They seem to have no idea about priorities. At this rate they will have negative ARPU. Anyway, good deal for you... if you can utilize it! Or probably they are giving it because they know you cannot utilize it on their super crappy network. Either way they seem to be nuts. Lol!

How has your experience been with Letsbuy? Their reviews are very bad. And to top it, they seem to be posting fake reviews on Mouthshut. I would caution anybody from buying from this site. If any other well known members here like Sadik have had better (or worse) experiences, do let us know.

Looking at RCom's history, it would be quite safe to assume that they will surely discontinue this. RCom has always changed its plans much faster than any other operator. It is always risky to get lured into RCom for some specific plan. But now there is MNP. But then it seems to be going anything but smoothly for most people... so you may have to go thru quite a hassle. Only time will tell... +100 to that.

Dude, where did you send your mail? Dot's Public Grievance Cell is simply a postmaster. It forwards your mail to the appropriate authority in the telco. Thats it. Seems they have no power to take any punitive action. You are just lucky that your complaint has probably reached higher up in the telco and they have resolved it.

Its the kind of phone that would look good in female hands.

Sigh... so like the rest of Tata Docomo's systems, this too is half-baked.

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Very good point. I had forgotten that numbers are a national resource and do not belong to the telco, to being with. Considering this, the telco's stance is untenable in court. Dudes, do not take this nonsense lying down. If a telco is illegally withholding your port out request, it behooves you to make them do it, hook or by crook. If we just accept what they say, then we are ourselves responsible for the state of things.

30 MB/hr FUP!