12.21.2009

A Comparison - Should I switch to Vonage leaving Regular Phone Service?

Vonage has hit hard on its competetors by introducing Vonage World Plan. Especially, amongst the Indians looking to make unlimited long distance calls to India.

The widespread use of broadband and the low prices for VoIP calls, mostly cheaper than conventional phone service, have attracted huge customer base for VOIP phones in recent past. There are still many people in USA who are using other phone providers and international calling cards.

For the people with a existing phone service (landline) the question is "Should I switch to Vonage leaving regular Phone Service?". In this post I am trying to do a comparison between VoIP & Regular phone service and bring several points to consider over one or the other.

When you are thinking about keeping a home phone these are two option which you may need to consider.

1. The Regular Home phone (e.g. ATNT,Comcast)

Pros:

- Voice quality is good.

- Availability is 99.9%, which makes it most reliable for 911 calling in case of emergency.

Cons:

- Not cheap anymore, when compared to the VOIP phones.

- International calling is too costly therefore you may need to go for an additional calling card service. (e.g. Airtel,Rebtel,Union telecard)

- Not as easily portable as VoIP phones.

2. The VOIP phones (eg. Vonage)

Pros:

- Are much cheaper for local and international calling with unlimited calling options. (e.g. Vonage World Plan comes at $24.99 a month and lets you make unlimited calls inside USA and many other countries including India.).

- VoIP is portable. Its just matter of reconnecting your VoIP adapter to internet in your new home. Some people have tried doing it outside USA as well and it works.

- VoIP services offer useful features you just can't get with a regular phone. (e.g. adding a secondary virtual number, manage your account online, receive voicemail messages via e-mail)

- Most of the providers have unlimited minutes plan.

Cons:

- Will not be available if your internet is down. This may be a big downside when you think about calling 911 in case of an emergency and phone is down due to some problem in internet.
If you have a cell phone then you may consider using it always instead of this phone.

- Voice quality may be poor as compared to regular phone service. though, this may not be always distinguishable you may suffer during high internet usage.

- Audio delays are higher then regular phone service.

- The type of broadband service used with VoIP affects your service. DSL is proven to be the most VoIP reliable method. Cable modem scored highest in call quality.

Conclusion
Its clear from above comparison that there are certain trade offs in choosing one or other service. Now that we have this comparison it makes it much easier to decide. Here are few suggestions based on the above comparisons.


  1. If you already have a Regular phone service and want to add an extra line then you must take Vonage World plan as this is going to be much cheaper and flexible as compared to regular phone service.

  2. If you want most reliable service to be always able to make 911 calls then go ahead with Regular phone service.

  3. If you want to make cheaper international calls then you should consider Vonage World Plan first.

  4. If you stay in a rented apartment and keep moving to different addresses in a few months/years then you should consider Vonage due to its extreme flexibility.
  5. IF you are using calling cards for making international calls and your expenses are going above $25/month then you should consider Vonage as it will fix your expenses to $24.99 with unlimited international calling plan.


Recommendation for existing customers
Existing Customers who are paying $24.99/mo or more should definitely try Vonage World Plan. If you previously had unlimited USA calling plan then it will be smarter to move to World Plan at the same rate. Checkout my other post about how to switch to "Vonage World Plan"

Please share your experience and comment if this review helped you.

If you are thinking of buy Vonage plan, I recommend using my referral link(Vonage World Plan) this way we both can enjoy 2 months of free service.




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11.13.2009

Something is technically wrong on Twitter

Many users on twitter are seeing this message on Twitter. There seems to be many issues since twitter rolled out the "Retweet" feature. Twitter facing high number of errors.

Something is technically wrong.

Thanks for noticing—we're going to fix it up and have things back to normal soon.




Here is the message on twitter status blog


Working on high number of errors 1 day ago

We’ve been contending with an elevated number of errors since late last night. We’ve ruled out a number of causes of this problem but are still working to reduce the number of errors on the site.

Update (12:35p): We’re continuing to make changes and are seeing errors return to more acceptable levels.



As a action toward reducing the number of errors, twitter team has decided to disable the Retweet feature temporarily.



Retweet feature temporarily disabled 1 day ago

We’re working on a few problems related to the ongoing rollout. These should be resolved quickly and it will be back on for those who had the Retweet feature previously. And we’ll then continue the incremental rollout of this feature to everyone.


Twitter should not be rolling out any new features unless they are able to fix the reliability issues with this application. Millions of users are online using the Twitter and such issues are going to benefit other Competitors like Jaiku from Google. Jaiku provides twitter like functionality in much organized way.

10.06.2009

One tweet I Surely don't like - Twitter is over Capacity

Have you seen your twitter page show like this? "Twitter is over capacity. Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again." Are you getting annoyed by this message? Don’t worry, you are not alone. This is certainly one of the hottest discussion in web.

Lately, Twitter has been down more than the sea level. You may have seen this more often if you have tried changing your profile picture or background picture on twitter.

What does it mean in technical terms?
How Twitter can resolve this problem?
Why Twitter is overloaded?





What does it mean in technical terms?

You are getting this message because you are being redirected to Twitter’s 503 page (Service Unavailable page).
An HTTP status code 503(Service Unavailable) indicates that twitter Web server is currently unable to handle the request because of a temporary overload or maintenance of the server.

Why Twitter is overloaded?

Many people are trying to understand "Why Twitter is having so many issues":

Here are few possible reasons we can think of

  1. 1. Scalability of underlying framework they have used (Ruby on Rails).
  2. Too many automated users are spamming and fewer are Genuine users. Does Twitter need to put more storng limits for automated users?
  3. Twitter has become the Short Messaging Service of the Internet. Due to its 140 characters per post, and millions of users are using it these days. This could possibly be the biggest reason.



How Twitter can resolve this problem?

Twitter needs to explore all possible options to scale up their application this could be some options like

1. Scale up and get more hardware?
2. Reduce the limit of automated tweets.
3. Act fast & hard on spammers.

I have seen this page once or twice every week on twitter & I am sure many other people are seeing this more and more. Twitter needs to find out a way to scale up their application otherwise people are going to hate it and its going to be dead in coming few months or so.

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9.10.2009

Big B Amitabh Bachchan to Host in Big Boss Season 3


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Last year ‘Bigg Boss’ was the most popular reality shows on Indian television. Colors TV is coming back with Big Boss 3 where Big B - Amitabh Bachchan will be seen. Amitabh replaces Shilpa Shetty who was hosting Big Boss Season 2.

Colors TV channel CEO Rajesh Kamat Says -

'After the tremendous success of ‘Bigg Boss’ last year, we want to take it to even higher levels this year – in ratings, in novelty and in appeal. With Mr. Bachchan on board, we strongly believe that ‘Bigg Boss’ this year has all the ingredients to surpass its last year’s popularity,’

Amitabh Bachchan, who has created waves in the Television industry as host of superhit game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’,
is making a comeback to the small screen after a four years.

Big B's role in ‘Bigg Boss’ has been defined as that of a ‘Pop Philosopher’, which is a unique concept that will be one of the differentiators of this season.

In this role, Amitabh will bridge the gap between ‘Bigg Boss’ participants and viewers through contextualising events,
simplifying emotions as well as analysing developments that happen within the ‘Bigg Boss’ house.

"Now, the discussion will move to a dinner-table introspection level. Why were the contestants doing what they were doing... what were their motivations or thinking behind it, etc."






We needed a prophetic voice that would be heard and taken seriously. Quite frankly, if Mr Bachchan hadn't agreed, we'd have scrapped the concept of the 'pop philosopher' on the show." Says Rajesh Kamat to the press.

8.25.2009

Vonage World Plan Review - How is Voice Quality to India calls?

Vonage has recently added India to the list of countries for unlimited international calls from USA. We have opted for this connection on August 20th 2009.

This is the first cut review of this plan within very short period of time (only few days) so consider this as an initial review and do not have any strong opinion about it.

This review is a comparison based on my experience with Vonage World Plan and other calling cards I tried till date.(e.g reliance india call, airtell call home, rebtel, union telecard and true roots)


Pros:





  1. Getting the Connectivity

  2. We have observed that the connectivity is really good. During last few weeks we have observed absolutely no connectivity problem. Phone quickly connects without any problem to any number in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Cities in Madhya Pradesh (e.g. Indore,Ujjain, Bhopal, Khandwa). I have not tried calling other cities, but if you have some experience please share in comments.

    I have kept Vonage World plan connectivity in Pros as I have seen lot of connectivity problems with few other calling cards I tried till date.(e.g reliance india call, airtell call home, rebtel, union telecard and true roots)

  3. Voice Latency

  4. Voice Latency is clearly a Pro of Vonage World Plan. I have observed all calling cards have a small delay in voice, but I did not observe this with Vonage World Plan in last few days.

  5. Voice Clarity

  6. Voice clarity is good. I did not find a difference between a USA call and international call voice level.


Cons:






  1. Voice Breaking

  2. We have observed voice breaking a few times. This has been observed more by the receiving end (India).

  3. False Rings

  4. We have observed "False Rings" a couple of times.
    "False Ring" - Means when we make a call we can hear the phone ringing, but the receiving end never gets a ring on their phone. We have observed this on Cellular phone in Madhya Pradesh.

  5. Impact during heavy internet usage

  6. This clearly is a downside of any VOIP phone. If you are watching a video on Youtube then your phone call voice will start breaking, and at times you cannot hear anything.

  7. Long duration calls

  8. We have observed that most of the times phone automatically disconnects after 30-45 minutes.



Recommendation for new users
My personal recommendation is to definitely try it, as Vonage provides you free service for initial 2 months and its worth giving a try. You can follow my referral link to try it.



Recommendation for existing customers
Existing Customers who are paying $24.99/mo or more should definitely try this plan. If you previously had unlimited USA calling plan then it will be smarter to move to World Plan at the same rate.

Update 1:
I have been using Vonage world plan for over a few months now and still didn't face much issues then above mentioned. There are few times when we had connectivity problem during Diwali & some other festivals. Otherwise connection quality is pretty much the same as it was during time of subscribing.

Please share your experience and comment if this review helped you.


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8.20.2009

Now Make Unlimited Calls to India - Vonage World Plan - $24.99/month


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  • Unlimited local and long distance in the U.S. and Puerto Rico

  • FREE unlimited calling to more than 60 other countries**, including India, Mexico and Canada




  • Below is the details of the World plan



    Below is the list of countries you can call if you have Vonage World plan.







    If you are an existing Vonage customer then you can easily switch your current plan to "Vonage World Plan". If you current plan is $24.99 or more then there will be no extra charges for switching.

    Here are the steps for switching your current billing plan.

  • Login to your vonage account.

  • Select Billing tab.

  • Click on the link "Change Your Calling Plan" (Its at the right side in "Billing Features" )


  • Select option "Vonage World Plan - $24.99/month" and click "Select Plan & Continue" button.

  • A Confirmation page will be show with the order details. Confirm your order.

  • Done! Your Current Plan should show up as "Vonage World Plan - $24.99/month" and its should be effective immediately.





  • 8.03.2009

    7 Reasons why overstock.com should be called OutOfStock.com

    Today morning, I was shopping at overstock.com and found a series of things which made me call this site a OutOfStock.com.

    I am sure many of you also must have come across such out of stock on overstock. :)















    7.26.2009

    'Sach Ka Samna' stolen idea from 'Moment of Truth' - Good, Bad & Ugly part


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    The recent Indian television Show "Sach Ka Samna", which has grabbed attention of Indian media and people is based on America's old popular show 'Moment of Truth' in which Contestants answer a series of 21 increasingly personal and embarrassing questions to receive cash prizes.

    In America this show is hosted by Mark Walberg and is telecasted by the Fox network. The show first premiered in America on January 23, 2008.



    Indian Channel Star Plus has copied the exact same show and its called "Sach Ka Samna" (means "facing the truth" in Hindi) in which Contestants answer a series of 21 questions mostly embarrassing as they are personal in nature.
    Those who pass the polygraph test become eligible to win up to Rs one crore in prize money. Rajeev Khandelwal will be seen as the host of the show.



    The Good


    Its astonishing to see people staggerring, crying and shiverring just to answer a few questions. The positive side of this show is emphasis on truth, which is most important part of any humon beings life. If presented well, this can be a good learning for Indian youth.

    I would be really surprised to see an Indian politician sitting on this show and answering some serious questions.

    The Bad



    Where is originality?
    As always, Why cant Indian channels try to be original in creating there own shows instead of stealing a American hit idea?
    The ironi of this show is that its about truth of contestants but the channel doesnt like to be truthful & honest to their audience.

    Hoopla by Media
    There is a big hoopla made about it in the media, and some people think this is against Indian culture and some questions are obscene. Well, in India there are many people who worry about "Not so Important" problems.
    Instead of looking into issues that are more important, and serious than spending time on a stupid daily soap.

    So as always Indian Judiciary needs to waste their time on this now, which is going to give this show enough attention in media and audience. The matter was up for hearing on July 29.

    "NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed two petitions seeking a stay on the controversial TV show 'Sach Ka Samna', saying that moral policing is not its function."

    The Contestants, who are participating are well aware of what will be asked to them, and its their personal life so why Other people wasting their time on it?

    The Ugly



    Questions about Sexual life
    Any personal question would be more serious for India audience if its about Contestants Sexual life.
    I have seen a few episodes of this show and noticed that the host are trying to ask more of such questions in the end, which can make or spoil any contestants life.

    The Secret of polygraph machine
    - The channel claims that "The Polygraph Machine" tells them if the answer is correct or not. And as per the format of show, they ask 50 questions in advance and decide to ask 21 out of them. That means they can always decide whether they want this person to win or not.
    - I wouldn't agree that Polygraph machine is scientifically 100% accurate, so whats the basis of truth here? In a few episodes people have answered seemingly not difficult questions and the Polygraph declared them "False".
    So there is not gaurantee that you being truthful may have you win 1 crore. The channel keeps the secret of winning the game with it.

    6.30.2009

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    - Click on the front of the car to move it backward.


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    Don't forget to leave a comment if you like this game.





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    I always loved playing sudoku in the newspapers, here is a simple online version for you to play for free. You don't have to wait for next day to solve a new sudoku puzzle now :)




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    Sudoku is a logic-based number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 boxes (also called blocks or regions) contains the digits from 1 to 9 only one time each. The puzzle setter provides a partially completed grid.
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    6.15.2009

    Can I Earn Money for Idle Computer Processing Time?

    I was trying to search over web if I could earn something by lending my computer at idle time.

    Here is the rationale behind this, as most of you would know that modern computers are good at doing multi-tasking and many processes can be run on a simple laptop of a desktop. If you do not have computer science background than you may be surprised to know that you are still keeping your computer idle for most of the time.
    If you are browsing on the internet you laptop processing takes few milliseconds and after that it sits idle. This is the reason why even after running many parallel programs you computer keeps responding on time.

    If you computer is sitting idle for a longer time then you may utilize its processing using a PEER program and it can have you earn some money in idle time.
    The earning may vary based on the amount of time your system is available and few other factors but its worth giving a try. Here I am trying to use Gomez as the provider for using my machine. All you need to do is a register for free with Gomez then download & install their PEER client on your machine.

    If you have more then one machine then you can use all of them (if you want) and your earnings can be higher.

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    How does the Gomez PEER work? What does it do with my spare capacity?

    Each PEER in Gomez's network serves as a "beacon," running in the background of your PC, contributing its spare resources (such as otherwise wasted processing power, RAM, and bandwidth) to test the performance of Web sites.


    What kind of computer do I need to run the Gomez PEER?

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    Is the Gomez PEER secure? Does it provide access to my personal files or data?

    The Gomez PEER was designed with security in mind. The PEER defines a "sandbox" on your machine that sets advanced security policies to prevent unauthorized access. Also, the information passed between your machine and our server is encrypted using SSL.
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    Can I run the Gomez PEER on more than one machine?

    absolutely! You can run the Gomez PEER on multiple machines to increase your chances of earning money! Account status (Active) and System Activity determine your eligibility to earn money. Therefore, if you have multiple computers connected to the Internet, you will increase your chances of being activated and earning money. Keep in mind that you can only run one copy of the Gomez PEER on each machine and you want to make sure that you are linking all of the computers to the same Username, (account). Also, make sure that each machine has a unique "machine name" assigned during the installation process.



    You can register for free to create an account with Gomez by using my referal link below



    For those who are techies, the Gomez PEER client is a Java based program and has a decent user interface. The concept looks promising as they talk about testing the performance of several web sites using the power of millions of Gomez registered users.

    I have recently started using it, anyone already using this please share your experiences. Also don't forget to share if there are any other options available similar to Gomez?

    How to get fast approval for your account?
    Well, there is no shortcut to this but you can definitely speed up the approval of account if you keep the criteria of approval in mind.



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    5.06.2009

    Calling India? You may still be paying a lot

    There are too many offers in market when I search for calling India from US. If you are sticking to one provider then there is a possibility that you may be paying more then others. Here are few calling options, which I have personally tried and used for significant amount of time. Don't forget to share your experience with me if you are using some other providers.




    Recent offer from Airtel (Airtel Call Home) ($10/month) attracted many people and now airtel has increase the offer price to $ 14.99/month and its charges of 1 cent/minute apply only when you call a mobile number in India. To landline its 2 cent/minute.

    I don't feel this offer is so attractive for everyone as you have a validity of 30 days for your recharge so it will depend on your usage pattern. Several years back Airtel had lots of billing issues and many people have quit using it after that.







    Rebtel (Rebtel Home) charges 2.9 cents/minute and its also a reliable provider. I have seen their billing is proper and I like the direct numbers they provide you to make calls unlike other providers where you need to call the toll free and then dial your number. Rebtel's website looks better then its competetors





    Reliance indiacall (Reliance India Call Home) has also come up with recent offer of 1cent/minute, but with a recharging validity of 7 days. Which makes it dependant on usage pattern.




    Union Tele card (Union Telecard Home) is another cheaper option with decent billing and reliability. Their recent charges were 2.8 cents/minute, which is competetive to all other providers.

    5.04.2009

    Getting cash-back discount on eBay purchases

    I have been shopping on eBay from few years and always found some great deals on most of the products. In fact, if you go to eBay from Microsoft live.com site then you can get some great discount or Cash-back on your purchase. Make sure of doing following things -

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    2. Search the product on live.com and follow the link from their site to eBay.
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    5.01.2009

    Never turn on A/C immediately when you enter the car

    You should not turn on A/C immediately as soon as you enter the car.

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    Here is what your should do

    1. Open the door and wait for some time then open the windows after you enter your car - It is recommended that you open the windows and door to give time for
    the interior to air out before you enter. Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver, and is very
    difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.

    2. Turn ON the air-conditioning after windows are open for a few minutes.

    4.30.2009

    Play Tic Tac Toe Online

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    4.29.2009

    Important Swine Flu Tip - Don't kiss the Pig

    DON'T DO THIS !!!!!






    Jokes apart, swine flu has sparked widespread fear — so much so that Egypt has ordered the slaughter of the country's 300,000 pigs, even though no cases have been reported there — How easy to pin on the eponymous animal from which it emerged, but the fact is, the current pandemic is getting more then what people have thought. If pigs are to blame, so too are birds and humans.

    As Wolrd Health Association communicated in their recent message, don't panic but be careful. If you are affected with this then stay at home until you get cured. Most of the incidents in US are mild so it may not be a major concern right now for USA.

    Developing countries may need to keep themselves alert as this may cause more Maxico like incidents if ignored.

    Read more on Swine Flu

    4.18.2009

    Champions League Quarter Finals - Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea


    Champions League Quarter Finals - Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea

    Wayne Bridge's last goal stunned Arsenal and pushed Chelsea into the Champions League semi-finals.



    45 mins - Jose Antonio Reyes fired Arsenal into
    the lead from close range in first-half



    51 mins - Lampard pounced after Claude Makelele'स
    long-range strike was spilled by Lehmann



    87 mins - Bridge popped up two minutes later with a classy left-foot finish after a perfect one-two with Gudjohnsen to stun Arsenal.


    The squads

    Arsenal: Lehmann, Lauren, Campbell, Toure, Cole, Ljungberg, Edu, Vieira, Pires, Henry (Bergkamp 81), Reyes।


    Subs Not Used: Stack, Keown, Wiltord, Silva, Clichy, Kanu.

    Booked: Lauren.

    Chelsea: Ambrosio, Melchiot, Terry, Gallas, Bridge, Parker (Gronkjaer 46), Lampard, Makelele, Duff (Cole 82), Gudjohnsen, Hasselbaink (Crespo 82).
    Subs Not Used: Sullivan, Mutu, Geremi, Huth.

    Booked: Gallas, Hasselbaink, Cole.

    Attendance: 35,486.

    Referee: Markus Merk (Germany).

    For those who don't follow soccer, here is some information.

    The UEFA Champions League (usually referred to as simply the Champions League or less frequently as the European Cup) is an annual football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It is the most prestigious club trophy in European football.


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    3.16.2009

    Dead rat in dal - Be Careful

    Just read this email today, please be very careful about what you buy from Indian stores ! This incident happened in New Jersey.

    When I opened a new 8lbs packet of Toor Dal recently bought from a Indian Store. I took a cup of it to cook and decided to pour the rest in a canister when I noticed the black object inside, closer look revealed a whole dead baby mouse. Still in shock that how fortunate I was to have noticed it before I cooked the one cup for my children tonight, I rushed to the Indian Store to make aware of the batch number and the distributor of the SWAD brand Dal. First response was to go and take another free one,it took few minutes before we explained that it be reported seriously. We take it for granted packaged goods are checked, but a proper quality check would have caught this thing before you see it in a bag. Just remember to feel through the packet before you take home something, I know I will from today.

    Here are few picture of incident.











    If you don't know what is Dal, read here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dal

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