It would sometimes be a pain to call up Tata Indicom customer care to come home and sort out whats gone wrong with your Internet connection. You can expect them at your doorsteps every morning till you make the payment but do not dream after that.

Remember that since this is a wireless connection, there are very low chances of the signal getting interrupted from the Tata Indicom WiMax station. Nine out of ten the issue would be due to the computer or wireless receiver at your end. How do we check if the signal is being received and the signal has good strength? Please follow the steps below to check it yourself.

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Things to know before installing Tata Indicom WiMax Internet Connection.

WiMax from Tata Indicom [VSNL] is gaining popularity as its wireless and has good reception. However, there are also issues from Tata Indicom Wi-Max users that signal fluctuates often and that the signal is dead many times a month. If you have an issue connecting to the internet 80 percent reason could be that there is low signal or the signal is null. To check this out you would have to call the customer support and this can be a pain.
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Miles and miles of cables lie in the sea connecting continents and passing through various seas and oceans. It is a great task having these cables laid in the bottom of the sea. These same cables are used to also transfer telecommunications.

Early sea cables during the 19th century were made of iron and later replaced with steel wire. These cables were wrapped in India rubber and had multi-stranded copper wire at the core.

However, all the modern cables laid in the sea are made of fibre optic technology and are usually 69mm in diameter and are pretty heavy. Around 10Kg per metter. These carry digital payloads.

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Internet has been disrupted in India, Egypt and Gulf Arab countries. This is due to a ship accidently cutting down on the international undersea cable network on Wednesday near Alexandria, in Egypt’s north coast.

It is estimated that it could take several days to restore the network and as much as 60% of the Internet users in India could be affected.

Though the extent of impact cannot be determined on the IT industry, Egypt’s telecom ministry said 70% of the country’s Internet network is down.

Rajesh Chharia, president of the Internet Service Providers’ Association of India, informed Reuters that “There has been a 50 to 60% cut in bandwidth.” Read More »