Airtel rant ...

[shoan]

Following my issue regarding Airtel's GPRS service, the technical department contacted me. They claim that I will not be able to receive voice calls when there is network activity (like loading a page, downloading files etc).

On the flip-side, Airtel drops idle connections. In order to avoid that, I ping out to a remote server and keep the

Comments

[angiasaa]

Use Hutch.

When you're getting an incomming call, GPRS is temporarily dropped.

Atleast that's how it works on my phone.... Maybe it's just your phone that sux. But I doubt that. Yours is a later model than mine.

[teemus]

GPRS on Hutch is expensive. :(

[angiasaa]

Well, he's _paying_ for it on Airtel, and it's the same price.... If it's expensive on Hutch, it's expensive on Airtel! :o)

[shoan]

I am currently paying Rs. 499/mo for GPRS on Airtel.