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TATA Nano online booking opens

TATA Nano official online booking has opened and you need to pay the full amount for online booking which is Rs 95000 ( $1900), Rs 1,20,000 ($2400) and Rs 1,40,000 ($2800)  for the three models TATA Nano, TATA Nano CX and TATA Nano LX respectively.

Please follow the link below for booking TATA Nano instantly. If you are the lucky one among first 1 lakh registrations, you will be notified after a lucky draw within 60 days (starting 25 Apr, the closing date of booking) of booking closing date. But you need to pay full amount to ensure you get in the line. Your amount will be refunded if you are not lucky(or you can choose to get in line for next set of cars). 

http://tatanano.inservices.tatamotors.com/tatamotors/index.php?option=com_booking&task=step1

Though many people were expected to book a Nano, the numbers might come down thanks to the full payment option , they can also pay Rs 3000 through SBI,ICICI or other banks as mentioned in the site(by applying and qualifying for a loan).

“One TATA Nano for one PAN number” and PAN number is mandatory for ordering the car. The lucky ones mught need to wait for 6 months from now to get their own Nano.

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Reliance Netconnect Broadband and TATA Indicom’s photon should we buy them?

There is a lot of buzz about these two newly launched products from Reliance Infocomm and TATA Indicom, both promises speeds of upto 3.1 Mbps, and both claim this is the fastest broadband plan available in the country. And both claim they are better than any of their nearest rivals, so are all these claims true? Obviously as we know about these two brands not everything is true. Lets see how they fare in their promises.

Speed : 

Though both claim the speeds of upto 3.1 Mbps, TATA Indicom says the speed at anytime can be shared between upto 20 users basically bringing down the Minimum guaranteed speed to 150 Kbps, as same as the normal CDMA plan. . Also they mention the speed depends on time of day, coverage etc.

Atleast TATA Indicom had the coutrtesy to mention contention ratio but Reliance doesnt even mention the minimum guaranteed speed in their website. Even in their comparision chart they have mentioned average speed as 500 Kbps and have mentioned TATA indicom’s avg speed at 400kbps download.

Coverage :

TATA Indicom has extremely poor coverage and is available in Certain parts of Chennai,Bangalore,Mumbai,Jammu and Kashmir and North east. Call TATA Indicom customer care before opting for this as they havent provided any coverage map.

Reliance fares better in this covering 35 cities and covers most part of the cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmadabad etc. Reliance claims to have 4200 towers capable of Wireless broadband and according to Reliance (yes as per reliance comparision chart) TATA Indicom has 300 photon enabled towers.  

So make sure your area is covered before making a jump into wireless broadband.

Truly unlimited ??

Though both these operators have unlimited plans with a price of above Rs.1000 none of them offers true unlimited plans. Both have fair usage policy limiting the usage at 10GB per month. After this 10GB every MB will be charged Rs 2 each. This basically does not allow a high speed connection to its fullest potential. If you stream videos from Youtube or Hulu probably you will fall shortof GB’s  within 10 days. So dont go for these connections till both operators make them “truly unlimited”

Pricing :

Both pricings are on similar lines , Reliance’s nationwide (or 35 cities) access with unlimited costs Rs 1750 whereas Tata’s unlimited (5 cities) costs Rs 1050

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Home Computer blast kills TCS employee in Chennai

In one of the most bizarre stories, Vijay Kumar an employee of TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) was (suspected) to be burnt to death in a  freak accident involving computer. Though exact  reason is unknown  he was found charred to death in a sitting position in front of his Home PC, which was also completely burnt.

The victim was sharing the room with two others in telugu brahmin street in Velachery and was working in TCS Velachery. His roomate Ram Prasad was taking bath when he heard a blast, and found his roomate burnt in front of his computer. Ram Prasad reportedly fainted on the scene.

Vijay Kumar hails from Madurai, a southern city in Tamil nadu. Till now there has never been a case of computer related death, there have been cases in China due to buring batteries etc. But this involves a PC and mostly assembled one. Chennai Police havent ruled out foul play yet.