Send SMS/MMS through internet

There are a number of sites providing this service but Text4free allows you send message all over India. You can also send text messages all over the world. There is no need to create and account. All you need is to go the site http://www.text4free.net/. Follow the instruction, enter the recipient's no, your matter and then attach an image. You are ready to send this message to your dear ones.

 

Send Free MMS message. Send pictures, audio files, and graphics. All by simply attaching them.

Send free text messages to 10 numbers at a time.

Hope you find this useful.

How to Confirm BSNL Broadband Plan Change

 

Every day, I see a lot of queries like “ how to confirm that my plan is changed ? “ , status show “ open  “ etc. Let me help you go through a few steps using which you can confirm that the plan is changed or not.

First and easy method,

Go to http://data.bsnl.in/wps/portal, log in using your 14 digit alpha numeric portal ID  and check post paid orders. Enter the phone no in the prescribed format and hit enter. You need to enter only your phone no. . Please note that you should not use zero. Normally you will get a table with your current plan and plan applied. On plan applied, see the effective date and status. Effective date should be in past and status should be provisioned.

There are other methods using which we can confirm the plan change. Please note that the following are just trick and the one in the portal will be final. There are many options for a plan change. Let us go through

 

Unlimited Plan to Unlimited plan

Go to http://speedtest.net/ and perform a speed test. Compare the speed of your plan with applied plan. If there is a speed difference, you plan is approved.

 

Unlimited plan to Limited plan

Check the usage details. If you are still on the limited plan, chargeable units excluding night unlimited will be zero.

 

Limited plan to Night unlimited plan

Check the night unlimited usage. If it is zero between 2 –8 am, then your plan is night unlimited.

 

Hope this helped. If you have any doubt, feel free to ask.

How to Auto Redial when the connection fails

 

Most of us automate the downloads. We set download and leave the system unattended, may it be during night unlimited or during day time, it is a head ache if the connection fails in between. You have to manually reconnect to resume the download. We can automate the process by a few simple adjustments in the dialler. A dialler is the window where we click connect.

Procedure:
Control panel > Network connections > Choose you dialler > properties > Options tab > check the box " Redial if line is dropped "

There is not need for a batch file or any other utility. When the system fails, it will try to reconnect the no of times mentioned. Also it is wise to set the reconnection time to 1 minute or higher to make sure that line problems do not affect your connection.

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How to change your BSNL Portal ID

 

BSNL gives two IDs, one is the user name that we enter in the modem if in PPPoE or in dialler in case of Bridge mode. Another is the Portal ID which we need to log in to the BSNL portals http://data.bsnl.in/wps/portal and http://bbservice.bsnl.in/ to check usage or change password.

http://data.bsnl.in/wps/portal is modified on 11 th of this month adding a new feature to change your Portal ID. Portal ID is a 14 digit code of the form ABC123mmddyyyy.

ABC represents your surname

123 – A 3 digit code

mmddyyyy – Date of application normally like 25102008

To change, log in to http://data.bsnl.in/wps/portal using the Portal ID and password,

On the welcome page, on the left side, you will find an option to Change  user ID, single click it.  You will be directed to a page where you can enter the desired Portal ID and click “ submit “.

Similarly you can change the  portal password and the service password from the same screen.

Hope you will find some use to it as the portal ID is usually very hard to remember with all those numbers.

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Bitmeter

Bitmeter is rated among a few good tools used to monitor internet usage. It has a graphical display which can distinguish download and upload. Upload is displayed in green and download in red. The biggest advantage is that it will show if you system is downloading without your consent. Simply look at the meter, it will show the rate at which it is downloading. If it is not initiated by you, it can be a virus.

  

It has a very good interface to show statistics. It shows the activity for last few hours, last few day and last few months in a very efficient manner.

The statistics for the day, week and month can be displayed in an efficient manner.

It can be split into hour, day and month. Didn't like the colours ? You can disable it by unchecking the box.

 
You can choose between Kbps, KBps, Mbps and MBps. We can either opt for a bar graph or a line graph. 

 

It has a stop watch that can show almost every details. You can reset it any time to monitor the usage.

 
If your plan has download/upload limit (say 1 GB), this is your best choice. Bitmeter will alert you once you have almost consumed your bandwidth. These settings are customizable. 
 

 

It can alert you if your download goes beyond a certain speed

 

or if you have downloaded a particular amount.

Please note that Bitmeter needs .NET Framework 1.1 or later to run. Download the set up and bitmeter will automatically download . NET for you. It will take some time, but it is worth it.

Safe and Free Download

Click here to download the latest version of Bitmeter.

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Free WLL Phone for BSNL Landline Customers

 

BSNL offers one rent free WLL connection to its Land Line customers.

Oh. It is a good news. The world is going mobile. We cannot live without a mobile phone these days. It seems BSNL too has noticed this. It has come with an attractive offer. You will get a free WLL (Wireless in Local Loop) mobile free. If  I am not wrong, it uses the CDMA technology whose voice quality is superior to GSM.

The best part it is rent free. If you own a landline and pays proper rent for it, you get one free of rent. But your average monthly bill should be Rs. 500 otherwise you are not eligible.

Don’t fancy a WLL mobile ? you can choose and additional rent free landline instead. The whole point is to retain the customers which it is loosing very badly to private players.

Got myself one of those. It is ok. It is a basic phone with normal features. Try grabbing one, after all you need not pay for that.

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Shaplus Bandwidth meter

Shaplus bandwidth meter is one of the most reliable tools out there which help users save themselves from huge bills. Most ISPs do not update the usage on a real time basis. BSNL has the worst record in this case. Your usage may take 2 –5 days to appear in usage details portal.

It also helps when there is a downtime for usage portals. Due to billing activities and maintenance, portals may not be available for general public.

An independent bandwidth meter shows usage on a real time basis. That is as and when we use it. Use it for an hour and after that check how much bandwidth is consumed.

Let us peep into a few good features provided.

1.Simple and quiet one.

2. One click access to session, today and monthly statistics.

 

 

      

3. It can be disabled during Night Unlimited.

4. Free to select the interface we wish to monitor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Review monthly totals in MB or GB as selected by user.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Accurate. For last month the difference between portal value and Shaplus was just + 20 MB.

7. Can show values in KB or MB according to our choice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Can run automatically at start up.

9. Can set transparency.

10. Can disable flash and images in IE. Very useful for limited bandwidth users. If images and flash are disabled pages load quickly and less bandwidth is consumed.

Please be careful. There are some programs which embed IE. If we disable images and flash, those programs also cannot display them.

The feel good factor is on ? Download it and give it a try.

Click here to download.

Recommended reference :

How to Check BSNL Broadband Usage Details ?

Precautions during BSNL Broadband Plan change.

Top 7 Tips to Protect Your Computer from Virus, Spyware, Adware & Malware.

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