The connection I chose is the one from sky.com. I purchased the internet broadband, the TV and the landline all from them. They were to come to my place on the 23rd to install the internet, but I was compelled to cancel that date as I went urgently to India on the previous morning. I had to re-schedule it - and the earliest reschedule date they gave me was the 6th of September. In between, they sent an engineer to install the TV set-top box - on the 29th of August. Hence, by that evening, Sky TV channels started beaming into my house. I was, after a long gap of over 22 months, finally able to view Indian channels on Sky. Thus, I was now able to choose between over 20 Indian channels, many of them in HD, such as Sony, Sony Sab, Sony Max, Times Now, Aaj Tak, News 18, Star, Rishtey, etc. etc. Within the last 10 days, I have weaned off British TV and am engrossed in watching Indian TV.
The internet guys came on the appointed date - i.e. on the 6th. By 4:00 p.m., I got connected by wireless to the worldwide web! I am now able to keep both my mobile phone and my laptop connected simultaneously. This had hitherto been impossible to do when I was staying in the hospital quarters since they allowed only 1 device to be connected at one time. The speed of the connection is excellent as well, since I am now able to download at speeds of over 1.5mbps.
Internet connectivity also allows me to view "box sets" - entire series of shows, by downloading them to the set-top box and then viewing them at my own leisure. My set-top box can download three programs at a time for later viewing. And this is an amazing feature indeed if you cannot decide which shows to save for later and which to skip.
That's it for now. Do keep reading, sharing and commenting on my blog entries. Thank you.
The internet guys came on the appointed date - i.e. on the 6th. By 4:00 p.m., I got connected by wireless to the worldwide web! I am now able to keep both my mobile phone and my laptop connected simultaneously. This had hitherto been impossible to do when I was staying in the hospital quarters since they allowed only 1 device to be connected at one time. The speed of the connection is excellent as well, since I am now able to download at speeds of over 1.5mbps.
Internet connectivity also allows me to view "box sets" - entire series of shows, by downloading them to the set-top box and then viewing them at my own leisure. My set-top box can download three programs at a time for later viewing. And this is an amazing feature indeed if you cannot decide which shows to save for later and which to skip.
That's it for now. Do keep reading, sharing and commenting on my blog entries. Thank you.
