My new device – netbook PC!!! - HP mini :)

life is changing _ now-a-days everyone need a portable device in this busy life, But I didn't own one before. More over I had some kinda thinking that I'll take one portable computer after myMBBS studies, so last year when I bought a new PC – I didn't take any portable one, I was waiting for my ending of MBBS studies.

And at last its over, so I decided to take a portable device for me.

Initially I was confused between Laptop and netbook PC – but ultimately I took my decision for Netbook PC.

Why netbook??

simple answer, its light , its small moreover user friendly_ & I'm taking it not because of performance basically I need it for maintaining my blog and social networking and recently I've taken a decision to have a personal blog on a specific topics... still working on it, when it'll be completed I'll let you know!!

ok – its a HP mini!!!

technical details -

name – HP mini 110-3000

OS- Original windows 7 starter

Processor – Intel Atom 1.83 GHz

RAM -1GB

System Type – 32 Bit Operating system

I took it from BCS Computer city at this(2010) 1^st September!!!

Its already one month I'm with it. And I'm happy with its performance.

I won't say its that fast, but not that slow as well, good for net browsing, social networking, blogging! More over its charge backup is nice, One day I used 4 and a half hours continuously and remaining charge was 52% - and at that time I used Net and watched one HD movies.

OK... I'm informing at my blog late – but I mentioned at my twitter at that day and also published a post at prothom alo blog (community bangla blog)....

You can check my tweet here and my bangla post here....

Thank you.. have a nice day!!!!

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Grameenphone Internet : GP prepaid unlimited internet is back

Grameen Phone Internet – OK, at least it can be said it’s the most widespread internet service in Bangladesh (though still lack 3^rd Generation – 3G services), but not bad regarding other services.

 Initially they had only 1 service for prepaid internet – that was – p1 pay as you go…

Eventually they provided p2 (unlimited internet service) to prepaid which was initially present only at post paid services! Then GP came out with lots of different services like limited internet of 1GB & 3GB limit. Not only that they provided 1 day unlimited internet services and the recent addition is 15MB – mini pack internet service (Grameen Phone Internet: GP new mini internet package for prepaid!).

Beside these prepaid services they had unlimited night internet services for postpaid subscribers.

BUT!! After launching P5 & P6 they restricted the p2 (unlimited) service for prepaid users. So, if you are net freak, you had to move to post paid for proper internet services or move to Banglalink prepaid unlimited service which speed is not as good as GP!

And at last GP have understood the need of the subscribers of GP and restarted the unlimited service for prepaid again at 9-8-2010 .

That’s really great, as If you do a lots of things at internet – Net surfing, blogging, chatting, surfing at google earth, uploading lots of photos at facebook or twitter, online job - you can use this service – But remember about the fair usage policy of GP internet, if you are going to use P2P connection please read the GP agreements before using!

What to do – type p2 and send to 5000 and then confirm it by sending Y to same number.

Charge – Its better U recharge 1000Tk before doing process though it doesn’t require that much. (Exact money is 982.10Tk including VAT and 2 sms charge).

To know other GP services you can visit this blog – Grameenphone internet : GP pre paid internet packages

Thank you!

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Banglalink Internet :: Banglalink pre paid 'desh' internet packages

Banglalink is the second largest mobile company in Bangladesh following Grameenphone. Though grameenphone is the pioneer mobile company for Mobile internet in Bangladesh, now a days Banglalink is giving importance in its internet service.


But, where Grameen phone and robi (aktel) have different packages for mobile internet , there Banglalink has only 2 packages and those are call package specific!


# Packages of Banglalink pre paid internet :

P1 : on the go package
It costs 0.02tk per kb and it doesn't require and monthly bundle money.
You can use it in any packages of Banglalink prepaid - Desh, ek desh, ek desh ek rate, rongdhonu, desh rang!
How to activate : write P1 & send to 3343

P2 : unlimited internet for 15 days!
Charge - 350tk/15 days
How to activate : write P2 & send to 3343
But the most irritating matter is, you can't use it in any prepaid call package, only desh users can use this!
How funny! For me 'ek desh ek rate' package suites me, but if I want to use unlimited net, then I have to convert to the tradition old call rate package!
But, GP doesn't have these kinda problems, one can use any prepaid packages in any call rate plan - Shohoj, Bondhu, Apon!
What ever, there's no option for checking usage limit as Banglalink doesn't have any data limited service for prepaid!

Settings in mobile:
You have to save apn: blweb
Settings in pc suite:

Same apn have to be given : blweb


Coverage:
You'll get Banglalink mobile internet where they've their mobile network.
But you'll get EDGE service only at large cities!

Published from my Nokia N82

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Grameenphone internet : GP pre paid internet packages

Grameenphone, which is the best mobile company in Bangladesh in terms of internet use, has different types of packages for any kind of GP pre paid package sohoj, bondhu, apon, djuice!
All of them have bounded data limit except the pay as you go offer. Its good in terms of fair usage policy.

Here is the packages for pre paid grameenphone internet!

Package 1 : P1 : pay as you go
Its the basic offer and the oldest as well. If you use internet, you'll pay according to your data usage not according to the time of usage.
Rate is .02Tk per KB

Numerically second offer for pre paid is P4. ( P2 and P3 is only for post paid now)


Package 4 : P4 : One day 150MB
Its the offer which was one the most popular offer when it came out 1st. You can use 150MB of data by 12 am after you have started the offer.

Charge per package 60tk without vat.

Type p4 and send it to 5000


Package 5 : P5 : monthly 3GB internet
Its the monthly internet service where the Data limit is 3GB. Nice one for moderate user who browses a lot and seldom download any large file.

Monthly charge 700tk without vat.

Type p5 and send it to 5000


Package 6 : P6 : monthly 1GB internet
Its the monthly internet service where the Data limit is 1GB. Nice one for moderate mobile user who seldom browses from pc or laptop.

Monthly charge 300tk without vat.

Type p6 and send it to 5000


Package 7 : P7 : mini package internet
Its the 15 days internet service where the Data limit is 15MB. Nice one for regular mobile net user who just love to update the facebook and twitter a lot seldom browse any large site from mobile.

Charge per package 29tk without vat.

Type p7 and send it to 5000


Data usage limit check up is important!

They have made it easy to check data usage and to know the remaining data.
You have to dial *566*10# from your phone and GP will give all information related your remainig data limit!

But for p7, its *566*1#

Still now Bangladesh internet penetration is extremely low in comparison with total population! Hope the new technologies will make it easy and user friendly so that the internet penetration ratio of Bangladesh will increase.

:-)

Further info::
GP unlimited prepaid is back - Grameenphone Internet : GP prepaid unlimited internet is back

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Bangladeshi Blogger : Bangladesh Blog : Thanks to BD BLOGGERZ

Blog is becoming popular in Bangladesh now a days. Its a very good sign for us as blog is establishing it as a separate powerful media beside the tele and print media. Rather its more important as it is based on both way communication and there is chance of active participation of everyone both activly and passively.

In Bangladesh, community blogs is most popular now.

Somewhere in blog

Prothom alo blog – প্রথম আলো ব্লগ

Amar blog – আমার ব্লগ

Sachalayatan - সচলায়তন

Nagorik blog – নাগরিক ব্লগ



In community blogs its easy to find any topic you are interested in and following any blogger as well. But its tough in case of the other platform of blogging – personal blogging.

Personal blogging is also becoming popular with community blog, but in personal blogging its really tough to get the important blog as one have to search these blogs in web or blog searching engine. So, blogs ranking according to search engine is very important here, which is a little complicated.

In most of the countries there are common on-line platform where one can find blog from same national origin. I was finding same kinda platform for Bangladeshi blogs, But initially I couldn't find any one. But suddenly few days back I found the link of BD BLOGGERZ in one Bangladeshi blog.



Hey BD BLOGGERZ is the on-line platform where you can find the Bangladeshi blogs which has been submitted here by the blogger and granted by admin.

Thanks to BD BLOGGERZ, they really have done a great job in Bangladeshi blog history.

Here you can find both English and Bangla (বাংলা) blogging platform, You can find both personal and community blogs of Bangladesh.

What you have to do, you have to submit you blog here and add Badge of this website to your blog.

In terms of BD BLOGGERZ badges, they have interesting and different kind of badges; I'm sure it'll draw your readers attraction.

Hat off to BD BLOGGERZ for their great job.

Hope in future you will come forward with some more interesting topics like ranking of blog or specialization of blog according to topics.

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Grameen Phone Internet: GP new mini internet package for prepaid!

Grameenphone provides the best mobile internet service in Bangladesh. Grameenphone has different internet packages for both pre paid and post paid users.

Internet speed of Grameenphone is better than other mobile operators in Bangladesh, though it doesn't support 3G services yet. Still now we have to be satisfied with EDGE internet as it is the best mobile internet in Bangladesh.


As I've said before, Grameenphone has different internet packages in their language they says these as Package1 to 6.

Now they have come out with new package for prepaid users, named as P7 or you can say it as mini internet package!

At first I thought its not very useful package for pre paid users, but Today when I thought deeply I noticed, I was wrong. Actually its nice for prepaid users, who use net only from mobile and not usage much net only regular facebook update with regular twitting along with regular mail check and some form of mobile browsing.


Hey I haven't said about the package yet!!!

P7:
Its a mini internet package where you can use Internet with 15MB limit for 29Tk with a validity period of 15 days. And you can use more than 1 package according to our use.

If you are interested, come on – send a message writing p7 to 5000, thats it!!

1 interesting thing!!!

Do you know if you use internet on the go package, then for 15MB how much you have to pay????

its 307.20 Tk without vat!!!! 

If you are a regular mobile internet user of Bangladesh, use facebook, twitter, mig33 from mobile with regular mail check and some browsing through Opera mini, then Think again, may be this package has made targeting you, as 29Tk is lesser than 307.20Tk for sure!!!!

To check the P7 data limit, you have to dial *566*1#


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NO way!! permanently switched to GrameenPhone!!

For more than 2 years I have been using Banglalink for my call and some sort of internet usage. Banglalink internet was not that bad, but suddenly for few days it is creating several problems specially in terms of internet usage.

Here comes the most funny character of the Banglalink internet, it connects with net at my parents room (beside my room) and gets a good net connection as well but strangely in my room it doesn't get connect with Banglalink internet!!!! its really strange, what ever, it was not possible to use this kind of net any more.

More over, in Bangladesh if anyone goes outside any big city he'll get GPRS connection in Banglalink, but in case of GrameenPhone one will get EDGE in most of the peripheral area in my country.


Not only that, but also GP has different internet packages for prepaid and it can be used in any prepaid package. But in banglalink, :-S only one package and it must be used in a fixed call rate (desh). Its very uncomfortable for anyone to use this kind of services.

So, using GrameenPhone for both net usage and call services.

Sharing the net speed of GP in my location:



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Review of Banglalink Internet speed!

As we don't have 3G service in our country, so for mobile browsing we have to rely on EDGE.
Now-a-days most of our mobile subscribers are providing EDGE service. In my last post I compared between GP & Banglalink internet.

In my previous post “using Banglalink Internet” I wrote about Banglalink speed, then someone of my junior colleagues said about his Banglalink speed which is about 28kbps (where I get 15-16kbps).

Yes It can happen, as these mobile internet services are based on location, data usage by other people under same BTS, distance fro BTS, obstruction from BTS.... so, I have checked my Banglalink internet speed again from speedtest.net!

But, its almost same for me, I'm getting average 15-16kbps with lots of fluctuation.
Here is the speedtest result.

Don't know when we will able to use 3G in Bangladesh. Sad but true most of the south Asian countries have this service but we don't.

Whats your net speed??

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using Banglalink Internet!

For regular internet use I prefer mobile internet connection. And I am using this internet service from the beginning of mobile internet in my country (Bangladesh). Initially I used Grameenphone internet, it’s the most popular mobile service provider in Bangladesh, supported by telenor. Their internet service is better than others. But sometimes the service fall down may be because of pressure of higher number of mobile usage under same BTS.

Whatever, coming to the center of today’s topic, it’s about Banglalink internet.

Banglalink is the second largest mobile service provider in Bangladesh which is supported by ORASCOM Telecom Ltd. I am a Banglalink subscriber for mobile usage, though normally I use Grameenphone for internet use. But this time I have changed to Banglalink, because its not easy to use 2 mobile sets always – one for talking, other for internet use.

Moreover, I get some benefit here, which are not present in GP internet.

I get unlimited package in pre paid, GP doesn’t provide this service.

It’s cheaper than GP internet.

Now I have checked the speed from speed test.

Check it out,

Not good, but not bad as well. If you think its Bangladesh and we do not have any 3G service provider yet.

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