I took a land line connection from Tata a few months back. The plan was to use it as a home phone. But I did not even make a single call from that phone, just because I was soo used to my mobile. After  paying the rent for a few months I decided to terminate the connection. I called up customer care and told them that I want to terminate the connection. It was a sweet girl on the line and she told me that she will send someone...

Many of us have USB internet dongles from TataIndicom or Reliance. Here is how you can configure it to work with linux. Edit the /etc/wvdial.conf file to add these extra lines. [Dialer Defaults] Modem=/dev/ttyUSB0 Baud=115200 Dial Command = ATDT Baud=115200 Dial Command = ATDT init1=ATZ init2=AT+CRM=1 Flow Control= Hardware (CRTSCTS) Username = internet Password = internet Phone = #777 Stupid Mode = 1 The line  Modem=/dev/ttyUSB0...