Nayar's Blog

Since last week in Mauritus, SMS prices of Orange and Emtel has risen up to 70cents/- and for MTML 10cents/- i’ve heard. So, instead pf using SMS, why not make calls of 0.5-1 mins known as Do Tiny Calls . Call rate is 1.20/min.

1. Install Apache, PHP, MySQL and other services you want

$ sudo apt-get install apache2 php5

2. Your web directory will be situated at “/var/www” by default. I changed mine to a directory in my NTS partition though.

3. Go to 192.168.1.1 and login. (Default username and password: admin, admin)

4. Go to LAN Server and click the “Add” button. A screen as this  follows should appear

5. Put anything in “Server name”.

Set “Access activated” to ‘Yes’ and “Port from” and “To” to ’80′.

Leave the “Local IP address” as it is for you

6. Know your IP address

In the left menu, go to “My Service >> Internet Access”

You should see your IP address.

If you type your IP address in your browser’s address bar, you would be able access your Livebox configuration again. But if you ask your friend to access this IP address, they would be able to access your localhost

7. If you want to share another folder from your Hard Drive such as your music files etc, you can create a shortcut to the folder in your localhost directory.

* IMPORTANT NOTICE: This tutorial should be used for educational purposes only and not used in real life! It doesn’t contain any security and privacy measure. You are responsible for your own security. Enjoy!

For those who didn’t know, you can only send 90% of your current Orange credit through Orange’s E-Transfer service. I got this message when i tried to send my dad all my money

2047: Your current request to transfer Rs.65 cannot be processed as you can transfer up to 90 percentage of your balance. (Sender 8500)

For those who don’t know how to use this service, here’s a screeny from their FAQ

Pravind Jugnauth, Minister of Finance of Mauritius announced in the budget speech 2010-2011 that all internet access fees must decrease by 16-24%.

Mauritius Telecom, A.K.A Orange, decided instead to decrease the price of MyT services, to double the internet speeds. They kept their promise this far. My internet speed really doubled. I can now download files at 117-124kBps

Did i really need a 1MB connection?
Frankly speaking, i was very much happy with the 512kbps connection. I could do anything i ever wanted to do: download huge files, develop websites, do some facebooking, download song albums, download movies. I didn’t need a 1M connection. But since it’s a huge performance-price increase, it is definitely a most welcome

Price-Performance ratio of the Orange internet packages:

MyT 512kb: Rs 1.95/kbps (before)
MyT 512kb: Rs 1.03/kbps ,47% decrease (now known as MyT 1M)
Adsl 512k : Rs 1.65/kbps (before)
Adsl 512k : Rs 1.48/kbps ,10% decrease. wft!? (now)

As you see, MyT 1M (ex MyT 512k) have the highest performance-price ratio. However, ADSL users are being scammed.
The budget says 16-24% decrease but they decreased the price by a mere 10%. This is a scandal! You must contact consumer protection thingies and the ministers.

A New Twist: MyT w/o TV option
WHAT IN HELL IS THAT!? MyT is a package consisting of My.T Surf, My.T Watch and My.T Talk. I can remember clearly that they stated that MyT cannot be obtained without the TV options in their FAQ. Seems like they removed it some time ago.

Why did they allow people to take MyT w/o TV?
If you ask MyT officials, they won’t know themselves.
It was made clear that if there is too much attenuation in your line, you just couldn’t get MyT. You had to take ADSL. It was a quite fair rule IMO. Where did MyT w/o TV come from?

The only difference between ADSL 512k and MyT 512k(w/o TV) is that MyT is shipped with wi-fi.

Is Mauritius Telecom handled by nerd donkeys?

What to do about these users with MyT w/o TV?
They are actually being offered 3 options:
1. Upgrade to MyT 1M which includes TV (Rs 999)
2. Downgrade to ADSL 512k (Rs 759)
3. Keep the existing connection without any speed increase or price decrease.

Comment on option 3: This option is 100% illegal. It is Mauritius Telecom who sold MyT w/o TV package. It is they who are now stopping this service. It is they who should take actions so as to comply with the law. They must automatically downgrade these users to ADSL 512k or offer them to upgrade to MyT 1M. Keep this in mind that they CANNOT say “keep your existing connection and pay the same”.

Why am i writing this article instead of enjoying my 1M connection?
Because i believe the extra speed given to me is being stolen from You!