Monthly Archives: October 2017

Reliance Jio (4G mobile Internet) hikes its rates

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Ravi

Reliance Jio 4G rates revised from today: Check out the full prepaid, post paid tariffs here, http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/reliance-jio-4g-rates-revised-postpaid-prepaid-october-19-4897069/, 19th Oct. 2017. The hikes for regular users is in the following prepaid plans (see http://www.jio.com/en-in/4g-plans): 1) Rs. 399/- 1 GB per day validity … Continue reading →

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Jio care/My LYF care responses are confidential; I expect a JioFi 3 WiFi router firmware update over the next few days

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Ravi

I had a few rounds of email exchanges with Jio care/My LYF care on the JioFi 3 WiFi 4G router update for WPA wireless security vulnerability issue mentioned in earlier posts. However, I am not in a position to share … Continue reading →

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My view on Times of India article on WPA2 wireless security vulnerability; I plan to continue using JioFi 3 WiFi 4G Internet router for https sites

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Ravi

Thanks to Shri Deepak Bharwani for providing this article link: `Password-locked Wi-Fi prone to cyber attacks’ by Kim Arora, http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31804&articlexml=Password-locked-Wi-Fi-prone-to-cyber-attacks-17102017001050, dated 17th Oct. 2017. Shri Bharwani provided the link in a comment on one of my previous Facebook posts on … Continue reading →

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US-CERT releases public vulnerability note on WPA2 wireless security handshake

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Ravi

This post follows up on earlier post today: US CERT advisory on WPA2 wireless security flaw, sent to orgns (not public), https://ravisiyer.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/us-cert-advisory-on-wpa2-wireless-security-flaw/. US-CERT released this PUBLIC note today: Vulnerability Note VU#228519; Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) handshake traffic can be manipulated … Continue reading →

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US CERT advisory on WPA2 wireless security flaw, sent to orgns (not public)

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Ravi

I had planned to do some reading up about security vulnerabilities (and any health issues) related to WiFi. Perhaps in 2011 or so I seriously considered whether I should use WiFi on a regular basis. But at that time I … Continue reading →

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Extraordinary low cost 4G smartphone (sub Rs 3000) and low cost 4G Internet access portends very bright outlook on this front for India, and perhaps the world

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Ravi

Note: This post is copy-pasted from another blog of mine here: http://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.in/2017/10/extraordinary-low-cost-4g-smartphone.html. Last updated on 15th Oct. 2017 These past few months seem to be raining bonanzas for Indian customers of low-cost 4G Internet services as well as 4G Internet devices. … Continue reading →

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1.78 billion hours of high-speed data (video) and 3.78 billion GB of data consumption, and 2.7 billion Rupees loss for Reliance Jio for this Sept. quarter

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Ravi

A correspondent passed on this article: 178 crore hours of video, 378 crore GB of data behind Reliance Jio’s Rs 271 crore loss, http://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/reliance-industries-q2-resultsreliance-jio-video-playback-data-loss-voice-call-volte-4g/story/262023.html, 13th Oct. 2017 The above article mentions that Reliance Jio reported Rs. 270.59 crore loss during … Continue reading →

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A few days back Jio 4G in Puttaparthi was down for at least an hour or two; Used Rs. 4 STV of BSNL 3G Internet to save my blog post

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Ravi

I thought it appropriate to record in this blog where I have been putting up lot of posts about Jio 4G Internet service in Puttaparthi, that a few days back Jio 4G network went down for at least an hour … Continue reading →

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JioFi 4G router at band 40 gives good 2 to 5 Mbps speeds but at band 5 occasionally gives poor 500 to 700 Kbps speeds in my Puttaparthi flat

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Ravi

At times the JioFi 3 router provided Internet speed in my flat in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, is in the range of 500 to 700 Kbps. Of course, I am talking of situations where I had/have not crossed my FUP limit … Continue reading →

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