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Faster!
w
e’ve come a long way from the days of dial-up modems, frequent
disconnects and pathetic Internet speeds to always-on, high speed
connections where you can watch movies and play online games.
You’re joking right?
Obviously. The promise of broadband in India still remains unrealised. Sure,
if you’ve got the money, you can invest in expensive dedicated leased lines,
VSATs and the like for your office or home and experience gut-wrenching
speeds. There are more affordable alternatives: DSL and Cable Internet, both
great technologies that can fulfil the promise of broadband.
But, they don’t. These same technologies have let us down. Or to be more
precise their service providers and implementers have let us down.
Early networks supported customers who used bandwidth in the range of
2-4 Kbps. This has changed. An average broadband customer today demands a
minimum of 1 Mbps. So when service providers with older networks try to scale
up to match the high requirements, reliability and performance issues creep in.
It’s the classic chicken and the egg conundrum. Should the service providers
ramp up infrastructure for users that don’t exist yet? Or should they wait and
get more users before they ramp up their infrastructure, which leads to poor
quality of Service for the existing users.
The egg has hatched and the chicken is nowhere in sight. Users want high
speed Internet access and are ready to pay for it. Especially considering the dial-
up fees they pay to the telecom companies and their local Internet provider in
any case.
So are we going to be stuck to our modems forever?
No. A solution is in sight. With the lowering costs of international band-
width and the setting up of national high-speed backbones, the costs of upgrad-
ing infrastructure will become more feasible. But it’s going to take some time.
Meanwhile the only ‘real solution provider’ is that one entity which cur-
rently controls all last mile connectivity—your local cablewallah. India has
a very large cable TV penetration—it’s much more than the telephone user
base. The cablewallah is responsible for wiring our nation, so to speak, and
with his lower operational costs and bundles of ingenuity, he’s in just the
right position to offer broadband to the starving consumer, neighbourhood
by neighbourhood.
All that’s left is for you to demand this service.
Vinit Aggarwal
Assistant Editor
“
Should Internet
service providers
ramp up
infrastructure
for broadband
users that don’t
exist yet?
”
vinit_aggarwal@jasubhai.com
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magazine
MAY
2002
30
38
The 64-bit express highway
A look at what 64-bit technology could
mean to average desktop users
87
Using voice recognition
in Office XP
Cosy up to Office XP’s voice
recognition feature and bid your
keyboard a fond farewell!
Shopping for
seconds
What you need to look
out for when buying a
secondhand PC
46
Motherboards comparison
test
Select the right base for your PC:
Choose from 47 motherboards tested
90
Setting up a LAN
Share resources: get your desk-
top PCs wired on a network and
set up an e-mail and proxy server
INSIDE
FEATURES
28
S.B. Koo of Samsung Electronics
speaks on what hard disk drive
technologies have to offer
TEST DRIVE
80
Accompany Agent 001 in search of
71
Quark and InDesign:
One on One!
The heavyweights in layout software
are back for a fresh contest
the best processor available
INSIGHT
81
A look at the latest offering from
nVidia’s stable: GeForce4 unveiled!
94
Got something to say? Share
your thoughts with like-minded
souls online
PC’s appearance
103
Tips and tricks to spruce up your
ARCADE
116
Want games but don’t have the
money? Here’s a roundup of the
best freeware games
84
6
120
Sharpen your gaming edge with
Talking over the Net
Internet telephony becomes legal in
India. So what’s the take?
these advance tactics for Medal of
Honor
MAY 2002
71
Connect with like-minded
people in cyberspace
30
Are we ready for the 64-bit
revolution?
46
47 motherboards put to
the test
84
Talking long distance is now
cheaper than ever with VoIP
90
The joys of building your own
network to share resources
71
Quark vs InDesign: may the
best layout software win
87
81
Take a look at what the
new GeForce4 is going to
do for gaming
116
All the free games the Net has to offer
HARDWARE
Bazaar . . . . . . . . . . .75
ACER Digital Camera 300
Amkette Internet Mouse
Duron 1.3 GHz
HP 948c Inkjet Printer
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
Neotech NKC-9999A
Olivetti Artjet 22
Priya 32x CD-Writer
Samsung Crystal Optical
Mouse
Saitek R100
Motherboards . . . . . . .46
ASUS P4B
ASUS P4B 266
ASUS P4S333-VM
ASUS A7V133-VM
ASUS A7V 333
ASUS A7N266-E
ASUS TUSI-M
ASUS TUWE-M
ASUS TUEG
ASUS TUSL2-M
ASUS A7V266-E
Dump that keyboard and talk
to your PC!
Reviewed
this month
16
26
36
44
75
97
98
122
125
126
DFI NB32-SC/SL
DFI NB70/SC
DFI NS35-SC
DFI AM75-TC
DFI AM33-EC
DFI AD73 PRO
DFI AD70-SC/SR
ECS K7S5A
Gigabyte GA-8IDML
Gigabyte GA-8SMML
Gigabyte GA-8ITXE
Gigabyte GA-7ZXR
Gigabyte GA-7ZMMH
Gigabyte GA-7VMM
HiS P4M266 (M50-12)
Intel D845WN
Intel D845BG
Intel D850MD
Jetway P4MFA
Kranion KP1M845
Krypton M7TDB
Krypton U8638
Krypton U8648-Z1
Krypton M7VKS
KOB 810E TFSX
Mercury KOB845NFSX
MSI 845 Ultra ARU
MSI 845 Ultra-C
MSI MS-6340M
MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU
MSI K7T266 Pro2
Soltek SL-75LIV
Soltek Sl-75DRV4
Vesta IM-VMBO112
Vesta V845SM
Vesta IM-VMBO-108/9
REGULARS
NEWS FEED
LETTERS
DROOLMAAL
START UP
BAZAAR
QUICK START
Q&A
GAME REVIEWS
DIGIT DIARY
BACKBYTE
SOFTWARE
Bazaar . . . . . . . . . . .75
Advance Font Catalog
1.20
G-Lock EasyMail
Idex v3.1
Millennium Accountant
Page layout . . . . . . . . .71
QuarkXPress 5.0
Adobe InDesign 2.0
Voice recognition
software . . . . . . . . .87
Dragon Naturally
Speaking 6.0
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subscription form available online at
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MAY 2002
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digit interactive
Inside the CDs
SOFTWARE
Ulead PhotoImpact 7
The ideal image editing software
for working with digital photo-
graphs, creative design or Web
graphics. Easy-to-use tools allow
you to edit photographs like a pro.
Desktop Dazzlers
Give your PC the look you’ve
always wanted with software
like BackFlip v5.0, WinLogo
Changer 1.2, GraFX Saver Pro
3.6 and much more
Plus
Desktop Architect 2.0,
IMS Web Dwarf 2.00,
freeCAD 5.0, Sprat 1.1.0,
SoftCAT 1.22,
GIF Animator 5
Test Drive
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Reviews of 8 select motherboards
tested by us
Bookmarks
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Bring the music back into your life
with these music sites
Newsletters
your personal finance better
with this month’s newsletters
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Manage
Tips & Tricks
10 of the best tips on boosting your
PC’s performance
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ARENA
Freedom Force
Lead your own team of super-
heroes against crazed villains
with dirt on their minds and
tricks up their sleeves in this
tactical RPG that bristles with
over-the-top action of comic
books
Extras
Quake III Rally v1.0, True Matrix
Mod for Max Payne, and more
SURGE
Music
Groove to the tunes of some of the
most happening games ever such
as
Duke Nukem
and
Monkey Island
GALLERY
Dig into a treasure chest of wallpa-
pers, screensavers, themes and
Winamp skins
DROOLMAAL
Good looks and
functiionality,
all in one
place!
Sponsored by
Trailers
Resident Evil, Star Wars: Attack of
the Clones, Spider-man
Drool of the month
10
MAY 2002

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