#Internet

Back from Dead | Troubleshoot slow page loads & 503 errors of WordPress blog

Jatin K Malik · Aug 28, 2018 · Leave a Comment

TL;DR: Read logs, delete useless shit, keep the DB clean. * Warning: A long read! * Oh well, I feel like a n00b while typing this but that's how things roll. I am not sure if I have any regular readers left, as to have regular readers one needs to be a regular author, which I am clearly not. (Yes, I wish to change.) Still, if you go back and stalk this blog, you will notice that post frequency for 2018 has been abysmal at it's best. But yes, there is a reason an interesting story behind the same. A story which might teach you a thing or two about hosting WordPress on your own hosting. It …

An Open letter to MTS | MBlaze Ultra WiFi | Delhi

Jatin K Malik · Jan 22, 2016 · 7 Comments

To whomever it may concern! MTS, you twisted little ISP, well you and your policies suck! Now as we have that out in the open, let's begin with What(s) and Why(s)! My name is Jatin K Malik and I made the grave mistake of buying your highly marketed MTS MBlaze Ultra WiFi data dongle (#8459194713) last year. I was facing problems with MTNL broadband downtime and due to lack of an immediate alternative, I decided to buy your data card. Thankfully, I didn't commit another harassing mistake of buying the Postpaid dongle and instead got the Prepaid one to be the boss of my own internet (little …

BitTorrent is dead, Long live the BitTorrent!

Jatin K Malik · Aug 2, 2015 · 6 Comments

I know. You must be thinking the author is crazy or something. Well, believe me I am as much as of a Pirate sailing/surfing the dark web as you are. By BitTorrent I obviously mean BitTorrent/P2P protocol, or more popularly known as Torrent. Yes we all love to torrent *stuff* and will argue that they will live on forever despite recent off/on affair of The Pirate Bay. But that's the truth, The torrent world as we know it, is slowly dying! But I love torrents.. I know right? We all do. If you were a student/teenage anytime in last ~10 years, I can bet you have had a chance to use torrents and …

My experience with Den Boomband | User Review

Jatin K Malik · Jul 2, 2015 · 264 Comments

Well if you are a regular reader, you must have read that recently I switched from MTNL to a new ISP. As you must have read in the title, Yes! it's Den Boomband. It's been 1 month now so I felt the need to share my ownership experience and review for Den Boomband. What is DEN Boomband? Den Boomband is an offspring of its parent company Den Networks, which is India's largest cable TV distribution company serving 13 million homes in over 200 cities. Last year around October, they decided to venture into Broadband market. Den brought a never seen before true 100 Mbps Superfast cable broadband …

Airtel 4G LTE Review | Delhi

Harpreet Singh · Jun 26, 2015 · 63 Comments

Bharti Airtel recently launched the 4G services in Delhi. It has already launched 4G services in many cities such as Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Mysore and Pune. The trials in Delhi started on 19th June'15 and the everything looks great right now. Although it's still in beta phase, still there are no major issues with the network. Airtel already provides the best 3G network coverage and speeds in Delhi. Another interesting thing is that, as of now in the roll out phase, 4G services can be availed at 3G prices! This means all the devices which support 4G LTE can get 4G data at same price as …