<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:43 AM, justin joseph <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:justinjoseph007@gmail.com">justinjoseph007@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Muneer <<a href="mailto:muneerch@gmail.com">muneerch@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">>> I wish if there was a solution if my laptop would automatically turn on at<br>
>> 2am and start downloading the stuffs which i have placed in the<br>
>> queue/scheduler of the download manager and stop downloading at 8am and<br>
>> turn<br>
>> off automatically.<br>
><br>
> Please be aware that BSNL has a flaw in its timer to calculate the free<br>
> download time. modem authentication time is used to determine whether you<br>
> are using "free" time or not. For example, assuming that modem is always on<br>
> and if your modem got authenticated at 1:59 AM, and your download starts at<br>
> 2:05AM, you are in NON free time zone till the re-authentication happens for<br>
> the modem. i.e. if your modem is re-authenticated at 2:29AM, whatever you<br>
> have downloaded from 2:05AM till 2:39 is chargeable because this period is<br>
> authenticated before 2AM.<br>
> Restarting the modem after 2AM will solve this issue. So in addition to<br>
> scheduling the download job at 2AM, somebody can advice on how to restart<br>
> modem using a software after 2AM.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>muneer, maybe this was a problem in the past. but 'am assuming that<br>
the issue has<br>
been resolved. ....</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
But this could have been a bug previously, years back.<br></blockquote></div><br>I was a victim exactly one year ago. I had scheduled download at 2:05AM
and I was surprised by an excess bill of Rs. 4000+. I had to move to
unlimited plan because of this issue. I am not sure whether they have
fixed it by now or not.<br>But still, This is not an issue on this subject as anybody can verify his usage online. Unfortunately I didn't do it that time.<br><br>-- <br>He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever<br>