Information Madness

Two days back I wrote that Get Free Dialup For 2 Months From BSNL is offering 2 months of free dialup internet to its existing BSNL landline customers. According to the BSNL news, it didn't explain how to actually get that free dialup internet.

The Hindu has written about how you can actually activate your free BSNL dialup internet.

So How to get free BSNL Dialup internet?

If you have a BSNL telephone connection, connect a phone cable into your PC.

To make a dial-up connection by using a phone line

1. Open Network Connections.
   
2. Double-click New Connection Wizard, and then click Next.
   
3. In Network Connection Type, do one of the following:
   
   • Click Connect to the Internet. In Internet Connection, click Connect using a dial-up modem, and then click Next.
     
   • Click Connect to the network at my workplace. In Network Connection, click Dial-up connection, and then click Next.
     
4. Follow the instructions in the New Connection wizard.
5. Once the setup is complete, when you open up your dialup connection, it will ask you to enter user name and password. So here is the trick -->
   

Against “User name” or “User identification,” enter your telephone number preceded by the STD code minus the zero (for example, if you live in Ahmedabad and your phone number is 23456789, your User ID is 7923456789). For  “password,” enter your telephone number (example 23456789). You are all set to browse the Internet through the all-India dial-up number 172222