Domestic / inland postal rates

Rates for Speed Post, Speed Post(International), Express Parcel, Corporate Money Order, Gift Service – Premium services calculator

Tariff for sending mail/ parcels to foreign countries / international postal rates for India

The rates are usually revised during the annual budget.

http://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/bs_viewcontent.aspx?Id=112

Receiving funds through NEFT is free , while some banks charge for payments made through NEFT.

http://www.paypal-apac.com/India/

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/in/201007.shtml#2010-07-28112238

Paypal account holders will only be able to withdraw funds by check from July 29, 2010. At times, the postal system is unreliable, so it would be better if they offered some form of secure delivery on payment of an additional fee.

Update : On 30 July 2010,  Paypal announced that electronic withdrawals could continue.  However, some users are reporting that Mass payment has been disabled.

Amazon Mechanical turk – mturk.com – the oldest, you can use your Amazon login, offers payment in Indian Rupees. Has a large number of tasks available, usually in thousands for US residents.
Microworkers – microworkers.com – workers can appeal if a task is not approved, payment through Paypal , Moneybookers and check.
Cloudcrowd.com – need a Facebook account, offered daily payments through Paypal
Crowdflower.com
Jobboy.com
Simpleworkers.com
Shortask.com
Myeasytask.com
Humangrid.de (redirects to clickworker.com)
Minijobz.com
Rapidworkers.com
Domywork.net – for students
Minuteworkers.com
Iamoney.com
Saycomment.com
MyMicroJob.com

Payment for each task usually varies from 5 cents to a dollar and completed tasks are to be approved manually. After signing up on these websites for testing, there seems to be a lot of difference in the way these websites are run. Popular tasks involve signing up for programs, writing blog posts, manipulating social media, posting links. Some tasks are reserved for users from USA / Canada. You can earn a few dollars a month with these websites in your free time.

• http://www.gotfreefax.com
• http://www.myfax.com/free/
• http://faxzero.com
• http://www.freefaxbutton.com
• http://www.freepopfax.com
• http://www.fax1.com (Free Trial Offer for $1)

The fax can be sent to  USA , Canada, though some allow you to send free faxes to other countries.  Most of the free fax services are supported by advertising  and have limitations on the number of pages per fax and number of faxes that can be sent in one day.  The fax can be uploaded as a .doc or pdf  file  or can be entered in text format.

Guidelines on how to file a consumer complaint.

http://cgsiindia.org

http://business.gov.in/consumer_rights/consumer_complaints.php

Some of the companies offering virtual offices in India are:

Apexone http://www.apexone.in
Regus  http://www.regus.co.in
Servcorp  http://www.servcorp.co.in
Virtuindia – http://www.virtuindia.com
Splendor Virtual Office – http://splendorvirtualoffice.com

Facilities available include mail collection and forwarding,  telephone calls,  use of office space for meetings. Prices vary depending on the facilities needed and location of the virtual office, starting from Rs 1000 per month .  The offices are available in major metro cities like Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad.

http://undress4success.com/research/telecommuting-statistics/

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=31295&from=presshome

http://www.workingfromanywhere.org/

Savings when you work from home – http://www.inc.com/staff-blog/2010/02/going_virtual_b.html

Unlike a conventional office job,  your looks or how you dress do not determine your success when you telecommute, your skills and knowledge of  your area of specialization matters.

These websites mainly offer deals from restaurants, spas, beauty treatments, movie tickets and other recreational activities. Snapdeal from Jasper India seems to be sending offers regularly. Most of these offers are city specific and limited to major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore. You pay a small amount (Rs 25- Rs 50 ) online by Credit card/Debit card/ Netbanking and the rest is paid to the Merchant in cash after availing of the deal. Discounts usually vary from 90% to 30% .

The deals offered by the companies are presented well on their websites with a detailed description of the facilities available. At times, specific pricing of the various food items or services is not available, which may be inconvenient for prospective customers. These group buying websites could be a good online marketing option for small businesses.

Based on this report at http://www.itp.net/580051-repair-work-on-damaged-cable-delayed-by-a-week, it appears it will take at least 2 more days for the cable to be repaired.

Usually cable cuts are the main reason why usually high speed internet connections become slow. If just a single broadband DSL / cable connection is slow or non functional, it is a problem with the local cable network as the cable is cut during digging by other utilities.  If both the wireless and DSL/cable broadband connections are slow, it is usually a problem with some undersea cable far away.