Services Provided

Thank you for your interest in Live Wire! BBS (LWBBS).

We cannot give you the moon... but we promise to bring the World to your doorstep! Enter the fascinating World of Live Wire! BBS. An exciting electronic world where you can meet people, have fun, get work done more effectively, make profits, express yourself freely and much more... Meet all kinds of strange, exciting, interesting people. All from the comfort of your den or office! A wonderfully fascinating environment where you can develop a circle of electronic friends (and then convert those into real friendships!!)

Let's face it, your computer is arguably the most impressive invention to emerge in the late 20th century. For many types of activities however, even your computer needs help to let you expand your horizons beyond the four walls of your home or office and that's exactly what the modem does for you. A modem is a device that connects to your computer and telephone line enabling you to connect to other computers. This way your computer can "talk" to other computers through the telephone line.

• What is a BBS?
  Very simply put, BBS is the electronic equivalent of a notice board where the notices of general as well as specific interests are put up, messages to other specific persons are pinned up etc. However, being a hi-tech service it is immensely more powerful than that and has far greater utility and function.

• What does Live Wire! BBS offer?
  LWBBS offers both local as well as national/international services:
  • Local Messages
    Users of the BBS can send public electronic-mail messages such as queries/announcements, private e-mail messages viewable only by the recipient/group of recipients and conference mail where people can pool in their thoughts and have discussions on various issues. Some of the exciting and informative areas are:
    • General Public area
    • News & Information
    • Food & Eating Out
    • Humour, Jokes & Quotes
    • Entertainment
    • Travel & Recreation
    • Games
    • Buy & Sell
    • Telemedicine
    • Internet
    • Bharatnet
    
    Live Wire! has more than a 100 such interesting, exciting and informative conferences.

  • International Netmail
    Live Wire! also offers International Netmail facilities. Each user gets an Internet e-mail address which entitles him to send/receive netmails from/to anywhere in the world. This offers connectivity to about 40 million people worldwide on the Internet and other networks. Also the mail is sent/received 7 times daily thus offering very good speed and reliability. Also the flat rate charging structure for netmail makes it very cost effective.

  • Help Desk
    Any person needing help can leave a message and other users conversant with the issue/package can reply via mail on the system and even attach files if necessary. This is very popular with novices or users facing tricky problems since it provides a very convenient form of trouble shooting. As there are experts in a number of areas, help comes rapidly and reliably. The SysOp and others on the BBS are also connected to global networks from which they can extract information for the benefit of the users.

  • File Area
    Contains files (shareware/public domain/freeware programs) which can be downloaded as per the needs of the user. With over 10 gigabyes of latest programs and lakhs of files, it can come in very handy when looking for some specific programs or the latest versions of software. A sample of the different sections presently setup are: Utilities, Windows, Games, Anti-virus, Text files, Tutorials, Educational, Communication, Business, Graphics, Demo programs etc.

  • Information Services
    To start with, the BBS hosts information relating to stocks. It contains the daily rates, book closure, analysis, recommendations and rumors. This can be useful to budding investors and even seasoned players. Each day the daily BSE QE files (in DBF format) and NSE files of the day's traded prices are put up on the system the very same evening at the earliest for easy download. Even with a slow modem it takes just 2 minutes to download the file daily.

    Every week there is an update on the Top 20 Music Videos and the latest in the Entertainment field like gossips, music and movie reviews, new artists. In News & Information, there is a whole lot of information on the latest developments in technology, computers, multimedia. This keeps one abreast with the latest happenings in the rapidly evolving digital world. Even the recent Indian Elections were covered and the latest party positions were put up every few hours.

    Live Wire! has made rapid progress in providing its users with the latest information on a variety of to../pics like Computers, Entertainment, Food, Sports, Politics, Education and the Internet. Computer games are popular with one and all. Live Wire! also brings a variety of information every week from the computer gaming world like updates and reviews of the hottest and latest games, hints, tips, cheat codes, etc. Users are kept informed about the exciting, action-crazed, addictive, stunning, incredible and outrageous world of games!!

    Currently a complete coverage of the ongoing Atlanta Olympic Games is being done. The various events and competitions and other news is being covered in details to provide everyone with the excitement of the games.

  • Educational News
    If you're looking to get admission to a college in the US or abroad then a visit to the Universities & Schools forum of the BBS will do a lot of good and yield useful information. There is plenty of information about about admission standards, academic standards, academic programs and available degrees. A unique offer has been made to all the users of the BBS. They can provide a list of the universities they plan to apply to for admission and the BBS will get them all the information about the universities like its features, admission procedures, research facilities, faculty, deadlines for applying, contact details, various courses offered, various departments and all other relevant information. This has become such a big hit with the students, that the SysOp has been overflooded with requests for information daily on various universities.

    More and more information shall be added to the BBS expanding it to include information on volatile areas like travel information such as train and air schedules, weather reports, etc.

  • Multi-line chatting & programs
    Live Wire! BBS offers multi-line support i.e. more than one user can connect to the BBS simultaneously. Hence, not only can users connect to the system when someone else is hooked up, but also be able to communicate with each other in real-time and chat with each other while on-line. Users can hold online discussions while they are logged onto different nodes of the BBS.

    Users can also play multi-user games on the system over extended periods of time bridging barriers of distance. Online door games are a big hit on the BBS. The Legend of The Red Dragon (LORD) is a fascinating interactive multiplayer online battle game where you kill other players, creatures in the forest and earn gold. The aim of the game is to kill the dreaded Red Dragon which will make you a hero and get your name in the Hall of Fame. There are other exciting online games like Golf, Black Jack, Draw Poker, Boxing, Hang Man, etc.

  • FidoNet connectivity
    Live Wire! BBS offers connectivity to FidoNet and its EchoMail services.

    FidoNet is the largest BBS electronic network in the world and has 50,000+ BBS nodes such as ours in over 50 countries spread across six zones including countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, South Africa, Australia etc. Through FidoNet, Live Wire! BBS also has e-mail gateways to other huge electronic systems such as Internet, UUCP, Bitnet,CompuServe, MCI, AOL, AT&T, MCI, Sprint etc. which provides send/receive e-mail connectivity to an estimated over 40 million users!

    Live Wire! BBS also participates in international Echo-Mail forums (global conferences) on varied computer & non-computer related to../pics providing a channel of access to like minded people worldwide with whom they can exchange thoughts, share opinions, seek solutions to vexing problems or simply express their opinion. Information from these echos are disseminated to all participating systems which makes it a very efficient global communication network. This helps in pooling distributed human resources into one omnipresent grid. There are more than about 100 International forums that we bring on a variety of to../pics. Some of the interesting and useful echoes are like Starwars, Visual Basic, Communications, IBM PC, Windows, Virus, Cooking, Astronomy, College International, International Teenagers, Computer Games, Unix, Autoracing, Jazz, Internet users, Funny Jokes and Stories, Graphics, Ham, Lan, Physics, UFOs, International Kids, Feminism, Health and Fitness, Software Marketing, etc. are just some of the forums from the long list that one gets to interact in.

  • BharatNet
    Live Wire! BBS already extends to Calcutta, Delhi, Madras, Pune, Baroda and Ahmedabad and shall shortly expand its network to include other cities like Bangalore, Nagpur and Nasik. This form of connectivity enables inter-city exchange of private messages and Echo conferences. In addition to this, binary files can be interchanged using store and forward techniques. Since this activity shall not be limited to Nanda Netcom Pvt. Ltd. but include other BBSes in Indian cities, the spread of this network shall be very rapid.

  • Host facilities
    Live Wire! BBS also offers host facilities to organizations for intra-office connectivity. Special private message and file areas can be created which are totally hidden from the other users of the BBS if one so desires. Access is limited to only authorized users which are prevalidated. Already this is very popular with organizations such as Express Computer, MUC (Microcomputer Users' Club), NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations), Trendwatch (Deepak Mohoni), HCL Frontline, Big Chip Software, Swan Nest, CMS Institute, Lan Multimedia, Sultanallys, Hathaway Investment Pvt. Ltd. and a few others.

    Product support is another area where companies like to take host facilities with Live Wire! BBS. Clients of the supported products can login and leave messages to the technical/marketting staff or download the updates/bug fixes that may be put up regularly.

• So how do I connect?
  BBS is a product of the computer age. One needs a computer, a modem (communication hardware device) and a generic communication software. Once you have these, you can connect to Live Wire! BBS through a phone line just like one does with a FAX machine.

  Live Wire! BBS has been fully operational for over 6 years and within months of its setting up has attracted a large number of people from all walks of life including a lot of personalities. Computer professionals, exporters, stock brokers, business men, students, etc. are deriving the benefits of this service on an ongoing basis.

  Live Wire! BBS is a small attempt by Nanda Netcom Pvt. Ltd. to bring man closer to one another and bridge the vast physical distances making our world a truly global village.

Check out Live Wire! BBS by dialing into (91-22) 570-2020 or 570-8900 using a modem and communication software. You can also use telnet or simply point your browser to http://bbs.livewire.net.in

For more information just call (91-22) 570-1111 .