from the "airtel guy came home and gave me some inside info" files:the chap who came said that since the "1-2-ka-4! 4-2-ka-8" i.e. 64-became-128 and 128-became-256 happened very recently, the next doubling would take a few months.hmm... too bad. by this calculation, we will miss 1st jan. and 26th jan. and the only thing between 26th jan and 2nd oct is 15th august. my prediction: the much anticipated speed doubling will be an independence day 2006 gift. ar rahman will compose a special signature tune for the launch.;-)this guy also said some very weird things about the speed bumps i'm mentioned in other posts, so i don't believe him too much...