Fraudband
n.— «My Sify Broadband (Fraudband?) connection has went off again. Did the whole process again, registered a complaint with its “so-called-customer-care.”» —“Who said the Broadband has arrived in India?” by Jaggy Overthrow (Chennai, Tamil Nadu, xxxIndia) Nov. 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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