Need for Tariff Review on Unlimited Home Broadband plans by Various ISP's

[Ihatemyself]

I have been using BSNL boradband 256KBps unlimited plan, though its stated max 2MBps, I havent seen it anytime. Dload speed on average goes 30-35 KBps( I download from torrents alot much and there max total dload never has gone more than 36 KBps for me). After inital trouble of setup( I waited for 4 months )

Actually the misunderstanding was becoz in their website they had mentioned upto 2MBps in this plan 2 to 4 months back. But they have corrected that now. I also went for the plan for upto 2 MBps, but 256kbps is not at all bad in 900rs

 

[ajayritik]

AirTel Mobile office in Kolkata is the cheapest option, as with a Class 12 EDGE phone download speeds are steady 32 to 35 kbps

Price Rs. 498/- Per month / unlimited access*

*you must need to have a EDGE Class 12 supported handset for that type of seepds

* On Selected Towers in Place (like Salt Lake, Fame, Forum) I am getting 3G sign on in the phone and speeds are going insene

ChotaCheeta my friend is trying to have net connection at his home but the problem is he is staying in outskirts where he doesnt have any local internet through cable provider neither does he have BSNL connection yet. The only thing he has is a Tata Wireless connection. I thought the plan that you have mentioned Airtel Mobile office would be better. For having internet do we have to take a new connection or we can use the existing airtel connection? Does it have to be postpaid? Can u give some examples of EDGE Class 12 supported handsets?

 

[Choto Cheeta]

I thought the plan that you have mentioned Airtel Mobile office would be better. For having internet do we have to take a new connection or we can use the existing airtel connection? Does it have to be postpaid? Can u give some examples of EDGE Class 12 supported handsets?

AirTel Mobile office can be activated on any Pre/Post Paid SIM... u just need a compatible handset...

It works with any PC/Notebook via wired DataCable or Bluetooth connection.. Phone acts as a model to connect your PC/Notebook to the Net

For example, Nokia 2630 is a EDGE Class 6 / GPRS Class 10 Phone, which allows Data at Max 177.6 kbps (download 22 to 25 kbps) where as Nokia 5300 a EDGE class 10 (my mistake as I mentioned Class 12 ) which allows connection over 236.8 kbps (download 30 to 32kbps) then again 3G is not official but while testing with a Nokia E65 I see in Kolkata in selective locations the 3G sign gets on and speeds go to insane high

 

[acewin]

my roomate has got 256 KBps Unlimited Airtel connection, just yesterday, and I started my speed test of my download, it easily reaches to 40KBps which I am seeing right now unlike my max 33-35KBps in BSNL, damn

I edited the post to tell I see 42KBps now,
Damn everyone, new speed update 43KBps, heehe

 

[harryneopotter]

i changed my plan from 64 kbps unlimited @ 534 Rs PM to this

10 hrs of unlimited download + surfing Per month with Night Unlimited @ Rs 450 per month
Speed Upto 2 Mbps (getting average 190-195 kbps on torrents)

Night Time : 9 PM to 9 AM

its for older costumers
For new Customers its
Rs 3641 for 6 Months
Total Download Hrs for 6 months - 26 X 6 -156 hrs
Night Unlimited from 9 to 9
2 Mbps.

 

[ctrl513]

I used sify 256kbps unlimted for around 1.5 years. I tell you its the worst ISP in the world. there is no airtel broadband availability in my area (hyderabad) so recently i moved to BSNL U900 (256kbps unlimited). I will say bsnl is ok.

The funniest thing is if I download 24hrs a day i can download a maximum of 2GB in UL900 plan, where as a 500C plan user can download 4GB in 6 hours(2am to 8am) of night unlimted period.

These bsnl people should provide night 2mbps speeds for u900 also, bcz we are paying more and getting less.

Airtel doesn't even offer 2222 package in south india. and they don't even have coverage in 30% of Hyderabad (tried in vidya nagar, shivam, kachiguda etc...)

And one more point i have observed is there is no price drop in the 256kbps in the last 2.5 years.

All these public/private f***ers just want money. They don't provide true broadband unlimited within 1000 bucks.

 

[hahahari]

was using airtel 256 unlimited. Was satisfied, decent uptime and awesome speeds. But the price........damn high

 

[acewin]

heehe ctrl513, there are a few others to compete with it Tata Indicom.

I see even BSNL guys get my net up after I call them if there be any issues, but in Tata Indicom I never got proper servicing. And after working for a month or 2 you will get so much frustrated that you will get that connection closed. LOL

 

[pushkaraj]

I am a Hathway user. I am onto the following plan since today:

512 Blast Quarterly
Rs.1685/- (Inclusive of taxes)
3 months
3 GB(Total for 3 months)
512 kbps
Night unlimited(From 11 to 9)

If i download a single file at a time, i get a steady speed of 60 kBps.