Thursday, April 20, 2006

Broadband with a limit is farce

I absolutely agree with the poster.
Broadband with a limit is farce, broadband which promices speeds “upto” a certain limit, is also a farce. It mocks the demand for “relatively high speed” internet that is being generated in our courty.
Some people who are fortunate enough (includes me) to have a 256Kbps always on unlimited connection are plagued with problems of their own.
I use a hathway, more commonly known as “crapway” internet connection, where my ports are blocked, during the day per HTTP connection i get only 8KBps, while the same thing at night is about 22.
So after putting up with stupid limits, port blocks , slow usage during the day, there is the customer service front.
Most ISP’s that i have used, hathway, mtnl and mantra online have a stupid non existenet customer service devision. It is as if the ISPs hire complete idiots, people who dont understand that port 443 needs to be open for god-damned SSL.
VSNL, the ex govt big player, now under the TATA’s is providing internet that is nearly Rs. 600 more than the other players, apparently they NOW have a lot of bandwith, after laying a new pipeline with SG. Lets hope they reduce their exorbitant prices.

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