Validus Vyto said:
Yeah, I take all my back-up of line on a back up server. Thats how I do it.
Business apart, the upload speeds are just to slow so what it supposed to be. Most people won't care about it, but for people who upload a lot, it does matter.
I had a 512kbps plan @649, then moved to 8mbps plan @2599, so that deserves a better upload speed.
That is a problem with
ADSL, not Airtel. You would have the exact same problem on any other DSL-based ISP. Unfortunately, the DSL market in India is still over 90%
Validus Vyto said:
I would call it fleecing only.. Why would they have FUP, SmartBytes pop-up, limiting upload speed and what not? Its all a strategy to make customer pay more, and make them suffer more. But yeah there are many Airtel sympathizer, and I agree with them too, Airtel has a excellent service record, but the strategy is to make customer pay up more.
I would hardly call myself an Airtel sympathizer - anyone can vouch for that - but slow upload speeds on ADSL is a technology issue, not an ISP issue. Period. The rest (smartbytes etc) well... if you don't like it, vote with your wallet. And get EVERYONE you meet to do the same. It's all about the money, and the only way they're going to listen.
varun120 said:
To some extent I agree with you, the post fup speed of 8mbps plan should be atleast 1mbps. But, all the big companies like mtnl,
tata, airtel impose a 512 kbps post fup speed. Wired or wireless Internet is an oligopoly, and that is the reason why they implement such pricing tactics to earn abnormal profits. We can not help it.
The only thing we can do is to find the best alternative, and airtel is surely not that. Like in mumbai and thane, in some areas we have good local isps like fivenet, 1&1. There has to be some good local isps in your city. Ditch the airtel. They won't change, unless this oligopolistic internet industry changes.
That's an interesting sense of entitlement you have there. There is no reason the ISPs would have to provide you with any particular speed post FUP. In many countries you get reduced to 64k after you hit the FUP speed. Yes, dial-up (well, ISDN) speeds. And that's from pre-FUP speeds of 20 to 100mbit/s. AND WE LIKE IT! (...we don't really, but still... I'm in old-man mode right now) You're damn lucky to get 512k, IMO.
Granted, in the countries mentioned, they do usually have plans which go up to 500GB or 1TB for the high-usage people compared to Airtels max plan of what, 175GB?
My personal view is you should get what you pay for: if you need a plan of 100GB, and try to save yourself 300 bucks by opting for a 50GB plan instead, you lose the right to complain (of course, this assumes that a plan that suits your needs is on offer, of course - if you genuinely need 300, 500, 1000GB and only buy a 175GB plan because it's the biggest one they offer, then yes, definitely complain, it's stupid of the provider to not offer a 300/500/1000GB plan in that case).
On the flipside, if you need a plan of 100GB and buy a plan of 100GB and usually use 100GB +/- 10GB then you're doing it right.
