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Airtel Broadband Fair Usage Policy
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[*]If I want 256kbps throughout the month, they would "suggest" that I migrate from my 256kbps plan to the 384kbps plan, which would cost me 999/- in rentals as opposed to the 799/- I am paying now.
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A point I got clarified by calling the Customer Care (AP) now.
The 384kbps unlimited plan is not available for 999 anymore. It now costs 1199.
Note: this plan does not currently show up in the tariffs page of airtel.in.
So it boils down to:
Earlier I was getting assured unlimited 256kbps for 900 (799 + tax) per month
Now I can get assured unlimited 256kbps for 1350 (1199 + tax) per month
Which means a 50% hike in my bill for a similar experience - and all this within a span of 1 month.
Screw Airtel!
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A point I got clarified by calling the Customer Care (AP) now.
The 384kbps unlimited plan is not available for 999 anymore. It now costs 1199.
Note: this plan does not currently show up in the tariffs page of airtel.in.
So it boils down to:
Earlier I was getting assured unlimited 256kbps for 900 (799 + tax) per month
Now I can get assured unlimited 256kbps for 1350 (1199 + tax) per month
Which means a 50% hike in my bill for a similar experience - and all this within a span of 1 month.
Screw Airtel!
According to an article in THE WEEK in August, 2008, a case against Comcast was decided by the FCC in favor of no fair access policies allowed.
No to Internet rationing (copied from THE WEEK, August 2, 2008) Internet service providers cannot ration service to heavy users of the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission ruled this week. The FCC said that Comcast, one of the largest Internet service providers, broke the law when it slowed the transfer of video files among a group of its customers to ensure that other customers had adequate bandwidth. The FCC ruled that Comcast had no right to act as Internet traffic cop.
Fair Access Policy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No to Internet rationing (copied from THE WEEK, August 2, 2008) Internet service providers cannot ration service to heavy users of the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission ruled this week. The FCC said that Comcast, one of the largest Internet service providers, broke the law when it slowed the transfer of video files among a group of its customers to ensure that other customers had adequate bandwidth. The FCC ruled that Comcast had no right to act as Internet traffic cop.
Fair Access Policy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They have implemented FUP to provide a "similar" experience to every customer because due to "high usage" by some customers, others are having speed issues.
This is a curious statement..
- Can a PPoE connectoin be affected by others ?
Depends on contention ratio i thought. So if this ratio rises, only then will 'similar' experience be affected. So in a way its like over subscribing the connection.
Can someone poke holes at this theory ?
This is a curious statement..
- Can a PPoE connectoin be affected by others ?
Depends on contention ratio i thought. So if this ratio rises, only then will 'similar' experience be affected. So in a way its like over subscribing the connection.
Can someone poke holes at this theory ?
AFAIK, contention ratio is itself designed on the principle that all the users would not use the same pipe at maximum bandwidth at the same time.For eg an ISP allocating a 5 Mbps virtual circuit from a particular DSLAM to the ISP backbone and sharing it with 50 users. Now if 25 users turn out to be full bandwidth utilisers it would mean that there is a good chance that at any given time they would run the connex at the max speed available to them, thereby affecting the bandwidth available to the other users of the same 5 Mbps pipe.However, this explanation is not to endorse the FUP, as ideally, the ISP should increase the 5 mbps pipe and not cut down speeds of users coz each customer has the right to use the connex to the max coz that is what he is paying for. So FUP is an easy strategy employed by ISP's to bail themselves out of bandwidth problems without investing in or upgrading their network.
One more thing i was wondering, what do you have to do to get access to the backroom?
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well i told him to post that
.I was saying all this many months ago and now it has happened.
.I was saying all this many months ago and now it has happened.BlackScorpion
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i read this article India Bharti: 3G base price should be reasonable | Industries | Technology, Media & Telecommunications | Reuters where in Sunil Bharti Mittal requests the Govt. for setting a reasonable base price on 3g ..
he only wants concessions from the govt but will not pass it on the customer... :frown:
i suspect that they have the got the nod from DOT regarding this AFUP.only Airtel can have the arrogance to call its fair usage policy with 10% usage "Fair".
Maybe for Airtel "Fair" means - injustice or partiality or deception.
he only wants concessions from the govt but will not pass it on the customer... :frown:
i suspect that they have the got the nod from DOT regarding this AFUP.only Airtel can have the arrogance to call its fair usage policy with 10% usage "Fair".
Maybe for Airtel "Fair" means - injustice or partiality or deception.