Airtel Broadband Question

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I have a night unlimited plan (8pm - 8am). For past few months, i'm noticing that if I dont retstart modem after 8am, then whatever I download till around 11am, doesnt gets counted in my day usage. One logical explaination that i can think of is that their servers dont restart untill 11, till then acording to them, i'm still on my 8pm session (when i last restarted my modem) which is counted as night time - i.e. free time :thumbsup:So i seted up my deluge (bittorrent client) scheduler till 10am instead of 8am a week ago, and i'm cheking my usage daily on their site, and guess what ? I havn't been charged for anything between 8am and 10am :yahoo: I'm wondering how much further can I push it :whistle:Any volunteers thinking about testing this ?
 
dont mess with it, otherwise we'll see a "Help! I got billed Rs. 10,000" thread from you in about a month.If you like downloading stuff, just get an unlimited plan and don't play around with your billing.
 
dont mess with it, otherwise we'll see a "Help! I got billed Rs. 10,000" thread from you in about a month.

If you like downloading stuff, just get an unlimited plan and don't play around with your billing.

;):hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
 
So i seted up my deluge (bittorrent client) scheduler till 10am instead of 8am
wonder how much extra 2 hrs after a 12 hrs downloading session help?:P
 
lolzyeah i thout about that too .. but i'm taking precautions (cheking my usage daily).. they can only charge me (if they ever will) with ~600 bux (max) extra (2hrs at 60kBps = ~420mB)thats acceptable untill i get caught .. but i think of this as if i'm getting away with their 500bux (atleast) daily - for free !! well that puts a really big grin on my face :Pbtw . i dont want a total unltd plan .. i dont use that much .. plus i'm getting 60+kBps for 12(+2)hrs at 550bux (with 100calls) and any of their current plans can't beat that (??).
 
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it does not cost Airtel Rs. 600 to provide you that data. Their net cost in providing you that 420MB is negligible. So they don't really care.
 
i stick to unlimited for a reason. i know what i would pay at the end of the month. downloads can take their own time. i am in no hurry. life is very long and pretty boring.
 
i bet he is on a faster-than-256kbs plan, so now downgrading speedwise is not too palatable, even if it is unlimited.Looks like they got a hooked customer :evil:
 
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