my problem is that sify wuss out with packages that makes sense to me. i don't care what they charge, but i need a 128kbps+ pack that gives me unlimited freedom in both time and data transfer. and they don't have it. the only package they have for me is the 48kbps+ which i have happily taken and paid for. and they are certainly not delivering what they promise to me. 128kbps night only is the ONLY package that seems to be making people happy around here. and i am moving to it from 8th of this month. does not make me happy because i will have to change my life cycle for it. not because i do not want to pay more, but because the f**king company does not have a package for me and does not have the balls to deliver what they promise on the package that i have since the last 3 months.you are happy, i am happy for you. i am not... and i don't expect any sympathies from anyone around here.
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Sharathjeppu
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Tell me any company which has a decent deal in India today. None of them have unlimited deal at higher bandwidth. Airtel is the only other company which is a national player as far as broadband is concerened and they have lousy schemes. The 256 kbps pack costs Rs. 1400 and has a data cap of 1.25 GB/month. None of them offer unlimited data at higher bandwidths and even if they offer, I think they will be unaffordable to home users. Personally, I don't like the "Data Transfer Packs" because there is no transparancy in it. (You cannot contest how much of data you have actucally sent/received).The rest of the players in the market have only been making noises about coming up with Cheap broadband but none of them have the balls to actually roll it out. And it is not going to get cheap unless they can buy bandwidth cheap. Companies like Reliance, Airtel and VSNL are the guys who need to drive that. Sify buys bandwidth from these telcos.
So, it's basically a bit subjective, what we prefer individually.
I know what I want. Unlimited net access for a fixed monthly charge at around Rs. 600-700. I don't care about greater than dial-up speeds because what I mostly do on the net is text chat which needs around 25 Kbps. That's my individual preference and of course each of us have different needs.
That said, Sify did raise my expectations with the initial 6-7 KBps that it gave me. So I got a bit greedy (lol) and downloaded a lot. And experiencing persecution from Sify for that made me angry.
Incidentally do you know what the 1 MBps packages in the US come for? On an average Rs. 1600 or so.
And here's a bit of info that appealed to me as regards what's a true broadband---
A broadband connection is supposed to let you have data, voice and video on the same line... My Webpage[/U]
I know what I want. Unlimited net access for a fixed monthly charge at around Rs. 600-700. I don't care about greater than dial-up speeds because what I mostly do on the net is text chat which needs around 25 Kbps. That's my individual preference and of course each of us have different needs.
That said, Sify did raise my expectations with the initial 6-7 KBps that it gave me. So I got a bit greedy (lol) and downloaded a lot. And experiencing persecution from Sify for that made me angry.
Incidentally do you know what the 1 MBps packages in the US come for? On an average Rs. 1600 or so.
And here's a bit of info that appealed to me as regards what's a true broadband---
A broadband connection is supposed to let you have data, voice and video on the same line... My Webpage[/U]
so I cannot expect them to give me what they promise to give me just because this is india? and they have to buy bandwidth from someone else? and no one else in the market gives it to me?what am i asking? they have a package that tells me that they would give me 48kbps+ but they do not. and if i complain about that they don't respond. i ask for a better package at a higher cost, but they do not have it. I paid what they asked me to pay, no questions asked. now i want to get what i paid for and what they promised me to give. but they do not. what if they raise the price of ur so goody good 128kbps pack to 500. would you still be happy just because it is still cheaper than dialup. or what if they raise the price to 1000. would you be still be happy that it is still below 1500 that you paid for dialup?what if you get just 5KBps on your pack? that is what is happening to me on my 48kbps pack at day time. stop justifying Sify's situation. i am paying them what they asked me to pay. but i am not getting back what they promised me what they would be giving to me.
A month or two ago I had read in some newspaper that bandwidth is cheaper now internationally. But in India only a limited companies which are both Telecom companies and ISPs like the ones Sharthjeppu mentioned have access to this international bandwidth. The ISPs, I read , wanted to be allowed to buy bandwidth from the international market directly.So are these few numbered big Telecom company which are also ISPs looting us by selling the bandwidth at a higher price to us consumers and other ISPs and making huge profits? jeeez!!!Anyway, good times are surely near, and are even here somewhat. Just a matter of months I believe 
(Yes, frustration is hard to wait on, I was stuck with an over priced dial up till 2 weeks ago and damn frustrated)
(Yes, frustration is hard to wait on, I was stuck with an over priced dial up till 2 weeks ago and damn frustrated)I got to agree with inet here ... times will change with more competition, and untill then we can make do with this. Now that I understand their 75MB limit (thanks to Surjeet), i am willing to live with it for a few months, and at any rate I dont have hefty phone bills to pay. What I don't like about sify is the restrictions they impose, like the client and such. If they start behaving like a normal ISP and let users use the net without absurd complications I won't criticise them.
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One of the main reasons why we are in this position today is because there is no Internet peering in India. Try reaching a server hosted with VSNL from a sify connection. You will be routed all the way via the US. So who ends up making the money? The International bandwidth providers. This is also like a chicken and egg situation. Since anyway the traffic gets routed via the US, it makes sense to host any of the web servers also in the US. So servers don't get hosted in India. And more traffic goes through the international bandwith. Since the International bandwidth is premium compared to domestic bandwidth, the cost of the connectivity stays up there.Secondly, since the international bandwidth providers know that we are dependent on them and we cant get a National Internet Exchange operational for various reasons, we don't even have the bargaining power to negotiate better rates with them.To top this, VSNL does not see it beneficial to them to peer. (Just like how DoT would not like to let out their last mile to ISP to provide Internet services) Because if they peer, then a lot of Traffic will remain local in India. Which means that it hits VSNLs reveues on the International bandwidth. Since they have a monopoly here, they call the shots. Things will change when that monopoly goes and we have a proper Internet Exchange implemented in India. But with the govenment now putting their foot into the Internet Exchange, I have a feeling that things are only going to get more confusing.
