Hotwire

[Ryan]

I'm for that unlimited plan as well. Can't wait till I can increase my speeds up. Plus, when I go back to the states, man I'm going to love 6mbps speeds. .

 

[testsubjectalpha]

ok, has anyone received their first bill, after the hotwire tariff revision? i've opted for the 96kb/ul package... and even though there's no info at hotwire's official page, while upgrading, i did hear the word "ruby" being used to describe my choice.ryan, your info suggests ruby's tariff is rs. 666 (hmm... strange choice of number ;-) ... anyway, the bill i got was for 784... service tax hasn't changed in this past month, and remains at 10.2%... so, calculations reveal the bill to be rs.50 (~7.5%) *more*is this a "LCO charge" or something?ok, "50" isn't much, but if this 'little' anomaly is attached (i.e. the thought connected) to the larger scam going by the name 'broadband'... hmm... :-(

 

[Ryan]

yeah. 666 is the actual price without taxes, but like you said, interesting number because it's the devil's number. anyway. Usually the CTO doesn't take service charges, he just charges the 10.2% service tax. total tariff should come to 734. He maybe taking extra. You should ask him, because my CTO only took 734. Or maybe he's taking some extra installation charges or something. I haven't got my bill yet but it's a prepaid scheme. No it isn't a scam buddy, i've been on hotwire for the longest time since i moved to delhi.

 

[testsubjectalpha]

strange problem happens on my hotwire every morning (~7.30/8am) ... i'm in the 61.16.150.xxx range, and when i try to load the authentication page, it refuses to come up... the "website found, waiting for reply" message does come, but times out. also, pinging 61.16.150.1 (this range's gateway etc etc) is possible, but doing the same for hotwireindia.com times out...anyone experiencing these/similar problems?

 

[testsubjectalpha]

i've two computers (got them after spending five years on a p-cel333/64mb), and am getting a 'great' 10-12kb/s on hotwire's 96kB/ul package. ok, so here's the scam. suppose i link the two comps via a router... will i get the 10-12kb/s *at*the*same*time*on*both ??

 

[anand]

The bandwidth will probably be divided such that each computer gets half of it. No extra speed for you.

 

[testsubjectalpha]

yeah, tried it out, doesn't work :-( wel, it obviously wouldn't, as the speed set/metered for my ip/acct is restricted...

 

[Ryan]

testsubjectalpha, if you're networking two computers together, it doesn't matter what isp you use, your speed will get divided up. Yeah I'm gettin the same speeds and very high at night, upto 48kBps download speed.

 

[testsubjectalpha]

hmm... approximately how late at night is this?

 

[Ryan]

well starting from 10 o'clock.. i don't know if speeds increase because i go to sleep at around this time.. sometimes 12