MTNL 2Mbps Speed Videos Buffer a Lot and DL takes Long time

[TindaLelo]

2MBPS unlimited NOFUP costs 4999 INR a month in MTNL, it may seem expensive. But then again is pretty much the same cost as people pay abroad in the US, UAE & Australia, about $59.99 to $99.99 a month.
And if you want 4 Mbps plan that costs 9,999 INR a month is about $200 or less, which is again pretty much the same cost as people pay abroad for these speeds.

It cost 1900 on MTNL delhi. I was on it and this plan is still offered. Real economy doesn't work by multiplying exchange rate. A road side burger in US cost 2$ doesn't mean it will cost Rs.110 here.

 

[nickd]

It cost 1900 on MTNL delhi. I was on it and this plan is still offered. Real economy doesn't work by multiplying exchange rate. A road side burger in US cost 2$ doesn't mean it will cost Rs.110 here.

It's the best plan on MTNL for truly FUP, By the way hehe, I don't want to get into discussion or argument about real economy and exchange rate (Because actually real economy works very much on actual exchange rate ) , I'm trading exchange rate and commodities since 8 years so..

I agree, but your internet is not coming from road side, bandwidth is being brought from abroad na. BTW, I would love to see road side burger, because the only burger we are getting here in india is on those mcdonalds and such.. and yes they do cost 110 bucks or more... unless your talking about vada pav.

 

[nickd]

It cost 1900 on MTNL delhi. I was on it and this plan is still offered. Real economy doesn't work by multiplying exchange rate. A road side burger in US cost 2$ doesn't mean it will cost Rs.110 here.

Oh yes man!

Broadband

Is it that the bandwith of the country is coming from delhi? or maybe because its the capital and the political capital, so they have subsidized rates?

But then topic starter's location is in Mumbai, so how does he get 2Mbps unlimited below 2k with No FUP, it costs 5k here.

Ohh Buddy. I think it's cheap there, because its shared bandwidth, they are having some "contention ratio". MTNL mumbai is not shared bandwidth so maybe charge is more here? Not sure though if we are on shared too.

 

[ijsa]

I am on 2Mbps MTNL plan but i felt before 2Mbps was enough but after using for about a month i am totally frustrated with this Speed, downloading 1GB files takes like hours together and Online Streaming Video Sites like YouTube and Vimeo buffers a hell lot, 10 minutes to buffer for 2Minutes Video even at the lowest Possible Resolution, i guess 2Mbps is not at all enough for today's Internet needs, any idea when they will be launching good decent plans compared to other developed country standards, i am not an internet freak but whenever i do some heavy stuff online 2Mbps feels like a Tortoise in this World compared to Cheeta's all over, i have a very high end Computer, Mobile, TV and Lappy nearly worth 3Lakhs but without good Internet Speeds it's Just useless i guess, don't know what exactly to do on my PC without Internet, so please tell these MTNL guys to give better Speeds compared for today's needs of average People and don't be a loser, that's all i want to say, Peace.

Whatever his intentions might be.......... But lately I am also feeling You Tube and some other sites are taking too much time........ something at MTNL's end.

My line stats are good......... Speed test is ok........

While watching/ downloading I am using only 50-60% of the bandwidth while I have no parallel connection.
Earlier streaming/ downloading used to consume 80-95% bandwidth.

May be they have started Bandwidth throttling for some sites......

 

[x720]

On the contrary, youtube is the only place where I can watch 720p videos without buffering.