Need info about Fivenet in Navi Mumbai?

[mgcarley]

I concur. :solid:

So when can I expect Hayai to arrive? In the meantime, my journey to find that ever elusive reliable ISP continues.

That's all being discussed in the Hayai threads.

All of the cable ISPs will only be as reliable or as good as what we might call "the weakest link", that is the cablewala. Probably the only way you can get better service will be if/when an ISP can reach you without using the cablewala (in your case, that means SSV).

 

[jamie]

All of the cable ISPs will only be as reliable or as good as what we might call "the weakest link", that is the cablewala. Probably the only way you can get better service will be if/when an ISP can reach you without using the cablewala (in your case, that means SSV).
Very useful info. Spot on there about the weakest link. Cablewala behaves as if he really doesn't care about providing support, makes u wonder why Fivenet does not handle tech support on its own. I am assuming Fivenet doesn't want to do the hard part i.e. maintenance & therefore involves cablewalas.
Eventually when the cablewalas don't provide proper support,Fivenet will start losing customers(revenue) then & maybe then will they decide to take cablewalas out of the equation.
As of now it appears that Fivenet chooses not to provide direct maintenance/support.

 

[mgcarley]

Very useful info. Spot on there about the weakest link. Cablewala behaves as if he really doesn't care about providing support, makes u wonder why Fivenet does not handle tech support on its own. I am assuming Fivenet doesn't want to do the hard part i.e. maintenance & therefore involves cablewalas.
Eventually when the cablewalas don't provide proper support,Fivenet will start losing customers(revenue) then & maybe then will they decide to take cablewalas out of the equation.
As of now it appears that Fivenet chooses not to provide direct maintenance/support.

This isn't limited to Fivenet. This would apply to ALL cable ISPs. Apparently Fivenet sees sufficient advantage to using cablewalas over building it's own network (given that there are no open-access networks available) to justify continuing to use (and thus support) the existence of cablewalas.

Either that or it has no choice because of the amount of money involved in laying their own cables.

Or maybe they tried building their own network and experienced too many problems and "malicious behaviour" from cablewalas who didn't want their territory being encroached on - and with Fivenet being based in Sion, I wouldn't be too surprised if even this were a possibility.

Frankly, it could be any number of reasons.