Overcharging by operator

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@rajadeep, the price was increased by 5net a few months back. Now my LCO wants ~25k for the yearly plan. He was asking for 18k when others were giving for 7~10k. Check TE and this forum, you will find at least 30 users who got it for this price ~1 year back. What I have stated is factual
 
hi: I dont want to hijack the thread but can a person in Pune connect to hub in Mumbai ? I mean can person connect to any hub from anywhere ?

Sanket.

[00:41:19] Hello
[00:41:24] Jaagte rahOOO ooo ,Hello trillion. I'm away since 2012-08-15 00:33. State your business and I might answer later if you're lucky.
[00:41:36] I was hoping u could help me with a question I have
[00:41:58] yes i will just spare me some time
[00:44:22] I have a frnd in pune who would like to subscibe to fivenet service there... He just wants to know weather he can Join this hub(& get lan speeds like we do) from there or is there another hub for Pune guys.... Take as long as u need I am in no hurry :)...
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[00:51:26] say
[00:51:32] okies i explain a bit
[00:52:04] 5net are starting their services in remote area like nashik and pune ,tats a great news ,but donno when tehy are starting
[00:53:01] okies and final words --- this hub service is limitted to 5net users only,some of the time we have happy hours , i mean at tat time other isp services are allowed to log in
[00:54:24] oh
[00:54:42] anything else
[00:54:58] hmm my frnd has a LCO in pune who is gonna provide him with fivenet connection
[00:55:21] okies great
[00:55:25] I guess I will tell him to try & join this hub from there to chk
[00:55:46] k
[00:55:49] just wanted to know if u knew weather PUNE guys can join on lan or not
[00:55:59] its ok I knew it was a long shot anyway
[00:56:02] :)
[00:56:06] i think we are having hours from last 1or 2 days ,donno exact
[00:56:11] tell him to chk
[00:56:22] but he will get net speed
[00:56:27] oh
[00:56:33] so no lan connecton?
[00:56:36] hmm
[00:56:51] yes no lan connection
[00:56:59] I guess they might have to start their own hub over there
[00:57:00] heh
[00:57:26] anyway thanks for taking the time to clear it up for me
[00:58:06] yup cya tc


Hello Sanket I asked one of the popeye Hub's Admins about ur situation... He basically they might open up the hub for a couple of hours or 2 for all ISP users in the near future but the other ISP users will only get their max net connect speed & not Lan speeds like we are getting here in Mumbai... This basically sucks for pune guys coz DC++ is one of the main attractions of Fivenet other than the 10Mbps speeds & the youtube caching... BTW another thing u could do is ask ur LCO for a demo & try to connect Popeye's hub from his comp... Its pretty easy to setup & there is a full tutorial here ... Another thing is many ppl on the hub chat seemed to suggest that Pune has its own hub... You could also enquire ur LCO about that too...Anyway Hope this information helped u & hope u can join the fivenet group & enjoy the benefits of this wonderful service :) ...
 
@rajadeep, the price was increased by 5net a few months back. Now my LCO wants ~25k for the yearly plan. He was asking for 18k when others were giving for 7~10k. Check TE and this forum, you will find at least 30 users who got it for this price ~1 year back. What I have stated is factual

Dude I did not say or even try to imply that u were lieing? I simply stated that last month I got a 10Mbps yearly plan for 12k & this month when my friend wanted it he had to pay 17k for it... I was just trying to say that if ur LCO is asking 18k for it its not a very bad price(considering the current rate that is going on)... BTW the 7-10k for a year price was mostly around diwali of 2010 when fivenet had the 6k/year offer... Then in mid 2011 itself the price started rising... Here are some sample threads to prove my point...

1) https://broadband.forum/fivenet/75670-monthly-price-10mbps-other-cheap/ This is a thread in which a guy asked in Jan 2012 about the pricing of fivenet... 1 user say 15k-22k depending on ur operator... 2nd guy (kickass) said Rs2500/mo & 3rd guy said 18k/year in Grant road... This was 6-7 months ago...

2)https://broadband.forum/fivenet/70647-yearly-plans-price-increased-14000-a/ This thread was made in July 2011(more than a year back) in which a FM member complained that the yearly price had gone up to 15.5k instead of the 7.5k price that was there till June 2011...

All I wanted to point out that the price has been going up for a long time now & the price mostly depends on ur LCO... But there was a major jump(again) this month... If ur LCO is providing u 10Mbps for 18k then the price is fine I guess but if it is 25k then u have to think how much do u really want the service... Also they is always the option of going for a lower speed plan which gives u the benifits of Youtube cache & DC++ service if u ever want to download anything(200TB+ data available)
 
Dude I did not say or even try to imply that u were lieing? I simply stated that last month I got a 10Mbps yearly plan for 12k & this month when my friend wanted it he had to pay 17k for it... I was just trying to say that if ur LCO is asking 18k for it its not a very bad price(considering the current rate that is going on)... BTW the 7-10k for a year price was mostly around diwali of 2010 when fivenet had the 6k/year offer... Then in mid 2011 itself the price started rising... Here are some sample threads to prove my point...

1) https://broadband.forum/fivenet/75670-monthly-price-10mbps-other-cheap/ This is a thread in which a guy asked in Jan 2012 about the pricing of fivenet... 1 user say 15k-22k depending on ur operator... 2nd guy (kickass) said Rs2500/mo & 3rd guy said 18k/year in Grant road... This was 6-7 months ago...

2)https://broadband.forum/fivenet/70647-yearly-plans-price-increased-14000-a/ This thread was made in July 2011(more than a year back) in which a FM member complained that the yearly price had gone up to 15.5k instead of the 7.5k price that was there till June 2011...

All I wanted to point out that the price has been going up for a long time now & the price mostly depends on ur LCO... But there was a major jump(again) this month... If ur LCO is providing u 10Mbps for 18k then the price is fine I guess but if it is 25k then u have to think how much do u really want the service... Also they is always the option of going for a lower speed plan which gives u the benifits of Youtube cache & DC++ service if u ever want to download anything(200TB+ data available)

Apologies if it appeared that I appeared defensive/rude to you, but that wasn't my intention. Sometimes, written words are interpreted otherwise. The diwali price was valid till May'11 after which it was revised, so it was slightly >1 year as you rightly mentioned.

The main purpose of this thread was to ask if there is any way we can ask fivenet to act and bring about uniformity. Just because some area has 2 LCOs and mine has only 1, I am being forced to pay a monopoly premium which is not fair
 
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