Reliance 3G package - tariff details!

[Sushubh]

Reliance 3G package - tariff details!

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Reliance 3G package details revealed

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dammit. embedly is not working for some weird reason.

 

[iChaitanya]

I'm not impressed with their 3G data pricing. 2100 INR for 21 GB at 21 Mbps doesn't sound that bad. I say it's good.

 

[Sushubh]

it's better than tata docomo at least.

 

[pkarthik24]

so there is no Unlimited in RELIANCE like BSNL do

 

[mgcarley]

Bah! Stop whining about no unlimited 3G. In my view, this is a GOOD thing because Wireless/3G is simply not going to handle the loads that "unlimited" plans would cause, which would cause problems for everyone on the network. Just look at how many BSNL users are reporting really slow speeds on 3G compared to those getting half-decent speeds (2+mbit/s).

With regards to pricing, you have it pretty sweet in India - I would jump for joy at these prices if they were available here - anything 3GB and above is quite good value as compared to some of the data-plans with your ADSL providers, and even compared to the likes of some wireless providers such as Tikona.

Comparing the cheapest network in NZ, we pay minimum NZ$20/GB (if we're in the right city), otherwise rest of the country that network piggybacks on Vodafone, which takes the price to NZ$6/50MB (so NZ$120/GB).

Currently, NZD$1 = Rs34, so we're looking at:
50MB = Rs204
which puts the price of 1GB = Rs4080 (on this network if you are not in their "broadband zone"). Within their "broadband zone", 1GB = Rs680 (where available)

That said, depending on how you buy, 4GB can be had for "as little as" NZ$72/Rs2500 on Vodafone (using USB stick). Mobile plans are atrocious - a plan with 1GB runs at about Rs8500 per month, although they're starting to offer some deals on data now - seems to have come about since I called them out on their pricing in the NZ media about a month ago, but I can't take credit for that.

My point is... we've had nationwide 3G in NZ on both major networks (Telecom NZ and Vodafone) for over 5 years already and we're still getting milked dry! If consumers here could get 21GB of data - whether on 3G or on landline - for Rs2100 (NZ$62) we would be absolutely delighted.

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And to make things worse - the wholesale prices are about the same as India (potentially even a little cheaper) and the cost of the spectrum per subscriber was about half compared to India.

The main difference between here and India is our mobile termination rates - but that applies only to voice, not to data.

I know how much Vodafone NZ pays per GB, yet they still charge these outrageous fees for delivery - it's more expensive to get data on wireless (3G or otherwise) than wired, but even that's pretty outrageous (largest ISP here has 10GB plan for something like NZ$60/Rs2000 per month and after that amount, speed drops to 64k, which renders it unusable!!)

It may sound ridiculous, but if I don't manage to do it myself, I'd like to see Airtel/Reliance/Tata come to NZ and significantly undercut the competition.

 

[netguru1]

I totally second mgcarley. I'm not in favor at all of cheap no-cap unlimited plans on 3G

 

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[rj27]

unlimited should be expected only from the BWA services that will be launched next year(may be) using LTE & Wimax by various operator. But again they can't offer unlimited data on very high speeds becoz that will eventually lead to congestion & other problems.Unlimted plans should rather be offered on wired broadband, the wireless should be provided with high GB limits rather than totally unlimted. Here in India people want unlimited 3G plans like BSNl 3G just becoz they don't have any other option which provides them 1mbps or above speeds without any FUP. The 3G plans should be providing higher data limits than what is offered at present by pvt. operators & one other thing they can do is reduce the price/MB post the qouta completion, so they customer is willing to pay a little bit more.

 

[mgcarley]

unlimited should be expected only from the BWA services that will be launched next year(may be) using LTE & Wimax by various operator. But again they can't offer unlimited data on very high speeds becoz that will eventually lead to congestion & other problems.

Exactly - not just congestion, but performance under medium-to-heavy load - even if just 1 or 2 users have torrents running which are opening 500 connections or something like that, performance will suffer.

Conversely, if 10 people are all watching 480 or 720p youtube videos and consuming roughly the same amount of bandwidth, performance should still be very good.

Unlimted plans should rather be offered on wired broadband, the wireless should be provided with high GB limits rather than totally unlimted. Here in India people want unlimited 3G plans like BSNl 3G just becoz they don't have any other option which provides them 1mbps or above speeds without any FUP. The 3G plans should be providing higher data limits than what is offered at present by pvt. operators & one other thing they can do is reduce the price/MB post the qouta completion, so they customer is willing to pay a little bit more.

That sounds reasonable, and pretty much in line with our plans.

 

[madhusudhan7]

Bah! Stop whining about no unlimited 3G. In my view, this is a GOOD thing because Wireless/3G is simply not going to handle the loads that "unlimited" plans would cause, which would cause problems for everyone on the network. Just look at how many BSNL users are reporting really slow speeds on 3G compared to those getting half-decent speeds (2+mbit/s)..........


I appreciate your in depth explanation about the pricing elsewhere and do realize that every ISP paid a fortune to acquire that 3g spectrum but India as a country is a lot bigger than NZ etc & hence a lot more subscribers(additional opportunity) + cheap labor also adds to this. But either ways what is more important is the earning capability of an average Indian - i assume this is a lot lesser than NZ. NZ's can afford to pay that much for every other service but not many Indians can.

P.S: I'm not trying to start a debate but rather trying to understand if it's really a fair pricing. But otherwise i still find 21gb for around Rs. 2000 is a good and agreeable deal for mobile broadband - used on phone

 

[y2s]

This is cheaper then att and verizon un the US. Also it is cheaper then what I currently pay for 3kb/s on loop