1/2 Speed for Those Using 15gb+/Mo Yes thats the news i got from calling AIrtel Customer Care 15minutes back when i noticed my Airtel speed cut in half... ofcourse the charge will still be the same.
Bangalore, India
DOn't know if its all throughout India
'But 15gb in this day and age sucks too much to be true, but it is. I got capped now instead of the measily 28-30kBps, i am getting a 13kbps speed...
Get this in writing and log a complaint with consumer forum, they cant do this legally. Will also check if there is a mechanism in place to contact TRAI for customer redressal
Airtel is known to follow international policies. First they were the first ISP in India to introduce Sandvine throttling technique. Now they have started reducing the bandwidth of subscribers because they are *misusing* it ...Originally Posted by dkking
Yes thats the news i got from calling AIrtel Customer Care 15minutes back when i noticed my Airtel speed cut in half... ofcourse the charge will still be the same.
Bangalore, India
DOn't know if its all throughout India
'But 15gb in this day and age sucks too much to be true, but it is. I got capped now instead of the measily 28-30kBps, i am getting a 13kbps speed...
well CC's can never be trusted , you could try calling them up again and asking.. if you get the same reply then possible..such a condition is ridiculous!!
No company in India follows international standards, just google and you will find where the world is as far as bandwidth is concerned.
Airtel follows some standards by which they can reap max profits. Its like they choose whatever is convenient for them from a set of protocols followed by international ISPs. Such was the introduction of Sandvines hardware and now this speed reduction.
I remember Sunil Mittal saying on National TV,
"Bakri halal to hoga, lekin kistomein" when the tariff war started with the entrance of RIM.
He uses the same philosophy when dealing with customers. Use all possible means to dupe the customer and maximise profit. If the customer cries "foul", let him go to the court or whatever.
Great. Just awesome! :|
/sarcasm
oops... i still doubt the validity of this news ... i hope other isps dont follow up with such speed cuts ... i am praying everyday for high-speed UL connections to become cheaper ...
thats too bad... hope BSNL guys don't brain overnite...
This is true guys..unfortunate but true..and perhaps they have support of TRAI by "Fair Usage Policy" of Airtel...
bad practice
Hope Bsnl does not do this
BSNL is already throttling torrent speeds, atleast for the older subscribers with 59.xx.xx.xx IP. Maybe they have also invested on this dreaded sandvine hardware. I pray they do not implement this half speed rule too.
wow,i can't believe this........i got airtel's 256mbps unlimited connection in october and was very happy with the connection........until this news filtered in...
I think something must be done,this is cheating us customers....
I blogged about this:
Airtel screws unlimited plan users | Gaurish Sharma Live
Has someone posted this in Digg or Reddit? If so, please post the link in here so that all of us can vote and let the world know about the shoddy practices of Airtel.
The restrictions are as follows
128 kbps = download limit 10 gb
256 kbps = 15 gb
384 kbps = 20 gb
512 kbps = 25 gb
submitted it to digg
Digg it and let the whole world know
Digg - Airtel Fair Usage Policy Limits on Unimited Broadband
Dugg!! Thanks for posting it in there!!
I think that's not gonna happen for sometime, I don't think they profit much from it. Even if it's gonna happen, they might wait till they see Airtel's approach to the whole thing and then decidethats too bad... hope BSNL guys don't brain overnite...
Dugg mansubmitted it to digg
Digg it and let the whole world know
Digg - Airtel Fair Usage Policy Limits on Unimited Broadband
Consumers are being taken for a ride
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hahahaha.. i am really loving this..Airtel Sucks... BTW.. where is our admin.. he is a biggest airtel fanboy on this forum..
BSNL Zindabaad.. Dataone Zindabaad.
Dont get too happy. BSNL is known to follow Airtel policies such as introducing Sandvine Hardware for throttling bittorrent downloads. Imagine having a cap on free night time !!!hahahaha.. i am really loving this..
Well its not implemented over BSNL yet.. and even if in future they planned to implement, it will take months..At the moment its the Airtel which is in firing line..
Not necessarily, If BSNL really gets to it, they can do it within months time. They just put their damn mind toWell its not implemented over BSNL yet.. and even if in future they planned to implement, it will take months..
What do you mean Night Time unlimited should be capped ?
I personally use 750UL but i am sure, a lot of users out use the 500 plan and use the night time unlimited. If they are gonna a limited plan then they will cap the UL first and then the limited one.
I totally disagree as i am an Airtel user but uptil now i havent faced any issues like stated above that putting a cap or something.
Is there any official news for this or its just a rumour as i myself a torrent freak but i am not facing any issues uptil now that is.
Have u tried contacting the CC? They might break the news upon u !!
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