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Old 20-10-2007   #1
 
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Airtel broadband is the first internet service provider to launch a 8mbps connection in India for residential purposes. At present other isp's offer speeds ranging from 256kbps to 4mbps but airtel is now leading when it comes to speed and reliability with this new 8mbps plan launch.
Airtel broadband has been known for reliability in the past as per Indian standards its by far the best isp in the country. Airtel is going to offer this new 8mbps plan in the range or Rs2000 per month with a bandwidth cap of less then 10 Gb but to be honest its no use to me as I dont like to check my usage every now and then and the prices per mb after you have used up your quota are too high for the comman man to afford right now so it would help if they launch an unlimited 8mbps plan instead may be for a higher price if need be.
Airtel broadband is also working on providing 8mbps speed plans to those who dont want 8mbps 24/7 so it will be like 256kbps at night with unlimited transfer and 8mbps speeds during the day or something on those lines or may be 512kbps speed at night but whatever they work out I am really hoping that they launch an unlimited 8mbps plan as soon as possible and I would love to get a new airtel boadband 8mbps connection the very day.

What do you guys think about this new 8mbps offering by airtel broadband?
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Man i hope bsnl also gets us 2mbps unlimted its fine ..if 8mbps unlimted is awesome..if airtel does it.it will rule indian internet market
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The question is what will the actual download speed be....

I have a 2 mbps Airtel connection - the average download speed is 380 kbps and upload 140 mbps. So I am getting about 1/6 of what I pay for.

When Airtel says UP TO 8mbs I can bet what it actually means is PROBABLY 1 mpbs.

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The question is what will the actual download speed be....

I have a 2 mbps Airtel connection - the average download speed is 380 kbps and upload 140 kbps. So I am getting about 1/6 of what I pay for.

When Airtel says UP TO 8mbs I can bet what it actually means is PROBABLY 1 mpbs.

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Airtel broadband is the first internet service provider to launch a 8mbps connection in India for residential purposes. At present other isp's offer speeds ranging from 256kbps to 4mbps but airtel is now leading when it comes to speed and reliability with this new 8mbps plan launch.
Airtel broadband has been known for reliability in the past as per Indian standards its by far the best isp in the country. Airtel is going to offer this new 8mbps plan in the range or Rs2000 per month with a bandwidth cap of less then 10 Gb but to be honest its no use to me as I dont like to check my usage every now and then and the prices per mb after you have used up your quota are too high for the comman man to afford right now so it would help if they launch an unlimited 8mbps plan instead may be for a higher price if need be.
Airtel broadband is also working on providing 8mbps speed plans to those who dont want 8mbps 24/7 so it will be like 256kbps at night with unlimited transfer and 8mbps speeds during the day or something on those lines or may be 512kbps speed at night but whatever they work out I am really hoping that they launch an unlimited 8mbps plan as soon as possible and I would love to get a new airtel boadband 8mbps connection the very day.

What do you guys think about this new 8mbps offering by airtel broadband?
Yeah....its a goood think to do with Indian Internet connection. Actually here in India internet connection is five times the cost that is available in US or UK. Here people aren't able to even get 128KBPS unlimited connection as it's priced at Rs.699/- PM where as in US 2MBPS unlimited connection is available for $25 i.e. Rs.1100/- PM & moreover Indian ISP's don't know that doubling the internet connection speed won't just double Cost. So i think this 8MBPS unlimited internet connection here in India would cost 32000/-($760)PM then who will be able to get this connection, it would be costing a months salary!!!
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The question is what will the actual download speed be....

I have a 2 mbps Airtel connection - the average download speed is 380 kbps and upload 140 kbps. So I am getting about 1/6 of what I pay for.

When Airtel says UP TO 8mbs I can bet what it actually means is PROBABLY 1 mpbs.

Cheats.
airtel offers a max speed of 2Mbps whr b stands for bits
2 mega bits = 2048 kilo-bits a second = 2048/8 = 256 Kilo Bytes per second
and i think wat u r talkin abt is bytes .. post a screenshot of ur bandwidth test
And yes .. u guessed it rite Airtel`s 8mbps is actually 1MBps
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airtel offers a max speed of 2Mbps whr b stands for bits
2 mega bits = 2048 kilo-bits a second = 2048/8 = 256 Kilo Bytes per second
and i think wat u r talkin abt is bytes .. post a screenshot of ur bandwidth test
And yes .. u guessed it rite Airtel`s 8mbps is actually 1MBps
Yes you are right.. He got confused between bits and bytes.

There is a factor of 8 between them
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Yeah....its a goood think to do with Indian Internet connection. Actually here in India internet connection is five times the cost that is available in US or UK. Here people aren't able to even get 128KBPS unlimited connection as it's priced at Rs.699/- PM where as in US 2MBPS unlimited connection is available for $25 i.e. Rs.1100/- PM & moreover Indian ISP's don't know that doubling the internet connection speed won't just double Cost. So i think this 8MBPS unlimited internet connection here in India would cost 32000/-($760)PM then who will be able to get this connection, it would be costing a months salary!!!
You are correct about the price difference between India and USA. This is true about cell phone service and internet too. In US it is all unlimited even 10 years back. And the price was/is way less than what we pay in India.
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Guys I am 100% sure that this upto 8mbps will maximum give just 1 mbps. And I don't think they'll be giving unlimited plans although they have mentioned.
I need just the maximum possible unlimited plan and no limits.
Currently according to airtel unlimited 256kbps plan is the best.
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