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gargnikhil · 03-17-08, 04:27 PM

i am using 8 mbps plan of airtel and have download limit of 4gb at home how can i keep a check on the usage of my connection for home and office.In office I have a mtnl unlimited plan. right now i am using du meter for my laptop for the check but it is not useful as it shows total only not separate report for each connection

i want to keep a check only on airtel plan. any ideas?

vidyut · 03-17-08, 11:12 PM

Why are you wasting your bucks on the stupid 8mbps plan ?

gargnikhil · 03-17-08, 11:46 PM

got any other plans dear????????

antonyphd · 03-23-08, 09:10 PM

What is your real upload speed?

iceman1981 · 03-26-08, 05:40 PM

better to take 2megs unltd at 2222, much much better. IT will give optimum speeds of 150-160KBPS too at times and reduce headaches of monitoring bandwidth used

gargnikhil · 03-27-08, 12:29 PM

there is no plan for 2 mbps in 2222 its only 1 mbps

gargnikhil · 03-27-08, 12:31 PM

montioring is definately a big headache in 8 mbps i just wanted to see the speed ad next billing cycle ill change plan to 512 or 256 plan

rubalsher · 03-31-08, 02:16 PM

An 8Mbps plan with a 4GB limit only works for those who know that they are going to stay within that limit for sure without needing to check it. This pretty much means that you will have very few or zero downloads of huge files (100 MB and above).

Practically speaking, for surfing the net only, you would hardly notice any difference between 512 kbps and 8 Mbps.

So, at one level I agree that an 8 Mbps plan with a 4GB limit is not practically a wise option. I would recommend that if you are going to download data in excess of 4GB, go for the best unlimited plan for your city.

Delhi has come out with 1 Mbps unlimited plan for Rs 2222. This I feel is an awesome plan. Bangalore offers 512 kbps UL plan for Rs 1499. Check up your city on the airtel website and go for the best UL plan. There is hardly a point in having an 8Mbps connection with a meagre download cap.

gargnikhil · 03-31-08, 04:45 PM

you are talking about 8 mbps they have not even touched 5mbps till yet and they are still in testing. their engineer comes to my place and gives call to their server people frankly they have not gone more then 2mbps till yet. ill ask them to change the plan to 256 only because download speed i am getting is only 100kbps

03-17-08, 04:27 PM	#1
gargnikhil Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 2	8 mbps speed i am using 8 mbps plan of airtel and have download limit of 4gb at home how can i keep a check on the usage of my connection for home and office.In office I have a mtnl unlimited plan. right now i am using du meter for my laptop for the check but it is not useful as it shows total only not separate report for each connection i want to keep a check only on airtel plan. any ideas?

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03-17-08, 11:12 PM	#2
vidyut Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 2	Why are you wasting your bucks on the stupid 8mbps plan ?

03-17-08, 11:46 PM	#3
gargnikhil Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 2	got any other plans dear????????

03-23-08, 09:10 PM	#4
antonyphd Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	What is your real upload speed?

03-26-08, 05:40 PM	#5
iceman1981 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 49 Rep Power: 2	better to take 2megs unltd at 2222, much much better. IT will give optimum speeds of 150-160KBPS too at times and reduce headaches of monitoring bandwidth used

03-27-08, 12:29 PM	#6
gargnikhil Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 2	there is no plan for 2 mbps in 2222 its only 1 mbps

03-27-08, 12:31 PM	#7
gargnikhil Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 2	montioring is definately a big headache in 8 mbps i just wanted to see the speed ad next billing cycle ill change plan to 512 or 256 plan

03-31-08, 02:16 PM	#8
rubalsher Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 33 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 2	An 8Mbps plan with a 4GB limit only works for those who know that they are going to stay within that limit for sure without needing to check it. This pretty much means that you will have very few or zero downloads of huge files (100 MB and above). Practically speaking, for surfing the net only, you would hardly notice any difference between 512 kbps and 8 Mbps. So, at one level I agree that an 8 Mbps plan with a 4GB limit is not practically a wise option. I would recommend that if you are going to download data in excess of 4GB, go for the best unlimited plan for your city. Delhi has come out with 1 Mbps unlimited plan for Rs 2222. This I feel is an awesome plan. Bangalore offers 512 kbps UL plan for Rs 1499. Check up your city on the airtel website and go for the best UL plan. There is hardly a point in having an 8Mbps connection with a meagre download cap.

03-31-08, 04:45 PM	#9
gargnikhil Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 2	you are talking about 8 mbps they have not even touched 5mbps till yet and they are still in testing. their engineer comes to my place and gives call to their server people frankly they have not gone more then 2mbps till yet. ill ask them to change the plan to 256 only because download speed i am getting is only 100kbps

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