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adi231189

Hello Guys Airtel Is coming to my area Mayur Vihar-3,New Delhi.Right Now using TATA and Really Sucks Big Time out Of 30 days no connectivity for 15 days.SO i need to switch immediately and is Airtel a Good ISP i am a huge downloader i am currently using 256Kpbs plan UL and paying RS 1100 and i saw the tariff of Airtel and it gives 384Kbps UL at the same Rs1100 price that is just Great.

Ok MOST IMPORTANT
Since i download quite a Chunk so if i take the 384 UL PLAN can anyone tell me wht Download speed i will get and also some people say that u get Awesome Speeds at night with Airtel is that true.

And please give details abt the intial intallment payment to be made.

Thanks

just4kix

Officially you should get 384 kbps or 48 KB/s. But some people have said that they get more that this. You may be lucky also.

Regarding payments, please ask Airtel sales. Somethings that I will advise are:

- do not pay any advance
- always pay by cheque; this way you have a record.
- if advance is a must, then insist on a receipt and a written commitment - say connection will be made in 7 days of realization of cheque
- insist on knowing all terms and consitions including tranfer charges (if you shift residence), min hire period, early disconnection charges (if any), etc.

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adi231189

Thanks For Info But the speed u r telling that is 48KB/s will i get speed of atleast 45-48KB/s most of the time or it will be very low sometimes.

And also i have heard some availability Problem of connection with Airtel that is they don't provide more than certain number of connection in a area(in my case a Whole Pocket).
I currently Using TATA Which Expires on OCT 20,2008.
But with the speed that Airtel is Laying it's Cable i think they will come by Mid-September itself.So since i will be having my Validity in MY TATA account so should i just Pay the Installation Money which they say is 500+300=800.And can i tell them i will be out of town for a Month or so so can i that way Hibernate my connection for some time.

And the cost of 384Kbps connection here is 999+Taxes=approx Rs 1122
which is what i am paying for my 256Kbps connection

Thanks

maharam1956

The Airtel Broadband speed supposed to be hasselfree.They are offering
unlimited plans under 512 speed for Rs1499 pm and also 1mbps for Rs 2222 pm here in tamilnadu. The download speed is 64 and 128 respectively

just4kix

As you can see from my user details, I am from Pune and I have no idea about service quality, speed assurance, etc. from Airtel in Delhi. Hence I cannot answer your questions. All I can say that I heard that Airtel is good in Delhi. But I can tell you that Airtel sucks big time in Maharashtra (excl Mumbai) - for BB as well as Mobile.

My advice has been restricted to general idea about how to go about for payments, etc.

You raised another point regarding paying Rs. 1122/- to Airtel for a 384 kbps connection when you are paying the same for a 256 kbps connection. To me this sounds a great reason to switch.

adi231189

Ok 2 Postive comments till now but cna anyone especially from New Delhi if possible east delhi Give a idea of service and quality in airtel speeds.

pansrana

go for airtel 2222 ul plan it has the best speeds i usually 145 kb/s...and upload 90 kb/s which is great.

see my results...


even at primetime its good


i really happy wid this...alas true bb

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adi231189

Please if somebody could tell about the plan i am asking about it will be good rather than telling abt the Rs2222 plan.

smoothvibes

airtel is best ISP in delhi... most of the users want airtel in delhi but cannot get it as it is not available everywhere...

if airtel is available in your area then i suggest you go for it

adi231189

Thanks But no body telling me about what download speeds to expect i heard that Airtel is shared connection in 1:2 ratio so in 384Kbps can i get atleast 45-48KB/s speed or not.And wht abt speeds at night.

mani_2002001

I have the same airtel plan...its been 3 months i have been using airtel...i have faced no problems till now... n the download speed is 60 kBps...the only issue i must say ive faced with airtel is...that they dont send the payment pick up guy

nusharani

i am using airtel broadband..256kbps cost 999+taxes...its really gud.free download...this is in gurgaon

nethack

I don't know how much Airtel is charging for their Unlimited/Limited broadband secvices, but if it is more than Rs. 500/m, then i will recommend to go for BSNL Plan 500c(2Mbps), and use any good Night Usage Manager for utlizing their "free usage time" to download few "GB" data daily.
see:Broadband How to

However if u don't require to download real big s/w's then also i will not recommend u to go for their Broadband services, its better to use their "Mobile Office" service on Prepaid GPRS Enabled sets. it will cost u Rs. 75(30 with hack) for One week activation, and its speed is about 115 Kbps which is not bad at all, however i have heared that this speed depends upon ur GPRS modem, if it is class 10 Modem then the speed may rise to 256 Kbps also.

So what did u prefer, Over 500/- Pospaid(Hidden Charges), or Prepaid(NO Hidden Charges), with Only 120/- Pm(with Hack).

smoothvibes

on 384kbps plan the normal download (transfer rate) speed should be somewhere around 48kbps but in some cases it is going upto 60kbps at nite. and as you said that no one is telling you about shared connection so don't worry about it airtel is not on shared connection as you are using a secure connection so it will not affect you like that.
nite speed depends upon your package so better if you speak to airtel cust care about it once or check details of package...

stick0

I get upto 30 kbps on utorrent and when i download sites such as rapidshare and various i get like 40 kbps.Am i missing something here?

jakemake123456

Ok I am from Pune as well , so will be hard to tell u what speeds to expect

I am on Home 888 Unlimited Plan ( 256 Kbps during the day / 512 Kbps during the night unlimited all throughout ) During the day I get between 35 to 40 KBps at nights the speed is generally between 70 to 95 KBps ) but I am really not sure about Delhi .

ur confusing KB with kb , there's a lot of difference dude

256 Kbps / 8 = 32 KBps ( theoretical max on 256 , that's why I like Airtel , Kills every other broadband service , I really don't know why people are cribbing about slow speeds on Airtel )

30 KBps = 240 Kbps

40 KBps = 320 kbps

Small b = Kilobits per second ( Usually what your ISP provides )
Big B = kilobytes per second , 1 Byte makes 8 Bits .

All these Bites are making me feel like having "Cadbury Bites" anyone want to join me .

I hope this info is correct

adi231189

Thanks Everyone for providing info on download Speed but nobody has commented on the Upload speed u get on the 384kbps plan please please somebody tell me what upload rate will i get really important.

jakemake123456

Upload , it depends , it's mostly almost the same as the download speed .

On the 888 plan during the day time I get 40 KBps down , 28-34 KBps up.
During the night its 75KBps down , 58-65 KBps up.
But it all depends on your line quality , SNR value ... etc etc .

I guess you should get about 48-56 KBps down , and about 42-48 KBps up on 384 Kbps connection.



I live in Pune .

adi231189

Yeah thanks for the info but can anybody using the 384kbps plan in delhi what upload speed they are getting lot of pune people here appreciate their help but i would like to have info from delhi people of what upload speed to expect in 384kbps