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Pros

Peace of mind, enough opportunity to seed, good for heavy browsers, constant speed, no fear of billing errors.

Cons

Low speed

BSNL is a government company. It was derived from the telecom department of India. Alike all government departments, BSNL too has retrieved the bad work culture of government. If you want it to get it done by BSNL you need to put a lot of effort into it. It may or may not occur at the desired time. Much of depends on luck and the person in charge. There are rare personalities in BSNL who know how to do their work. But all may not be lucky enough to meet him. One of the main advantages of Unlimited plans is the peace of mind it gives to the user. If take a 100 people who is using unlimited plans 90 of the choose it because of fear of errenous bill.

When I was writing this I could hardly find a reason that is the demerit of this plan. If you are in unlimited plan, you definitely have a low speed but you get more time to seed. The speed will be 20 - 25 or 50 - 55 KBps. But you have 24 hours to seed and maintain a good ratio.

Normally people confuse themselves with download. Those who just browse think that they are not downloading anything and is safe from billing errors. If you browse for one hour, it will cost you around 20 MB. And the bandwidth is calculated as upload + download. In unlimited plan , you can download and upload as much as you can. Hence it is a boon for heavy browser.

It doesn't mean that we cannot download in Unlimited plans. I too have UL 750, the slowest of UL plans and even then I am able to download movie. Only thing you need is patience. Just give it some time and everything will be right. Various unlimited plans are

UL 750

Speed - 256 Kbps

Download limit - Unlimited

Telephone rent - Yes

UL 750+

Speed - 256 Kbps

Download limit - Unlimited

Telephone rent - No

UL 1350

Speed - 512 Kbps

Download limit - Unlimited

Telephone rent - Yes

UL 1350+

Speed - 512 Kbps

Download limit - Unlimited

Telephone rent - No

If you have are a government employee, you are eligible for 20 % discount.

Hope this helped.

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superprash2003

very informative!!keep it up!!i'd go with a UL connection any day!!

meetdilip

Thanks Prashanth

Haridev V

Dudes.....I am currently using a BB 500 Home plan...should i consider converting to BB rural 500 usof plan?? it offers unlimited download but speeds are relatively very low....tell me plz if the reduction in speed will be fairly visible in browsing....like opening my inbox ar other general websites?