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Should I opt for plan 500 or ul 900 in dataone

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View Poll Results: Home 500 or UL 900

Home 500 19 61.29%
UL 900 12 38.71%
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Old 05-21-07, 11:21 AM   #1
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Question Should I opt for plan 500 or ul 900 in dataone

Here is the thing, I had been a dataone user since about September 2005. I was using Home 250, then shifted to Home 500 cause my data usage went as far as 2.4 gb in Home 250 when it was limited to 400 mb free usage. Then when UL 900 came, I shifted to it in May 2005 with an annual payment of Rs. 9000. Since that phase is coming to an end, I am thinking of what to do now! The speed of Home 500 is upto 2mbps where UL 900 is still 256 kbps. I also think BSNL has no plans to increase it's speed but what if it does? I guess the best thing for me would be to change my plan to Home 500 without annual payment and wait till something gets done.

Pros for HOME 500:

(a) Speed
(b) Cheaper

Cons for HOME 500:

(a) Chargeable data usage after 2.5 GB.
(b) Password theft can lead to massive billing.

Pros for UL 900:

(a) Unlimited data usage.
(b) Password theft no problem.

Cons for UL 900:

(a) Speed
(b) Costlier than HOME 500.
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Old 05-21-07, 04:00 PM   #2
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I'd suggest to go for UL 900 (plus) plan as data limit
appears to be a big problem for you . However if you
are interested in home500 plan then it can be made
secured by using a strong password ...
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I'd suggest to go for UL 900 (plus) plan as data limit
appears to be a big problem for you . However if you
are interested in home500 plan then it can be made
secured by using a strong password ...

it took me 61 hrs to download x64 vista but i guess in home 500 it wud take me 6 hours!
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Old 05-22-07, 12:55 PM   #4
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^ as you said in earlier post , speed limitation is a problem
for UL900 plans users . And speed has been upgraded for
home 500 plan users but it can be a bit difficult to download
huge files during the free time only (2 AM - 8 AM) ...
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Old 05-27-07, 12:30 AM   #5
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wish you could use pay for both home500 and ul900 so tht i can use the net freely in the morning and download gbs at night
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Old 05-27-07, 12:32 AM   #6
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i would recomend the ul500 which i use currently coz my friend downloads 3-4gbs using his ul900 and leaving his comp on full day while i get ~5gbs via http from 2-8pm using IDM
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Old 08-02-07, 07:26 PM   #7
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Hi,
go for 500 plan ..of course you ve to be cautious ...but i think overall it is good then 900 UL. Thr is no need to get up at 2 ..you can get up early in morning at 5 or 6..

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Old 08-22-07, 02:16 PM   #8
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home 500 will be the best for u and use IDM with schedule manager to download big files from 2-8 am.
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Old 09-01-07, 12:58 AM   #9
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home 500 is ne time better than UL900 .. if u need to d/l something .. just schedule da download to take place in 2am - 8am
tats wat i do .. my comp automatically shuts down at 8.. so no hassles
nd even if u d/l at a max speed of 30kBps[UL900] .. u wud just get a meagre amt of 3gbs in 24 hrs .. as compared to ~4.2GBs in 6hrs[HOME 500]
da decision is upto u!!
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I will suggest Home 500 too. Use a scheduler to reboot your modem at 2. Download manager or Torrent client can be scheduled between 2 and 8.

You can use telenet script to reboot the modem exactly at 2.
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