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hitesh.iitk

I wish to opt for one of the BSNL broadband plan, but I am confused about the upload/DL limit. I wish to use it for gtalk, skype and surfing, no audio/video sharing. Please help me to select appropriate plan. I was thinking of BSNL Plan125 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd- Latest News
which have limit of 150 MB per month.

Thanks in Advance

superprash2003

i think that is way too law for gtalk and skype.. are you going to you skype for talking?? if so then you need a better plan.. and that depends on how often you use it..if its just for chatting and for a little while home 250 or home 500 would do!!

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just4kix

BSNL Home 125 plan is too low. You are very likely to overrun your limits. My suggestion to you is go for Home 500 C plan (not Home 500 C+). It comes with no fixed line telephone rental and 175 free pulses @ one-India plan. The download limit is 1 GB and monthly cost is Rs. 500 + service tax. There is also night-time (2 AM to 8 AM) of free internet usage.

In my opinion this is a real value for money plan for small surfing, chatting, VOIP or Voice thru Skype/YM etc.

With 125 plan, your outgoing is Rs. 305/mth (Fixed Line = 180, BB = 125) + Voice call charges at your current rate. There is a very good chance that you will exceed the 150 MB limit (I am 99% sure of this) and you will pay 90p per MB of exceeded limit.

With 500 C plan, your outgoing is Rs. 500 + Voice calls - 175 free calls. With carefull monitoring of internet usage you are unlikely to exceed 1 GB but you will pay 90p per MB of exceeded limit.

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hitesh.iitk

Yes I will be using the internet for around 1 hour surfing and 30 min skype "talk". Is the Plan-250 appropriate for me? I already have BSNL basic phone serrvices and I don't want the internet connection for very long duration, so I think Home 500 C will not be approproate in my case as if I removed the broadband it will affect the base phone pay and rates.

hitesh.iitk

Yes I will be using the internet for around 1 hour surfing and 30 min skype "talk" per day. Around how much data is uploaded/downloaded in 30 min of skype/gtalk talk?

just4kix

How will it affect your current phone rates? At the moment, you must be on one-india plan with Rs. 180/- as fixed line rental and 50 free calls per month. This will reverted back to you after discontinuing with the Home 500 C plan.

- For Home 125 plan, you will have to pay Rs. 180/- fixed line rental extra. So your real cost is Rs. 305/- (180+125). Usage - 150 MB and no free night time. Extra BB usage = 90p/MB.

- For Home 250 plan, you will have to pay Rs. 180/- fixed line rental extra. So your real cost is Rs. 430/- (180+250). Usage - 1 GB and no free night time. Extra BB usage = 90p/MB.

You can go for whatever plan that appeals to you; but if you do careful math, you can see that Home 500 C is the best "Value for Money" plan.

infoinn

Dude if thats what you gona do then i am sure that in 5 days you will consume your whole limit. 1 hours surfing in 2mbps connection will take at least 30 MB of data usage. And skype/gtalk will add more to it. Hope you understand now.