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Priyatam · 10-03-08, 09:55 AM

Railtel, a public sector organisation under the Railways taking care of the transport behemoths telecommunication aspects, is now planning to exploit its vast reach by providing high speed broadband connectivity.

The venture will be initiated in Karnataka, at Bellary, Tumkur and a small pocket in Whitefield before being extended across the country. It is expected to begin within two months.

Christened “Railwire”, the initiative’s aim is to provide an application driven network with high speed access to the internet at an affordable cost. Given the low PC penetration, Railtel also plans to manufacture “Thin client PCs”, ranging between Rs 4,000 and Rs 5,000, in association with a partner.

UNLIMITED plans
iRW002 256 Kbps Rs.320
iRW004 512 Kbps Rs.620
iRW006 1 Mbps Rs.920
iRW008 2 Mbps Rs.1220
iRW010 4 Mbps Rs.2120
iRW012 8 Mbps Rs.3620
iRW014 16 Mbps Rs.6920
iRW016 32 Mbps Rs.13520
SOURCE:
Railwire - Home

Port speeds are on 1:4 contention ratio
Contention ratio is the ratio in which no. of users content for bandwidth on the same port. In short, 4 people will be using the same port/card at the DSLAM in the exchange. So, if the port/card is 4Mbps, then it's contented between 4 users.It means that you will get anywhere between 25% to 100% of the mentioned speed.

Archer · 10-03-08, 11:58 AM

Oh Man! this is unbelievable. This is awesome. 2Mb unlimited connection is only Rs. 1220. In BSNL 512Kb unlimited connection is Rs. 1350.

Adminji check this out.

Adminji check this out.

pothi · 10-03-08, 01:32 PM

A fantastic offer indeed.

I miss bangalore now.

gurusam · 10-03-08, 01:38 PM

I hope it comes to Mysore soon...I will be waiting For it...Fantastic Offers..Can You please give me the link where you found this..??

Priyatam · 10-03-08, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gurusam

I hope it comes to Mysore soon...I will be waiting For it...Fantastic Offers..Can You please give me the link where you found this..??

I've given the link in the post itself.

gurusam · 10-03-08, 04:20 PM

Oops Had not seen it sorry!!

Rameshjeee · 10-03-08, 06:19 PM

Hope it comes to chennai soon.
I would go opt for iRW004 512 Kbps Rs.620 plan.....
Faster & Cheaper than my current plan......

Priyatam · 10-03-08, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jee.ramesh1983

Hope it comes to chennai soon.
I would go opt for iRW004 512 Kbps Rs.620 plan.....
Faster & Cheaper than my current plan......

I would like to go for "iRW008 2 Mbps Rs.1220"

bbindia · 11-18-08, 05:18 PM

wow that's great

shirish · 01-04-09, 07:28 PM

There is an article on CXOToday about Railwire doing stuff. Check out the release on 15th December on CXOToday.

Don't have enough posts to link the URL here.

internet_guy · 02-04-09, 08:55 PM

i hope they start all over in bangalore and force bsnl to cut down the prices , i will move to railwire once they introduce in my area

2mb ul 1220 that's a perfect plan for us

all the best to railwire team

http://www.railwire.in/

cool_techie_tvm · 02-04-09, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shirish

There is an article on CXOToday about Railwire doing stuff. Check out the release on 15th December on CXOToday.

Don't have enough posts to link the URL here.

CXOtoday.com > News > Technology > RailTel to Expand OFC Base

vinuthomas.com >> Discussion Forum >> DSL Broadband Providers >> Other DSL Broaband Services >> RailWire - Various Unlimited Plans

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Right?

02-06-09, 12:17 PM

gr8 news really

but is it going to be available in all cities ? kolkata?

cool_techie_tvm · 02-06-09, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

gr8 news really

but is it going to be available in all cities ? kolkata?

U can try emailing them. They will revert with an appropriate time frame for feasibility in your area.

02-15-09, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

U can try emailing them. They will revert with an appropriate time frame for feasibility in your area.

thanks ... i mailed them at connect@railwire.in a few days ago ... no replies yet. lets see ...

cool_techie_tvm · 02-15-09, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

thanks ... i mailed them at connect@railwire.in a few days ago ... no replies yet. lets see ...

This is their reply for my query...

Quote:

Dear Mr. Praveen,

Warm Greetings from RailWire!

This is w.r.t.your recent online enquiry with RailWire (appended below).

We are glad to receive your enquiry.

Trivandrum will come under our pan-India rollout plans. From the customer care desk, we don’t have good visibility into the exact dates/timelines. However, you could expect us to reach trivandrum towards the latter half of year 09.

With warm regards,

Team - RailWire Operations

eMail: connect@railwire.in | Tel: 91 80 4060 88 99 | URL: Railwire - Home

SMS: RAILWIRE(space)<Your Location> to 5 67 67 75

RailWire is an initiative of RailTel Corporation of India Ltd., Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India

02-15-09, 03:25 PM

thanks a lot Mr.Praveen

...

boneless · 02-16-09, 09:36 AM

i dont get it how dumb you people can get and fall for this .....people dont you get it??? there is 'catch' here..."Port speeds are on 1:4 contention ratio" which means you get only 25% out of 100%....if you choose 2mbps UL plan than you get only 256kbps out of 2048kbps i.e 25% out of 100%....nobody is noticing this and jumping up and down with happiness

cool_techie_tvm · 02-16-09, 09:39 AM

Yaar u are mistaken. BSNL is employing contention ratio of 1:50.

Contention ratio is always implemented on gateway routers, hence it will have negligible effect on the end users.

vikramjb · 02-16-09, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Yaar u are mistaken. BSNL is employing contention ratio of 1:50.

Contention ratio is always implemented on gateway routers, hence it will have negligible effect on the end users.

Pardone my ignorance but what is a contention ratio ?

So if its 1:50, then does it mean we get 10% of the speed ?

10-03-08, 09:55 AM	#1
Priyatam Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 25 Posts: 52 Rep Power: 2	Railtel to offer internet service -2mbps to 32mbps Railtel, a public sector organisation under the Railways taking care of the transport behemoths telecommunication aspects, is now planning to exploit its vast reach by providing high speed broadband connectivity. The venture will be initiated in Karnataka, at Bellary, Tumkur and a small pocket in Whitefield before being extended across the country. It is expected to begin within two months. Christened “Railwire”, the initiative’s aim is to provide an application driven network with high speed access to the internet at an affordable cost. Given the low PC penetration, Railtel also plans to manufacture “Thin client PCs”, ranging between Rs 4,000 and Rs 5,000, in association with a partner. UNLIMITED plans iRW002 256 Kbps Rs.320 iRW004 512 Kbps Rs.620 iRW006 1 Mbps Rs.920 iRW008 2 Mbps Rs.1220 iRW010 4 Mbps Rs.2120 iRW012 8 Mbps Rs.3620 iRW014 16 Mbps Rs.6920 iRW016 32 Mbps Rs.13520 SOURCE: Railwire - Home Port speeds are on 1:4 contention ratio Contention ratio is the ratio in which no. of users content for bandwidth on the same port. In short, 4 people will be using the same port/card at the DSLAM in the exchange. So, if the port/card is 4Mbps, then it's contented between 4 users.It means that you will get anywhere between 25% to 100% of the mentioned speed.

10-03-08, 11:58 AM	#2
Archer Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kerala Posts: 2,815 Rep Power: 6	Oh Man! this is unbelievable. This is awesome. 2Mb unlimited connection is only Rs. 1220. In BSNL 512Kb unlimited connection is Rs. 1350. Adminji check this out. Adminji check this out. Last edited by Archer; 10-03-08 at 11:58 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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10-03-08, 01:32 PM	#3
pothi Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Heaven Posts: 246 Rep Power: 2	A fantastic offer indeed. I miss bangalore now.

10-03-08, 01:38 PM	#4
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gurusam Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mysore Age: 21 Posts: 387 Rep Power: 2	Oops Had not seen it sorry!!

10-03-08, 06:19 PM	#7
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11-18-08, 05:18 PM	#9
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shirish Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pune, India Posts: 42 Rep Power: 3	There is an article on CXOToday about Railwire doing stuff. Check out the release on 15th December on CXOToday. Don't have enough posts to link the URL here.

02-04-09, 08:55 PM	#11
internet_guy Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 230 Rep Power: 2	i hope they start all over in bangalore and force bsnl to cut down the prices , i will move to railwire once they introduce in my area 2mb ul 1220 that's a perfect plan for us all the best to railwire team http://www.railwire.in/

02-06-09, 12:17 PM	#13
saurav_k Guest Posts: n/a	gr8 news really but is it going to be available in all cities ? kolkata?

02-15-09, 03:25 PM	#17
saurav_k Guest Posts: n/a	thanks a lot Mr.Praveen ...

02-16-09, 09:36 AM	#18
boneless Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 23 Posts: 146 Rep Power: 2	i dont get it how dumb you people can get and fall for this .....people dont you get it??? there is 'catch' here..."Port speeds are on 1:4 contention ratio" which means you get only 25% out of 100%....if you choose 2mbps UL plan than you get only 256kbps out of 2048kbps i.e 25% out of 100%....nobody is noticing this and jumping up and down with happiness

02-16-09, 09:39 AM	#19
cool_techie_tvm Amor vincit omnia Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,682 Blog Entries: 4 Rep Power: 4	Yaar u are mistaken. BSNL is employing contention ratio of 1:50. Contention ratio is always implemented on gateway routers, hence it will have negligible effect on the end users.

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