"Airtel Fair Usage Policy" Limits on Unimited Broadband!

[Hitboxx]

Originally Posted by abhi1301

Can you Guys Post the SOURCE PLZ >>???

It is confirmed dead sure in Bangalore, I called up CC and it's an affirmation.

[RChandan]

^ There are many people who'll be ignorant enough to continue with us outrageously devised schemes, one which are made with the sole purpose of cheating consumers.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by Hitboxx

It is confirmed dead sure in Bangalore, I called up CC and it's an affirmation.

Comeon, why a sissy ? Did you threaten them with lawsuits ? Did you shout at them ?

[Faun]

^^and yeah they are doing this for "fair play" Everyone should get internet

[MetalheadGautham]

^^Then ask them to lower price from Rs. 2222 to Rs. 1500 for their so called "unlimited" 1MBPS.

[Faun]

^^get rich or fcuking die with 15GB limit ! *

* there is always a catch

[MetalheadGautham]

*update*:

everyone is welcome on IRC to see Hitboxx getting pwned by airtel CC women LIVE right NOW

[The_Devil_Himself]

I demand some |337 p0rn DVDs to be sent to me with my bill to compensate for this sh!.t.

[gopi_vbboy]

hehe aitel net suxx..nothing beats BSNL H500...my usage around 80GB @ 2Mbps (260KB/S Max including freetime) ..now airtel users already have slow speed...now again slowing is a bad idea

bsnl ul750 may be good alternative for the sufferers here

[MetalheadGautham]

H750 SUCKS.

Hathway is MUCH MUCH better if you want the slow 256kbps internet for gaming.

I know guys with dual internet plans, who keep a gaming (slow speed low ping) cable internet line along with a BSNL H500c plan (1.5GB limit, free phone, no rental, NU).


NOTE: H500 is 2.5GB limit while H500c is 1.5GB limit but with zero rental for phones. I personally prefer H500 because 1.5GB is too less for casual youtube during daytime.

[Hitboxx]

It is NOT 150gb for 1mb, it is just 50. And I think I have already used (more than)half of it. That's it then. I won't turn off my downloads until March 4 then, and be it 1mb or 512kb I will wriggle out all the juice possible of this pathetic ISP in the remaining time and say bye bye!

[LegendKiller]

wow,i joined airtel after having problems with MTNL in October......I am happy with connection and my speed has never dropped....
maybe because my general per-mth usage would be btw 2-3gb.........Lets see if this thing happens to me as well....

[nix]

i think its a check against piracy. for normal browsing, 15 gb should be sufficient.

[Liverpool_fan]

Originally Posted by nix

i think its a check against piracy. for normal browsing, 15 gb should be sufficient.

Um...What?
What about gamers, Linux users who want to try multiple distros, etc....

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by nix

i think its a check against piracy. for normal browsing, 15 gb should be sufficient.

what about Youtube freaks?

these youtube is also coming in HD

[Power UP]

Thanks for the heads up. And here i was having trouble deciding which one to go, Airtel or bsnl.
Much easier to choose now

[abhi1301]

Guys, Lets not HIT the PANIC button and let us get an official confirmatrion from airtel in this regard. I dont't belive any company can do this to their customers.

Airtel landline sells because of the broadband. BB gone and they'll have to pack up the shop. ,

[Faun]

Originally Posted by nix

i think its a check against piracy. for normal browsing, 15 gb should be sufficient.

lolwut? Piracy is slandered in name of everything.

Originally Posted by abhi1301

Guys, Lets not HIT the PANIC button and let us get an official confirmatrion from airtel in this regard. I dont't belive any company can do this to their customers.

Airtel landline sells because of the broadband. BB gone and they'll have to pack up the shop. ,

did ju read Hitboxx's reply in this thread. He confirmed it from CC.

[abhi1301]

Originally Posted by Power UP

Thanks for the heads up. And here i was having trouble deciding which one to go, Airtel or bsnl.
Much easier to choose now

Buddy Hold your horses for a while. and let it be official .. till then BOLO CYBER CAFE ZINDABAAD ( maybe a few days in hand )

Originally Posted by T159

lolwut? Piracy is slandered in name of everything.


did ju read Hitboxx's reply in this thread. He confirmed it from CC.

Is CC word an Official confirmation ?/? I really doubt it .. moreover in such situation I would feel the best thing to do is rely on official release only a company cannot conceal such matters from customer and will have to keep us all informed that this is waat they'll do in case we exeed the DL limit.. So chillax

[gary4gar]

Now nobody would take crappy broadband service of airtel, it sucks big time!

this is spread all over the web:
http://www.google.co.in/search?q=air...r+usage+policy


spead the new, let people know about this sh!t policy

[SunnyChahal]

I can't even move to some other ISP pwnd bad!
Fcuk you Airtel. Pings on urban terror are horrible 400 these days. They gimme good speeds but pathetic pings. :despair: Hafta suffer Look at other countries, broadband is unlimited. People there dunno what's data cap. Here in India ISPs are going back to stone age.

[kalpik]

We need to DO something instead of just sit around and complain. I'd suggest doing what this guys says:

By the way, Airtel told me that they will resolve my complaint by 1:30 PM today and I haven't heard from them yet. Will keep this group posted on the responses I get from them.

In the meantime people, let's get this to the mainstream media and tell them how Airtel is out to screw their own customers. They won't even flinch till someone starts talking bad about them and till the shareholders take notice.

So here are some suggestions:

* If you have a blog, then blog about this
* Join the Facebook group (there may be some issues for now about the Join link but they'll get fixed)
* Write to all the India specific tech blogs and sites that you know of about this - Tech 2.0, Chip, TechTree, TechShout, PC World etc
* Log complaints with customer care about this and tell them that the customers were not apprised. If they use the word "TRAI" ask them for the specifics - Article, clause, URL etc of the TRAI ruling if any - just don't let them use the word TRAI and get away with it

Some points to remember:

* We need "bandwidth huggers" who can get the best from the internet to spurn the economy in India by sharing the ideas that they find on the internet - if you can't experience the best, how do you spread the word?
* Take the example of Miro HD Video Player | Free internet tv and video podcast player. which promotes free Internet TV with an abundance of useful information for Indian audiences
* Take the example of a household with 2-4 users of broadband on 1 Wifi connection who would use their unlimited connection for completely legitimate purposes and still hit the cap in 10-15 days
* Take the example of people who download various Linux distros via torrents to distribute them to people who don't want to pirate a Windows and yet get a working operating system like Ubuntu for free
* Take the examples of Indian tech startups like Rajshri.com and In.com who are providing free video content on their sites to increase demand for their products and hence churn the economy

What Airtel is doing goes against all of the above. Yes, we might have alternatives but before that we need to know whether the culprit here is TRAI or Airtel or both. Till then, this needs an open debate before the TRAI implements something without consulting the consumers and sleeping with devils like Airtel.

I already blogged about it!

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by kalpik

We need to DO something instead of just sit around and complain. I'd suggest doing what this guys says:
I already blogged about it!

+1
I would be writing about this on my blog!

[josephcs]

Limits on an Unlimited Connection? Crap!

My Home 500 is better with Night Unlimited.. I download at the rate of 1GB per hour (2-8am)..

[gary4gar]

Blogged about this

[VD17]

I noticed that they have not yet introduced this for the Delhi circle. I just checked Delhi and Karnataka and the rates in both of them are different. Plus Karnataka has that line about the fair use policy but the Delhi page doesn't. I didn't check any other state's page so dont know if Delhi has been left out by mistake or if its only binding on karnataka.

[Faun]

I will blog soon, need a good script and bashing setup for that

[ThinkFree]

I hope that they don't enforce this unfair policy on people using Mobile Office unlimited plan(still getting 499 plan, though not available to new users), else I won't be able to download more than 2.5GB per month.

[confused!!]

WTF.Have they gone insane or whatIf this is indeed going to happen then BYE BYE Airtel for me

[Ethan_Hunt]

Originally Posted by Hitboxx

It is NOT 150gb for 1mb, it is just 50. And I think I have already used (more than)half of it. That's it then. I won't turn off my downloads until March 4 then, and be it 1mb or 512kb I will wriggle out all the juice possible of this pathetic ISP in the remaining time and say bye bye!

50GB? You kidding me? On a 1 meg unlimited line that would be poof in just a few days.