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20-04-2008, 11:27 AM
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Alpha Geek
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"RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
Railtel(RailWire), 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.
“The thrust is to provide these services in Tier-II and Tier-III cities as the Tier-I cities are somewhat well connected. Hence, the idea to pilot the project at the above districts,” sources said.
http://www.deccanherald.com/DeccanHe...ion=updatenews
http://vinuthomas.com/Forums/viewtop...c/start=0.html
http://www.railwire.in/index.php?opt...d=17&Itemid=43
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Home Access: Unlimited Usage
Plan No. /Port Speed*/Monthly Charges**(InRupee)
iRW002 256 Kbps 320
iRW004 512 Kbps 620
iRW006 1 Mbps 920
iRW008 2 Mbps 1220
iRW010 4 Mbps 2120
iRW012 8 Mbps 3620
iRW014 16 Mbps 6920
iRW016 32 Mbps 13520
*Port speeds are on 1:4 contention ratio
**Monthly charges are exclusive of applicable taxes and levies
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20-04-2008, 11:52 AM
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Thinking Different
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
The charges look good. But why are they targeting Tier-II and Tier-III cities. In Tier-I cities, connection may be there but the charges are much higher than these. I think once they provide connectivity on Tier-I cities, competitiors will also be forced to lower their charges. Good for the consumer. 
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20-04-2008, 12:32 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
Schemes looks attractive, but india mein to itna speed ka infrastructure nehi hai
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20-04-2008, 12:57 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
2 Mbps UL is attractive for me !
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20-04-2008, 01:25 PM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
@Tech.Masti,
they will be using the railway's present infrastructure which was previously and currently used for their internal communication needs.
I've read somewhere that it wont be using the NIB and there is no "upto x mb/s" crap
Last edited by W i d e S c r e e N; 20-04-2008 at 01:33 PM.
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20-04-2008, 01:42 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
WooHoo! I hope it comes to Mumbai soon.
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20-04-2008, 01:52 PM
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Wise Old Owl
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
whoa !! i hope it comes to mysore. .
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20-04-2008, 03:02 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
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20-04-2008, 03:34 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
pure bliss
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20-04-2008, 04:54 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
Hmm.. from what I have heard and seen from my friends at railways and living in railway quarters, they always get crappy connection speed.
The price looks promising. If such thing is introduced in Tier-I cities then definitely other ISPs will be forced to reduce their prices. But I am pretty sure others will try to create hindrance for such a project.
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20-04-2008, 05:02 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
I hope it comes to delhi
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20-04-2008, 05:12 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
bah! another scheme to get our hopes up....i no longer get excited reading about such things
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20-04-2008, 05:40 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
I hope it comes to Delhi and makes MTNL and Airtel reduce rates.
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20-04-2008, 06:37 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
Plans are Always Good, lets see if they are good at execution also.
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20-04-2008, 08:21 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
wow ..awesome...
i can live with 1:4... coz in my village... many wont use...
i will go for 2MB or 1MB connection if launched...
superb...
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20-04-2008, 09:21 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
2MP unlimited at 1220  OMG, i want this 
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20-04-2008, 09:49 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
well dude its India , might be an optical illusion
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20-04-2008, 10:17 PM
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Wahahaha~!
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
lets see, 4Mbps looks good and within budget
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21-04-2008, 05:51 AM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
2 Mbps looks cool 
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21-04-2008, 10:19 AM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
anybody from "..Bellary, Tumkur and a small pocket in Whitefield.." here?
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21-04-2008, 10:22 AM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
Wonderful plans. Hope it comes to Hyderabad soon.
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21-04-2008, 03:38 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
Very Cheap indeed but i have one question :
Does it provide reliable assured speeds?
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21-04-2008, 11:35 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
i'm feeling a sudden urge to shift to 1 of these places ASAP.
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22-04-2008, 11:31 AM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
nice mirage .... idhar b or B ka bahut locha hai .....
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22-04-2008, 11:26 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
Gr8 news. Hope it gets implemented soon in mumbai.
BTW, can sum1 plz tell wat is this?
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*Port speeds are on 1:4 contention ratio
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22-04-2008, 11:33 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
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Originally Posted by pushkaraj
Gr8 news. Hope it gets implemented soon in mumbai.
BTW, can sum1 plz tell wat is this?
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Means Upload speeds would be 1/4th of Total download speed.
like a 1mpbs connection would have 256kpbs upload speed
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22-04-2008, 11:37 PM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
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Originally Posted by rayraven
Wonderful plans. Hope it comes to Hyderabad soon.
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23-04-2008, 01:14 AM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
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Means Upload speeds would be 1/4th of Total download speed.
like a 1mpbs connection would have 256kpbs upload speed
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No, that's not what it means.
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.
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23-04-2008, 01:59 AM
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
nice plan i hope customer service r better than bsnl
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23-04-2008, 09:41 AM
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In Pursuit of "Happyness"
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Re: "RailWire" to provide 4/8/16/32 mbps, UNLIMITED @ Home
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Originally Posted by gary4gar
Means Upload speeds would be 1/4th of Total download speed.
like a 1mpbs connection would have 256kpbs upload speed
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It means that you will get anywhere between 1/4th to full of the mentioned speed. Heh.. I was keeping an eye on this, this sucks anyway. As they have already mentioned the contention ratio, you cannot complain if you get 256kbps on your 1mbps line 
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