zeus

Hi everybody .. well a quick intro on myself .. am a student currently based in Chandigarh & like most of you , very eager to know what Reliance has to offer in its broadband initiative .. So, what've we got , a STB offering you 100 mbps bandwidth, net , video on demand etc etc .. & wow the offer will be irresistable at 500 / month (if thats true). But hey , they haven't disclosed any features yet. Does anyone knows how much money a consumer will have to shell out initially. And what bandwidth can we expect if we use our PC for net (using STB) I mean if they can provide anything near to 2 mbps , then i don't think any other ISP will survive the game. I'd love to hear your views n comments . Regards Zeus

am sooo sorry bro ... i bet i hit the quote button n put in alot of other **** too .. it didn't work i fink ... anwz back to this bsnl crap .. .wtf do these gys fink v are gonna do wid a 256 kbps ... check email .. chat !!!!!!!!! .. obv we gonna dload **** off da net n 4 that there ain't any need for dis fcukin limits ...... 1 more question .... if they can provide unlinted dload linits till jun .. then whats their problem after that !! reely this is pissin me off .... first it was hathway wid a 200 mb limit n now bsnl ....

New BSNL Tariff http://www.bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=187

Rolling on the floor laughing my fat @$$ off .. At 512 k , i can cross that limit in no time ..

Source - The Tribune Is it Prepaid

Dis aint da broadband we r lookin for .. n i have the Govt of India backing me .. did we hear broadband .. two out of da three packages reliance is offerin fail 2 qualify the new broadband policy n the third one at 3000 bucks will b too much .. so we can wait till netway ..

i jus called em again , this time it was not the normal "when & how" talk .. it was more of a survey .. they asked my address , phone no.s blah blah & most importantly what do I generally surf for, how much i download & whats the speed am lookin for .. now trust me guys this Netway thing is not that far away. they said that presently reliance is trying to build up a good collection of music , movies & videos .. a kinda online gallery stuff u c ... when asked if that would be free to d/l , got the same ol answer "its undecided yet" , when is it going to be launched .. "very soon" .. well this was a 1st time i was able to leech some info from them .. but still reliance is maintaining a "keep quiet policy"

Mozilla Firefox without doubt ... it has tons of cool features ... the tabbed browsing .. i can't visit any forum without it now .. the middle click feature is cool .... and the fact that IE is the main target of spyware adware ... my pc is better off with firefox ... Firefox all the way ......

da future sure looks good ... although a lot will depend on how da cablewallas go around this

we know netway is about to be launched in a few months .. So how much speed are u lookin for ? .. for me , anything below a 1mbps connction will be a big big dissappointment ..

100mbps for net .. hehe thas not even in my dreams . what i fink is that the total bandwidth available to u via the STB will be 100mbps , but that will primarily be for TV stuff. for net we can't really expect more than 2-3mbps .. well i maybe wrong , les hope am wrong (wooo 100 mbps lol)

I got two calls from US of A ... both 5 digit nos ... ?

yup thas the number ...

Did Reliance say this ?? I have doubts coz i called Netway helpline n they said that the nearest thing to Netway is Feb n that too in da major cities ... neways .. les hope this news is true

Good news guys , this R-Connect $hit seems to have been fixed .. for me atleast .. I was just checking out this url & bang ... there was lying my first bill .. i was even more glad to see that the bill had been corrected to Rs 4127.20 for four months & 20 days which was what I was expecting .. pheewww .. what a relief . I hope it clears out for my fellows over here too .. best of luck

Well , that maybe worth trying ... but looks like this is a bug in their system . my friend was at the webworld on 23 sep . he hadn't recieced the bill for Jul & aug , so he asked the ww officials to show him his unbilled info which came out to be Rs 1230. the next day reliance flashes a sms on his phone that ur usage is high & please pay 9050 as interim amount ... now obviously , he was freaked out & checked out with the ww officials again sayin how cud the unbilled amount of 1230 become 9050 in 1 day. till now , their answer is that the sms is most probably wrong & the correct bill will reach him by 19 oct ... whatever happens , i am not gonna pay em a single penny till i get detailed info on how the bill was generated .. i mean how much calls , at what time i.e after 10.30 or not ..

hi everybody I had a lil confusion regarding the bill for my LSP-340e phone which i took under the 500 scheme . Haven't got any bill from reliance yet & thats a big surprise coz i started using this phone for internet since May ... now one of my friends told me to check the bill by dialing *366 . & what I find --> * your unbilled amount as on 17 Sep is Rs 1521 & 20 paise ..... * Does this mean i have only used internet worth Rs 1521 ? If yes , wow thats a rip-off then . coz I regularily consume 90 hrs of net / month . and that means 90 X 4 = 360 hrs (may,jun,jul,aug) => 360 X 12 = Rs 4320 atleast .. or am i missing something here . plz help ...

So tell me when u used those hours? I mean in before 10:30 pm or after 10:30 pm. If before, then u'll charged according to 26 Rs. per hour. So ur bill might be right. Cauz u expand so much hours on net. 14494[/snapback] na man , thas not da case i fink coz 95 % of the time , i surf at night or on Sundays .. I mean , even if u take 26 bucks an hour , da bill should be 360 x 26 = 9360 .. I think this is another bug in their system , coz it has happened with a couple of my friends too ..

thanks bro .. i was lookin all over to find some news ... well , i keep my fingers crossed till Netway strikes ...

da dreaded thing has happened bro .. jus recieved a shocker 4m reliance , they say i hv to pay 16000 bucks for 4 months of usage .. thas crazy considering that my unbilled amount was jus 1550 somethin a couple of days ago ...

wtf is goin on .. read this post .. i was so happy until today when suddenly i get an sms 4m Reliance that ur usage is high n u need to pay Rs 16000 /- till this month .. 16000 ma @$$ , how da hell cud i use that much ... this is reely pissin me off ., am not gonna pay a single penny to these thugs ..

300 - 400 is not considered broadband in many countries .. going by their definition b/band is an always on connection providing atleast a data transer rate of 1.5 mbps & here in india , its 256 k i think ... that s**ks coz a lot of isp's promising 256 actually provide 64-80k on average .. One of my uncles who managed to visit Japan sometime ago had a 30 mbps connection on WIRELESS ... holy **** , thas equivalent to 20 T1's ... lol , these Japanis r always 10 steps ahead

wtf .. 300 - 400 kbps is not broadband .. at that speed they can't offer interactive TV & all that vid on demand stuff ... man, it has to be much more than that .. Only the people who have tested it so far can tell us what are the REAL speeds .. but if what you are saying is true , then i gotta say that BROAD band in India s**ks bigtime .. really

I fink its not a hype. the reason is that apart from net , its also gonna offer tv n that requires bandwidth . The same box is to be used for net , so atleast we are looking at around the 1mbps range .. which is enuff to kick most of these so called broadband isp's out of business

Ah .. the confusion was getting big me on me , so i went to check it out with their officials . and yes Vishal is correct , the unbilled amount is the total amount I'd have to pay .. which means Rs 1521 for 4 months of usage .. haha thats a ripper