Arun 795 Report post Posted March 12, 2009 The Hindu Friday, Mar 13, 2009 Reliance Communications (RCom) on Thursday rolled out of its CDMA wireless broadband service, Reliance Netconnect Broadband Plus, which, the company claims, is the country’s fastest Internet service. The new product boasts a downlink speed of up to 3.1 mega bytes a second (Mbps) and a separate uplink speed of up to 1.8 Mbps, a 30 per cent higher downlink rate compared to other wireless broadband offerings. As part of its launch, Reliance is embarking on an aggressive roll-out of it broadband Internet service. The new service will be available in 35 cities with seamless handover to high speed 1x service covering 20,000 towns and 4.5 lakh villages as well as all major road and rail routes across the country covering 99 per cent of India’s Internet population. The company will retail the Netconnect Broadband Plus in 12,000 IT retail outlets across India and 2,300 exclusive retail stores. The new service will be available in retail outlets from March 17 and will be launched in two Plug and Play USB device variants, which are priced at Rs. 3,500. The company is launching the product starting at a monthly subscription charge of Rs. 299 with schemes going up to Rs. 1,750 a month. The company is also offering an unlimited night plan at Rs. 499 a month. Addressing the media here, Reliance Communications President Mahesh Prasad said the new services “will be the inflection point for the Indian Internet industry and would enable broadband access to millions of online Indians. We are targeting two major segments — about six million road warriors who need Internet access on the move through their laptops and about eight million home PC users who access entertainment and educational purposes.” Reliance NetConnect official website: http://www.rcom.co.in/Communications/rcom/..._broadband.html Note: Unlimited usage plans will have a fair usage policy of 10 GB/month. Beyond which the customer will be charged at Rs. 2/- per MB Pre-launch Discussion Topic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P. K. Daga 3 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 The HinduFriday, Mar 13, 2009 Reliance Communications (RCom) on Thursday rolled out of its CDMA wireless broadband service, Reliance Netconnect Broadband Plus, which, the company claims, is the country’s fastest Internet service. The new product boasts a downlink speed of up to 3.1 mega bytes a second (Mbps) and a separate uplink speed of up to 1.8 Mbps, a 30 per cent higher downlink rate compared to other wireless broadband offerings. As part of its launch, Reliance is embarking on an aggressive roll-out of it broadband Internet service. The new service will be available in 35 cities with seamless handover to high speed 1x service covering 20,000 towns and 4.5 lakh villages as well as all major road and rail routes across the country covering 99 per cent of India’s Internet population. The company will retail the Netconnect Broadband Plus in 12,000 IT retail outlets across India and 2,300 exclusive retail stores. The new service will be available in retail outlets from March 17 and will be launched in two Plug and Play USB device variants, which are priced at Rs. 3,500. The company is launching the product starting at a monthly subscription charge of Rs. 299 with schemes going up to Rs. 1,750 a month. The company is also offering an unlimited night plan at Rs. 499 a month. Addressing the media here, Reliance Communications President Mahesh Prasad said the new services “will be the inflection point for the Indian Internet industry and would enable broadband access to millions of online Indians. We are targeting two major segments — about six million road warriors who need Internet access on the move through their laptops and about eight million home PC users who access entertainment and educational purposes.” Reliance NetConnect official website: http://www.rcom.co.in/Communications/rcom/..._broadband.html Note: Unlimited usage plans will have a fair usage policy of 10 GB/month. Beyond which the customer will be charged at Rs. 2/- per MB Pre-launch Discussion Topic Fair usage would be 50 Gb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asit 4 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 ^^^ But Dagaji it is clearly written in their site that FU is 10GB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P. K. Daga 3 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) ^^^But Dagaji it is clearly written in their site that FU is 10GB. My post was based on the following article http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/0...31351320400.htm But later I checked with couple of Netconnect Managers of RCOM and they have also confirmed as 10 GB only. Edited March 13, 2009 by P. K. Daga Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srk006 21 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Reliance crashed all my joys with this illogical thing called FUP! The limit should have been in the range of 50-60GB atleast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadman 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Lets guess someone who never checked this line "Note: Unlimited usage plans will have a fair usage policy of 10 GB/month. Beyond which the customer will be charged at Rs. 2/- per MB " and went with unlimited plan thinking that is unlimited surfing without any limit Use just 5 gb more and here is the bill amount! Rs 1750 [unlimited] Rs 10,240 [ 5 GB used more ( 5gb = 5120 mb * Rs 2 per MB for above 10gb limit )] -------------- Rs 11,990 + Tax...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 sad on FUP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 The wise decision NOT FOR THOSE WHO ARE USING ABOVE 10GB/month buy device use 2month unlimited plan and then shift to plan 6. because let u decide in one month period 1)how many times u go out of ur city? 2)if more than 4times then whether that city is EVDO enabed? 3)if yes, is are is evdo enabed? 4)if yes then what is maximum time u spend in that area? 5)what is surfing time? 6)and DO U REALLY NEED HIGH SPEED DURING THAT SURFING? can't adjust with 144kbps? so go for 1099city plan, and chage the plan to plan 5 (5GB) for those month when u need roaming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 well yesterday on tech guru i saw them reviewing this evdo data card ... it was been tested in mumbai ... he was getting on an average 600 kilobits/s and his avg download speed for 70kbps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkaile 1,051 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 thats pathetic, we get that much download speed on 512 Kbps connection.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 ^^^ i know ...even i was shocked to see the test results .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srk006 21 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 and his avg download speed for 70kbps 70Kbps or 70KBps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 ^^^ it should be 70KBps [1KB = 8Kb] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikepyne 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Today i tried to book it online from Reliance site http://www.rcom.co.in/Communications/rcom/...buynow_bb+.html after selecting online it took me to this site http://offers.connectindia.in/reliance/broadband.jsp When i fill the form and paid the amount 3500/- from my icici account it failed They deducted 3500/- from bank account. Please find attached image as my screenshot. i already sent a mail to support@vriti.com let see when i get my money back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 if this speed is in testing phase what will be there after commercial launch? Hope they improve. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harshal 11 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 LOL - FUP 10GB How is it unlimited? I download more on my 128kbps line in a month. What a joke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chandrababa 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Best is Bsnl's Plan 100% free at nominal price. visit http://www.bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=370 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 But bsnl speed ****s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HetalDP 947 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 BSNL is a proxy connections and dont gives us Global IP. Speed and Coverage is Pathatic. I think people Sud stop dreaming 3G / EVDO / HSDPA. and try to focus on Broadband / WiFi so on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) they are too fast in marketing, found the adv in some site.. Pay Rs3500 to get USB modem and 2 months unlimited internet worth Rs3500 LINK to Order Edited March 13, 2009 by Arun Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FEVIN-RAJ 61 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 defenitly...Wireline Broadband tariffs will fall ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harshal 11 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 Amen to that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 ^^^ i too expect a fall.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pasumark 51 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 I read (From Business Line) that only software updations were done on existing towers to launch EVDO. No additional hardware needs to be fitted. If that is the case I think we can expect it to be launched in more cities/towns shortly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amitstg 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2009 is FUP applicable also to first two months unlimited free offer ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
