@ksh@T 20 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Hi Guys This is desijallad......a breaking news.......BSNL BROADBAND TARRIFS SLASHED TO Rs.250 :'( Guys i was watching awaaz @ 6.00 and was shockjed to read it...Home plan slashed to rs 250pm and modem charges to Rs1200...busineess plans was slashed to rs 700... now what abt the private companies....... Ur posts are awaited with response man i gotta go for this now i cant wait DU? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
webmaster1963 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 is this in all states?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utsav 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2005 Any other source of this info? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@ksh@T 20 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 Any other source of this info? 37554[/snapback] epaper.timesofindia.com BSNL cuts broadband rates New Delhi: State-owned telecom firm BSNL has slashed broadband rates of 256 Kbps connection by 50%. Now, subscribers will have the option to choose BSNL DataOne service of 256 Kbps connection for Rs 250 a month, instead of Rs 500. The charges work out to be even lower (Rs 2,500) if you decide to pay for 12 months at one go. But the company has decided to reduce the download limit on 250 plan to 400 MB, instead of 1 GB available in Rs 500 plan. It has however reduced the cost of per MB download (after the 400 MB limit is over) to Rs 1.40, from Rs 2. In case you opt for Rs 500 plan, the additional download rate would be Rs 1.20 per MB. Meanwhile, Network service provider Hughes has slashed its satellite broadband prices by 40% with the introduction of five new high speed service plans. The new service plans would give organisations the flexibility to select a scheme that meets their business requirement as they scale up the enterprise applications or number of users and will be operational from August 20, Hughes India said. The plans namely enterprise 500, 400, 300, 200 and 100, priced between Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000 to deliver up to one mbps of downstream and upstream needs. MTNL is also expected to announce a new offer within a couple of days. MTNL officials said it expected to revive a plan, under which subscribers need not pay monthly charges but a certain amount (about Rs 2) per MB of download. TNN always early and eagerly yours Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 till ALL the monthly download limits go, i dont want broadband. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 Its not broadband but limitband!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 400 MB! wooo hooo it will only take me 6 months to fill up my gmail inbox! I cant wait to take it! Do these idiots (senior managers at BSNL and the pvt. ISPs) have any idea what broadband is for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prakashkadam 1 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 seems BSNL doesnt know about this. look at the URL http://www.bsnl.co.in/service/dataone_tariff.htm Somebody pl. inform them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 The Bandwidth available totally for India seems to have increased a lot in the recent years. 400 MB is bandwidth limit is plain joke!! Still cannot understand why these idiots are not passing it to the People too.. Most of them goes to the call centres in Bangalore, who enjoy all the benefits!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@ksh@T 20 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 The Bandwidth available totally for India seems to have increased a lot in the recent years. 400 MB is bandwidth limit is plain joke!! Still cannot understand why these idiots are not passing it to the People too.. Most of them goes to the call centres in Bangalore, who enjoy all the benefits!!! 37614[/snapback] yes friends i think earlier plan was good...if they had gone for ttarrif slash in erlier plan they cd hv gained a lottaa customer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanveer 59 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 what is the use of all this speed when they dont give us data to transfer? what will we do check e mails all day and read news on NDTV? why dont people who decide all this have some brains? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shabz 8 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 the headlines is really a sick joke The rates have not been slashed but a new plan has been introduced thats what I could make out of the news First I had made plans to take dataone but after reading the full news I knew it would be of no help what with 400 MB limit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
urvinod 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 boss their is unlimited download in night. It is good offer to schedule your download @ night. even if u cross u r download limit you dont have to pay Rs 5/MB(REliance) but have to pay very less (They says they reduce their per MB charge which was Rs 1.20/MB) check it. IT IS BEST OFFER Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shabz 8 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 yeah but it is not for 250plan and moreover their night starts from 2AM and ends at 8 AM so have to wake up at night to schedule downloads funny isn't it and if everybody does the same thing won't it choke their lines Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TCP/IP 0 Report post Posted August 10, 2005 If it was night time free.. then I would take such a plan any day if I had BSNL DataOne available here but unfortunately I don't. I am awake all night so this would have been the best ISP for me.. Unfortunately for the time being I am stuck with dialup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anujit 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2005 Man BSNL has become a BIG CHEAT too! I say we tie them to stakes and burn em! Huge half page colour add that says "RATES HAVE BEEN SLASHED BY 50%"! No where does it mention the 400 MB download cap. I think since Mukesh left RIM he might have become an advisor to BSNL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanveer 59 Report post Posted August 11, 2005 I think since Mukesh left RIM he might have become an advisor to BSNL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quicksilver 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2005 well yes even with the 500 plan the 1 gb limit is outrageous!!!!. when the free limits were going on i used to average around 17 gb per month for nearly 3 months. and now the habit is damn hard to break to restrict my downloading to 1gb per month . but i think that serious downloaders like me dont need to worry bout the limits coz the night time waiver has been given and i am gonna lap it up. well 6 hours is not less. and yes i can even dnld porn as my parents will be asleep Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted August 14, 2005 Well, since BSNL is providing a 256 kbps connection with atleast 6 hours unlimited Data Transfer for 500 bucks per month, it isn't a bad deal at all. If used to the maximum, it is infact a good deal. Take a look at what you can get if it is used to the max... Plans Efficient Usage Heavy downloaders can opt for the higher plans as well ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Utsav 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2005 What about the unlimited night-time offer? Is it that the data transfer during 2am-8am will not be taken into account? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted August 14, 2005 Absolutely ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poppypap 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2006 never never to BSNL. If a problem persists, you will get solution in the next year. Poor service... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted December 22, 2006 BSNL's 2 Mbps broadband @ Rs 250 a month Rediff.com December 21, 2006 17:21 IST Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the state-owned telecom service provider, will provide broadband up to 2 MB at Rs 250 per month. The speed has been increased by almost 8 times whereas the download has been increased by 2.5 times at almost half the cost, said a company press release. Under the new plan all the existing 820,000 customers are also being upgraded for the speed up to 2 Mbps depending upon technical feasibility. The year 2007 has already been declared as the 'Year of Broadband.' BSNL plans to add a 5 million port capacity to the existing network of 1 million ports during 2007. The telecom services provider has a market share of 44% in this segment. BSNL plans: BSNL has a very ambitious plan to add large capacity during 2007. More than 1000 cities / towns and 20000 villages will come under the broadband map. 10,000 exchanges in urban 20,000 exchanges in rural would be broadband enabled. All the telephone exchanges with more than 1000 lines will be covered under this expansion plan. By the year 2008, all gram panchayats will have Broadband coverage. Broadband coverage for all secondary and higher secondary schools and all public health centres by December 2007. BSNL is in the process of launching broadband access through WiMAX technology in about 1,000 block headquarters with support from the government which will cover an area of about 20-25 km in each block. BSNL is already in the process of launching triple play services over broadband in Pune and subsequently in Chennai and Bangalore. BSNL will also to start on-line gaming services over broadband very shortly under two categories -- Standard and Premium packages -- with monthly fixed charges of Rs 100 and Rs 200, respectively. The company release said that: Till now the minimum bandwidth available to broadband customers was 256 Kbps. BSNL has now decided that all the Home and Business Plans will offer data rates up to 2 Mbps, subject to technical feasibility. Further, the downloading limits in Home 250 and Business 700 plans have been enhanced to 1 GB and 4 GB from 400 MB and 2 GB, respectively. The limits in other plans have been suitably enhanced. With the increase in downloading limit, a Plan 250 customer will get a benefit of Rs 840 per month for 1 GB limit and Business Plan 700 customer will get a benefit of Rs 2400 per month for limits up to 4GB. BSNL has also decided to bring down the per MB downloading rates from 1.40 per MB to Rs.0.90 per MB in Home 250 plan and the rates have also been lowered in other plans. BSNL has also decided to reduce the fixed monthly charges from ADSL modems from Rs 100 to Rs 60 per month which would benefit about 800,000 customer of BSNL. The reduction is applicable with effect from December 1, 2006. New year bonanza for MTNL, BSNL subscribers MTNL subscribers can now take an 'express highway' route to access the Internet. Dayanidhi Maran, union minister of communications and information technology, announced that all the existing broadband customers of MTNL will be automatically upgraded to the speed of up to 2 Mbps from the existing 256 Kbps from 1 January 2007, at the existing rates. He was speaking at the inauguration of the new building of MTNL 'Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan'. Speaking on the sidelines, Maran said that the convergent billing system of MTNL will come into effect from 31 March next year. The convergent billing system will enable the MTNL to provide single bill of all services against multiple bills. In addition, it will enable the MTNL to roll out its services faster and in an efficient manner. This will further enable the customers of the MTNL to access through Internet the status of their bills on real-time basis. Keeping in view the year 2007 being declared as 'Year of Broadband' in India by the DoT, the enhancement of broadband speed will further popularise the usage of the broadband in the country. It may be recalled that BSNL has already announced to provide broadband up to 2 Mbps from 1 January 2007. Hope Private Providers will wake up soon !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2006 Insane!! 8 times the speed but only 2.5 times the download limit!! THIS IS NOT FAIR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted December 22, 2006 ^^^ At the same price, it is not at all insane. And additional Mbs at Re 0.90 is good enough. What did you expect? The other ISPs have not yet come out with any announcements at all. Hope they have the necessary infrastructure to offer such speeds at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
