On 12/8/05, Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com wrote:
Agreed that the "extra benefits" are part and parcel of the internet. But the reality of the situation right now is that Sify in the past gave their service without any strings attached. The reason for their denial of such service (ability to host content for example) is simply "business decision" as the customer care put it. Shifting to alternate services is not easy as all providers now prefer coming through the cablewallas. Only MTNL TriBand is possible, which has a download limit of only about 1Re per MB. I get a 150 MB per day limit plus free downloads at night (10 to 8) with Sify... at 256 kbps.
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Siddhesh
PS: I will definitely not shift away from Sify because I get to download a whole CD every night for free. Just stacked up slackware and the latest Knoppix last week ;)
I finished downloading about 2x1.4GB stuff in about 4-5 days time on my 64Kbps connection. Besides, you can go in for DSL NU (Triband). You will get a public IP and you will get speeds as promised AND you can use bittorrent or whatever software you like during the night.
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