On Wednesday 03 May 2006 09:38, Arun K. Khan wrote:
Did not find a 1399 plan @ http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/triband/htm/tariff.htm maybe MTNL Delhi has it. If so, why not in Mumbai?
Thats what confuses me :/
Beware of advertised speeds. The 256Kbps includes the bits of the link layer (ATM) over which the IP stack is initialized. This could be affected by the line quality and how far you are from the Tel. Exchg. At the ATM level I do get 256K/256K and file transfer rates of 25-27 KB/s.
I know we never get the advertised speeds but one should expect 90-95% of the advertised speeds i.e 230-240Kbps ( 28-30KBps ). This isn't unrealistic.
Occasionally, you will face timeouts to sites (in my case Yahoo! pop/mail server) as well as DNS time outs from their DNS server (I
Doesnt matter. I already have a caching proxy running at my place. So DNS look ups arent a problem.
run bind on my desktop). Regardless of what others say, _obey_ MTNL's advice of rebooting your modem @ 00:00 and 08:00 hours if you go with the NU plan. Otherwise, you could find yourself in a hole
I dont intend to use any data transfer plan. I was curious about their service because if they are launching an unlimited plan then I would probably be interested in going in for their plans. As BSNL has launched their unlimited plan at 900 bucks a month means that within a few months MTNL _must_ reduce its cost to that level.
Broadband GM's office - write directly to the ED. Another thing, you will have to cough up the entire amount even if they are wrong o/w you will face their wrath and have the line disconnected. Technically, the service is as good as it can get but on customer service it sucks BIG time. Hope you do not run into billing snafus (you will be ignored) where customer service does matter.
Thanks for this heads up. I am cautious about MTNL for this reason itself. I've had enough headaches when converting from prepaid to postpaid.
I guess I will wait for Airtel to start their service.