On Thursday 11 May 2006 16:57, िऩऩाद wrote:
Hi
I have a broadband service of Exatt. I have it since last 6 months. It is a monthly service(per month payment +unlimited usage) from a local dealer with a makeshift office who provided internet connection for various ISP's. In the last 4 months there has been too much downtime. Sometimes when you need to check mails or just get on to IRC or chat with relatives it is down. Sometimes the service is down for 3+ days.Contacting the person does not give any plausible answers. I had taken a broadband connection with the thought that I would get a always on connection. Also it would be easier to download distros through bittorrent which I have done in the past months. But after
I guess you were naive. There is no such thing as "true broadband" in India. All of them suck. The only competition between the ISPs is who sucks bigger...
that I realised that I do not download distros everyday. So my usage was limited to downloads of distros and other stuff and surfing/chat/irc/email Although I am continuing with the existing broadband for another month I want to have a dialup for those intermittent downtimes.
Dont go in for dialup. You will be frustrated further.
What are my options. 1.MTNL (already have a phone and need to connect modem and dial have done it earlier from windows and linux both) 2.Reliance(somebody in office suggested it have made an inquiry) 3.Tata Indicom(have used it at my friends house and speeds are ok for normal activities) 4.Any other suggestions and alternatives are welcome
Go in for 7star / TATA Indicom / Reliance powersurfer. 7star has little or no down time. Reliance powersurfer can have long down times but they are rare and they have a very accountable CC. Get the no. of the local engineer in case of emergencies. For the least downtime I would suggest MTNL ADSL NU. Its great. You can download distros during the night but be prepared for big headaches incase you get a wrong bill... Also checkout if Airtel is available in your area. They have great DSL plans. But they aren't available in all places.