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Chethan S August 2nd, 2014 8:04 PM 343 COMMENTS

BSNL Broadband Customers Anxious about Upcoming bills due to Sudden Plan Changes

TelecomTALK readers by now would be very familiar with BSNL's unethical move wherein night unlimited broadband plans were heavily revised without prior notice. Due to this one-sided move, scores of BSNL customers will be facing huge bills and possible disconnection this month. One of our readers has already faced the disconnection on 1st August for this very reason. For the past two months, several readers have been expressing anxiety over... Read More

Chethan S August 1st, 2014 8:03 PM 11 COMMENTS

Beam Fiber Increases FUP by 50%, Offers Wi-Fi router for Rs. 1499

Beam Fiber customers can enjoy more downloads at Jet Speeds as the FUP limits have been increased by up to 50%. The base plan which used to come with FUP of 20 GB will now have 30 GB, an increase by 50%. The changes came in to effect on 31 July 2014 midnight. Here are the change details: Incidentally being a Beam customer myself I noticed higher FUP of 35... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 22nd, 2014 1:28 PM 10 COMMENTS

Hathway Becomes the first Multi System Operators to Launch DOCSIS 3.0 Network in India, offering speed more than 300Mbps

Broadcom Corporation today announced that its DOCSIS 3.0 based chipset is powering Hathway Cable broadband service. This move will help Hathway to economically and reliably expand services to support high value interactive applications, such as on-demand programming, for both residential and commercial customers. Hathway is the first multi-system operator to launch a DOCSIS 3.0 network in India capable of transmitting high speed data at speeds greater than 300 megabits per... Read More

Chethan S July 17th, 2014 9:35 PM 37 COMMENTS

BSNL to Introduce Three New VDSL Unlimited Broadband Plans in all Circles

BSNL will be introducing three new VDSL unlimited broadband plans on 21 July 2014. The 3 new VDSL plans are BBG Speed Combo 1745 VDSL , BBG Super Speed 2845 VDSL and BBG Super Speed Combo 3445 VDSL. These plans will be offering speed ranging from 8 Mbps to 24 Mbps depending the plan you opt the post FUP speed will be 512Kbps . BBG super speed combo 2845 and BBG super... Read More

Ritij July 17th, 2014 3:02 AM 31 COMMENTS

DoT to Submit Final Report on Slow Broadband Speeds, will this bring an end to slow internet in India ?

India ranks on number 118th in terms of slowest broadband speeds globally so that is surely something to worry about for the users and is the slowest in the Asia-Pacific region. This is when the Indian government is looking towards changing the country’s future (read as rural India) through the use of internet. But it is working on improving that and the Department of Telecom will be submitting a report... Read More

Chethan S July 14th, 2014 8:54 PM 145 COMMENTS

50 Mbps for Rs. 499 – Hathway’s offering in Hyderabad

Though real rains are yet to reach Hyderabad, it is raining High Speed Internet here. This is evident from Hathway's boards all over - they are advertising 50 Mbps for Rs. 400 (official website shows Rs. 499 though). Official Website Hathway is also offering a free Wi-Fi router subject to some terms and we are not sure what they are! Advertised as What Rivals are Offering? Hyderabad's best ISP Beam... Read More

Chethan S July 5th, 2014 9:15 AM 338 COMMENTS

Unethical Move by BSNL: Customers not Intimated about Major Plan Changes

Earlier last month we had reported about famed BSNL's night unlimited plans going away. The plan changes were so major that users would end up paying a lot for what they usually got for free. The proposed revision is set to completely do away with the night unlimited part and customers would be paying at reduced rates for those times. 1 GB of data download which used to cost nothing... Read More

Chethan S June 9th, 2014 1:58 PM 491 COMMENTS

End of a Golden Era: BSNL to do Away with Night Unlimited Broadband Plans?

Anyone who became a BSNL Broadband customer during 2005-2010 would remember Combo 500 Night Unlimited Plan - a plan that used to offer unlimited internet usage during night at 2 Mbps for Rs. 500 + taxes per month along with a huge number of free call units (I believe 175). It was dream come true for many Indian households who could surf and download at great speeds without worrying about... Read More

Ritij June 2nd, 2014 10:12 AM 6 COMMENTS

Reliance hikes its Combo Postpaid Broadband tariff

Reliance has always advertised how cheap its broadband and landline plans are (and that's quite true as well). But in a recent move, it has quietly hiked the rates its postpaid combo Broadband tariff. On the flipside, it is providing with calling worth the hike in tariffs with a slight drop coming in the STD calling tariffs too. The Thunder Combo 549/699 have now become... Read More

Chethan S May 9th, 2014 4:16 PM 59 COMMENTS

EXCLUSIVE: BSNL to Upgrade its FUP Speed Limit Across India from 256Kbps to 512Kbps Starting June 1st 2014

Finally BSNL has decided to upgrade its FUP bandwidth from 256Kbps to 512Kbps and beyond starting June 1st 2014 in all BSNL circles. As of now BSNL will be upgrading its FUP speed limit in 11 Plans as per the internal official release. The much widely used BSNL plan BBG Combo ULD 1800 plan which usually use to offer 2Mbps till 40GB and 256 Kbps beyond will now offer as per... Read More

P K Tarun May 8th, 2014 1:53 PM 72 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches New Combo Unlimited Broadband Plans with Higher FUP Bandwidth of 1Mbps and More

BSNL has launched two promotional BSNL broadband plans " BBG Combo ULD 1445 " and " BBG Combo ULD 2799" which will offer download speed upto 2Mbs till 20GB on ULD 1445 Plan where as ULD 2799 will offer download speed of 4Mbps till 30GB . BSNL has launched this plan on promotional basis across India. The FUP limit is 1Mbps in BBG Combo ULD 1445 where as BBG Combo ULD... Read More

Chethan S May 3rd, 2014 10:31 AM 10 COMMENTS

Beam Fiber Hikes Internet Tariffs by a Nominal 3% for Entry Level Plans

Beam Fiber known for providing high speed, high quality Internet service at reasonable price in Hyderabad has increased prices by a nominal 3% for entry level plans. The tariff hike was effected on 01 May 2014 and customers were intimated in advance. Old Tariffs New Tariffs Percentage Increase Old customers who were on different plans were intimated about tariff changes by a similar margin. Here is the intimation received by... Read More