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. -- Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
