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