On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 21:57 +0530, Rony Bill wrote: > I did some calculation on the r-connect schemes for internet. The Rs. > 650 per month has unlimitted time and a data limit of 1 GB. While this > looks attractive, it can be expensive for downloading CD isos. > > @ 14.5 Kbytes per second, 1 GB takes 68965.5 seconds to download. > > This means 1149.4 minutes. @ the standard daytime rate of 50 ps per > minute, this becomes Rs. 574.7. > > @ 25 ps for usage after 10 pm, 1 GB would cost Rs. 287.3 to download and > 2 GB would be Rs. 587/-. > > The minimum tarrif without CID for a fwp is Rs. 150/- only. Only > disadvantage in standard tarrifs is that you don't get an smtp service.
Get an unlimited night package from MTNL TriBand or Iqara, you will get better through put and for ~ Rs. 600-700/month you can download 1 CD ISO each night. I guess other ISPs have similar packages. -- Arun Khan (knura at yahoo dot com) A computer, to print out a fact, Will divide, multiply, and subtract. But this output can be No more than debris, If the input was short of exact. -- Gigo -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
