scrapo wrote:
> Nopes, you are wrong. The table clearly says Usage Unlimited. In other 
> plans, there is usage limit specified in GB. So where it says unlimited, 
> it means that there is no limit on data usage. They can not claim it was 
> meant for time.

Unmetered, Unlimited, Flat rate. The terminology is clearly there. I get
your point and I'm not opposing it. TRAI or whoever is incharge must
make sure the *correct* terminology is used while describing the plans.

> There is a *** marked against it and the cap is mentioned, but it still 
> amounts to false advertising and MRTP or TRAI can pull up the company on 
> this matter.
> It has been declared earlier by MRTP in cases that you can not have a 
> misleading headline and expect people to read the fine print, specially 
> in case of passing advts - eg hoarding, etc. A good lawyer will get the 
> judge to tear the company.
>   

Lets do it then! :) Why hasn't anybody taken up Reliance to task for this?

> Its a business decision of each company what they will charge, as long 
> as they are communicating it clearly to the consumer.
> You can however, make a complaint under MRTP to the competition 
> commission if you can show there is cartelling or if 1 company who has 
>   

Why doesn't anybody do this if they feel so strongly about it?

> the bandwidth is preventing others from using it. TRAI rules also have 
> similar clauses, I think its under ISP-II status (meant for 
> infrasturcture provider, not the traditional ISP). I remember reading 
> it. In fact, I also remember there is a case being investigated on the 
> same matter between reliance and WEMESEA 2 on being denied additional 
> landing station rights by Tatas.
I think it was VSNL which was bought up by TATAs and same thing for BSNL.

> Well, all my clients got their leased line trariffs cut massively after 
> that and it has not gone up since. A local leased line (short distance) 
> from Kanjur to Lower Parel now cost us less than 5K per month for a 
> 2mbps connection. It used to be more than 25K per month. 64K used to 
> cost 10K per month.
Yeah so? What did it mean for *us* retail consumers? It meant lower
costs. We never got any! :(


- Dinesh

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