scrapo wrote: > If you cant exceed, then how is it a cap ? And what is the purpose of a > cap ? To prevent accounting error ? >
Its a soft cap. Its near 100% of your theoretical usage which is impossible for a normal user to exceed. So cap higher than your theoretical maximum usage is as good as unlimited, that was my point. > Nope. You are wrong. The american internet users are very frustrated > with caps and specially since they are not communicated or even > Nah... > competition, they have none. If you are not happy, you can not do > anything about it. if you complain loudly, you are going to be the only > one on the block without a connection. > I didnt get a chance to complain. > I have friends and clients in USA who confirm this and there is plenty > of articles on this online if you wish to check. > *I* *am* currently in the US. I've been dealing with Comcast for the past 10 months. No chance to complain. Only once the bank mucked up my payment. They disconnected without a notice. A single call to their CC. Connection was on since I had promised to pay. Do you hear of such things in India? > There are more horror stories there than here. > Ofcourse, their level of expectation is much different. But that is like > saying that American as 2 cars per person, we have 1 for 10 people > ...... not a fair compare. > Indian companies have no sense of customer satisfaction. They're just to con you. American companies too do it. But its at a different level. > yes, they are offering a plan for Rs. 200 (US$ 4 per month) which is a > rate you will not find in USA. This is a plan that is meant for light > home users, people who are only going to use it to check their emails > Sorry, you're *wrong*. That Rs.200 is a pathetic joke and you as a lawyer shouldn't have fallen for it. I'm still assuming you're a lawyer. Lets do some math. My daily usage is: 1. I watch about 10 youtube videos daily. Each video is about 50MB = 500MB usage. 2. I download updates, surf, download content daily = ~4-5GB = 4096 - 5120MB usage. 3. I do video conferencing daily = ~100MB of usage. 4. Miscellaneous = ~1GB = 1024MB Total: Approximately 5.7GB daily. Comcast: $49.99 ( a month ) MTNL: Rs.5400 * 30 days = ~Rs.160,000 = ~$3250 ( a month ) Wow...India is surely rich. Ok, lets compare the flat rate plans. MTNL's 2Mbps unlimited costs Rs.9999 = ~$200 a month! And you get less than 1/4 the speed that comcast offers. My usage is reasonable. Even if you halve it, it still works out to $200 for MTNL and $50 for comcast. > you want more usage, take a better plan. Whats stopping you ? > $200 for a 2Mbps unlimited connection? No thanks! With MTNL's level of customer care, its shitty. I've heard horror stories about comcast too but after witnessing their service for almost a year I've found it to be very good. It too has its flaws though. > is put up. We are business users, and we do not go and download movies > so we dont need 500gb downloads. > Uh...your business doesn't need it. What about others who transfer large data files or have offsite backups? hmm..? What about a home user wanting to work from home? > Really ? Why not instead switch to someone who is going to give you > better facility ? > And be prepared to pay for what you are going to use. > There isn't any. Theres zero competition. Search the linuxer's archive. I've been ranting about Airtel not wiring up my building for last 4 years. Go figure! Its a MONOPOLY!! > Reliance owns flag, which has 10K TB of bandwidth. True, but how much of > it terminates in India ? > Airtel has put its own fiber on east coast to connect to the main pipes > through singapore. > Tata is a partner of one of the large fiber groups due to ownership of > vsnl. they hold the rights to build landing stations and will be sole > channel for selling that bandwidth in India for 10 years (must be coming > to an end soon, this is old story). > They own and control a large share of international bandwith in South East Asia. It isn't a big deal for them to terminate some more in India. Unless ofcourse theres already plenty and they dont need to! Hence my argument of artificial scarcity. > you expect the lady to do ? Create one for you ? > I repeat. That was an anecdote. It was at a time that Delhi got unlimited plans and Mumbai was also supposed to get. I have nothing against MTNL. They've provided good service. ( I'm saying this despite my connection @ Mumbai not working! ). - Dinesh -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
