On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:55:41 +0530, Sudhanwa Jogalekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Broadband @ Rs 500 from Jan 15.
Hi, There was an article in the Times of India (Pune edition) this Saturday Dec 11 titled "BSNL announces broadband" Some bits from there: "Initially, it will start with a hi-speed Internet access (with an upstream speed of 256-640 kbps, and a downstream speed of 2-8 mbps)..." "Customers can start registering for the service immediately at the BSNL customer service centres at 10 telephone exchanges in the city. They include Bajirao road, Bhavani Peth, East Street, Airport road (Yerwada), Maharishi Karve exchange (Nal Stop), Model Colony, Chandra Bhavan building (Pimpri), Bhosari MIDC, Shivajinagar and Veer Savarkar Bhavan." "Earlier BSNL was to launch broadband services in Pune, along with Bangalore and Kolkata, ahead of the rest of the country. However, after a number of false starts and postponements, it never happened." (because its implementation partner I-Spatial had financial hiccups) I can hardly wait for the service to start in Pune and in my exchange in Hadapsar... But I will remain skeptical (especiall the reporter's claim of 2 mbps!) until I see a real live working connection of at least 256 kbps and I will be very *frustrated* and disappointed if there is a ridiculous quota/limit such as 200-300 MB per month! I estimate I will need around 4-5 GB per month to be really happy :-) Cheers, Vishal -- "Thou shalt not follow the null pointer for at its end madness and chaos lie." -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
