Help Find Dsl In Gurgaon

[ashok]

I am visiting gurgaon this weekend. I need dsl at home in gurgaon. Please help what company best serves the service and where the office is in gurgaon, or website. How long they generally take to install. I need modem(+wifi router, if available). I don't want the hazzle with these people, as I have read in the forum. If you already have a dsl connection, your experience will be really helpful. Speed- anything around 512kb atleast (wonder if we have that speed in gurgaon). Sitting on 2mb here, so 512 will be like dialup 😉 Traffic- atleast 1 GB/month, better unlimited. I pay here just about Rs. 1000 at 2048kb/unlimited (have 3 comps and 1 laptop hookedup). Jesus! They are grabbing us in India, poor service for free 😉

 

[Sushubh]

u have three options from what i know in gurgaon.

airtel
bsnl
tata indicom

airtel would be the safest bet.

of these i think only tata indicom provides an unlimited 512K connection for less than 2000 bucks.

http://wiki.broadbandforum.co/BSNL_DataOne..._Unlimited_Plan
http://wiki.broadbandforum.co/Airtel_Broad...ited_Connection
http://wiki.broadbandforum.co/Tata_Indicom...ited_Connection

http://wiki.broadbandforum.co/Gurgaon

for comparable speeds your only choice would be to go for BSNL's limited data transfer packages. and limit your net usage to essential stuff.

 

[Karan]

I say Airtel too. If 1GB is what you want then the 2Mb/s one for Rs. 250 is good. Other than that you can get the 256Kb/s one for 999 + tax. Dunno if they still double the speed after 11PM for new customers. Inquire bout that.512Kb/s in no way feels like dial-up after 2Mb/s connection. It will be a little slower to download, but for browsing you won't notice any difference.

 

[ashok]

i am checking out the sites.1 more question, they count upstream+downstream traffic as 1 GB (or whatever), or count just the downstream? (I upload a lot!)

 

[Sushubh]

heh surfing on airtel often feels like surfing on dialup 🙂 browsing sites does not always touch peak speeds.i think only MTNL count downloads as data transfer. and that looks more like a technical error on their side. for others, any kind of transfer is counted.

 

[ashok]

can i buy dsl modem in gurgaon or delhi in market? or it is just the company that will sell/rent the modem? gee, i have a router here that i am not using (using wifi router), may be i should take it with me? I will get connection with my own router?I have read the stories about tata in forum, so that is a no.i hope airtel will work well and hope their support are not useless people. What about cable modems? Do we have that type of connections in the city?

 

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[Sushubh]

u can surely use ur own router with airtel and bsnl. but u might have to configure it yourself. airtel support is decent. bsnl? you would have to run from one desk to another to get a connection first. tata's dsl service is supposed to be good.

 

[Karan]

QUOTE(saini @ Mar 25 2007, 08:46 PM) [snapback]84792[/snapback]
What about cable modems? Do we have that type of connections in the city?[/b]

There is that option too. You Tele provides internet over cable modems (SB5100), but they were crap in terms of cust. care and plans when i used to use em a while back. However to their credit they did have very stable connectivity, but so does Airtel :lol:. Dunno how much they have changed now.

 

[Sushubh]

a company site which runs google ads on their homepage?sad.

 

[Karan]

It does? :lol: Haven't seen how it looks on IE. 😉

 

[Sushubh]

it does in the footer. i cannot imaging a corporate website to sport advertising.

 

[Karan]

Can't expect anything more from a company that was first owned by a Gas company and now by a group of Investment bankers. Money at any cost. :lol: