Well Airtel or any other ISP is not doing us a favour by providing speeds upto 256 kbps.... since we claim to be an IT superpower is this the best we can expect in the year 2005/2006?….of course we should all be criticizing the ISPs…. Airtel is doing no samaj seva, they are in here to make money plain and simple. I think everyone should criticise the current broadband policies in India and the ISP's, considering that other countries around the world (even in countries like Turkey, Poland, Russia etc) are now into the Gbps (not Mbps) phase. Hopefully our criticism will act as a wake up call and make them more efficient ... and hopefully toe in line with the rest of the world. And I am also on the 999 unlimited plan, I don’t get the speeds you get right from day one my friend!Why should I be thankful…. 999+ taxes is not a small amount in India for a 256 K connection, I pay for their services and I expect good results in return. Don’t be thankful to Airtel….Airtel is a multimillion dollar company with it’s Chief being one of the richest men in the world. It is exactly this “Chalta hai”, “Be Grateful” attitude that I hate. Look at the broadband figures in our country and it comes as no surprise that we are lagging way way behind. “TRAI said 60,000 people subscribed to broadband Internet during November (2005), raising the total number of such high-speed connections to 750,000 (in India), but still far short of the government's target of 3 million connections by December (2005)” ….now just calculate this in percentage terms vis a vis the total population…it’s absolutely pathetic my friends. No need to be GREATFUL...256 K should not be the exception, rather the bare minimum.