ArcanaOccult
Viking Warrior
I am in Thane City, and I have been using a cablenet connection for the past 15 months. To put it mildly, the connection absolutely rocks. I have a 140k connection(17.5KBps) rated-that means it is supposed to give atleast that-but I have been frequently getting speeds well above 40-50KBps! 😀 This goes up further late in the night.The provider is my local cablewallah. The deal is they are franchisees of 5 different ISPs-Sify, Tata Indicom, ExattNet, Pacenet(and one more whose name I can't remember😀 ). Most people using his net are on the two lesser known ISPs, and they're the fastest. They have their offices somewhere in Andheri. You can google them for their schemes. Disconnections, and other glitches are very rare. Even if something does happen, the guy comes to your house to check it out. And the most fun thing is that you dont require a modem or some such sh*t, only a 10/100 LAN Card. I took the connection when they were offering free installation. The connections are not shared, so you get a dedicated connection. All this at a fraction of a cost-my 140k unlimited connection costs me abt 2500 bux per month, whihc is much better that any other ISP's offer. No hidden costs here. No monthly rentals, or modem rentals. 🙂 I request all you readers(esp. those in Mumbai) to enquire about their service in Mumbai, coz you wont be disappointed. When I see posts saying "I got a broadband connection and I get speeds of 5-6 KBps", I shake my head in pity :blink: . All the big fish out there are taking the customers for a ride-Modem costs, installattion costs...geez! Those ppl r just interested in extracting maximum money from their customers, and not at all concerned abt bringing real broadband into India. Isn't it ironic how our country leads in software, and barely anyone has a real broaband connection? If anyone is going to usher a broadband revolution in India, it's these guys...B)