Originally posted by
[email protected] 30 2005, 11:24 PM
I myself has been downloading about 7 GB of data per month with dialup networking with a monthly cost of Rs.900/- (including service tax).
Those who says that 1 GB per month limit for 256 K Boradband is suffice, either do not have the very sense of broadband internet or are with the BSNL.
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Theoretically, if u get the max speed for the modem @7KBps and keep the computer running 24x7, u'd get aound 14GB of data p.m.. 7GB is not bad for a modem but u need to have a very good and consistent connection for that and need to keep the computer running all day of the month. Not many have that good dialup connection or can keep the computer running all day (only to return frm work to find that connection disconnected after 1 hrs.).
But there are other considerations, e.g. what is the nature of software u r downloading. Surely its not the run of the mill demo versions of softwares - they r available in any decent CDs that comes with computer mags. But the real things r available in the IRC chatrooms, thru peer-to-peer s/w etc. Many of the peer to peer s/w like emule require u to upload and download simultaneously - ur download speeds would be reduced if u simultaneously upload thru dialup. Not so in
ADSL. There r many sites which allow u to download for a short time bfore they block access. Without a fast connection u cant dream of downloading anything frm them. IRC chatrooms put u in a long Q and in case of any disconnection, u r kicked out of the Q - so the quicker u download the better. Evidently, a 24 hr. unattended dial-up connexn is not suitable for that.
That said, obviously the 1 GB limit is not suitable for that kind of download. But neither is the 24x7 dialup. One is limited by data transfer and the other by its speed. Inspite of the lower cost, a dialup is not suitable for the nature of data that I want to download.
So what do I gain from having a fast ADSL with a fixed cost and 1 GB limit? Well I get to see the sites faster, upload data to the sites that I own faster, check my 10 gmail and hotmail accts faster, get to upload photos to yahoo faster, get less radiation frm the monitor and lesser chance of getting RSI, can chat and video conference in almost real time with my frnds abroad, get the occasional MP3s and small softwares faster, save electricity by not having to run my computer overnight and peace of mind with lesser chance of disconncetion - all for Rs.500 with 1 GB limits. I think that's cost effective for me even for all its disadvantages. If they increase the limit, I'd perhaps download some more s/w and
music, but the basic advantages remain the same 4 me.
1) People want to stay on-line for longer period, say at least 4 to 5 hours per day on an average, or even longer, like me, and(2) People want higher quantity of traffic, hence the need for 256K connection and not 56K dial-up.Simple knowledge about internet says that a 256K Broadband would give a throughput of about 100 megabytes per hour on an average. And this is what people want to get with a 256K line otherwise why on earth should one take a 256K line? So, this boils down to the fact that your 1 GB limit is gone in 2 days. After that you will be robbed by the BSNL @ Rs2 per MB of data. Now consider this:On a standard 56K dialup line, you will get about 15 MB of data per hour (I even get higher, about 18 to 20 MB per hour). If you use any standard telephone line (not Internet Phone), you will pay for 20 calls per hour, i.e., Rs.1.10 per call if paid by India Telephone Card. So hourly PSTN charge is Rs.22 only. The BSNL/MNTL ISP chrage is Rs.6 per hour. So your net cost per hour is Rs.28 and you get 15MB of data. Thus, the cost is Rs.1.87 per MB!!!!!!!!So, Dial-up is not costly after all!!!! Thanks to BSNL for this incredible phenomemon where broadband is costlier than dial-up!! I myself has been downloading about 7 GB of data per month with dialup networking with a monthly cost of Rs.900/- (including service tax). Those who says that 1 GB per month limit for 256 K Boradband is suffice, either do not have the very sense of broadband internet or are with the BSNL.They should learn that people do not take broadband only for occasional e-mails, chatting or anti virus updates. When even the free mailboxes (GMail for example)have inflated their size to 1 GB, giving 1 GB montly limit is nothing but cheating.
