answer to the questions above.
i think my connection is four months old.
it's not as stable as airtel.
my local lco is responsive. but there are frequent downtimes. once or twice they lasted for hours because there was a cable cut or some other issue. most downtimes are smallish. but it is much better than what i had expected. in the end it would depend upon your local guy. how good the network is and how safe the wiring over polls and trees is. since everything is in open, it is more prone to sabotage and failure compared to underground wiring and locked boxes of DSL players.
i am from gurgaon.
i am pretty satisfied with it as the rest of the options are pretty bad. i hate when i have to switch to my backup airtel connection because even for 4mbps, it is a horrible piece of shit.