well my mtnl bb at home has been down for a couple of weeks due to a cable fault. 😡 .Was planning to get a 3G plan and use my phone as a modem as a substitute.Decided to first check if Edge was usable as browsing around was the main criteria. Activated the daily 50mb pack on my spare no. EDGE clearly was unusable. Tried setting my phone in UMTS mode and it worked. Speedtest showed 2-3mbps. Browsing around was a breeze. And there was no charge for it. Data balance was reduced from my daily 50mb allowance.So went ahead and subscribed to the 98 2GB plan. Now usage in 3G mode is still deducted from my 2GB balance and the rest of my credit is untouched. However the speeds that I get now are the same as edge. Browsing on the pc is impossible. My phones connection manager doesnt ever show speeds more than 12kbps even when the network icon shows 3.5G. I dont get this. I thought it wasnt possible to throttle speeds on 3G. Thought the technology didnt allow it. Thats why no operator has different plans based on speeds like wired broadband. 3G speeds i thought are dependent only on your modems capacity. 3.6, 7.2 or 21 mbps . . . .speeds u can use depend on your modem and not your plan.Then why have the speeds fallen so drastically once i got the montly plan? Am afraid if I subscribe to a proper 3G pack I still might be stuck with similar speeds. Is that possible if the speeds on my current 3G mode are already abysmal as such.Or does airtel actually have means to throttle speeds and shifting to a 3G plan will give me adequate speeds?