@mgcarley
We are talking abt only MTNL connection here. MTNL has not made me sign any contract except the application form. Nothing abt sharing was mentioned and never mentioned multi user or single user either orally or verbally.
I found it in Paragraph 17 of their Terms of Service.
ok here is good news for all MTNL users.
MTNL has officially allowed LAN sharing
PERIOD to this thread!
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They specifically stressed it by marking it in RED
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Sharing:Can share connection to create your own network.
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this is for mgcarley:
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the above is form MTNL asks to fill.. point 11 of instructions states that LAN is customer's responsibility.. which indirectly means creating LAN is allowed.
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Whilst it does say in their FAQs (#40) and at point #11 on page 2 that you can create a network and share internet, this implies within your own household. If you still don't believe me, I would suggest that you continue reading on to page 3, items 4, 5 and in particular 8. Broadband connection is location specific & customer shall not remove or shift any equipment installed by MTNL at the customer’s premises (the said location).
In other words, With this contract, let's say that upon signing this contract, MTNL agrees to supply service to flat A10, So-and-so CHS, Such-and-such Road, Mumbai 400000. Item 8 on page 3 automatically disqualifies the households in flats A11 &
A9 (or any others in the society) from having the right to use this connection (whether the signatory to this contract grants them access or not), as they are a separate entity in a separate household which is not covered by this contract. As such, they must sign their own contract.
Such use would be considered misuse by MTNL if they found out and at their discretion, they would have the right to take either civil or criminal action against you.
question to mgcarley
based on ur reply, i assue HAYAI will not allow sharing and will have single user/multi user policy??
You may share as much as you like within your own household. If you happen to have more than 1 PC, then that's fine - our CPEs come with 4
Gigabit ports (so technically we expect 4PCs, 3 PCs and 1 IPTV or 2 of each in a normal household by default).
On residential plans, sharing with neighbours is not allowed, cyber-cafes are not allowed, and any premises with a clear intention of
business (solo entrepreneurs exempt) will not have the option of a residential plan. We have a pretty clear-cut policy on misuse for the various categories of connection: basically speaking on our contract, paragraph 18 says effectively that "the subscriber is not allowed to share, resell or redistribute the services in any manner". (I should probably note, most of our contract is lifted directly from our upstream ISPs and adopted with our name)
Furthermore, even if you did share with your neighbour(s) without telling us, and they decided to go on downloading sprees, it would be you who is liable for the charges - even on a flat-rate plan, because whilst the flat-rate plans do not have FUPs, if a 5, 10, 25 or more mbit/s line is saturated 24/7, then that would be considered misuse or abuse of the network (25mbit/s is close to 7.5TB a month, which should be nearly impossible for a single household to achieve, but with 10 people, is plausible.)
Furthermore, for those running small businesses or who want their housing society to offer fast access, there's no reason NOT to go on an appropriate plan - unlike our competitors, we do have special plans with reasonable rates for SMEs and for housing societies available.
Basically, we want to be flexible in our offerings, yet clear-cut in what is and is not allowed, and sharing with neighbours by definition, is not allowed.
