If FUP matters to you, then MTNL isn't the costliest broadband provider. There are hardly any ISPs which give your 1Mbps and above on your FUP plans with accessibility like MTNL does. Every other cheaper ISP has their caveats which are horrible. Most ISPs aren't yet able to reach places where people want them to, that is why MTNL is still being used by a lot of people (which don't come to sub). MTNL despite being in the old age and stuck in it is the only provider that right now can reach any region/area/locaility, so people have it you just don't know them. They have been losing their customers to new ISPs but these ISPs have been very patheticly growing with plans as horrible as beyond FUP your 16mbps connection goes down to 512kbps.
So other ISPs which are widely available are horrible with their service and FUP.
FYI, even though
ADSL2+ is limited to 16mbps, they can only provide till 6mbps without adding a box which acts like a wired range extender to provide anything speed beyond that. Any plan above 6mbps beyond a certain distance from the exchange needs a different box to extend it.
I did say 'too good to be true' ISPs are very limited to the areas their provide service to.
MTNL and BSNL did form a JV few years back to get the submarine cables system for themselves. Read
MTL (http://mtnl.in/joint_ventures.htm)
All I am saying is all the complaints you mentioned are issues with our country's internet system and not just MTNL.
- You want affordable ISP? You have to pay for terrible FUP
- You want higher FUP cap? Pay high to any ISP or select a plan for a 512kbps after FUP.
The point about cussing to MTNL wasn't their technological stagnation, it was about people complaining about MTNL for things which don't exist. If one wants to complaint about them so much just switch, which they probably can't or aren't able to as there isn't an option left for them. I honestly try to switch away from MTNL everytime I see a flyer from a new ISP but they either have horrible FUP plans or they don't reach my area. None still come close to providing/guaranteeing me a good speed and FUP limit like MTNL does right now.