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I got BSNL DataOne Broadband Rs.250 (400 MB) 256Kbps package recently after using Dial-up for years.
Now I can connect instantly and the download speed is fantastic even if it's only between 30 to 50 Kbps but I understand why they're allowing only this much.
Here's the low down on usage before I get to the odd part.
400 MB per month - that's 13.3 MB per day (13,650kb). (1 MB = 1024kb)
If you consider that a single webpage (text + images) is 50kb in size then you can browse or download around 270 pages per day. Most webpages are between 20 to 50 kb in size so you can browse / download a lot more pages (this does not include music or videos downloads).
This is the part that evey broadband internet user should be blown away by.
The size of the webpage you download or browse depends on the browser you use.
If, as I suspect, most of you use Internet Explorer (I used to use IE 6) then you will pay a heavy price while browsing webpages. Try this : Using IE just open www.google.com and on a blank part of the page right click and choose properties. Look at size. It's usually around 3,740 bytes (3.65kb)
Now try it with a different browser. If you have the latest Firefox browser (if not then download Firefox beta, it won't take long), open the google home page. Again right click -> View page info and see the page size. In Firefox it's much less, around 1,436 bytes (1.4kb)
Do the same for ebay.in and yahoo.co.in and compare the sizes. Obviously Firefox uses some kind of compression and IE doesn't. I haven't tried with Netscape 8 but if anyone is willing to try and compare the results then please post them in this thread. Keeping both browsers open, open the following pages simaltenously so that the page content is identical.
Here are the size comparisons while opening the home page of each of the sites in different browsers.
www.ebay.in (home page)
Firefox ................: 10,063 bytes (9.83kb)
Internet Explorer : 55,716 bytes (54.4kb)
www.yahoo.co.in
Firefox ................: 15,339 bytes (14.98kb)
Internet Explorer : 53,686 bytes (52.4kb)
www.google.co.in
Firefox ................: 1,436 bytes (1.4kb)
Internet Explorer : 3,740 bytes (3.65kb)
The world over, 60% of internet users use IE while the rest use either Netscape, Firefox, Opera, Safari or some other browser. All who are using IE are paying dearly. Not only broadband users but also dial-up users. A 52kb yahoo home page takes more time to download in IE than the same page in Firefox. Since the time factor rather than download size is important for Dial-up users they also pay the price.
IE sucks in speed. Previously I had downloaded IE Toolbar which provides tabbed browsing. Since then my machine started becoming slow and not only webpages but applications started to open more slowly. After I uninstalled the IE Toolbar things returned to normal. I use IE only to open the dataone usage page which can be opened in IE alone.
My advice to all : Stop using IE and wake up to other browsers. It will save you time and money and keep your usage in check.
Web Ranger
Now I can connect instantly and the download speed is fantastic even if it's only between 30 to 50 Kbps but I understand why they're allowing only this much.
Here's the low down on usage before I get to the odd part.
400 MB per month - that's 13.3 MB per day (13,650kb). (1 MB = 1024kb)
If you consider that a single webpage (text + images) is 50kb in size then you can browse or download around 270 pages per day. Most webpages are between 20 to 50 kb in size so you can browse / download a lot more pages (this does not include music or videos downloads).
This is the part that evey broadband internet user should be blown away by.
The size of the webpage you download or browse depends on the browser you use.
If, as I suspect, most of you use Internet Explorer (I used to use IE 6) then you will pay a heavy price while browsing webpages. Try this : Using IE just open www.google.com and on a blank part of the page right click and choose properties. Look at size. It's usually around 3,740 bytes (3.65kb)
Now try it with a different browser. If you have the latest Firefox browser (if not then download Firefox beta, it won't take long), open the google home page. Again right click -> View page info and see the page size. In Firefox it's much less, around 1,436 bytes (1.4kb)
Do the same for ebay.in and yahoo.co.in and compare the sizes. Obviously Firefox uses some kind of compression and IE doesn't. I haven't tried with Netscape 8 but if anyone is willing to try and compare the results then please post them in this thread. Keeping both browsers open, open the following pages simaltenously so that the page content is identical.
Here are the size comparisons while opening the home page of each of the sites in different browsers.
www.ebay.in (home page)
Firefox ................: 10,063 bytes (9.83kb)
Internet Explorer : 55,716 bytes (54.4kb)
www.yahoo.co.in
Firefox ................: 15,339 bytes (14.98kb)
Internet Explorer : 53,686 bytes (52.4kb)
www.google.co.in
Firefox ................: 1,436 bytes (1.4kb)
Internet Explorer : 3,740 bytes (3.65kb)
The world over, 60% of internet users use IE while the rest use either Netscape, Firefox, Opera, Safari or some other browser. All who are using IE are paying dearly. Not only broadband users but also dial-up users. A 52kb yahoo home page takes more time to download in IE than the same page in Firefox. Since the time factor rather than download size is important for Dial-up users they also pay the price.
IE sucks in speed. Previously I had downloaded IE Toolbar which provides tabbed browsing. Since then my machine started becoming slow and not only webpages but applications started to open more slowly. After I uninstalled the IE Toolbar things returned to normal. I use IE only to open the dataone usage page which can be opened in IE alone.
My advice to all : Stop using IE and wake up to other browsers. It will save you time and money and keep your usage in check.
Web Ranger