Airtel's new DSL plans - 2mbps not so hot

[cheeni]

Speakeasy tells me I don't have a 2mbps connection, Airtel tells me I do, and what's more expects me to pay for it. Now what should I do?

Comments

[sidcarter.livejournal.com]

Have you tried the download test within India ? or within Airtel's network ? Cause the 2mbps connection is probably only to Airtel's end and that's most probably the answer you'll get.

[sriniram.livejournal.com]

They don't run a proper DNS server in the first place - look ups routinely fail on sites like livejournal.com and mail.google.com, and I can't use OpenDNS because of its weird redirect / timeout behavior. I am not very happy.

[themadman.livejournal.com]

Check the fine print. It will probably say that it's a "maximum" of 2 Mbps, not a sustained throughput. I remember reading it somewhere.

[balaji.livejournal.com]

Speed indicated are only speed upto our ISP Node and are given on best effort bases as per TRAI guideline on Quality of Service for Broadband Service

I guess this is what they will quote when you complain.
-balaji