[royal]

Frnds, I am currently on BSNL 500C plan...it is proving to be a pain due to sudden decrease in speed to around 70-80 KB/s

I was thinking of switching to Airtel but my local cablewalla has come up with the following plans

512 Kb/s/upto 1 Mb/s (12am-8am) -> 899/-
768 Kb/s/upto 1.5 Mb/s (12am-8am) -> 1199/-
1 Mb/s/upto 2 Mb/s (12am-8am) -> 1399/-
2 Mb/s/upto 4 Mb/s (12am-8am) -> 2499/-

All of the above are unlimited plans and exclusive of taxes

What i will find out are whether the higher speed is during the night or throughout the day...initial charges, instrument needed etc.
I also need to find out the actual ISP that is behind this...

In the ad, it has been mentioned as 'Blink Cable Internet'...have any of you heard of it?

BTW, I am from Kolkata (Salt Lake)...if any of you have got similar options in your locality please share the experience Meanwhile I will keep you updated on this

If this turns out to be alright, then my painful experience with BSNL (after almost 5 years) will be over

[mutant]

i think this is alliance broadband...alliance is pretty good with lan sharing at 100 MBps speed, i am from salt lake and m using the same

[royal]

Thx for the update man...I will check out whether its Alliance

One more thing, I have not heard very good reviews of Alliance in different forums what do u think?

[Razvan-Sedekiah]

Where do u live in kolkata?(If u stay around Ramgarh,45B bus stand there alliance service is good,they don't have ports blocked but downtime is still 5-6hrs a day or more)

I had a bitter experience with Alliance.

Most of the areas have all ports blocked which is very bad for torrents.

Plus service is crappy , 5hrs a day downtime or maybe more.

I took alliance first with these plans in mind but had to shift to BSNL.

Dude i have BSNL 500 night unlimited and frankly u can get speeds upto 250kbps max(sometimes even 272) if u choose good torrents.

I get around 200-250kbps depending on torrents. Dont change from BSNL , u'll regret it man, believe me i m happy i left alliance.

[Razvan-Sedekiah]

No broadband service in kolkata can come even close to BSNL's 500 night unlimited. ALL others are crap in kolkata.

[sabby]

I used to be an Alliance customer at Santoshpur for 2yrs. No downtime, no problem at all. Infact, that was the cheapest option I had. But some of my friend chose wishnet leaving Alliance for even cheaper plans. Check with their site.

[Razvan-Sedekiah]

Santoshpur, Garia, jadavpur have no port blocking.

I lived in usha and there was portblocking

[royal]

Hi All, thx for ur response

Like I mentioned earlier I am from Saltlake and even I dont feel too good to switch from BSNL after 5 long years

But fact is that I am facing major speed drop for the last 2 months...cant really afford this with my RS premium account

This is not a stray incident but there are several others who are also facing this

[Razvan-Sedekiah]

Originally Posted by royal

Hi All, thx for ur response

Like I mentioned earlier I am from Saltlake and even I dont feel too good to switch from BSNL after 5 long years

But fact is that I am facing major speed drop for the last 2 months...cant really afford this with my RS premium account

This is not a stray incident but there are several others who are also facing this

You have a RS premium account. Then u can resume automatically.

[mutant]

i am from salt lake too, and i get the promised speed with alliance with torrents and everything...although not constant, but its good for me..

[royal]

Originally Posted by Razvan-Sedekiah

You have a RS premium account. Then u can resume automatically.

Yes I can...resuming is not a problem but low speed is

You see, I need to have the downloading done between 2-8 am only since I am on a limited plan (with night unlimited) now if I dont have good speed (atleast above 200KB/s) then its of very little use to me

I enquired and found that it is indeed Alliance. I am planning to go for the 512KB/s unlimited plan with 12-8 am 1 MB/s speed. Even if it is 512 throughout the day, still an unlimited plan at 1000/- per month seems better than similar plans from Airtel/BSNL. Only concern is whether I would be getting constant speeds, average downtime (if any), customer care etc.

I wont be needing any instrument as of now and I need to apply 2 days in advance only The cable operator office is quite nearby as well...

So people using alliance in Saltlake, what do you think? Should I go for this one???

[Revolution]

I'm using Alliance.
I have problem from the beginning.
Alliance told they can't do nothing about it.
The problem only can be solved by my cable operator (Teledyne).....
Than means Alliance sucks,they have no authority as a Internet Service Provider.....
And our cable operator(Gautam Roy Choudhury) is a real m*****fcker.....
I already have withdrawn ny BSNL connection because of horrible customer care,I mean BSND have no care about their customer(Ranikuthi,South Kolkata)
And in my area no ISP is available......

[mutant]

hey, royal, which block are you in? i mean in salt lake.

[royal]

I am in HB...Eastern Point is the cable operator

Any word of caution for me?

[royal]

Just checked...no Wishnet in my area

Anyway, I will dump BSNL thats for sure...lets see whether the replacement is Airtel or Alliance