I moved to Pune recently. I applied for BSNL Dataone in Pune...
I could not get the connection due to heavy demand and nonavailablilty of new connections !!!
So I looked for other options... I went for Hathway Cable broadband connection, pune with great expectations...
I called their numbers and paid a 2100 RS in advance for 8-to-8 liteway 256 kbps unlimited broadband connection. It took about 7 days for them to install everything at my place. (modem and the wire connection)
Alas, I didn't get any connection for first two weeks !! I couldn't browse anything.
I called up their customer care N number of times, but nothing was happening....
Finally I went to their office and I enquired...
Finally, they came and checked everything and found that their "brand new" cable modem is a faulty one !!!
They took 2 days to replace it and finally I got the connection I wanted...
First thing I did was I checked the download speed.
OMG!!! It was very poor on any standards...
I took 256 kbps unlimited connection (8 to 8 liteway)
I got a download speed of about 100 kbps, not even half of what they promised !!!
If you have such a speed your total download for a day (with this hathway unlimited connection) would be about 530 Mb per day...
some calculations :
100*3600*12/(8*1024) = 527.34 MB per day
This is very very poor !!!
I can say I got more than this with the 500 RS / 1 GB plan of BSNL where I can download for free from 2 am to 8 am... Download speed was blazing in BSNL Dataone... It was always 256 kbps !!! They deliver what they promised - very good na??
So my final verdict is BSNL Dataone is the best connection around... But you cannot get it easily !! So till you get your BSNL connection you will have to bear with the messy hathway connection.
