When you get an unlimited internet connection from Airtel don’t forget to read the fine print. The plan is not actually unlimited the way you expect it to.
Airtel has introduced a ‘Fair Usage Policy’ which is very unfair to its customers. Under this policy a buyer who’s got a 1 MBPS connection (paying Rs. 1699 for it every month) is only allowed to use up to 20 GBs in a month. If the usage goes above it the buyer’s Internet speed is degraded to 512 KBPS. On the 2 MBPS connection too the limit is the same 20 GBs.
20 GBs? Ridiculous! Someone with a 2 MBPS connection can download 20 GBs in 3 days. They have the audacity to call it ‘Fair Use’!
Fair use for who? For Airtel who doesn’t care a fig for its customers anymore in a bid to maximize their profits?
Well, it’s not going to work for long. The first chance I get I am going to migrate to an Internet connection that is not so limiting.
Another company Tata Indicom has caught up on the fair use nonsense too. They told me that the fair use for the Internet connection was 20 GBs, when I asked them what would they do after I crossed 20 GBs they were unclear. ‘Send you a SMS’. Umm.. How’s that making sense? Every time you send me a SMS I get a shooting pain through my leg? Or you want to remind me of bad Karma that I am doing, crossing your fair use limits?
Well, it’s moronic policies like these which introduce fresh competition into the market.
So I am looking for an ISP with an ounce of sense.
