newly joined indiabroadband forum. 
I want to have a broadband connection. Till now i have aproached, sify, airtel, they say they cannot give connection where i live i.e. in pune.
And bsnl i dont rely upon as my landline of bsnl itself is dead from 4 months, so i supposedly cannot use broadband of bsnl w/o my landline working..

reliance broadband plans

I am left with no other option than Tata & Reliance, of which tata has increased its rates a minimum of 1000 bucks p.m. & 2000 installation & security deposit.

So i want to know about reliance, whether it is ok? I am planning ro select postpaid night unlimited plan of 300kbps speed. Is the plan ok?When you have plan to go for new broadband connection, these are the general suggestions i would like to provide regardless of service provider

reliance broadband plans

a) go for unlimited plan…because you wont need to keep tracking of when you connect and when you dont.

No need to worry abt billing too. Its a fixed price.

b) bandwidth depends on your need. You planned a very good bandwidth

c) Customer Serivce. This is much more important.From the opinions I’ve gathered , I feel it really depends on the area where yu live in. in sme areas and in sme cities people say that their reliance cnnections are very stable and live up to the promised transfer rates. But like all things in india, theres always an anthithesis. Just browsing through the pages of this site u would find a surprising number of disgruntled reliance customers peppered with a few satisfied ones. 

My suggestion would be to find somene in yur neighbourhood or at least city and enquire there. Maybe u might find somene here.

And like many before me, I wuld reccomend the unlimited plan for obvious reasons.don’t know how many of you have checked it or are aware….Reliance has launched couple of new plans.
reliance broadband plans

Same are available on the website, am unable to paste the picture here.

1 Mbps plan for only Rs. 1499 and 2 Mbps unlimited plan @ Rs. 2599 and 400 Kbps flat fee plan @ Rs. 749

Entry level unlimited plan at Rs. 400 where you get night speed of 150 Kbps and for Rs. 500 you get night speed of 300 Kbps. 

A new combo plan too has been introduced where you can get 600 Kbps of speed at just Rs. 1099.newly joined indiabroadband forum. 
I want to have a broadband connection. Till now i have aproached, sify, airtel, they say they cannot give connection where i live i.e. in pune.
And bsnl i dont rely upon as my landline of bsnl itself is dead from 4 months, so i supposedly cannot use broadband of bsnl w/o my landline working..

I am left with no other option than Tata & Reliance, of which tata has increased its rates a minimum of 1000 bucks p.m. & 2000 installation & security deposit.

So i want to know about reliance, whether it is ok? I am planning ro select postpaid night unlimited plan of 300kbps speed. Is the plan ok?When you have plan to go for new broadband connection, these are the general suggestions i would like to provide regardless of service provider

a) go for unlimited plan…because you wont need to keep tracking of when you connect and when you dont. No need to worry abt billing too. Its a fixed price.

b) bandwidth depends on your need. You planned a very good bandwidth

c) Customer Serivce. This is much more important.From the opinions I’ve gathered , I feel it really depends on the area where yu live in. in sme areas and in sme cities people say that their reliance cnnections are very stable and live up to the promised transfer rates. But like all things in india, theres always an anthithesis. Just browsing through the pages of this site u would find a surprising number of disgruntled reliance customers peppered with a few satisfied ones. 

My suggestion would be to find somene in yur neighbourhood or at least city and enquire there. Maybe u might find somene here.

And like many before me, I wuld reccomend the unlimited plan for obvious reasons.don’t know how many of you have checked it or are aware….Reliance has launched couple of new plans.

Same are available on the website, am unable to paste the picture here.

1 Mbps plan for only Rs. 1499 and 2 Mbps unlimited plan @ Rs. 2599 and 400 Kbps flat fee plan @ Rs. 749

Entry level unlimited plan at Rs. 400 where you get night speed of 150 Kbps and for Rs. 500 you get night speed of 300 Kbps. 

A new combo plan too has been introduced where you can get 600 Kbps of speed at just Rs. 1099.

It’s an example of a tautology wheeled out when trying to explain the mysteries of conversion and proposition types in logic.

Unfortunately for the field of philosophy it’s an example that’s become somewhat invalidated by the fact that the term bachelor has been stretched in the past few years to mean not only (or, sometimes, not even) an unmarried man but one who is technology friendly, au fait with the art of seduction and has a pad (but, crucially, does not refer to it as such).

Think: Hugh Grant in ‘About a Boy’ or the protagonist of Edward Docx’s 2003 novel ‘The Calligrapher’. There are many more examples.

So when we talk about broadband for bachelors in the context of this article let’s be clear. We are not talking about the bachelor as in the dictionary definition.

Rather we refer to the cultural conditions and associations of a particular type of single man: the bachelor.

For the purposes of this distinction we exclude baked beans, pot noodles and bodily functions. The reader should assume that such things are implied by the term bachelor though we join bachelors themselves in not explicitly desiring them.

To get to the point, though, what is broadband for bachelors? What does the single man want from his broadband deals?

We can answer that fairly simply at first: speed.

Broadband speeds have been the hunting ground of many a broadband provider over the years and I’m sure in some sort of marketing bunker, these men were their target market.

The fastest broadband is dependent on postcode, though, so it’s not entirely a free choice.

The savvy bachelor will go for the company with the best reputation for speed and customer service which isn’t necessarily the same as the company offering the highest headline speeds.

Beyond speeds it’s likely that the bachelor will require a level of customer care over and above and a normal users and decent download allowances.

Since we’re assuming bachelors are early adopters they’ll need a hefty allowance to take care of their gaming and online streaming of movies, TV shows and music.

For this reason Virgin or Sky TV bundles might also be attractive to them since only a few companies offer high definition television and will go on to roll-out 3D television, these deals come with the broadband included as part of the deals.

To achieve lightning fast broadband speeds there are many different things you can do both in your home and on your computer.

A good first step in the quest towards speeding up your broadband is to speak to your internet service provider (ISP) to check everything is a-ok with your line. When speaking to your ISP you may want to ask what the ratio speed is. Most ISPs supply home broadband at a 50:1 contention ratio which denotes the number of people sharing the connection. The more people sharing the connection then the slower your service will be so this could be contributing to slower speeds.

If your internet package is capped then your ISP may slow down your connection speed if you exceed the set limit. Again, when speaking to your ISP you could check this point and if you have capped broadband then find out about subscribing to an unlimited service.

When it comes to your computer or laptop, have a look at the browser settings.

If you have recently switched ISP or upgraded from dial-up then your computer may still be running on the previous settings and this can interfere with your new connection, even causing it to slow down. On most computers you can check you are using the correct settings by opening Internet Explorer, navigating to the ‘Tools’ tab and then selecting ‘Internet Options’. Click on the ‘Connections’ tab, make sure ‘Never dial a connection’ is selected and then click ‘OK’. Of course, this will be different depending on which browser your computer uses.

If you use wireless broadband then you must ensure your connection is password protected. Without a password, anyone in the vicinity can use your connection to surf the internet and this will slow down connection speed significantly as well as pose a potential security risk.

Password protecting your wireless connection should be straightforward and you can usually check the documentation for your wireless router to find out how to do this.

Computer viruses can be a common culprit when it comes to slow internet connection speeds. A preventative measure you can take is to use anti-virus software and activate your firewall to prevent infection.

There is also plenty you can do in and around your home to speed up your existing internet connection. Simply ensuring there are no electrical devices that could be interfering with your connection can make all the difference. Keep your router and wiring well away from mains power cables and limit the number of electrical devices near your broadband connection.

The quality of your cables and router can make a difference to the speeds you are receiving. High capacity cables and routers can help you enjoy super fast broadband speeds so if you think your hardware is slowing you down then start shopping around for replacements.

Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii is the nation’s 50th state and the one set furthest away from any other.  However, just like the other states, Hawaii is set to see its broadband coverage reach new heights in the next few months and years.  In fact, the state has received over million in grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in order to make sure that all citizens have access to affordable and dependable broadband coverage.  This is good news for a state that has double the broadband investment and connection costs thanks to its location and mountainous geography. 

Governor Neil Abercrombie has also been on the offensive in bringing internet to all his citizens.  The governor recently signed into law House Bill 1342, which is the first step in expanding broadband internet coverage in Hawaii.  With broadband coverage, businesses, organizations, collages, government and citizens will be able to transmit more data at higher speeds than many are capable of doing so now with a much slower system.  According to Governor Abercrombie, broadband is the key toward Hawaii’s economy in the coming years.  In order to make statewide broadband a reality, the house bill will exempt broadband infrastructure improvements from permitting requirements over the next five years.  In addition, telecommunication companies will be exempt from replacing utility poles when installing or improving telecommunication cables.  Finally, the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs will submit a report in five years reviewing those exemptions and making recommendations. 

In order to get the ball rolling, the state will also make use of the million in federal funds for broadband internet expansion.  In addition to adding nearly 450 miles of broadband infrastructure, the money will also be used to greatly improve community centers where the public has access to computers and the internet.  Some of the funding will also go toward the University of Hawaii by helping connect the university along with community colleges, other campuses, public high schools and libraries throughout the state.  Overall, the money will help connect up to 380 community institutions which will allow 300 K-12 schools, 50 libraries, seven community colleges, 30 other institutions of higher learning and up to 500 additional anchor institutions.  In addition, the network will greatly improve public safety by improving the Hawaii state Civil Defense Agency’s statewide connectivity.  There will also be hundreds of miles of additional and new fiber laid and more than 1,000 miles of existing fiber incorporated to bring more affordable broadband service.  This move will bring better service to 400,000 households and 100,000 businesses by letting local internet service providers use the project’s open network.  Finally, the money will be used to build 50 new computer centers, allow for the renovation of another 12 library computer centers, community colleges and remote university educational centers.  There will also be a purchase of 700 new computers that will go into those new community computer centers that the public can use and enjoy.  This move will allow a new world to open to those who have been previously cut off thanks to new and better service than the state of Hawaii has seen before. 

By the year 2000 the internet was widely used, and significantly changed the way we carried out a number of daily functions. When mobile broadband internet emerged, it again brought significant changes by extending the scope of where we are able to use the internet and what we can do with it. Rather than connecting to broadband via a phone line or cable, mobile broadband connections are wireless and allow you to connect to the internet on-the-go from a portable modem.

Mobile broadband has changed:

- How we work. Mobile broadband makes it possible to connect to the internet on-the-go, and hence conduct business from almost anywhere. Accessing and sharing information, communication, transactions and deals can be carried out with ease away from the office setting. It also increases the speed with which business communications, deals and transactions are carried out.

- How we access information. Accessing information is easier than ever with mobile broadband.

Whether that be news, advice, tips, maps, or general information we can connect instantaneously to the internet from our smartphones, laptop or tablet and have a wealth of information at our fingertips. This information is then easily shared.

- How we connect and communicate. With the option of mobile broadband, people prefer to listen to music, watch videos, send and receive emails and communicate to each other while they are on the move. With smartphones and mobile broadband, people are able to connect with friends and the wider world via social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter – a majority of communication is done via the internet. If you don’t call them on their mobile phone, it’s likely you’ll contact them on Facebook, Twitter or via e-mail while on the move.

It’s also easier than ever to connect the internet with wireless broadband plans and wireless broadband prepaid. Australia has a number of internet providers who sell fast and reliable internet options, and the reliability and speed of these connections continues to improve. How has mobile broadband changed your life?

When it comes to broadband, one needs to take proper decisions and choose the right Internet service provider for himself. The criterions that one needs to keep in his mind regarding broadband include one’s requirements followed by downloading speed, usage allowance and its cost.

After you’re done deciding on the one broadband service provider, the packages and deals offered by it needs to be understood in order to decide upon the same. Today, the plans listed out by each of prominent Internet service providers in the UK including Sky Broadband, BT Broadband, Virgin, Orange and Talk Talk, are all comprehensive, at the same time advantageous too.

That said, most of the Internet service providers in their plans include the services of calls and TV too, which serves as a better choice not only for us as a customer, but is profitable for the providers too.

In a way, a diligent customer would not hesitate to subscribe the services of all three—TV, calls and broadband from a single service provider.

For a long run, it becomes essential that you make correct choices upon the plans offered by your preferred broadband service provider. It does not make any sense that you choose over a plan haywire and then regret over it later on. As a customer, you need to verify the plans and packages offered by the Internet service provider you have chosen and then compare those with other providers.

Additionally, many of these broadband providers offer unlimited internee as well as the limited one, in order to increase their customers’ satisfaction and reliance upon them.

Ideally, if you go for an Sky Unlimited broadband, a downloading speed of up to 20 MB is fair enough.

Meanwhile, the limited version offering the same downloading speed accompanied with 2 GB usage allowance each month, is a good offer to go for.

Besides, leading providers like BT broadband and Sky broadband, extend their services to offer customers with the add-ons like chat facilities, free 10 email addresses and a reliable email service. While, others even go ahead and let their customers enjoy their Internet freedom to the fullest by enabling them to access their stored files off the web from anywhere and sharing with their friends and family.

A great Internet service doubled with some of the useful freebies should surely become your hands down choice regarding an Internet service provider. Such combinations thus provide a good value for your money.

To achieve lightning fast broadband speeds there are many different things you can do both in your home and on your computer.

A good first step in the quest towards speeding up your broadband is to speak to your internet service provider (ISP) to check everything is a-ok with your line. When speaking to your ISP you may want to ask what the ratio speed is. Most ISPs supply home broadband at a 50:1 contention ratio which denotes the number of people sharing the connection. The more people sharing the connection then the slower your service will be so this could be contributing to slower speeds.

If your internet package is capped then your ISP may slow down your connection speed if you exceed the set limit. Again, when speaking to your ISP you could check this point and if you have capped broadband then find out about subscribing to an unlimited service.

When it comes to your computer or laptop, have a look at the browser settings.

If you have recently switched ISP or upgraded from dial-up then your computer may still be running on the previous settings and this can interfere with your new connection, even causing it to slow down. On most computers you can check you are using the correct settings by opening Internet Explorer, navigating to the ‘Tools’ tab and then selecting ‘Internet Options’. Click on the ‘Connections’ tab, make sure ‘Never dial a connection’ is selected and then click ‘OK’. Of course, this will be different depending on which browser your computer uses.

If you use wireless broadband then you must ensure your connection is password protected. Without a password, anyone in the vicinity can use your connection to surf the internet and this will slow down connection speed significantly as well as pose a potential security risk.

Password protecting your wireless connection should be straightforward and you can usually check the documentation for your wireless router to find out how to do this.

Computer viruses can be a common culprit when it comes to slow internet connection speeds. A preventative measure you can take is to use anti-virus software and activate your firewall to prevent infection.

There is also plenty you can do in and around your home to speed up your existing internet connection. Simply ensuring there are no electrical devices that could be interfering with your connection can make all the difference. Keep your router and wiring well away from mains power cables and limit the number of electrical devices near your broadband connection.

The quality of your cables and router can make a difference to the speeds you are receiving. High capacity cables and routers can help you enjoy super fast broadband speeds so if you think your hardware is slowing you down then start shopping around for replacements.

There are some websites that required you to install an ActiveX control in order to display certain content or video or perform certain tasks. For example, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla will require you to activate an ActiveX control from Adobe in order to enable those browsers in reading files in the form of PDFs or to play Flash video. It requires the user to download the program of the Flash ActiveX control in order to open or play certain types of files or videos. The site that employs Flash in it, when the user open the site, the ActiveX control will automatically activate the Flash and display the video in your browser.

You do not to download the ActiveX control whenever you open the site which contains certain types of files or videos for once you downloaded the program, the ActiveX control becomes a part of your operating system. Furthermore, the ActiveX control program can be used in all kinds of browsers. Some files that require you to install the ActiveX control are Flash Player, Java, PDF, Mp3 and other kinds of video files. Make sure to use this program to ease you in exploring various kinds of sites with a wide range of files.

Moving from cable, or even worse, a modem connection, to broadband…it’s really something out of this world, at least according to most switchers. Obviously, when thousands of people say something, you have to listen, at least, if not try to experience what they are talking about. In this case, the only advice is to get into the broadband wagon as soon as possible! Why? Let’s try to answer this question…

…with some interesting statistics from one of the most reliable broadband speed check sites on the Web, SpeedTest.net. The statistics we’ll check are the following – download speed all over the world, top countries by download, and top countries by upload. Ready or not, here we go!

Top Continents – Download

1. Europe 5.60Mbps
2. North America 5.53Mbps
3. Australasia 4.42Mbps
4. Asia 3.69Mbps
5. South America 1.64Mbps
6.

Africa 1.03Mbps

Top Countries – Download

1. Korea, Republic of 17.83Mbps
2. Japan 16.07Mbps
3. Sweden 11.55Mbps
4. Lithuania 11.28Mbps
5. Romania 10.33Mbps

Top Countries – Upload

1. Lithuania 8.08Mbps
2. Japan 7.49Mbps
3. Bulgaria 4.43Mbps
4. Romania 4.32Mbps
5. Russian Federation 4.28Mbps

Looking at the rankings above, you’re probably asking yourselves about the US or the UK. Well, when it comes to the broadband speed check part, they are both MIA. How’s that possible? Don’t ask, better take some test and see where you’re standing. After all, a low country average doesn’t mean you can’t have Internet at the speed of light, right?

Good, now that we’ve gone through our broadband speed check, I think you should try checking some iMac Internet speed test, PC Internet speed test, or even some iPhone one(SpeedTest also has a special app for the iPhone, you have to give it a try!) to know where you stand.

At last, you don’t have to worry about the speed you have, as long as you can use Google, Wikipedia, and other sites that are really useful(YouTube or MySpace aren’t included in my “sites I must visit” list, really).

All you have to do before being disappointed by some broadband speed check is to remember that it’s not the bandwidth the one that really matters, it’s what you make of it!

According to the market research firm iSuppli Corp, recovering from a slight decline in the second quarter, global broadband subscriber growth is rebounding in the third and fourth quarters as China’s demand for high-speed Internet access soars.

Across the major segments of DSL, cable and fiber, the number of new broadband subscribers worldwide in the third quarter is projected to rise by 5.8 percent to reach 16.5 million, iSuppli data show, overcoming the seasonal downward pull of the previous period when subscribers tumbled by 6.6 percent to 15.6 million.

The projected third-quarter totals will show that the market nearly caught up to the first-quarter figure of 16.7 million. Furthermore, the bounce-back appears to be a prelude to even loftier levels predicted for the final quarter of 2010 as global broadband subscribers rise by 7.3 percent to reach 17.7 million.

“Broadband subscriber additions declined in the second quarter because of normal seasonality as well as a poor performance in the North American market,” said Lee Ratliff, senior analyst for broadband and digital home at iSuppli.

“However, Chinese consumers’ insatiable demand for high-speed Internet is so high that it will cause subscriber numbers to rise again in the second half of the year.” China continues to add broadband subscribers at a blistering pace. Coming off a best-ever first quarter that saw the addition of approximately 6.0 million subscribers, growth in the second quarter slowed only slightly with the addition of another 5.4 million. No broadband slowdown is expected in the world’s most populous country, and each of the final two quarters will see new subscribers numbering 5.7 million, iSuppli projections indicate.

The race is on: Telcos vs. MSOs

Although subscriber numbers to broadband are growing, the technology that underlies high-speed Internet access is changing rapidly.
As services bundling voice and data drive bandwidth demands higher, the market is transitioning from a broadband data paradigm to a so-called “wideband” multiservice and multimedia model. Data rates of 1 to 5 megabits per second (Mbit/Sec.) may have been adequate when web surfing was the broadband killer app, but 30 to 50Mbit/Sec. soon will be the norm as consumers migrate to data-intensive applications such as online gaming, streaming video and Internet TV.

Because of this, a race to dominate the wideband market has flared up between the telcos and the multiservice cable operators.

Nowhere is the battle more evident than in the United States, where telcos like AT&T and Verizon, and cable operators such as Time Warner, compete on a relatively even playing field, with both camps having near universal access to every American household.
Telcos took the lead in 2008 and extended their advantage into 2009, luring customers away with successful fiber deployments—U-verse in the case of AT&T and FiOS for Verizon.

The tables turned, however, in mid-2009 when AT&T and Verizon ratcheted down fiber deployment and marketing, while cable operators went on the offensive. As a result, cable operators took the lead starting the last half of 2009 and held court until at least the first half of 2010. Cable’s real advantage is its capability to deploy wideband rates economically, iSuppli maintains. Many modern up-to-date cable networks can enable 20 to 50Mbit/Sec. per subscriber with as little as for each home passed.

In comparison, an investment of 0 to ,500 is required for each household passed with fiber. Unless the business case for fiber is improved, cable’s significant economic advantage could prove a major competitive factor in the medium term, with cable operators continuing to accelerate wideband deployment on their part.

Learn more about the latest developments in the broadband industry with Ratliff’s report, entitled: Broadband in U.S. Tips toward Cable as Telcos Slow Investment at http://www.isuppli.com/Home-and-Consumer-Electronics/Pages/Products.aspx