i am looking for a forum to launch a petition against MTNL broadband which they have been touting about but when it comes to services, it is getting pathetic by the day.

could someone suggest where I could find similar issues regd. MTNL broadband service?

Now I do not have an issue if Airtel does not want to have a true unlimited plan. They can withdraw all such plans and launch newer plans which say 50 gb pm at 256 kbps and such. Afterall they decided to withdraw the night unlimited plans earlier. They said that either you buy an unlimited package or else a package that comes with a limit. I think till then it was ok. However I have an issue if they sell the plans as Unlimited Plans and yet put a cap on such plans. Now they may very well argue that these are domestic plans and hence such high caps are unlikely to be crossed by the domestic customers under the course of normal usage. My issue is that I do not agree with Airtel (or anyone else) when they try to define the limits of domestic usage. I may keep my computer online 24 hours a day keep doing something or the other. As a result I have purchased an unlimited plan. How can someone now try to tell me how many hours or amount of data I should use? It is just Airtel’s attempt to exploit their position in the market and fleece the customers. I hope someone takes them to the courts of law sooner than later. Afterall Microsoft was also taken to the courts for trying to exploit their positions in the market to unjustifiably enrich themselves.

Finally, I fail to see under which dictionary in English does the word unlimited gets explained as something with a limit! One parting advice though to people who find Airtel’s high handedness difficult to swallow. Move over to the Maai-baap broadband (yes, I am talking about BSNL). They are now far better than their competitors, be it price, services, ethics, quality or even the advancement in technolgy, in most parts of this country. At least they are trying. Oh, and they do not try to constrict your usage after selling you an unlimited package.

There comes a time in every revolution where some take advantage of others because of power, greed or sheer ignorance of the majority. This seems to hold true for Broadband users in India too.

Once thriving online community, not only in procuring information, but also contributing immensely, was recently faced with a betrayal from a service provided in the name of LAW.

Major broadband Internet service providers in India started to redefine the meaning of ‘Unlimited’ service they provided. Having a cap on the download limit for unlimited wasnt harsh enough, they had to do this through the backend, using big brand ambassadors to Excite customers, while they snatched our bandwidth without informing us. In this day and age of information, ISPs made a huge mistake. They underestimated the power of information, which over comes any lack of it or misinfomation they may try to impose.

After a series of discussions on forums, emotional outpour through person blogs and finally an petition, netizens came together to enlighten all users about the monster which was growing and feeding on innocent not technical users through out india. They wrote their hearts out about the chaos that will ensue.

This was downplayed by many stating, voices arent heard in real life, how will it be heard in the virtual world. But sites like

http://afup.broadbandforum.in/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=68774905139
http://sifybroadband.techwhack.com/1315-afup
http://www.thinkdigit.com/details.php?article_id=2784&art_title=Airtel%20and%20TATA's%20Broken%20Promises&art_keyword=Broadband,Internet,Airtel,Tata%20Communications
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1058026

I do not have to get to the technicalities of the issue, because this has been explained so clearly by all users. Why couldn’t the big corporations who boast of graduates from prestigious colleges not explain this in easier terms is a mystery.

The end result is Big C’s are listening and making to their unfair, non user friendly policies. The fight is not yet over as many have compared this to events during the freedom struggle. We have rights that we take for granted even when abused repeated and even if we aren’t ignorant of it. But once a spark has started, the fire will rage on and strong.

If the power of netizens can make such mountains move, this looks like the best platform for all issues to be brought to light and action to take place , instead of just reaction.