Broadband Unlimited ?!!!

Ever wondered how the ISPs are able to offer us unlimited packages. My belief was that the unlimited packages are made possible as the community of users won't be able to utilise the entire spectrum allocated to them generating comprehensive profits to the provider. This would be very similar to the concept of unlimited buffets where unlimited quantity of food is offered on substantially higher price.

However my expectations got ruined today. Our 2mbps internet connection with beamtelecom was giving pathetically low speeds during the last four days. I had written a mail to them on Sunday morning, but I didn't get a reply till Tuesday. Today when I tried to send them another mail, I found that my id is apparently blocked by the providers. wtf! Then one of my friends suggested to phone the customer care number, I had searched for their number to no anvil earlier. Though this time after spending a few minutes on the site, I got the CC number. An answering machine took my call and after some dilly-dallying got me transferred to a human being. The lady told me that as I had used up 50 GB, I would be getting internet at a lower speed for the rest of the month. She informed me that the 2mbps connection is for the first 50GB only, thereafter the speed automatically gets reduced to 786kbps.

News for you, unlimited data transfer @ 2mbps is not equal to 2mbps speed with unlimted data transfer. For our unlimted connection we will be getting the said speed only upto a particular amount of data transfer. As a matter of fact, these terms are well described in their site as 'fair usage policy'. It had missed my attention when I was searching threadbare the schemes of various ISPs. I guess it's just another case in point of the cliched small letter clauses.

Nevertheless I asked her to check whether we are having the assured speed as I was getting something like 300kbps of speed when I tested it. It appears to me that they have done something during the daytime. The speed has quite a bit improved compared to what it was in the last four nights.