BSNL unveils unlimited 2 mbps broadband at less than Rs 1/GB for 6 months

[V.Balasubramani]

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Data war intensifies.....

BSNL unveils unlimited 2 mbps broadband at less than Rs 1/GB for 6 months


Days after Reliance Jio’s 4G offer at Rs 50 per GB, state-run BSNL on Saturday said it will soon launch a promotional unlimited wireline broadband plan that costs less than Rs 1 per GB with a download limit of 300 GB per month.

“BSNL is going to launch a very cost-effective and affordable promotional unlimited Broadband plan ‘Experience Unlimited BB 249’ from September 9, 2016,” the telecom PSU said in a statement.

The limited period offer is available for first six months after which the subscribers will be migrated to a regular plan of their choice, BSNL said in the statement.

Though it is an unlimited offer, according to Fair Usage Policy (FUP) the download limit is fixed at 300GB per month.

Read more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/busin...or-6-months/story-KiUILT6nfb4UdhiHw2bn4M.html

 

[asadu]

The offer comes with conditions attached like it is not applicable to existing customers and those who disconnected and requests reconnection. It is purely for the brand new customers. Imagine and recall a time when the BSNL linesmen used to be treated as gods and the waiting time for a new connection used to be somewhere around 18 to 22 years. In black market the phone connection used to sell for 30 to 60 thousand rupees and people even lured grooms with a phone connection as part of dowry.

So the morale of the story is .......