CrAKeN Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 At a press event today, Indian broadband provider ACT announced that it’s launching 1Gbps connections for users in the country – making it the first local ISP there to do so. The company, which claims to be the third largest broadband provider in India, is rolling out its gigabit internet service in Hyderabad, the capital of the southern state of Telangana and a major hub for IT businesses in the country. That’s the same speed offered by Google Fiber in select US cities, and 10x the speed offered to consumers by most rival Indian ISPs. It’ll come with a monthly subscription fee of Rs. 6,900 ($105, exclusive of taxes), along with a bandwidth cap of 1TB for uploads and downloads. For reference, the company’s 100Mbps plans start at Rs. 2,000 ($30) per month with a cap of 250GB, while annual subscriptions to streaming video services Netflix and Hotstar start at Rs. 6,000 ($92) and Rs. 1,200 ($18) respectively. With that, ACT has beaten megacorporation Reliance to the punch at bringing gigabit internet to India; when the multi-vertical giant launched its 4G network in the country with the promise of free voice calls last September, it also noted that it planned to roll out 1Gbps broadband services in 100 major cities. As of last December, India placed 105th in the global ranking for broadband speeds, with an average of 4.1Mbps across the country. Do you really need a 1Gbps connection though? Well, it depends. If you’ve got several family members streaming high-res video and playing games simultaneously, it might make sense to look into getting one. However, as The Verge notes, a lone user will likely not even notice a difference in speed and reliability between a 100Mbps and a 1Gbps connection – except when it comes to uploading files to cloud storage services. Additionally, you’ll need a Wi-Fi router that’s capable of delivering gigabit speeds in order to get the best performance; TechRadar has some good recommendations. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recruit Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 1 hour ago, CrAKeN said: It’ll come with a monthly subscription fee of Rs. 6,900 ($105, exclusive of taxes), along with a bandwidth cap of 1TB for uploads and downloads. I have 1 Gbps connection to my house via fiber ( FTTH ). I pay about 20$ for : Unlimited traffic and speeds like these : 700-800 Mbps (download / upload ) during the day and up to 900 Mbps at night. Phone services with unlimited calls in the same network from 18 until 8 in the morning. Digital TV services with 157 channels from which 20 HD. It looks like is a very good offer comparing with some from other parts of the world.... I live in a country from the South Eastern Europe I have this offer since 2011. Greetings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted March 30, 2017 Administrator Share Posted March 30, 2017 17 minutes ago, Recruit said: I have 1 Gbps connection to my house via fiber ( FTTH ). I pay about 20$ for : Unlimited traffic and speeds like these : 700-800 Mbps (download / upload ) during the day and up to 900 Mbps at night. Phone services with unlimited calls in the same network from 18 until 8 in the morning. Digital TV services with 157 channels from which 20 HD. It looks like is a very good offer comparing with some from other parts of the world.... I live in a country from the South Eastern Europe I have this offer since 2011. Greetings, We have had staff from RO who might have similar connection, always said the country's condition is crappy but the connection is not. I really think whole Europe be like this or atleast be credited for this. As for this news, really nice to see this. I have only heard about this company as this company is famous but has limited reach here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recruit Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 1 hour ago, DKT27 said: We have had staff from RO @Marik ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayesh30202 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 This ISP (ACT) is still not available in my city....I pay monthly 1000INR (INDIAN RUPEES) for 10mbps unlimited fibre optic backbone connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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