Here ISP stands for Internet Service Provider.

ISP are companiesthat provide internet connection to common public plus corporates.Normally every ISP provides connection to both the audience. The pricesmay vary accordingly too.

The basic points for pricing is thethe Usage,Connection Speed,Data Transfer. For techy people availabilityof LAN also matters. This is because software like DC++ and ODC helpsto transfer movies/music in fraction of a second through lan.Thankfully it prevents the painful waiting of 2-3 days for a movie tobe downloaded. All the ISPs that gives connection which are shared thatmeans that do not have dedicated services allows usage of such software.

So I looked for various options as follows:

You Telecom

Globcast(our local provider)

Hathway

MTNL TriBand

Myfirst choice was that I needed a Cable Net connection. If it isdedicated connection(static IP) than it was more preferred. So Idecided to go for Hathway. My budget was anything below 600 per monthand around 256 kbps. So hathway didn't fit my budget also it had veryhigh data speed at a very high cost and with less validity of usage.

Visiting you telecom website I shortlisted the following plan :

You explore 250 @Mbps !gB free 250 per month rental and 0.90 Rs extra per MB of usage.

Butthen it again would require LAN connection and an extra Carton of LANcable. The problem is more if they do not have a near by existingconnection and would take more time for installation. I never inquiredtheir installation charges.

I had already experienced badservice with our local cable net operator so decided to go for MTNLTriband. The plan of MTNL Triband is as follows

200P 256 Kbps 500MB download limit 199 per month rental and Re 1 per extra MB usage.

Thisis how we can take a triband connection. Actually the connection we getis on the existing MTNL land line connection. So we have to just callon 1504 from the land line on which we have to take the Tribandconnection. Then just book the plan that we have selected from theirbrochure. Next they will send their technician at your place withinnext 3 days.

They will install the modem, which requires a LANcard(not necessary). Actually there goes a UTP cable between theirmodem and our LAN card with a RJ45 connector. They will also provide uswith a phone cable splitter with the RJ 11 connector. This is for thepurpose that we can use the phone and internet simultaneously.

After this, the actiivation takes around 1-2 hours and you are ON. The modem also has a facility to connect to PC through USB rather thann through LAN card. The speed is pretty decent and also since we didnt need more data usage this plan is perfect.

So now comes the ONE TIME CHARGES.

Rs.300 - Installation charges

Rs.500 - For modem usage(since its rented; we can even buy the modem from them).

Plus apart from the rental (299 in my case) we have to pay Rs.50 per month as a modem rent.

ok guys, thats it :)

happy surfing