ACT Broadband Launched in Chennai

First of all sorry for posting this if you already knew this.

Tariff plans for Chennai:

*i.imgur.com/4TvLNTP.png

Availability:

Abhiramapuram
Adambakkam
ADYAR
Baby Nagar
Besant Nagar
Indra Nagar
Kalashetra colony
Kasthuribai Nagar
Kotturpuram
Madipakam
Mandaveli
Mylapore (LUZ corner)
RA Puram
Santhome
Taramani
Thiruvanmiur
Velachery

- Service Taxes Extra
- Uploads not counted in FUP.

Customer care: 044-42840000

I think this should help bandwidth hungry Users.

whoa what's with the after fup speed

can you pls post the price after tax it will help many

snap said:
can you pls post the price after tax it will help many

15mbps 999 - Rs. 1122 inc tax
15mbps 1099 - Rs. 1235 inc Tax
25mbps 1299 - Rs. 1460 inc Tax
50mbps 3249 - Rs.3650 inc Tax

thanks

R

Wow! Nice tariffs.
Is there any possibility, ACT Broadband serving Coimbatore in near futue??? I'm eager to get it if it is available here.

Are whats with the speed after reaching FUP limit? Anyways the same ACT here in Hyderabad is called BEAM and they are offering better speeds after reaching FUP limit.Mine is 15MBPS with 50GB FUP and later on 2MBPS Unlimited. :-D

@ramkumarvche I guess you have to call up their customer care and ask or ping them on Twitter.

@bavusani Beam is part of ACT and Beam's Management is Different hence better plans.

swatkats said:
@ramkumarvche I guess you have to call up their customer care and ask or ping them on Twitter.

@bavusani Beam is part of ACT and Beam's Management is Different hence better plans.

At last they launched in Chennai and if I move to there it would be good for to have an ISP like ACT.

D

Cool, but terrible post FUP speeds. Is there any thought to so much difference?
(15MBPS-512KBPS, abt 30x throttle :cry:

. Worse in higher tariff plans)
Are their plans even in Bangalore like that?

swatkats said:
I think this should help bandwidth hungry Users.

Doesnt due to the post FUP speeds. They get screwed once they hit FUP. That initial speed only helps hitting the FUP cap so much faster.

DVJex said:
Cool, but terrible post FUP speeds. Is there any thought to so much difference?
(15MBPS-512KBPS, abt 30x throttle . Worse in higher tariff plans)
Are their plans even in Bangalore like that?

Doesnt due to the post FUP speeds. They get screwed once they hit FUP. That initial speed only helps hitting the FUP cap so much faster.

40GB is some huge data. do you know there are *still* people who live with 1 gb or 2gb per month(i am one of such people)? these plans are just a boon to those people. although i would agree that post fup speed is not so good. in my opinion they should atleast give 4mbps .

rijinpk1 said:
40GB is some huge data. do you know there are *still* people who live with 1 gb or 2gb per month(i am one of such people)? these plans are just a boon to those people. although i would agree that post fup speed is not so good. in my opinion they should atleast give 4mbps .

Mine is 50GB for 15MBPS @Rs.1140 but post FUP it is 2MBPS where as the next plan is 50MBPS with FUP 100/200GB @ 2500/2800 but post FUP it is 6MBPS. I reached my FUP on 15th of this month and Beam CC called me saying they want me to consider the next plan but my wife will kick my @ss if I do that.
I think for 50MBPS at least post FUP speed should be 20MBPS so that even if FUP is 100GB it does not matter at all and in my Plan post FUP speed should have been 8MBPS with FUP limit of 50GB but these Beam fellows does not care.
PS: The plans which I have specified above should be implemented in all cities where ACT/Beam is existing.

D

rijinpk1 said:
40GB is some huge data. do you know there are *still* people who live with 1 gb or 2gb per month(i am one of such people)? these plans are just a boon to those people. although i would agree that post fup speed is not so good. in my opinion they should atleast give 4mbps .

swatkats said:
I think this should help bandwidth hungry Users.

Was replying to that.
Yea I know there are people with low bandwidth usage. I have a friend who's major bandwidth usage comes only from steam and he plays a very limited set of games, so he doesnt use that much. More than you of course

.Someone like you can use a friend's internet or 2G/3G. Works out cheap since it's so little data.

bavusani said:
Mine is 50GB for 15MBPS @Rs.1140 but post FUP it is 2MBPS where as the next plan is 50MBPS with FUP 100/200GB @ 2500/2800 but post FUP it is 6MBPS. I reached my FUP on 15th of this month and Beam CC called me saying they want me to consider the next plan but my wife will kick my @ss if I do that.
I think for 50MBPS at least post FUP speed should be 20MBPS so that even if FUP is 100GB it does not matter at all and in my Plan post FUP speed should have been 8MBPS with FUP limit of 50GB but these Beam fellows does not care.
PS: The plans which I have specified above should be implemented in all cities where ACT/Beam is existing.

What he said. The difference in speeds is really bad. The more speed you get, the faster it is to burn through all that data and reach your FUP limit.
Beam does seem to have better plans than ACT though.

Your Complaints are all Valid. ACT should bring Post FUP speed to 1mbps at least. I know they want to make good money but this is literally Punishing for crossing FUP limits or probably I should say 15mbps up to 40Gb plan, 512kbps is neglect-able for user to get used to.

If i Were You, I would Give my Feedback to them on twitter.

swatkats said:
Your Complaints are all Valid. ACT should bring Post FUP speed to 1mbps at least. I know they want to make good money but this is literally Punishing for crossing FUP limits or probably I should say 15mbps up to 40Gb plan, 512kbps is neglect-able for user to get used to.

If i Were You, I would Give my Feedback to them on twitter.

Have Beam called you for any feedback lately buddy? They called me now and I just gave them 4.5/5

DVJex said:
Yea I know there are people with low bandwidth usage. I have a friend who's major bandwidth usage comes only from steam and he plays a very limited set of games, so he doesnt use that much. More than you of course .Someone like you can use a friend's internet or 2G/3G. Works out cheap since it's so little data.

i am using idea 3g 2gb at rs 450 per month.

rijinpk1 said:
i am using idea 3g 2gb at rs 450 per month.

Buddy you should come over to either Chennai or Hyderabad or Bangalore which ever is closer.

D

bavusani said:
Buddy you should come over to either Chennai or Hyderabad or Bangalore which ever is closer.

That 2gb is enough according to him. No point in moving just for fibre.

bavusani said:
Buddy you should come over to either Chennai or Hyderabad or Bangalore which ever is closer.

well moving to another location is not a viable option.

DVJex said:
That 2gb is enough according to him. No point in moving just for fibre.

i am handling with 2 gb for almost 2 years now. but anyway, the more , the better

rijinpk1 said:
well moving to another location is not a viable option.
i am handling with 2 gb for almost 2 years now. but anyway, the more , the better

I wish that ACT comes to your place soon.

bavusani said:
I wish that ACT comes to your place soon.

thanks for that.

P

Any idea on how good it is? I am planning to subscribe. They are saying they need to fix a switch for which they will refund 50 rs for the power usage

swatkats said:
First of all sorry for posting this if you already knew this.

Tariff plans for Chennai:

*i.imgur.com/4TvLNTP.png

Availability:

Abhiramapuram

Adambakkam

ADYAR

Baby Nagar

Besant Nagar

Indra Nagar

Kalashetra colony

Kasthuribai Nagar

Kotturpuram

Madipakam

Mandaveli

Mylapore (LUZ corner)

RA Puram

Santhome

Taramani

Thiruvanmiur

Velachery

- Service Taxes Extra
- Uploads not counted in FUP.

Customer care: 044-42840000

I think this should help bandwidth hungry Users.

R

I'm using Airtel 3G 2GB at 255 bucks a month.

rijinpk1 said:
i am using idea 3g 2gb at rs 450 per month.

ramkumarvcbe said:
I'm using Airtel 3G 2GB at 255 bucks a month.

idea is the only one which has not reduced the 3g rates

I don't know about you but ACT BB counts uploads in the FUP

Gollum said:
I don't know about you but ACT BB counts uploads in the FUP

who does not count??

Gollum said:
I don't know about you but ACT BB counts uploads in the FUP

rijinpk1 said:
who does not count??

ACT does not count uploads, I guess.

rijinpk1 said:
who does not count??

Beam does not count Uploads.

lywyre said:
ACT does not count uploads, I guess.

they count. I have checked the same in my usage table and also the act cc agree to it.

well, i thought every ISP charges for upload+download combined.

lywyre said:
ACT does not count uploads, I guess.

bavusani said:
Beam does not count Uploads.

Gollum said:
they count. I have checked the same in my usage table and also the act cc agree to it.

ACT still Doesn't count FUP according to the official site, but Beam is counting uploads in FUP and i make sure my uploading doesn't cross downloading to be Honest with my ISP. :mrgreen:

rijinpk1 said:
well, i thought every ISP charges for upload+download combined.

So this so called ACT Group has been doing that Since its inception but it seems their customers are doing a lot of seeding than downloading. So they decided to drop that exclusive feature

beam counting uploads also? you checked?

snap said:
beam counting uploads also? you checked?

For Some Yes, For Some No. You should ask them. But officially uploads are being counted.

damn and they are recently increasing the price also

they posted something about the govt increasing the taxes

swatkats said:
So this so called ACT Group has been doing that Since its inception but it seems their customers are doing a lot of seeding than downloading. So they decided to drop that exclusive feature

that is really good

snap said:
damn and they are recently increasing the price also

they posted something about the govt increasing the taxes

blame govt. for that. if the tax get increased, there is nothing they can do except increasing the price.

D

How fast will i use up 40gb data with 15mbps speed if i use by watching more videos and downloads?

those jacka ss es increased th cost here in bangalore.

Gollum said:
those jacka ss es increased th cost here in bangalore.

Infrastructure costs have increased over a period of time. They should have increased Post FUP speeds at least.
They are interested in Ripping off the customers in bangalore than keep them satisfied.