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Airtel or Hutch?

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sai_cool Original post #1
Sep 22, 2006 at 6:54 AM
Hi guys.,

Should i go for Hutch or Airtel ( Prepaid )?
king007
king007 #2
Sep 22, 2006 at 6:58 AM
Depends on ur location, at some places Hutch has good network and at some places Airtel.

Customer service is better of Hutch than Airtel.

If u are in mumbai, then u should definitely go for Hutch, its the best in mumbai. For other regions can't comment...
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Sep 22, 2006 at 7:24 AM
I live in Chennai.
reddick
reddick #4
Sep 22, 2006 at 7:51 AM
Go 4 Airtel...It's d best!
ranjikvp
Sep 22, 2006 at 7:53 AM
airtel SUCKS
Hutch Rocks
S
Sep 22, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Looks like i am goin for airtel afterall, any last minute suggestion?
Kiran.dks
Sep 22, 2006 at 12:26 PM
Hi friends!

Airtel is much better than Hutch. Airtel has larger network base than Hutch.
Moreover Airtel is desi and one should promote Desi brands. It is good for our country. It does not mean that one can rule out all foreign brands. But one can definetly do the maximum possible from his/her end.

Go for Airtel sai...do something from your side..its for our country.
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sanju #9
Sep 22, 2006 at 4:42 PM
Airtel
quality rocks
abhijit_reddevil
Sep 22, 2006 at 4:51 PM
And I have been using Hutch for the last 2 1/2 years, initially on prepaid and now postpaid and I have had no complaints altogether.
Third Eye
Third Eye #11
Sep 22, 2006 at 4:54 PM
Airtel !
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sai_cool #12
Sep 22, 2006 at 6:12 PM
i am goin for Airtel, i have decided, every one of my friends have hutch, they said they only use gprs for yahoo messenger, for which hutch charges them, whereas in airtel it' s free as a part of Airtel Live!

and also i heard good things abt thier network.

AIRTEL, HERE I COME.

AND THNKS GUYS FOR HELPIN ME OUT!
Cool G5
Cool G5 #13
Sep 25, 2006 at 12:52 PM
Go for airtel connection.It has a great area coverage & excellent voice clarity.
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amol48 #14
Sep 25, 2006 at 1:25 PM
Airtel in great in pune.. and hutch SUCKS so much.. in eve 6pm to 10pm forget about calling anyone... not even balance enquiry...
cooldip10
cooldip10 #15
Sep 26, 2006 at 10:09 AM
It depends... But usually Airtel is much more better than Hutch..
ketanbodas
Sep 26, 2006 at 12:45 PM
Airtelairtelairtel
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cvvikram #17
Sep 26, 2006 at 1:51 PM
In Mysore and Bangalore Airtel rocks.:p :p ....hutch is ok:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Sep 28, 2006 at 12:13 AM
Airtel rocks!
piyush gupta
Sep 28, 2006 at 8:10 AM
Here in haryana & delhi region its hutch that rocks
Pathik
Pathik #20
Sep 28, 2006 at 8:42 AM
airtel 4 gprs
qudra
qudra #21
Oct 29, 2006 at 10:58 PM
kiran.rkk said:
Hi friends!

Airtel is much better than Hutch. Airtel has larger network base than Hutch.
Moreover Airtel is desi and one should promote Desi brands. It is good for our country. It does not mean that one can rule out all foreign brands. But one can definetly do the maximum possible from his/her end.

Go for Airtel sai...do something from your side..its for our country.


Hi

Mr kiran who said u that the airtel is desi, it is also vedesi (foreign), in INDIA it is run by Bharti Telecom.
gaurav21r
gaurav21r #22
Oct 29, 2006 at 11:10 PM
I have AirTel. I would recommend AirTel although i cannot say i have had 100% great service. Then again, in which network can u REALLY find that?

Anyway my advice to you is that while going for a new connection one of things you can look out for is the network of the numbers you are frequently going to call. Because the call charges for calls of the same network are half that of calls to other network whether its Hutch, AirTel, MTNL or any other.
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viruses #23
Oct 29, 2006 at 11:11 PM
AIRTEL-touch tomorrow
mediator
mediator #24
Oct 29, 2006 at 11:17 PM
Well for quality both have same, not much difference. In case of coverage area, BSNL has the best coverage area, then HUTCH and then airtel !
I'm not making baseless statements, mah uncle travels to atleast 3-5 places/month in whole india for his office work and narrates how wonderful bsnl worked here n there, hutch connection signal was low and there was no sign of airtel and no shop for it!
subhajitmaji
Oct 29, 2006 at 11:19 PM
Hutch has da best coverage....
lalu
lalu #26
Oct 30, 2006 at 1:55 AM
Airtel
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Oct 30, 2006 at 2:26 AM
which operator offer free gprs? internet, free download free ringtone free games? its airtel! :)
i didn't recharged my prepaid sim from last 4 month and still getting free gprs :)

long live airtel

all the airtel trick can be found here
*www.desi-tek.com/forum/index.php?showforum=28
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birbal #28
Oct 30, 2006 at 6:46 PM
Airtel not only have good coverage but cutsomer care service is for you 24 hours. I am using airtel since last 3 years now without any problem
AshishSharma
Oct 30, 2006 at 6:52 PM
I've used Airtel as well as Hutch. Which one's better in terms of connection varies from place to place but in terms of Service Hutch is the best ... Airtel Service Sucks Big Time ...
jamyang312
Oct 30, 2006 at 6:56 PM
plz tellme more abt gprs
shashank_re
Oct 30, 2006 at 6:57 PM
Airtel has good connectivity but costly.Hutch has good Voice clarity and has awesome tarrifs mainly for youth.
jamyang312
Oct 30, 2006 at 6:57 PM
wat is it n wat does it do,,,,,n how to surf using it,,,,
montsa007
montsa007 #33
Oct 31, 2006 at 11:43 AM
dood if u want all functions go for airtel
in gprs they charge 7 bucks a day unlimited usage
hutch *uckin 49 bucks rental plus download charges
and if i were a hutch user my bill would have come in lakhs coz i downloaded nearly 1-1.5 gbs of data from the internet
(all clen stuff like games and mp3s)
and of course piracy is legal in india so no fears only piracy
the speed
in ngage qd(ie a 2g fone)
downloads 3kbps 5kbps max
in n90(currently in use)
minimum 10 kbps max 25 KBPS
sometimes it falls to 3.2 or 6.7 kbps and rises to 177 KBPS
while using in my lappie i get 480 kbps flat and 15 kbps of active speeds for downloads
M
Nov 4, 2006 at 7:16 PM
Go for Airtel only if you have money to throw around (especially in case of post paid).Only plus point with Airtel GPRS FREE , well almost :)
Tech.Masti
Nov 5, 2006 at 2:39 AM
mediator said:
Well for quality both have same, not much difference. In case of coverage area, BSNL has the best coverage area, then HUTCH and then airtel !
I'm not making baseless statements, mah uncle travels to atleast 3-5 places/month in whole india for his office work and narrates how wonderful bsnl worked here n there, hutch connection signal was low and there was no sign of airtel and no shop for it!
then ur uncle must be travel in remote areas :|
anu0512
anu0512 #36
Nov 5, 2006 at 2:50 AM
:twisted: IN KANPUR HUTCH IS MUCH BETTER THAN AIRTEL