Last updated on January 16th, 2023 at 06:37 am
Indian Mobile operators advertise
Actually this tiny asterisk indicates hidden catch. The catch is that they offers unlimited data plan at variable download speeds. They offers high download speed up to some fixed data usage limit and after crossing the fixed data usage limit, download speed reduces drastically.
Mobile operators reduce the download speeds as per fair usage policy (FUP) of TRAI guidelines.
Some operators reduce download speed to some comfortable speed (128Kbps) at which you can even use the Internet easily but some of them reduce download speed so drastically ( 8Kbps) that you can’t open a webpage properly.
With this reduced download speed, some customers get irritated and blame the mobile operator for their poor network but actually the reduced download speed is the part of their data plan.
Let us examine the popular unlimited data plans of mobile operators for prepaid customers.
Airtel: Airtel have datashare plan of Rs 1000 in which you get 5GB of 3G data and you can share this 5GB data among three friends or three devices. Other 3G data plan with validity of 30 days are as follows
Vodafone: Vodafone have unlimited 2G plan starting from Rs 194 with a cap on 2GB, after crossing the cap, the speed reduces 40Kbps. Vodafone have 3G unlimited plans as follows
Idea: Idea also have unlimited 3G data plan in the same price range as other operators, the plans are listed below
The above plans shows that after basic plan of 3GB for Rs 649, the additional charges are Rs 100 for every 1GB.
Reliance Communication: This have min 5GB plan and offer discounted rates on higher plan as listed below.
Tata DoCoMo: This have only one unlimited plan of MRP Rs 250 but company says if you use the plan where 3G network is not there, you will get 2G data speed only.
BSNL: Few months back, BSNL had one unlimited Postpaid plan of MRP of Rs 700 but now company have converted this plan as limited plan with free data usage of 6GB and additional data of 1GB@Rs 100. BSNL have following other limited plan for prepaid customers.
BSNL have the most economical plan of Rs 599 which offers you 7GB data usage but out of 7GB, you have to use 4GB in night hours from 11PM to 7AM.
Aircel: Aircel also have most economical 3G unlimited data plans as follows.
MTS: MTS have three unlimited data plans of CDMA which offers maximum speed up to 3.1 Mbps. The plans are listed as follows.
It is evident from all above data plans that BSNL have the most economical 3G data plan priced at Rs 599 while for more data hungry customer who consumes 10GB or more data, Reliance Communications have much more cheaper data plans.
If someone wants more higher speed, they may go for 4G services or FTTH.
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BSNL has an unlimited postpaid 3G Data plan MRP of Rs 700 has data cap at 6GB and after that speed reduces to 256Kbps. For other plans, additional charge after data cap is 1MB@Rs.2 (2ps per 10KB)for prepaid and 1MB@Rs.1 (1ps per 10KB)for postpaid.
yes its true ,BSNL has 700+ST extra unlimited post paid plan with 3.6 Mbps data card free. 3.6 Mbps speed up to 6GB and then 256 kbps
why then so called telephone operators say 3g network is high speed and in the name of 3g, government and telephone companies are looting the people
MTNL used to provide truly unlimited 3G data at Rs 4500/6 months. Now they have put a cap of 100 GB for the same 6 months. It is as good as unlimited and cost comes to around Rs 750 per month with 16 GB cap. Delivered speed is 2.2 Mbps on Mumbai network and 4 Mbps on BSNL network while roaming.. Quite good compared to private providers.
will i get exactly 256 kbps download speed in the unlimited 3g plan of bsnl??
in broadband u will get 30 kbps in the plan of 256 kbps.
thank you for putting up all the plans in one place, it is much easier to decide instead for checking each operator site and deciding.
u made my job much easier. :-)
Thank you..you saved me much time in researching.
@Rajdip Khan. Please understand that 256kbps=32kBps. Notice caps "B" which stands for Byte and small "b" stands for bit. divide 256kbps by 8 to get your real Byte value. Hence u get around 30kBps for 256kbps connection
this type of comparison is very nice to look at in detail but explain also the country where actually applies
Aircel FUP is the worst :::::
after 3g data limit quota speed is reduced to just 2KB/sec i.e kilo bytes or 16kb/sec i.e kilo bits ...... really disappointing service from Aircel Karnataka circle.
3g plans like these are literally useless...
there is no data speed consistency rather just a high speed limited data buzz in advertisements.
Even a steady speed of 2G @ 256 kbps unlimited is more than enough than all this 3g bullshit and fooling customers with FUP caps
hope TRAI relaxes the crazy FUP and speed limits which are more of an marketing gimmick to existing mobile users