Wednesday, 23 October 2013

What Kind of Appetite do you have?



        It is important to understand what kind of use and activities that you'll perform on net 
1. Passive :
 If you occasionally use Internet for checking mails once in a while or some Facebook  and browsing then I'll call you a passive user. Most senior citizens or people not so at ease with this weird thing called computer will come under this.
In this case, its good to go for limited data plans with sufficient net speed not to test your patience. In India 1 mbps ,5 or 10 GB per month is more than enough.2 mbps will be good if you occasionally see videos.
Its foolish to go unlimited and waste ur money.

2.Speedmaniac:
  If slow speed is worse than slow death for you and high speed gives you a high better than cocain, focus on speed and you can compromise on downloading limit. eg. Instead of 1 Mbps unlimited or 1Mbps 50GB/mo go for 4 Mbps 20 GB/mo . 
                                                                                          
2.Moderate -Heavy:
 If you love watching videos regularly ,downloading movies and speed also matters then you are moderate-heavy user and you should go for plans with decent speed but high data limit.
 
4.Pure downloader
1. If you are only going to download stuff from torrent and and slow speed is fine and you will keep ur PC on through the night for downloading movies then a slow speed plan worth unlimited data would be fine choice.

5.Professional:
If you are using internet for professional use yourself or for your small company where few people might use it together prefer high speed and decent data limit of anywhere between 50 to 100 GB/Month. I'll speak more on this topic in other blog.

So, first identify your needs and then go for a good plan. Don't blindly follow ISP's marketing schemes where you might not necessarily benefit.

Note: The above examples are personal opinions and their role as a good example varies with place and time.
Please select a plan relatively cost effective in your area.

Monday, 21 October 2013

Ingredients of the plans

The ISP's have a portfolio of plans for different types of users. But before that we have to understand the parameters on which they are based.

1.Speed :
 Its generally in Mbps. Its the download and upload speed of your plan.
What many people don't actually notice or know is that its 'Mbps' -Megabits per second not MBps(Megabyte per sec).
1 MB = 8 Mb.
So, 1 Mbps is actually 125 KBPS.(Kilobytes per sec)
So if you have a 1 Mbps plans dont think your 5MB song file will download in 5 sec. but in 40 sec.
Why this note was important is because our files,movies,songs etc. are in MBs generally but not the plans and that's the deceiving strategy of the ISPs.

2.Data Limit:
 There is something called data limit or data caps generally in GBs. In limited plans, thats the limit to which you can use Internet in terms of GB's used. Even if you are browsing you consume some data in KB's .
Watching a 5 min YouTube video can spend anywhere between 15 MB to 100 MB roughly.
So  an ISP saying 'ultraspeedyouarestupidturbomax 5GB monthly@4Mbps' at just Rs. 1000.
is simply saying we give you high speed 4 Mbps but don't go to YouTube or it will get over in 3 days.
ie. once your 5GBs get over ,its over.

3.Price:
  Price? Its in Rupees in India. 





Whats the stuff about?

     Any business has to be two sided.The seller and consumer. So it is about the internet. Who's selling intelligently? Your ISP. Who's buying intelligently? Not most of us. This blog is about Internet Plans and choosing them wisely, how not to get fooled by your ISPs, criticizing those who are and much more.