Comments on: Airtel launches 4Mbps plans with absurd FUP limits

By: Chirag

Chirag — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:22:54 +0000

Also maybe TRAI should give norms for FUP.

By: Chirag

Chirag — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:21:47 +0000

I agree. I wish they had multiple plans based on FUP. Say 1399 gives 25GB but 1499 gives 50GB and maybe 1599 gives 100GB.

By: Ruru Koshy Varghese

Ruru Koshy Varghese — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:50:22 +0000

I was a happy customer of Airtel… I am really unhappy with Airtel… now…’cause of their FUP plan… 1 mbps…25GB… It will finish in 10 days…rest of the days… I gotta be with 512 Kbps..Are they gonna reduce the money for it… No… I need to pay entire amount…I would have been taken their 4 Mbps plan… but their is no use… after the FUP limit it will be 256 Kbps… Are we living in 20th Century… 25 GB & 50 GB and 256 Kbps are not enough for this 21st Century…

By: Abhinav

Abhinav — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:07:51 +0000

I'm using their 4mbps plan (allows 25GB downloads before the FUP kicks in) and I don see a difference between the 2mbps and 4 mbps plans. The max download speed that i get is still around 250kbps on torrents. IS anyone else facing the same problem?

By: Setu

Setu — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:22:35 +0000

That shouldn't be the case. I am also using the 4Mbps 50GB FUP plan and I get upwards of 500KBPS.

Check you speed on speed.airtelbroadband.in. If it shows 2Mbps, they might have given you a wrong plan. If that's the case, log a complaint with the customer care.

However, if it does show 4 Mbps, then the port which your torrent client uses might not be forwarded on your router. If you are using uTorrent, go to Options -> Speed Guide and click on "Check if port is forwarded correctly". This will open a page in your browser which will tell you if the port is open or closed. If it isn't, you need to forward it.