BSNL launches 'unlimited usage' broadband plans

Vishal Mathur

BANGALORE, INDIA: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has unveiled two new broadband plans- unlimited combo plans. The new plans will be available pan-India.

The details of the plans are as follows-

Home Combo ULF1000- Rs 1000 rental, 1Mbps up to 9GB and 256kbps beyond 9GB downloads, 450 free telephone calls.

Home Combo ULF 1100- Rs 1100 rental, 2Mbps up to 10GB and 256kbps beyond 10GB, 500 free telephone calls.

These plans are already available to users in the Chennai circle, and are being rolled out across India.

These plans seem to have been launched in response to Airtel launching the Airtel Impatience broadband plans recently. However, in comparison to BSNL, Airtel's Impatience plans make a lot more sense.

At the price of BSNL's ULF 1000 plan, Airtel is offering the Impatience 899 and Impatience 1099 plans which are priced quite similar to BSNL's plan. However, both of Airtel's plans offer 4Mbps speed up to 6GB use and 12GB use respectively, while BSNL is only offering 1Mbps.

We also believe that the Impatience 1399 plan offers a lot more value for money (even though it is a bit more expensive) since it offers 4Mbps speeds and 25GB data usage. BSNL's plan offers 2Mbps speed and 10GB usage at that speed.

(SOURCE: LIVING DIGITAL)