Is the Vodafone Rs. 99 unlimited GPRS plan worth it?
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comp@ddict
Skilled
Can't believe I'm saying this, but Failtel is better here if what you're saying about Voda is true.
AIRTEL's mobile office 2G RC98 GPRS plan (gives EDGE speeds) has 2GB (prepaid btw) data, use it any way you want. ANd yea, 240p youtube videos run fine on my 5230, no need to even buffer(wait). HQ takes a buffer but with 3G even thats gone.
AIRTEL's mobile office 2G RC98 GPRS plan (gives EDGE speeds) has 2GB (prepaid btw) data, use it any way you want. ANd yea, 240p youtube videos run fine on my 5230, no need to even buffer(wait). HQ takes a buffer but with 3G even thats gone.
Aladdin
Adept
I have a vodafone prepaid and I get 2GB net for Rs.99/- a month. And for postpaid, its Rs.99/- a month for 1 GB(go to a mini store, he will tell u). I can barely use 500 MB a month though i dont download any movies songs like some of my friends.boogeyman said:
I also have airtel sim with 98/- a month for 2GB but its no good. The connection keeps disconnecting, pings are really bad though somehow i dont find any difference b/w airtel and voda when i connect to net using a laptop. In mobile, voda rocks.
boogeyman
Adept
I would happily take that 2GB plan if it was available for postpaid. Their website shows only these plans for postpaid:Supra said:
The CC didn't know any other plans. They just mentioned the above plans as if they were directly reading from the website. I've sent an email to Corporate.Assist@vodafone.com from my official email id requesting them about how much data usage is available in my company's plan. Also asked them about an updated list of 2G and 3G plans. Lets see what they reply.
If they also reply with only stupid plans, I'll get the damn thing converted to prepaid only.
^^Just threaten the CC by saying you will terminate the connection if they cannot provide 98/2 GB plan. If you are a long time user (> 6 months) it will be done. If this fails send request for port. That should definitely do it. I witnessed this with my friend who ported from airtel to vodafone. After I told them about Rs 98 plan the guy promptly called his boss and the charges came down to 149. He said he could have made it 98 if only the connection was active on their network for more than 6 months.
Give it a shot I say. Don't understand this stupid policy of Vodafone though. Probably milking unknowing customers the same way as with their iphone only plans.:no:
Give it a shot I say. Don't understand this stupid policy of Vodafone though. Probably milking unknowing customers the same way as with their iphone only plans.:no:
boogeyman
Adept
Hmm interesting. I'll see what they reply and go ahead with it. I'm their user since more than 5 years and a postpaid user since more than 3 years. About time I "use" them properly instead of the other way round.Dhrubo said:
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Well of course, technically it does. But you never know with these providers as to how they define what actually "surfing" and "downloading" constitutes.Emperor said:
neomustdie
Adept
I use it on my 5800. It is a great plan to offer decent mobile surfing speeds in Mumbai. Never crossed 400 MB with heavy surfing and Opera Mini
Also, fyi i have used it to logon to my office remotely and do work while my MTNL Triband modem died. It sucked like hell but still got the job done in like 4x time.
Neo.
Also, fyi i have used it to logon to my office remotely and do work while my MTNL Triband modem died. It sucked like hell but still got the job done in like 4x time.
Neo.
boogeyman
Adept
Which plan are you talking about? The 99 unlimited one? Your scenario is exactly the one I have in mind if/when my primary net goes down.neomustdie said:I use it on my 5800. It is a great plan to offer decent mobile surfing speeds in Mumbai. Never crossed 400 MB with heavy surfing and Opera Mini
Also, fyi i have used it to logon to my office remotely and do work while my MTNL Triband modem died. It sucked like hell but still got the job done in like 4x time.
Neo.
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But these idiots don't mention it anywhere. Neither on their site nor to their CC reps.Aladdin said:
Aladdin
Adept
boogeyman said:
Just go to a mini store and they will tell you. Actually i came to know when i was suggesting one of my friend to move to Prepaid to get a worthy data plan. So we went to a mini store and he asked us why we want to quit, we told him why and then the bugger told us about this Rs.99/- a GB plan.
Superbad
Skilled
I am confused :S
some say with the 99 we get true UL surfing with vodafone live.
Some say its not worth because it has only one port active.
Some say we connect to pc using VMC And to mobile through VL.
has anyone tried to connect to pc through VL by configuring your VL through their appropriate proxy ?
some say with the 99 we get true UL surfing with vodafone live.
Some say its not worth because it has only one port active.
Some say we connect to pc using VMC And to mobile through VL.
has anyone tried to connect to pc through VL by configuring your VL through their appropriate proxy ?
Aladdin
Adept
^ Why should i find out what happens when its connected to PC?
Just the fact that officially its not available is enough for me not to even consider VL. I think most of us use mobile internet on PC in emergencies or for lite surfing or as backup ISP. And if there is a way to configure browsers to work, its no goldmine. Maybe if the speeds were 3g..
And oh google services don't work on VL.
Just the fact that officially its not available is enough for me not to even consider VL. I think most of us use mobile internet on PC in emergencies or for lite surfing or as backup ISP. And if there is a way to configure browsers to work, its no goldmine. Maybe if the speeds were 3g..
And oh google services don't work on VL.