Tata Indicom Photon Vs Reliance Netconnect Broadband in Mumbai

[highflier82]

Hello all,

I have got all the objective information on these two services i.e. maximum speeds, tariffs etc. and am looking for feedback from current/past subscribers. Those of you who are currently using/have used one/both of these services in Mumbai please tell me (of course indicating which service you're talking about):

1. What the minimum speed you've experienced is.
2. How good the coverage within the city is.
3. What the reliability is i.e. with regard to dropped connections, downtime etc.
4. Anything else significant (positive or negative) that you've experienced.

Also, please indicate, by voting, whether you are/have been overall satisfied or not with the service you're using/have used.

Thank you very much for your input.

[TEcH GuRuJI]

Coverage :

TATA Indicom has extremely poor coverage and is available in Certain parts of Chennai,Bangalore,Mumbai,Jammu and Kashmir and North east. Call TATA Indicom customer care before opting for this as they havent provided any coverage map.

Reliance fares better in this covering 35 cities and covers most part of the cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmadabad etc. Reliance claims to have 4200 towers capable of Wireless broadband and according to Reliance (yes as per reliance comparision chart) TATA Indicom has 300 photon enabled towers.

[Broad-Man]

I would prefer Tata Indicom Photon over Reliance Netconnect Broadband

Reason -
Though both claim the speeds of upto 3.1 Mbps, TATA Indicom says the speed at anytime can be shared between upto 20 users basically bringing down the Minimum guaranteed speed to 150 Kbps, as same as the normal CDMA plan. Also they mention the speed depends on time of day, coverage etc.

Atleast TATA Indicom had the courtesy to mention contention ratio but Reliance doesnt even mention the minimum guaranteed speed in their website. Even in their comparision chart they have mentioned average speed as 500 Kbps and have mentioned TATA indicom’s avg speed at 400kbps download.

[joshmachine]

tata is worst.... not at all a broadband... all shit talks.

[lissyf2]

tata is worst.... not at all a broadband... all shit talks.

have you used THIS particular service?

[roamer]

I do not want to come into this topic, all I want to know is how do I start a new post - can't find it anywhere?

[Rameez.J]

Refer to this help guide: How to make a New Thread / Topic on TechArena Forums

[grignard_reagent]

Well, as far as tata indicom's service is concerned, it surely is far behind in terms of reliance

however, in areas of superior coverage like mine, it easily outdoes reliance net connect

For more insight, use the speed testing tool there.