I have been a big fan of Airtel Broadband services for years now. It was the first ISP I truly liked after struggling with cable internet service providers. And it was the reason I migrated from Chandigarh to Gurgaon. Sify Broadband was a pain to deal with and Airtel was almost magical in comparison.

Things have however changed a lot in the last couple of months. The introduction of Fair Usage Policy has pretty much resulted in disappearance of all the goodwill generated by the its customer base for the company.

They recently launched a series of new plans branded impatient packages. All of these sound nice from the front. But if you look deep inside, you notice that they are nothing but pathetic. They currently have no plan on offer that provides truly unlimited 512kbps, 1mbps, 2mbps speeds. All of them have FUP applicable on them and the speed drops down to 256kbps.

As I have stated before 256kbps is the new face of Airtel Broadband. No matter what plan you take. No matter how much money you are willing to pay. You are going to end up getting 256kbps in a matter of days if not hours.

My suggestion to all of you is:

Stick to your current Airtel Broadband plan if it works fine for you. You might end up paying more but you would be relatively safe from the new FUP limits.

Switch to an alternative service provider if you have a good alternative. Airtel is not worth the money we have spent on it over the last couple of years.

Do not get a new Airtel Broadband connection because all of the new plans are well. SHIT.

Airtel Broadband has become the latest plague in the Indian market. Must Avoid Under All Circumstances.

– This post has been updated with some corrections and content edits.