Airtel Speed on Demand – Upgrade your broadband speed yourself

Posted by admin on February 22, 2009 in category: Internet,

India’s largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel Limited has announced the launch of its Speed on Demand services for its broadband customers in south India. This service will allow its subscribers to upgrade to higher speeds when accessing applications like gaming, downloading movies etc without changing their current plan.

With this service, the broadband customers can now upgrade their broadband speed for a select duration and pay for only that usage.

Airtel offer four different broadband speed options to choose

1) Broadband speed of 256 KBPS at Rs. 25/- per hour
2) Broadband speed of 512 KBPS at Rs. 40/- per hour
3) Broadband speed of 1024 KBPS at Rs. 75/- per hour
4) Broadband speed of 2048 KBPS at Rs. 120/- per hour

Member of the Broadbandforum.in posted review of Speed on Demand plan

I do use Speed on Demand (SoD) at times. They have an accurate way to bill them. After selecting the speed, the window has an option “Disconnect”. You can select that anytime. And they have SoD pulse of 5 minutes, which means, if you use SoD 256 KBPS (INR 25/ hour) for 10 mins, you will need to pay INR 4.10 pro rated only. After 57 minutes, they provide a pop up saying:”Do you wish to continue?”

If you click on “Yes” option, only then it will be extended. If you click on “NO” or do not confirm, it will revert to the normal speed automatically after exact an hour. [Source]