Comments on: AirTel Sri Lanka in Review

By: Aramayel

Aramayel — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:07:14 +0000

Hey all,

I also experienced most of the issues mentioned here. However, I must say that there has been a huge improvement in the speeds. Customer care can be improved, but overall, for the price, I think it’s one of the best plans out there.

They’ve also launched a new plan called “impatience”, wich offers 5GB for Rs. 299… And thats bloody cheap.

By: Dush

Dush — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:01:38 +0000

Hi Dribby,
yes I’ve used both other providers Mobitel, and Dialog. I use to have a Mobitel connection which had good speed by that time, but since they did not have the coverage as much as Dialog, I moved to dialog. which I used for some reasonable time. only disadvantage with dialog is the FUP (Fair Use Policy), which when you exceed their download limit that they have mentioned, you connection speed will be throttled and will be less than 10kbps till your next billing date. how ever you could lift the speed limit by paying about 100/= Per day , (There is always a way for the rip off ). I am just speculating that if any service provider promises unlimited download speed on HSPA, there should always be a drawback. so better get into deatil with them before you buy. but let me have your feed back if you have already purchased one..

Thanks

By: Dribby

Dribby — Sun, 30 May 2010 07:47:36 +0000

Hi, I’m trying to figure out a good hsdpa package to purchase and came across this review of yours. Did you get a chance to look into the other service providers like you’ve suggested? If so, what’s a good deal?

By: Geeth

Geeth — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:17:33 +0000

Thanx dear.. gr8 post

By: Dush

Dush — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:13:13 +0000

hi,

Ok.. I just happened to walk in to a AirTel office yesterday, when I asked about the speed problem
one of the agents said, it’s STILL EXISTS with unlimited connection, but not with that 600/= (3GB limit) plan,

so it’s clear that they are throttling bandwidth on unlimited connection..

though he wanted me to check their 600/= package I was not interested, just walked out..

By: Udesh

Udesh — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:17:29 +0000

Hi Dush

Thanks a lot for ur reply. Looking forward to ur update….

Have a good one.

By: Dush

Dush — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:52:24 +0000

Hi Udesh,
I gave up on AirTel 2 months back and moved to a ADSL connection.
to be honest I really don’t know, how their service now, they built a huge
impact on the impression that I had on them.

I am not updated about their service quality now, but I thank you for bringin
this up today, I will look up about it and will try to put a blog post again. I will
update you as soon as I am updated.

Thanx a lot for your Reply..

Have a nice day

By: Udesh

Udesh — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:56:25 +0000

Hi Dush,

I’m from Kurunegala, i was really lookin forward to airtel data packages being available in kurunegala but after i saw what u had to say i am havin second thoughts. i heard that airtel 3g will soon be available in Kuru and i’m plannin to buy the unlimted data package. whats ur thought on that? is it still full of crap or has it been fixed after so many customer complaints? please give me an idea….

By: Lahiru

Lahiru — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:00:03 +0000

Thanks, I have posted how to configure Airtel on Ubuntu 9.04 if you want to use the connection with your mobile.

http://lahirumanaya.blogspot.com/2009/05/configuring-airtel-hsdpa-on-ubuntu.html

Lahiru

By: I’m gonna say BYE BYE AirTel.!!! - Dushmantha Gunasingha

I’m gonna say BYE BYE AirTel.!!! - Dushmantha Gunasingha — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:48:19 +0000

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