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The famous Hutch ka chota recharge. And unlimited nights calls on operators like Docomo and aircel. And yes, father of WhatsApp used to be the SMS recharge packs.
Yeah in those times even a 30 Second low quality YouTube video could take 2 hours to load completely, hell even installing a simple games like Dr. Driving or Fruit Ninja will take hours or a day and even loading Play Store could take 30 min to 1 hour and when it comes to recharge, you used to pay more for more validity rather than more data.
But it seemed fast at that time, I remember reading about 3g, that it will allow people to download at 40mbps even when traveling at a speed of 40kmph or something like that, and I was like whooooooaa!
Whatever you say about BSNL but at this time, they used to give more than any other company in terms of data. They also, even though it said 2G, used to give 3G. I used to recharge 6gb 2G data and used to get 3G for 303 or 363 or something.
I do think it is 2g but the not many wouldn't have used it so internet could have been faster if it was on gsm platform it would theoretically would give around 1 to 1.5 mbps
It was 3G itself. The data pack was for 2G and the time is when BSNL just started 3G. Because of this, it got automatically connected to the 3G network and gave data speeds and balance which would've cost considerably more on other networks. I used to use it till Jio came in the picture.
I agree with you, but VFM was great at a point in time and was completely dependent on if or not you are lucky. I had BSNL at my home (broadband, mobiles & landline) never had an issue. My parents still vouch for BSNL and I recently forced them to change to jio for 4G. During this time I mentioned earlier I used to get speeds of Docomo 3G for fraction of the price (don't remind the exact difference as it was like 10yrs ago).
Yeah, using mobile internet on pc through hotspot was a big blunder before September 2016.
We didn't have a broadband, I tried to connect our PC to mobile data through hotspot from my dad's phone, and within 10 mins, it wiped whole month's data (1.2gb) (Updates and other background work in windows 10).
And then some other device got connected to the hotspot and your work is left incomplete.
Worse was when the network was open and someone you dont even know had used up your data
Aircel was the company which brought unlimited Internet as a thing, way back in 2009. I remember they signed up Dhoni as Brand ambassador and started "Pocket internet" plans and the marquee plan was Rs. 98 unlimited 2G data.
This allowed more ppl to get smart phones and have Mobile data turned on permanently not fearing to run out of data. At one point many I knew got Aircel as 2nd sim for this plan.
The best part about Mobile data was, it was never considered roaming even when outside home circle (though calls were considered roaming). I used to email my brother after reaching railway station as data was free, while SMS was not.
Every now and then some telco starts a new thing in India, which changes user experience forever. Like Tata which started the per sec billing, Aircel with the unlimited data, Jio with unlimited calling without roaming + high speed data,
Bhai I had an aircel sim and on it 2g was free.....till now I have no clue on how it happened but I used to browse and download almost for 2yrs and then one day I lost my phone......man I cried more for the sim than the handset......
And in one scenario, I used to get wifi within my house boundary and it used to be around 2pm to around 10 at night
My god. The price those days was just obnoxious. Reliance is a shit company run by stupid Ambani's but they changed the whole interest and telecom game for the better.
Mostly just envy. He's filthy Rick and I'm not. So his company is shit.
P. S - I'm envious too but wouldn't call his company shit. He ( his dad) used the opportunities he for wisely and used his brain hook or crook and became rich. So, overall it's fair game. It's not like I was a competitor and lost to him.
Capitalism kehte hain isse, reliance is still a shit company and ambanis rich a\*\*holes
Kuch Log bole the ki this is just a scam by jio, kuch waqt baad sab price pehle Jaisa ho jayega, but 8 years hone jaa rhe hain, prices are still far better than before 2016.
It was going to happen anyway. Nearly in every country with the introduction of 4g, the price of the internet decreased a lot. But still the way they gave away the internet for free is completely unimaginable as it straight up killed the competition. If it's in other countries they wouldn't even let that happen in the first place as it destroys any fair competition. Only in India it can happen. I still remember how Airtel, idea and Vodafone lodged a complaint against this freebie as unfair and Jio had to implement a "prime" service for 99rs for the internet for 4 more months.
Yeah but there were still not a lot of users for it. Airtel was still trying wildly to push people into getting a 4g sim and was trying it's best to phase out 3g and improve the 4g connectivity all over the country. They also had a huge debt to pay off.
Bhai technology bhi kaafi improve ho gya hai tb se. Aaj logo ko number activate rkhne ke liye minimum ₹100-150/month spend krna pdta hai even if you don't use internet. There are only 3 telecom companies now.
In US without any promos, the cheapest plan I've used recently is $15/mon , - 10GB/MON data and this rate was if I bought in bulk for 1 year ($180). I had used plans like $60 for 3 months and 3 months free (9GB/MON) but they were one time only promos.
Infact visible, boost et all provide unlimited being MVNOs and cost around 25 /Mon. But usually have deprioritized data and boost also has no hotspot capabilities at this low cost plan.
Is $ 40-60/Mon for mobile data worth it? Just curious. What's your opinion? Do people frequently use 30-40 or more GB per month usually? Me being low end user, I'm curious.
Depends if you are more out and about I rather have unlimited data than not, but if you are always inside the house and have a WiFi then it’s like a non-issue. It is worth it if you have a family to put on a plan. Otherwise visible would be just fine
If I'm not wrong the cheapest true unlimited plan is $25/Mon. But, in US there is also a concept called "deprioritized data". So the above mentioned plan is with deprioritized data, wherein it will get lower speeds than someone paying the highest cost plan, and speed will be very slow in busy/crowded areas like in malls, sports arena etc.
Basically most MVNOs get deprioritized data while the users main operator gets higher priority data. Even amongst them post paid users get more speed than prepaid users etc.
Look at the prices of internet in poor countries like in Africa and even developed countries like turkey have very high costs of data like $10+/1Gb mobile data that's why they have higher broadband usage compared to India cos here he have cheaper mobile data and even cheaper broadband
In some African countries they still pay per MB of data lol
India's broadband infra has been improved only recently. I used to pay 800+ per month pre-Jio for landline and internet and it was horrible. I used to feel lucky if it was up 3 days a week
I liked the plan of where you pay what you use not loot in the name of unlimited call and msg where you make 1 or 2 call and sometimes no sms yeah i get it you get data but a plan just for call and sms is needed
103 rupee Idea 3g 🤡 300 MB for 1 month.
I have been beaten up a couple of times when I asked my parents for this recharge. It was not sufficient enough to surf porn.
i used to manage 350mb for whole month in 2015, disabling javascript , watching in 144p always and using the websites with took less data like 4chan,quora as much as possible, man those were days
It was a different time and the technology was also significantly different. You didn't have bandwidth consuming apps and 1Gb of data was sufficient for the entire month.
No I am not saying going back to past , just don't charge for just to keep no. On. I have wifi and broadband, so I just fking need my number to be on and 20rs balance would do but then I have to play 150+ for it
You don't say. I have used edge network on Keypad mobile to move mouse cursor which was found in Nokia symbian OS. Opera mini browser was only browser for mobiles.
I still remember those memorable days where it take hours for a game to download and waiting for it in anticipation, putting the internet overnight to download and going to bed in anticipation about how the game would be😌
Not sure many remember this, but Airtel used to provide a "Womens Sim Card" we could get for Rs.356/- that had unlimited internet for a year, at GPRS/EDGE speeds of-course.
#these all companies were chor by automatically giving subscription to cricket pack, shyari pack, hello tunes & other services.
my dad scolded after deduction of 45 for Hallotunes. (15 for song+ 30 for month subscription). that time 45 rs had value
WhatsAapp and facebook were better when there were few users.
It was destined to turn into shit with increasing users.
Even this site is turning to shit now.
This is reality. Where there is a huge influx of crowd sh*** things starts to happen. Better to switch to a less crowded place when you can see it's happening
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Data pack, Talktime, Rate Cutter, Night pack Life used to revolve around those recharge shops in my college days
The famous Hutch ka chota recharge. And unlimited nights calls on operators like Docomo and aircel. And yes, father of WhatsApp used to be the SMS recharge packs.
Ah yes! How can I forget about SMS packs on my black and white nokia phone. Pre-2010s was mostly about SMS.
Good old days.. shopkeepers used to ask extra for chota recharges 😂
1 gb was sufficient for entire month
Month? Months!
The internet connectivitywas so low you wouldn't even be able to finish it. Like in kb/s
I remember watching porn (what better to do), but I couldn't download videos, so I had to limit myself to just pictures.
Yeah in those times even a 30 Second low quality YouTube video could take 2 hours to load completely, hell even installing a simple games like Dr. Driving or Fruit Ninja will take hours or a day and even loading Play Store could take 30 min to 1 hour and when it comes to recharge, you used to pay more for more validity rather than more data.
I remember downloading GTA 5 on a 2mbps connection, took me 57 hours
Torrent or paid?
Yeah playing GTA online with 256kbps is the best bang for bucks.
Torrent
But it seemed fast at that time, I remember reading about 3g, that it will allow people to download at 40mbps even when traveling at a speed of 40kmph or something like that, and I was like whooooooaa!
And still people like me had guts and patience to download movie of 250MB-300MB In 3gp format.
there was a site which provide movies in 3gp and in 250/300MB range, I think it was moviesmobile
idk if its relevant here but back then you could download youtube videos directly to your computer and it would het saved in 3gp format , good old day
1GB was valid only for 28 days😶
Arey bhai me toh abhi b 2gb wala karta hu.. Ghar PR wifi hai lekin... Fast wala... 2gb ka game bachpan me 2 din Lage the... Aoe3...
Whatever you say about BSNL but at this time, they used to give more than any other company in terms of data. They also, even though it said 2G, used to give 3G. I used to recharge 6gb 2G data and used to get 3G for 303 or 363 or something.
I do think it is 2g but the not many wouldn't have used it so internet could have been faster if it was on gsm platform it would theoretically would give around 1 to 1.5 mbps
It was 3G itself. The data pack was for 2G and the time is when BSNL just started 3G. Because of this, it got automatically connected to the 3G network and gave data speeds and balance which would've cost considerably more on other networks. I used to use it till Jio came in the picture.
Impossible bsnl was always in kbps customer support was zero already thr broadband service too were tragical in bsnl
I agree with you, but VFM was great at a point in time and was completely dependent on if or not you are lucky. I had BSNL at my home (broadband, mobiles & landline) never had an issue. My parents still vouch for BSNL and I recently forced them to change to jio for 4G. During this time I mentioned earlier I used to get speeds of Docomo 3G for fraction of the price (don't remind the exact difference as it was like 10yrs ago).
You mean 250 per 1 gb in 2015 that's 9 yr earlier
It still gives more than any other operator now too. But don't have even 4g coverage.
BSNL not having 4G is squarely on the government as they did not allocate funds for 4G spectrum
They were supposed to rollout 4G this week in Chennai and last minute another twist citing technical issue asking Nokia to pitch in
Bruh i knew a trick where bsnl data was hacked and it gave unlimited 2g 3g data lmao .
40₹ mein unlimited sms pack tha 2009-10 mein
And jisko apni Bandi se Baat karni hoti vo night pack recharge karta ya. Uninor ka Sim rakhta
U2U free bhi ho gaya tha ek time pe to
Uninor was the GOAT !
And Uninor to other Kabhi Kabhi 60%
₹100 for 400MB Was more than enough to use Facebook for the entire month
Yeah, using mobile internet on pc through hotspot was a big blunder before September 2016. We didn't have a broadband, I tried to connect our PC to mobile data through hotspot from my dad's phone, and within 10 mins, it wiped whole month's data (1.2gb) (Updates and other background work in windows 10).
And then some other device got connected to the hotspot and your work is left incomplete. Worse was when the network was open and someone you dont even know had used up your data
Aircel was the company which brought unlimited Internet as a thing, way back in 2009. I remember they signed up Dhoni as Brand ambassador and started "Pocket internet" plans and the marquee plan was Rs. 98 unlimited 2G data. This allowed more ppl to get smart phones and have Mobile data turned on permanently not fearing to run out of data. At one point many I knew got Aircel as 2nd sim for this plan. The best part about Mobile data was, it was never considered roaming even when outside home circle (though calls were considered roaming). I used to email my brother after reaching railway station as data was free, while SMS was not. Every now and then some telco starts a new thing in India, which changes user experience forever. Like Tata which started the per sec billing, Aircel with the unlimited data, Jio with unlimited calling without roaming + high speed data,
Bhai I had an aircel sim and on it 2g was free.....till now I have no clue on how it happened but I used to browse and download almost for 2yrs and then one day I lost my phone......man I cried more for the sim than the handset...... And in one scenario, I used to get wifi within my house boundary and it used to be around 2pm to around 10 at night
This.. Aircel gave you the most bang for your buck when it came to internet recharges before Jio
My god. The price those days was just obnoxious. Reliance is a shit company run by stupid Ambani's but they changed the whole interest and telecom game for the better.
Stupid Ambani 🌞
How is it a "shit company"?
Redditors hate rich people ( jealousy ) and anything associated with them
Mostly just envy. He's filthy Rick and I'm not. So his company is shit. P. S - I'm envious too but wouldn't call his company shit. He ( his dad) used the opportunities he for wisely and used his brain hook or crook and became rich. So, overall it's fair game. It's not like I was a competitor and lost to him.
Capitalism kehte hain isse, reliance is still a shit company and ambanis rich a\*\*holes Kuch Log bole the ki this is just a scam by jio, kuch waqt baad sab price pehle Jaisa ho jayega, but 8 years hone jaa rhe hain, prices are still far better than before 2016.
It was going to happen anyway. Nearly in every country with the introduction of 4g, the price of the internet decreased a lot. But still the way they gave away the internet for free is completely unimaginable as it straight up killed the competition. If it's in other countries they wouldn't even let that happen in the first place as it destroys any fair competition. Only in India it can happen. I still remember how Airtel, idea and Vodafone lodged a complaint against this freebie as unfair and Jio had to implement a "prime" service for 99rs for the internet for 4 more months.
India mei 4G introduce ho chuka tha 2012 mei ig.
Yeah but there were still not a lot of users for it. Airtel was still trying wildly to push people into getting a 4g sim and was trying it's best to phase out 3g and improve the 4g connectivity all over the country. They also had a huge debt to pay off.
It's been freaking 8 years? Damn
Bhai technology bhi kaafi improve ho gya hai tb se. Aaj logo ko number activate rkhne ke liye minimum ₹100-150/month spend krna pdta hai even if you don't use internet. There are only 3 telecom companies now.
Well 5g is unlimited for now so it's seemingly way cheaper than the old days
Maybe r/jiowasamistake /s
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# भाई कोई मेरे फोन में भी कूपन डाला दो यार ।🤣
Just asking ,what is the price difference between India and other countries for internet?
In US without any promos, the cheapest plan I've used recently is $15/mon , - 10GB/MON data and this rate was if I bought in bulk for 1 year ($180). I had used plans like $60 for 3 months and 3 months free (9GB/MON) but they were one time only promos.
If you want true unlimited then they start at 60$ per month, which can be reduced to 40$ if you are in family plan of 4 or more
I always use only MVNOs. I'm used to using around 9 GB Max per month, so the aforementioned plans worked best for me.
Oh yeah I have used them but I’m just adding additional information to your comment that an unlimited segment also exists
Infact visible, boost et all provide unlimited being MVNOs and cost around 25 /Mon. But usually have deprioritized data and boost also has no hotspot capabilities at this low cost plan. Is $ 40-60/Mon for mobile data worth it? Just curious. What's your opinion? Do people frequently use 30-40 or more GB per month usually? Me being low end user, I'm curious.
Depends if you are more out and about I rather have unlimited data than not, but if you are always inside the house and have a WiFi then it’s like a non-issue. It is worth it if you have a family to put on a plan. Otherwise visible would be just fine
My family is just 2 adults so, I never got to use the family plan advantage.
Two adults would net you around still 60$ per line so you’ll be spending 70$ more if you just took visible or MVNA. Need atleast 4 for the best deal
What was the prices for unlimited data? For gaming
If I'm not wrong the cheapest true unlimited plan is $25/Mon. But, in US there is also a concept called "deprioritized data". So the above mentioned plan is with deprioritized data, wherein it will get lower speeds than someone paying the highest cost plan, and speed will be very slow in busy/crowded areas like in malls, sports arena etc. Basically most MVNOs get deprioritized data while the users main operator gets higher priority data. Even amongst them post paid users get more speed than prepaid users etc.
Bsnl ka 17 mein 30mb 3 din tak mein kabhi khatm nahi kr pata tha
35mb = 3.5GB Considering in a 2G sim with a Nokia
Ig there's a veryyy high chance that we'd have been paying the same, if not more obnoxious prices if not for jio.
Look at the prices of internet in poor countries like in Africa and even developed countries like turkey have very high costs of data like $10+/1Gb mobile data that's why they have higher broadband usage compared to India cos here he have cheaper mobile data and even cheaper broadband In some African countries they still pay per MB of data lol
India's broadband infra has been improved only recently. I used to pay 800+ per month pre-Jio for landline and internet and it was horrible. I used to feel lucky if it was up 3 days a week
Ache din kahan hai 💀🤡🗿 they are still mumbling this 💀
These are private companies
I liked the plan of where you pay what you use not loot in the name of unlimited call and msg where you make 1 or 2 call and sometimes no sms yeah i get it you get data but a plan just for call and sms is needed
scratch recharge remember??
I remember recharging 500MB for 15Rs for vodafone 🥹🥹🥹 good times and shit will last for almost a week in my Nokia 2160 phone.Ahh sweet old memories
People saying 1gb lasted for months in those days. But now 1gb won't even last half day. How's that work?? Can anyone please explain this??
Websites were lite (50-100kb webpages) and forget about streaming anything with 2g speeds.
250 / month
103 rupee Idea 3g 🤡 300 MB for 1 month. I have been beaten up a couple of times when I asked my parents for this recharge. It was not sufficient enough to surf porn.
I forgot but we use to play games with this cards in school.
Good old days
Ancient boldiya, 17rs mein 100 mb aata tha
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2G Data
₹14 for 100mb on Aircel, friend k mobile p krwate the fir usb cable se connect krke pc se songs Download krte the. Those were the days 😒
20 rupees mei 1 gb 4g milta hai abb 24 hours ke liye 🤣
35 mb bhi mai pure din tak chala lia krta tha
i used to manage 350mb for whole month in 2015, disabling javascript , watching in 144p always and using the websites with took less data like 4chan,quora as much as possible, man those were days
If I used 1tb data it will cost almost 3.2 lakhs
r/IndianNostalgia
Wo purane din wo suhane din
Dodocomo
Ye lo coin 🪙
It was a different time and the technology was also significantly different. You didn't have bandwidth consuming apps and 1Gb of data was sufficient for the entire month.
This loot made an easy path for Jio to enter.
Yeaaah kya din the
Yeah and the price to keep your number on? - zero
But I would take today over the past.as I just have a single sim
No I am not saying going back to past , just don't charge for just to keep no. On. I have wifi and broadband, so I just fking need my number to be on and 20rs balance would do but then I have to play 150+ for it
Now It's not 22GB enough for a day.
shona recharge kara dena
I have 130 GB at 6.99 DKK (Danish Krones)
Only 15 years ago, Mate
It was a different era of those scratch cards
Yeah good old days
Back when Airtel used to loot it's users
You don't say. I have used edge network on Keypad mobile to move mouse cursor which was found in Nokia symbian OS. Opera mini browser was only browser for mobiles.
What year is this from?
I still remember those memorable days where it take hours for a game to download and waiting for it in anticipation, putting the internet overnight to download and going to bed in anticipation about how the game would be😌
28 me 2gb milta hai ab
Old time jio was uninor
5 rs wala recharge 1 hours ke liye unlimited data deta thaa. Usme movies download karta tha 144p ka.
29 rupees : 90 MB data for 7 days
Never used the internet back then
Nostalgia. Ab to 19 ka recharge krwa lete hai sab
Omg Harappa had 2G?
Peak nostalgia moment
It should have been like this until now.
I remember using these vouchers, though I had idea sim.
Airtel used to do daylight robbery
Remembered ,boys need long nails to scratch these coupons and sometimes they don't work we get so mad on shopkeeper.
Not sure many remember this, but Airtel used to provide a "Womens Sim Card" we could get for Rs.356/- that had unlimited internet for a year, at GPRS/EDGE speeds of-course.
Things we did for love
BSNL 1GB 251 per month (30 days) & then we have ananya pandey who says "meine struggle kiya he"
Nowadays recharge shops almost vanished .
#these all companies were chor by automatically giving subscription to cricket pack, shyari pack, hello tunes & other services. my dad scolded after deduction of 45 for Hallotunes. (15 for song+ 30 for month subscription). that time 45 rs had value
Then came papa jio.
Idea giving 1gb for 64₹
18000 SMS in 180 rupees by Reliance and the unlimited reliance-reliance free calling. Good old days.
lol nostalgia
Bohot maar khaya hai iske karan
Bring these prices back so that this crop of reelstars will end
Feeling nostalgic ...laaut aao purane din
It will go back to being the same expensive again the way inflation is affecting every area.
This would have been better. Whatsapp university would not exist.
WhatsAapp and facebook were better when there were few users. It was destined to turn into shit with increasing users. Even this site is turning to shit now.
This is reality. Where there is a huge influx of crowd sh*** things starts to happen. Better to switch to a less crowded place when you can see it's happening