A new government policy termed as FUP (Fair Usage Policy) is becoming a mess these days. Even if you are willing to pay for an unlimited connection, you will get a hidden upload/download limit. I became yet another victim of this unFair Usage Policy, I must say.

I purchased MTS MBlaze 999 plan from a local shop and felt happy with the gadget and the speed, 3.1 Mbps (MTS claims). The MTS marketing guy told me that the first month usage is absolutely FREE. Being a software programmer and web-designer, I upload large amount of data daily. Apart from that, my online backup tools are always running on the Windows system tray, backing up my critical documents, project files and photos. One bright sunny day, I noticed the connection speed as low as 80 Kbps. I was not able to check any mails. Even the mailing services like Google, with bare-bone interface, failed to load. I contacted the customer support just to get a big jolt. The tech support replied that I have crossed the 12 GB FUP limit and so the speed has been reduced to 150 Kbps.

This is the hidden strategy that the company’s marketing representatives won’t tell you while filling the form. Once you have crossed the 12 GB limit, you will get 80 Kbps connectivity as opposed to what MTS claims of 150 Kbps.

Anyway, overall, the service is good as far as you are under the limit. It is not the fault of MTS alone. I called Airtel and got the same reply.

This month I subscribed for the night plan. I was ready to pay extra if I use the Internet in the day time, but more shocks were awaiting. It won’t connect in the day time. You can connect it between 10 pm to 7 am.

The unlimited account is limited with a hidden policy.