Both Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Tata Indicom have data limits set for the unlimited plans for their wireless high speed broadband service. Both Indicoms Photon Plus, and Reliance Netconnect Plus have a data limit of 10GB for their "Unlimited" plans, according to their "Fair Usage" policies. Beyond this limit, both companies will charge consumers Rs. 2 per Mb downloaded - effectively, Rs. 2048 per GB. Take a look at Reliance's plan here, and Indicom's plan here. Previous observations on Photon+ mentioned a limit of 15 GB, but that appears to now have been lowered to 10GB. Both the services, which promise download speeds of 3.1 Mbps were launched earlier this month. It's ironic that Mint had quoted a Reliance Communications spokesperson earlier this month, saying "Our unlimited plans offer unlimited downloads without any restrictions." Need For Fair Disclosure Practices From Telcos, Renaming We have no issues with the Telecom operators choice to have data limits for their services - it is their business decision, and we respect that. However, we believe it is imperative that they inform all consumers about the changes in their policy, and also adopt "Fair Marketing" practices. They need to stop calling these plans "Unlimited" and clearly specify the limits. In case of wireline broadband services, the plans had previously been truly unlimited - they offered unlimited downloads. We feel that when there is a change in policy, all consumers should have been informed about the fair usage limits, and renamed their plans and its specifications.…
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