India’s very own broadband service, BSNL, which is also a major telephone operator in India, gave me real hell last night. I have a 2 Mbps plan with a 2.5 GB traffic limit per month, with unlimited transfer from 2 am to 8 am. So these days what I do is I go to sleep very early, at around 8 pm, then get up at 2 am, download what ever I want, and then take a short nap from 8am to 10am, and then get ready and come straight to the office. The things I am having to do to download stuff at 2 Mbps.

Last night, I was desperately trying to download an audio book of The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and the highest download speed I could get was about 8 KBps, which is around 64 Kbps. I pay them a rent of Rs 600 per month, and they assure me a minimum speed of 256 Kbps at all times, and at night I get only 64 Kbps. How am I to sue these people? And how do I prove to court that was unable to get a speed of the promised 256 Kbps? I couldn’t download the book, and my travel today is really going to be boring.