Airtel HSDPA is not good as I thought! I switched to airtel because of poor indoor 3.5G coverage and FUP shit. But the quality of the service is really poor even below dialog. I couldn’t even get my virus guard updated yesterday night when I was connected to HSDPA network! Even with well recognized download manager software like IDM or FDM the maximum rate rarely exceeds 300Kbps! It is extremely rare to be able to watch a youtube video without frequent buffering. Often it takes more than 5 minutes to load the defence ministry web page! Sometimes I can't do a speed test as it get stucked before the completion. If it is done it shows lower values than 300Kbps . Most of the times it’s performance is very much similar to a dial-up connection. I made several complains but instead of improvment it is further deteriorating day by day. This is not only in my area, but when I tested it yesterday at Borella, where 100% HSDPA signals available, the situation was worse! So it seems that their 3.5G network really sucks. So if you are going to buy Airtel please think twice. Lend an airtel HSDPA connection sim from someone and test it in your area. Buy it only you can satisfy with it’s performance.
