If you search through the WWW, you will find a lot of reports on Sify Broadband; With a lot more curses than praises.

I always thought my earlier ISP viz. my local cable guy 5starmetro was bad. I shifted to Sify with the hope of a better internet connection. Well, I still live in hope:O

Well, let me go on with my story.
The Informer:
Last Tuesday, March 1, 2005 just as I was getting ready to leave office, I got a call on my cell informing me that if I consume for that 150Mb on my unlimited connection, a day will be deducted from my account. I find this entirely absurd because I found out I got a daily limit on my unlimited connection:O

I made a big deal about it and the informer (I will call him that since that is what he kept claiming to be) asked me to call up their Customer Care (which is indeed as crappy as the ISP itself). Their favorite dialog:

Sir, I have informed our Technical team. They are looking into it.

Inconsistencies in Sify::O
Though it was 5.55pm, I called up their Customer Care (which is based in Chennai) and after remaining on hold for a good ten minutes was finally patched through to their Customer Care Executive, a chap named Kuldeep Singh. He conveniently informed me that the limit stays and even contradicted Mr. Informer about my account balance being refunded or moved to another plan.

Poor guy - because what he said pissed me off to really no end. I went on yelling and screaming (just short of actually abusing him), until finally I told him that he was absolutely useless and could really be no solution to my problem and asked him to transfer me to a superior. Despite his insisting about his superior being unable to help, my continuous barging finally forced him to do the transfer.

Yet another inconsitency:
I was transferred to the floor incharge Charles Moses, who to my surprise informed me that I was wrongly informed about the limit. It is only on new accounts and not on my old account.

My account happens to be a 32+ account which has long been discontinued!

Well, I was relieved, but still rather irritated at yet another inconsistency. It was already 6.30pm and I had to go for the prayer meeting, I let the matter rest there.

But now, I am seriously considering shifting to an hourly plan which will bring them lesser revenue, ensure I spend lesser time on the internet and which shall be my buffer until hopefully in the near future a decent ISP comes into my area!

Here are some good links which support my view on Sify. Find me some which are contrary to them!

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