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Wateen recently offered unlimited packages as well but its limited to maximum 1mbps only, Company has also lowered line rent on limited bandwidth packages, tariff is as follows:

Prices are not much competitive but still affordable and compartivly better than Wi-Tibe and for new connection bundles rates are as follows:
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This is a bundled package for unlimited on-net voice and broadband, and hence will only be available to PSTN landline residential subscribers who have an active broadband connection. All on-net calls (local and NWD) will not be charged, whereas all off-net calls (local, NWD, Mobile and International) will be charged as per the existing tariff. The salient features of this package are summarized as following:
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One million UK consumers have exceeded or come close to exceeding their broadband usage limit, research from consumer group uSwitch has found.

So-called usage caps, where internet service providers limit the amount of bandwidth users can have in any given month, are standard practice.

But the majority of users are still confused by the bandwidth curbs imposed on them, the research found.

For some who go over their limit the penalty is disconnection.

Bandwidth-hungry services such as iPlayer are proving popular

“With so much reliance on broadband, having the service disconnected could feel to someone as serious as having their electricity cut off,” said Tim Wolfenden, spokesman for uSwitch.

Small print

Its survey found that 56% of broadband providers who advertised services as “unlimited” did impose usage caps and were prepared to cut people off if they used their service to excess.

Only two out of the nine actually said what these limits were.

As a result, uSwitch found that 80% of UK broadband customers either wrongly thought that they had an unlimited broadband package or did not know what their limit was.

“Broadband companies should not be allowed to class their packages as unlimited if they are not,” said Mr Wolfenden. “As providers aren’t choosing to be fully transparent about this issue people need to be savvy when choosing their broadband and pay close attention to the small print.”

More expensive

Net suppliers argue that such caps are necessary if they are to continue to offer a good service to all at the prices consumers have come to expect.

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISP), which represents UK ISPs, has strict rules on how such caps are passed on.

“An ISPA Member must not deliberately operate bandwidth caps unless it makes available to its customers and users in a clear manner the nature of the caps that apply,” said a spokesman for ISPA.

Fair usage policies are generally found in the terms and conditions of a broadband contract but, according to uSwitch research, only one in four people actually read it.

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