I had taken an internet connection from alliance broadband through local cable tv operator ezyvision in ia block, salt lake, kolkata, with the hope that they will provide reliable internet service. The speed to their internet connection was good. However, just a after installation, it drizzled a bit and the connection showed its ugly face. Data transmission became extremely slow, with intermittent disconnection. The technical support personnel blamed my new dlink router for the problem and asked me to connect directly to pc. When that too did not solve the problem, they asked me to wait for a few hours for the problem to solve. It did solve the next day, when the sun was shinning brightly. This kept on continuing and even the local cable franchisee kept on blaming my router. They even said that their internet connection was meant to be used directly on pc and not through router. I tried to reason with them that how could it work smoothly when it was not drizzling, but they stuck to their point. Then, one day it rained a lot and the connection stopped working for more than 2 days. The customer care asked me to wait for a few days for service to return to normalcy! Sensing great trouble, i decided to call it quit.
The local franchisee personnel were very rude and did not feel it necessary to provide continuous, uninterrupted internet service. They did not feel that some of the users are heavily dependent on internet service. They think that once they receive the payment for a particular month, it is up to them to maintain the standard and / or continuity of service. I have given 1 mark for connection reliability and service & support, because there is no option for awarding 0 marks in any field.
I shall advice everyone not to subscribe to alliance broadband internet service.
Alliance Broadband customer support has been notified about the posted complaint.
a) Interestingly, at around 8 p.m. the connection was gone once again forcing me to call the local operator once again as usual and after within 15 minutes the connection was restored.
b) Today it was alright till 9 a.m. till the time I left for my office. The connection was gone once again at around 12 p.m. and restored at around 4 p.m. after being contacted.
c) Now at around 8.30 p.m upload speed is zero, but download speed is quite alright. When the IP address is pinged there are certain drops after 10 to 12 successful pings.
d) We do not understand what to do with this connection. Surprisingly, our next door neighbour are dealing with the same Alliance Broadband connection serviced by one HA Block operator which never fails, and they are highly satisfied, no wonder.
e) I appreciate Alliance broadband helpline for contacting me to verify the status of connection. But since I was in the office I could not give them the correct feedback regarding the connection
e) Please look into it so that we may have a clear & sound broadband connectivity with zero complaint.
My regards
Abhijit Majumdar
FD 219/8, Sector - III
Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700 106
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