23/10/2019

ACT Fibernet Upgrades Broadband Plans in Chennai to Offer at Least 50Mbps Internet Speed

ACT Fibernet announced an upgrade to its broadband plans in Chennai. The company has increased Internet speed across all its broadband plans and started offering 50Mbps as the base speed over the existing 30Mbps. The move, which appears to counter Jio Fiber, uplifts ACT Basic, ACT Storm, ACT Lightning, ACT Thunder, and ACT Incredible plans. Last month, ACT Fibernet increased monthly data allowance on its broadband plans in Bengaluru by up to 1,000GB. It had also revised its broadband plans for Chennai customers in July this year to offer upgraded speed on select broadband plans.

23/10/2019

Fixed broadband speeds rose in India, mobile download speeds remain flat: Ookla

While mobile download speeds were relatively flat in India in the period of April-September 2019, fixed broadband download speeds fared much better,rising by 16.5 per cent during the same period, reported Ookla, which is known for its Speedtest. The report also showed that the cities of Chennai and Mumbai had the fastest mean fixed broadband and mobile download speeds respectively. In India, fixed broadband speeds topped 34.07 Mbps in September. As per the report, ACT Fibernet topped the charts in the second and third quarter of 2019 with mean download speeds between 45.31 and 47.74 Mbps. Hathway was in second place with a top speed of 33.69 Mbps, although Airtel speeds rose to second place in September with a mean download speed of 34.43 Mbps.

23/10/2019

ACT Fibernet Upgrades Broadband Plans in Chennai to Offer at Least 50Mbps Internet Speed

ACT Fibernet announced an upgrade to its broadband plans in Chennai. The company has increased Internet speed across all its broadband plans and started offering 50Mbps as the base speed over the existing 30Mbps. The move, which appears to counter Jio Fiber, uplifts ACT Basic, ACT Storm, ACT Lightning, ACT Thunder, and ACT Incredible plans. Last month, ACT Fibernet increased monthly data allowance on its broadband plans in Bengaluru by up to 1,000GB. It had also revised its broadband plans for Chennai customers in July this year to offer upgraded speed on select broadband plans.