Definition of Broadband as per Sify

Broadband = 2 kBps, interrupted connectivity, platform dependant client, download limits


Source: Signature of ujjwal

life time mistake

I got broadband connection couple of months back. This was a shift from my BSNL dial-up to broadband, as it was expiring. Ofcourse I got SifyBroadband connection. I'm on package unlimited/shared/32kbps. I must tell you that is was a life time mistake for Rs.6000. They suck for their service and so is their so called "broadband".

When I compared lately about my expenditure on BSNL dial-up was working out cheaper. With the cost incurrend in calling customer care, CTO, my petrol expense in getting these people its a total absurd.

Now the business guy is educating me on the fact that if i cross 75 MB the speed will drop down to 24 KBPS from 32Kbps. I guess they found time only after two months to tell this. This is broad-day cheating.

I suggest any Sify users not to renew their pain of browsing. And new users please don't walk into this, it will cost you dear money.

Regards,
Harish

Source: E-Mail

The Sify broadband service is really pathetic

The Sify broadband service is really pathetic. The GNU client is so troublesome to use, it does not connect when I am not logged in as a superuser or root, though the helpfile says that root authentication is required only for the first time when u install the client. Broadband service in India is useless on a whole, there is no operator offering good speeds at reasonable prices. The customer support is equally frustrating, they dont know anything. The moment I say that I am not able to connect, they ask me to click on Start, click on Run, and type ipconfig.... What the hell? I am using Fedora Core 2.. How on God's green earth am I supposed to find a Start and a Run on my desktop. And when I tell them that I am using Linux... they ask me to click on the Troubleshoot icon.. There is no Troubleshoot icon on the Linux client.... These guys dont even know how their company's stuff works. Since the MTNL service has started, I hope that these guys start offering better service, or else they will start losing out customers.

Source: Ashish Narmen

Sify Broadband Sucks. You need Proof?

New Problem with Sify Broadband

Sify disconnects me after every half hour

For god sake, how low you have to go?

Sify Broadband is a nightmare for downloaders

With limits like 75megs a day, it is practically a hellish affair for the users of Sify Broadband. Check some latest experiences here:

75MB limit further reduced?

Sify Corporation Job Site

Sify : Careers says:

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Currently we are looking for world-class professionals to fill a variety of positions in our organization.

Click on the links below to take your pick of the openings available.

Now, anyone who has seen their login client for Sify Broadband would know how smart software developers they have. Or how nicely they utilize their skills in real world scenarios.

For people who are looking for a decent alternative for sify broadband clients... check out: EasySify or SuperSify

Confessions of a Sify Broadband Engineer

Me my self is Sify broadband engg. I don’t want 2 mention my name,
i am sorry 4 that , n I know I sify is more concentrating on new customer. As I am under TM(territory manager ). I have got instruction to give preference to new registration rather than troubleshooting .i am tell u this because I use to give more preference to troubleshooting , due 2 this there customer base was less I got transfer to another area.

Source: Anonymous

Sify Broadband Alternative Clients

Looks like my leaving Sify Broadband for Airtel Broadband has influenced so many programmers that Alternative Sify Broadband Clients are coming out on a daily basis. I have already seen three released in the last couple of days. Here is the list.

Sify Broadband client by Bhushan Tiwari

The page seems to have disappeared suddenly but the C code file still exists here. The cache of the original page can be accessed from here as long as Google keeps it!

EasySify by Bhaskar Kishore

This one seems to be the most popular at the moment. It has been released as an open source community project on SourceForge. The feature list is:

• Connection Keep Alive - Keeps your connection active as soon as the network
  is restored. It also acts a check to see if the Sify Servers are responding
  or not.


• Default Home Page Launch Selection - You can choose to launch the default
  homepage or not.


• Ram Usage - Drastic Decrease in RAM usage. Despite of the fact that the
  current Build 57 is done on unoptimised and sloppy code (Very Tired :}) the
  following RAM usage figures are obtained :-
  
  
  
  • 6.2 Mb RAM Usage when EasySify window is open and Login has been successful.
    A 17% Decrease.
  
  
  • 0.5 Mb RAM Usage when EasySify is minimised via menu and keep alive
    is disabled.
  
  
  • 2.5 Mb RAM Usage when EasySify is minimised via menu and keep alive
    is enabled.
    
    
    
    The BBClient v2.52 by Sify uses about 7.5Mb of RAM at all times.
    
    Of course these figures may vary a little. I just used Task Manager to
    keep track of memory usage.
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Smaller Install Size.


• Version Compatible with BBClient 2.5.2

SuperSify by our own infernalproteus

This one is just released and claims to just consume 80KB of Physical Memory. The features are:

Apart from logging you on, keeping you on, and logging you off; SuperSify doesn't do much else. The really cool part about it is, the really small memory footprint. As compared to Sify's official clients - it takes a maximum of around 80KB of Physical Memory. eighty kilobytes. Compare that to the 8 MB that you lose to the Win32 client and the 15 - 20 MB which you lose to the Java client, I'd say it's worth not having a GUI ... for now.

Bhaskar and infernalproteus have opened separate threads on the Sify Broadband Discussion Forum to ask for user inputs and suggestions. Join in the debate!

EasySify | SuperSify