ACT Fibernet had increased the speed for its broadband customers in India to 300Mbps for ease of working from home during the COVID-19 epidemic in March as well as introduced unlimited fare use policy (FUP). Both these benefits were introduced with validity till March 31, but now the company has extended the deadline to 30th April. For customers who chose these benefits, this offer will automatically go ahead. This means that users do not need to make any registration or request to pursue this offer.
ACT Fibernet users are sharing screenshots of the company's app on Twitter, stating that high-speed and unlimited FUP benefits have been extended till April 30. The notice in the app reads (translated) 0 "You are already experiencing a speed of 300Mbps and enjoying unlimited data. It will be valid till 30th April, 2020. Please make sure you have the latest router, which supports 300Mbps speed.0 "Remind that the company had introduced these benefits to encourage Indian users who adopt 'Work from Home' Kalchar. These two advantages provided by the company are available in all markets in the country where ACT Fibernet operates. The speed of all entry-level plans has been increased to 100Mbps and the speed of all other plans has been given up to 300Mbps.
During the epidemic, many telecom operators have taken several steps to provide small, but significant relief to their customers. Rival Jio Fiber is offering new customers a broadband plan with a speed of 10Mbps and existing customers are getting the benefit of double data. Jio Phone users are getting free benefit of 100 calling minutes and 100 SMS till April 17. Airtel has enhanced the validity of 80 million ' low income customers ' and even put a talk time of Rs 10 on their number. BSNL has also offered similar benefits. Tata Sky has given customers a 7-day balance loan to protect accounts from being deactivated during lockdown.
BSNL and MTNL have also introduced work from home plans for their users. In which users get the benefit of 5GB of data per day at a speed of 10Mbps. ACT Fibernet users can take advantage of this option through the mobile app. Users get the option to upgrade plans on the mobile app's home page. For this you must first log in to your mobile app. After which you can upgrade your broadband plan.
India is currently undergoing a lockdown of 21 days, which is to end on April 14. The decision has been taken by the Government to prevent the spread of kerosenvirus. There are 1,466 positive cases of COVID-19 in India till the news is written and 38 people have died.