Bees.mu, a product of Bharat Telecom finally launches fibre optic internet in Mauritius. Who's signing up?

3.4K views

23 replies

10 users

For those who've been awaiting the cheap broadband internet service in Mauritius from Bharat Telecom, there's good news as the service has now been launched today, 1st October 2012. There's a limited and an unlimited plan which is basically just a cap on the bandwidth that you get.

package prices

Website : Bees.mu

Note : Seems like it's available for people in Quatre-Bornes only at the moment! You can put down your name if you live in another region and they will contact you as soon as it becomes available.

Anyone signing up for this? What are your thoughts?

23 Replies

Peaches Level 3

Well I won't be jumping on the bandwagon anytime soon because it has only just launched and like you know there are bound to be some issues. I'll wait a few more months and then check back, if the feedback is good then why not, the packages are affordable plus I am fed up with the lack of programmes on TV so eagerly waiting info on that too.

1 Reply

gices Level 6

Yep, let's just hope the feedback from the bee users is good :)

anonymous_4 Level 1

Bad service ..... Not good at all

LeGamer Level 1

Really... do you have statistics? Did you do intensive tests to prove what you say? I would be interested to know why do you think the service is bad... instead of baseless comments.

On my part, I did an unbiased / neutral review.

Indeed there are the good parts and bad part about Bees from Bharat Telecom but the most important thing is that it was indeed superior to the MyT ( ADSL ) that I used for 6 years.

When you think about the number of years Orange / Mauritius Telecom was milking our money with a service not worth of what we paid for, then you should be happy that a competitor came here to shake things up.

Iron_Man Level 2

Hmmmm the offers are interesting... The Performance seems nice because I download lots of large files(and the budget at home is limited)... :p
Now I just need info about the TV channels...

Many people will sign up for Bharat... Mauritius Telecom should be afraid, very afraid.. :D

gices Level 6

Unlimited bandwidth is the way to go :)

Iron_Man Level 2

yes but for people with strictly low budget/income and who want to enjoy internet facilities(for themselves or for their children), the starter and upgrade are good...given that the said children don't go on some "sites" to download movies... :p

Khush_Mendossa Level 3

Waiting for it in my home town.
Premium seems nice for me.

gices Level 6

Get in the queue, I'm before you, lol

moricien Level 2

Lets wait and see how it works. Many people gonna sign up for this. WE'll have their feedback, and from their feedback we can deduce the QoS BT is offering.

gices Level 6

It can't be worse than Mauritius Telecom/Orange now, can it?

moricien Level 2

For sure, it gonna be better than MT, by the way MT is on the way of launching fiber optic soon..

gices Level 6

Is that going to be through the electricity cable like BT?

moricien Level 2

I didn't get much info on it. But when I'll the info, I'll surely post it here :)

sphinx Level 2

That's a start and although the price of the package is quite attractive, I think the bandwidth limit is a problem. When you have a slow internet connection, you tend to spend less time online because of the rather frustrating experience but with faster speeds, you'll be more tempted to browse more, so you'll easily eat up all your bandwidth. The average user consumes 4Gb in a month and that's with limited YouTube access and no large file downloading.

The company says that if you reach your bandwidth limit, you'll get dropped to 64Kbps from 2Mbps - that's like dial up internet speed!

If you want the unlimited bandwidth package, then you have to fork out Rs1219 which I suppose is a bit cheaper than MyT (Rs1499).

I suppose though that this gives us customers more choice and hopefully better internet service (more reliable?) and that's going to increase competition amongst IPS and bring broadband prices down.

gices Level 6

If other ISPs don't cut down the costs of their internet packages, Bees/Bharat Telecom will get all their customers for sure.

ziya Level 2

I dont think that I would sign for this as it might not be available for where I live and there are many network problems where I live so I dont think this might work for me.But the packages are good and affordable price.

gices Level 6

Although they are only providing the service in the Quatre-Bornes area at the moment, they will cover the whole island soon. So hang in there and within no time, the good news will come knocking on your doors.