Airtel is the official broadband sponsor for the cricket on YouTube.
As a special gift, all Airtel Broadband users will be automatically upgraded to 2Mbps speed to enjoy uninterrupted viewing of live IPL cricket on youtube. Note that this offer is only valid for the IPL season i.e. 12th March to 25th April.
Now everyone will be able to experience the rich internet experience at an amazingly high speed of 2 Mbps, just like watching Live TV.
There are a few conditions though (as expected).
1 – The 2 Mbps speed is an automatic upgrade , only applicable for www.youtube.com/ipl
2 – For all others site customers will get their current plan speeds.
3 – While there is no charge for 2Mbps upgrade , Streaming on youtube will be considered as part of data transfer limits of your current broadband tariff plan.
4 – The 2 Mbps bandwidth is not guaranteed all the time and is dependent of traffic. Our endeavor is to provide 2 Mbps on best effort basis.
5 – Upgraded speed of 2 Mbps applicable only for live cricket streaming on youtube.com/ipl page and not for other YouTube content.
Interesting
One more stupid marketing gimmick by Airtel to rip off customers by making them transfer more data so that it could bill them for extra usage. How about an unlimited data transfer cap on the IPL site, Airtel?