ACT Fibernet Collaborates with Amazon Prime to Offer Prime Lite Benefits to Consumers

Combining fast internet with the best of entertainment, shipping and shopping benefits, ACT Fibernet, India’s prominent wired Internet Service Provider, has partnered with Amazon Prime to launch new Prime Lite plans, delivering unparalleled value.

These new plans provide customers with seamless, high-speed internet coupled with unlimited access to premium entertainment through Prime Video. With Prime Lite subscriptions, members can enjoy unparalleled entertainment from Prime Video’s extensive library of award-winning and blockbuster Indian and international Originals, TV shows, movies, and more, on a single device of their choice, in HD quality. Prime members also enjoy benefits like free unlimited Same-Day/Next-Day delivery, special access to everyday Prime offers, exclusive access to shopping events like Prime Day, and early access to Amazon Great Indian Festival.

With these new plans, customers will continue to enjoy Amazon Prime for as long as they stay subscribed to the eligible ACT plan.

Naveen Nahar, ACT, VP, head of brands, content and partnerships, “At ACT Fibernet, our brand promise is simple — Feel the Advantage. It’s about going beyond fast internet to deliver real, everyday value to our customers. With the launch of Amazon Prime Lite on our platform, we’re giving our users the best of entertainment, shopping, and convenience — all in one seamless experience. Whether its world class shows, free express deliveries, or early access to deals, this partnership ensures our customers don’t just stay connected, they stay ahead.”

“At Prime Video, we remain committed to offering easy and convenient access to our much-loved Originals, movies, series, and more to customers across India,” said Shilangi Mukherji, Director & Head, SVOD Business, Prime Video, India. “This strategic collaboration with ACT Fibernet not only simplifies access to Prime Video's extensive content selection but also delivers other shopping & shipping benefits of Prime Lite, like unlimited free ‘Same-day/Next-Day’ delivery across millions of products, early access to exclusive deals, and much more."

The new plans are available to all ACT customers - both new and existing - who subscribe for 6 months or longer.

Below is a list of cities and their corresponding starting rates for Prime Lite with ACT Plans:

S.No	City	ACT x Amazon Plans Starting from:
1	Delhi	₹ 700
2	Jaipur	₹ 699
3	Lucknow	₹ 699
4	Ahmedabad	₹ 699
5	Hyderabad	₹ 798
6	Andhra Pradesh	₹ 778
7	Pune	₹ 998
8	Hosur	₹ 999
9	Tumkur	₹ 999
10	Tamil Nadu	₹ 749
11	Bangalore	₹ 949
12	Warangal	₹ 789
13	Ghaziabad	? 700

Google to now rate your ISP's Video streaming quality

Watching a video online is a task for most of us. As soon as we click on a video to play, it starts buffering, then begins, then suddenly stops and starts buffering again and the cycle keeps on going like this. This leaves the viewer highly unsatisfied as the beauty of the clip somewhere dies due to the constant interruptions. But it seems Google has finally taken a note of our video woes and come to the rescue.

Google, the internet giant has now started rating Internet Service Providers’ (ISP) video streaming quality on a new website called - Google Video quality report. This step by Google can be seen as the most recent development in the constant blame game which goes on between content companies and broadband providers over who is responsible for the slow streaming speeds.

A typical YouTube video playback consists of a YouTube client (player) fetching video bytes in a streaming fashion from a YouTube server (CDN), in one or more requests (e.g. HTTP GET). The first step in determining ISP ratings is to measure the sustained speed at which these video bytes are transferred from server to the client.

The ratings represent the video streaming quality you can expect (at least 90% of the time) when you watch YouTube on an Internet Service Provider in a specific area. Google rate you ISPs in three categories as below -

• YouTube HD Verified: Users on YouTube HD Verified networks should expect smooth playback most of the time when watching high-definition YouTube videos (720p and above).



• Standard Definition: Users on networks rated as Standard Definition should expect smooth playback on standard-definition YouTube videos (360p) and may experience occasional interruptions on high-definition YouTube videos (720p and above).



• Lower Definition: Users on networks rated as Lower Definition may experience fuzzy picture quality and frequent interruptions while playing YouTube videos at 360p and above.

A link to the website showing the streaming quality of the ISP would immediately appear, whenever the buffering speed on YouTube would be slow.

According to the website, there are many factors which influence your video streaming quality, including your choice for Internet Service Provider. The website not only helps you learn about how your ISP performs but it also helps you in understanding your further options. The website which was launched in May has recently started gaining popularity.



The website also explains how a video reaches you in a nutshell. Whenever a user clicks play on a video on YouTube, it carries the data through its system to the user’s ISP via the most efficient path possible. Sometimes, they use less direct path during exceptional circumstances. The second step involves the user’s ISP receiving the user’s video from YouTube and then the ISP begins the important job of carrying it across their network to the user’s home. They must ensure that there is enough capacity when they receive the data from YouTube. Otherwise the user’s streaming quality would suffer.

The last step involves the video traveling in the user's house. In addition to the congestion in the user's ISP's network, the user’s video performance can also be affected by the size of the ISP’s connection into the user’s home, the user’s Wi-Fi setup, and other in-home factors such as connected devices.

The internet giant will rate the ISPs based on how quickly billions of hours YouTube videos watched every month load over thirty days and divide those results by provider and location to determine the quality of performance the viewers get 90 % of the time.

Google to now rate your ISP's Video streaming quality

Watching a video online is a task for most of us. As soon as we click on a video to play, it starts buffering, then begins, then suddenly stops and starts buffering again and the cycle keeps on going like this. This leaves the viewer highly unsatisfied as the beauty of the clip somewhere dies due to the constant interruptions. But it seems Google has finally taken a note of our video woes and come to the rescue.

Google, the internet giant has now started rating Internet Service Providers’ (ISP) video streaming quality on a new website called - Google Video quality report. This step by Google can be seen as the most recent development in the constant blame game which goes on between content companies and broadband providers over who is responsible for the slow streaming speeds.

A typical YouTube video playback consists of a YouTube client (player) fetching video bytes in a streaming fashion from a YouTube server (CDN), in one or more requests (e.g. HTTP GET). The first step in determining ISP ratings is to measure the sustained speed at which these video bytes are transferred from server to the client.

The ratings represent the video streaming quality you can expect (at least 90% of the time) when you watch YouTube on an Internet Service Provider in a specific area. Google rate you ISPs in three categories as below -

• YouTube HD Verified: Users on YouTube HD Verified networks should expect smooth playback most of the time when watching high-definition YouTube videos (720p and above).



• Standard Definition: Users on networks rated as Standard Definition should expect smooth playback on standard-definition YouTube videos (360p) and may experience occasional interruptions on high-definition YouTube videos (720p and above).



• Lower Definition: Users on networks rated as Lower Definition may experience fuzzy picture quality and frequent interruptions while playing YouTube videos at 360p and above.

A link to the website showing the streaming quality of the ISP would immediately appear, whenever the buffering speed on YouTube would be slow.

According to the website, there are many factors which influence your video streaming quality, including your choice for Internet Service Provider. The website not only helps you learn about how your ISP performs but it also helps you in understanding your further options. The website which was launched in May has recently started gaining popularity.



The website also explains how a video reaches you in a nutshell. Whenever a user clicks play on a video on YouTube, it carries the data through its system to the user’s ISP via the most efficient path possible. Sometimes, they use less direct path during exceptional circumstances. The second step involves the user’s ISP receiving the user’s video from YouTube and then the ISP begins the important job of carrying it across their network to the user’s home. They must ensure that there is enough capacity when they receive the data from YouTube. Otherwise the user’s streaming quality would suffer.

The last step involves the video traveling in the user's house. In addition to the congestion in the user's ISP's network, the user’s video performance can also be affected by the size of the ISP’s connection into the user’s home, the user’s Wi-Fi setup, and other in-home factors such as connected devices.

The internet giant will rate the ISPs based on how quickly billions of hours YouTube videos watched every month load over thirty days and divide those results by provider and location to determine the quality of performance the viewers get 90 % of the time.