The best broadband offers available across India

[Raaabo]

Hey all,

I just thought this thread could list out all the best broadband offers from various ISPs across the country. Might turn out to be useful information for those who don't know about what's available.

The idea is to fill in this form:

ISP:
City:
Specific Areas:
Plan Name:
Speed Offered:
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb):
Validity:
Price:
Comments:


For example, I have heard that Reliance Powersurfer is planning this offer:

ISP: Reliance powersurfer
City: Mumbai
Specific Areas: Bandra to Andheri
Plan Name: (not released yet)
Speed Offered: 256 Kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): Unlimited
Validity: NA
Price: Rs 2,500 per month
Comments: Always on, Public IP

or

ISP: Exactnet
City: Mumbai
Specific Areas: Bandra (that i know of)
Plan Name: dunno
Speed Offered: 1 Mbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): 1 Gb
Validity: 3 months
Price: Rs 1150
Comments: haven't met any Exactnet users so far!

Let's see what's available out there, and the more from outside Mumbai the better :)


thanks


Raaabo

[babumuchhala]

ISP:Sify Broadband
City:Vashi, Navi Mumbai
Specific Areas:Vashi
Plan Name: -
Speed Offered: 40 kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): Unlimited
Validity: 1 Month/2Month
Price:Rs 295/Rs 550.
Comments: Good for anyone who dosent want the headache of huge telephone bills without any speed keeds

Sify Broadband is company for which Broadband exists only in its Name and NO WHERE ELSE

[vysakh]

ISP: ASIANET DATALINE
City: COCHIN, TRIVANDRUM, KOZHIKODE
Specific Areas:"
Plan Name: dont know
Speed Offered:256 kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): UNLIMITED
Validity: 1 month
Price: Rs 99 and 25 per hr extra usage
Comments: modem rent Rs 99

[harish_21_10]

ISP: Bharati Airtel
City: Hyderabad
Specific Areas:Abids
Plan Name: -
Speed Offered:64 kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): UNLIMITED
Validity: UNLIMITED
Price: 600pm(500pm for me)
Comments:Real value for money

[lywyre]

ISP:Sify Broadband
Speed Offered: 40 kbps
Sify Broadband is company for which Broadband exists only in its Name and NO WHERE ELSE


:!: 40kbps :?: Broadband :?: Kidding :?:

[drvarunmehta]

ISP: Spearhead
City: Mumbai
Specific Areas: Bandra to Andheri
Plan Name: -
Speed Offered: 64 kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): Unlimited
Validity: 1 month
Price: Rs. 600
Comments: No installation charges

[ctrl_alt_del]

ISP: Ortel
City: Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack
Specific Areas: None, provides Net service in these two Cities to whichever home has an existing cable TV connection from the same company.
Plan: Home Economy
Speed Offered: 256 kbps
Usage Limitation: 600 Mb/month, free downloads from 11PM to 9AM.
Validity:Monthly
Price:500 pm
Comments: Extremely good service. Although advertises broadband speeds, I am able to get download speeds of around 60-70 kbps. Uses DOCSIS 2.0 technology. Getting a cable modem is a must, so initial charges come around to 1500/-. Each month I am able to download around 10 Gbs of data, so I guess this service is more than satisfactory.

[sohummisra]

First of all, you guys may want to know that the government of India defines broadband as internet access at download speeds of faster than 256 kbps. So anything less than that...is not broadband.

[ctrl_alt_del]

That, most of us know here. But then I think there will be hardly any posts here if we were to go strictly by that arguement.

[rockyj123]

ISP: Hathway
City: Mumbai
Specific Areas:Mumbai
Plan: Home:Infinity
Speed Offered: 48-64 kbps
Usage Limitation: unlimited
Validity:Monthly
Price:499 pm
Comments: Good for avoiding telephone bills

[Raaabo]

I'm not interested in "broadband", because then none of us could post anything here.

I'm talking of solutions that ISPs "call" broadband. Also post if your ISP provides higher speed plans that you cannot afford. This doesn't only have to be about what connection you have, it could also be about what currently offered connection you want.

Raaabo

[sunnydiv]

rabs i liked the idea, whens this reliance thing comin ne ideas

[klinux]

could u add another field

Actually download speed peak and off-peak . ie the "kBps"

eg 56k dial up offers only 4-7 kBps during peak hours .

companies might give HUGE offers , but actual speed might be better .

Plus totaly package , including modem / service and how they rate the service and support

[lywyre]

Although this is not or is not advertised as Broadband, this is comparable or even better than the previously mentioned.

ISP: TATA (Indicom)
City: Vellore (TN)
Specific Areas: Anywhere in the reach of Tower [CDMA]
Plan Name: Plan 240
Speed Offered: Max of 115kbps (consistently above 60kbps)
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): Unlimited
Validity: Monthly
Price: Rs.1500.00 per month
Comments: I get a decent and consitent 7.5kBps download speed. With Microsoft and such good sites with speed I even get above 9kBps. Telephone charges are accounted seperately while billing.

P.S: I download more that 2GB data per month. Last month I downloaded 3CDs of Mandrake 10 Community release and more. Now I am downloading Solaris 10 (4CDs)

[sohummisra]

I'm not interested in "broadband", because then none of us could post anything here.

It ain't really broadband if it ain't broadband. Whatever. I don't have broadband yet (still dial-up) but I'm looking for comments on MTNL's Tri-Band and BSNL's new schemes.

[daj123]

It ain't really broadband if it ain't broadband. Whatever. I don't have broadband yet (still dial-up) but I'm looking for comments on MTNL's Tri-Band and BSNL's new schemes.
One word pal - SUCKS!!! My friends have tested both MTNL, BSNL tested their "broadband" connections and they got very LOW speeds ;). Sometimes they used to get speeds equivalent to dial up or less. These guys just dont have ENOUGH infrastructure in place to cope with the demand. Besides they have very bad limits on downloads :(

[sohummisra]

Okay... I was almost getting hopeful then. I guess I'll just spend the last few months in India with dialup and then real broadband calls me!

[daj123]

where are you heading off?

[Ricky]

ISP: HUTCH
City: Agra (U.P.)
Specific Areas: Everywhere there is mobile service of hutch.
Plan: Hutch Access
Speed Offered: 384 kbps (peek using EDGE)
Usage Limitation: not yet any.
Validity:Monthly
Price:500 pm
Comments: -. Had used using GPRS .. was so bad.. slower than dialup, now got new set . EDGE enabled.. in testing stage.. ie on other pc (demo at their office).. getting downloads at 13 kBps..
Will update as will get it activated on my connection.
NOTE: as compared to download speed.. surfing is quite slow.. I donno why.

HUTCH INTERNET ON A EDGE PHONE S***CKS from 12 PM to 12 AM .. In morning you can reach upto 200 kbps .. avg remains 150 kbps ... but after 12.. it is nothing less than a HELL ..
(I soon going to get landline phone )

More Info : I am worried if hutch guys gonna start charning per 20kb data transfer ..

[ramank]

ISP: Iqara Broadband ( http://www.iqara.net )
City: Chennai
Specific Areas: Adyar, Thiruvanmiyur (don't know about other areas)
Plan Name: two unlimited and many limited plans
Speed Offered: 256 Kbps (one of the limited plan)
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): 1GB
Validity: 31 days
Price: Rs 500 one-time non-refundable payment for modem, no installation charges, Rs.651 per month (Inclusive of modem rent & tax)
Comments: Dynamic IP, service was poor before, but better now

UPDATED: tariff, specific areas
Visit their site (http://www.iqara.net) for more information.

[great_manish]

ISP: Airtel GPRS
City: kolkata
Specific Areas:entire india (almost)
Plan Name: mobile office
Speed Offered: i get 7 KBps d/l speeds
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): unlimited
Validity: one month
Price: Rs. 99
Comments: doesnt get cheaper than this

[ctrl_alt_del]

Now thats a great offer! Does one need a GPRS enabled cell phone for that?

Here is a deatiled table for all the services provided by my service provider.
http://www.ortel.net/services.asp

[TheGuru]

ISP: Touchtel (now Airtel Broadband) [Bharti]
City: Bangalore
Specific Areas: JP Nagar
Plan Name: Probably, its called Unlimited 128??!!??
Speed Offered: 128 Kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): NA
Validity: NA
Price: 900/- pm
Comments: This is the best deal you can get. The service is simply superb. I get a consistent 14 KBps to 16 KBps download speed. Never seen the connection go down. ADSL. "Good-enough broadband". The good news is that they will announce new tariff plans soon! Hope there will be some surprises there!
http://airtel-broadband.com/tariffhd.htm

[icecoolz]

ISP: Relience Broadband
City: Bangalore
Specific Areas: JP Nagar
Plan Name: Plan 750 Plan 1200 Plan 3000
Speed Offered: 128, 256, 512
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): 10gb
Validity: NA
Price: Rs 750 for the 128, 1200 for 256 and 3000 for 512

Ok this is the official word I got from the website and after speaking to customer service reps in Bangalore. I will be speaking to a rep directly as I told them I want to get it installed at home. So as I know more the loop holes, if any, I will keep you updated. So far a 10gb download limit looks good!

[Choto Cheeta]

ISP: Airtel GPRS
City: kolkata
Specific Areas:entire india (almost)
Plan Name: mobile office
Speed Offered: i get 7 KBps d/l speeds
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): unlimited
Validity: one month
Price: Rs. 99
Comments: doesnt get cheaper than this


u r kidding.... i use the same connection.... never got speed over 1.5 kbps of downloading with DAP..... & without DAP it around 0.5-0.6 kbps.....

[valtea]

Can somebody do something to move these giants to the North Eastern States (Mizoram) we have only crapy Dial up here

[Choto Cheeta]

mizoram.....

bsnl will go there...... with its so called broadband.... but dont aks when

[icecoolz]

ok..update. This is what I got in my email this morning :



Thank you for showing interest in Reliance Broadband services.

With reference to your query regarding the data download limit, we would like to inform you that Reliance Broadband service is delivered over dedicated “always on� connectivity. However, for the larger interests of the Internet user community a cap of 10 GB is considered.

Further if your are interested Reliance Broadband services, we request you to provide us the following information :

1. Your correspondence address.
2. Complete address of the place where the connection is required along with the pin code.
3. Usage purpose (e.g.: - Residential/Corporate).

Looking forward to serve you.



sounds promising. Wonder if the limit is monthly. Will reply to them and see. Still yet to get a rep to talk to me. Will keep you updated

[valtea]

Hope they come to Mizoram too

[goobimama]

I like my B-fone connection. its always on and no problem of bills and stuff. Plus, 4 KBps isn't all that bad.....I am running out of stuff to download...

[great_manish]

ISP: Airtel GPRS
City: kolkata
Specific Areas:entire india (almost)
Plan Name: mobile office
Speed Offered: i get 7 KBps d/l speeds
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): unlimited
Validity: one month
Price: Rs. 99
Comments: doesnt get cheaper than this


u r kidding.... i use the same connection.... never got speed over 1.5 kbps of downloading with DAP..... & without DAP it around 0.5-0.6 kbps.....

even my nokia 6610 does not support speeds above 43.3kbps but i always get avg d/l speeds of 6-7kBps using dap.

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[ichirag]

About BSNL dataone service tariff one can refer to following link
http://www.bsnl.co.in/service/dataone_tariff.htm

[pradeep_chauhan]

Good News Guys My Data One Connection is up and running I am getting a speed of 254.8 kilobits per second and the connection is stable for the past one hour Thank you BSNL for the lovely gift

[valtea]

I wonder when will they come here.....

Till noe even bfone is out of reach 4 us

[hikapil]

Did any one know hen DataOne is coming in Jaipur.

[lavanian]

...so does any one have an idea how good (or bad) BSNL's Rs 500 per month broad band is?

[hikapil]

...so does any one have an idea how good (or bad) BSNL's Rs 500 per month broad band is?

Ya we have read many reviewes about MTNL from many users.

Please share your viewes who have used BSNL's broadband.

And please also mention how they are calculating the bandwidth. to calculate the monthly Limit.

[icecoolz]

monthly limit is quite simple really. Each machine has a MAC address which they will note and they will track ur downloads using that. The MAC address is almost impossible to change and hence cannot be bypassed. So whatever goes in/out of ur machine will be logged and hence they will account for ur downloads

[demoninside]

hey ice i don't mean to regreat your comment,
But it's not tough to bypass MAC(plese in the world we live in "Impossible is nothing") even i guess a lot of buddy knows it.

[pradeep_chauhan]

changing the MAC address is a 10 sec job without use of any s/w tools or anything. Its that easy

[icecoolz]

oh great ones...plz teach me as to how :) Interesting...then this poses the question as to how. Ur IP usually isnt static. IP binding to the Network Card ? That might be a possibility. Since you cant change ur network cards and get it to work. hmmm....

[bharathbala2003]

ISP: ZEENET
City: Bangalore
Specific Areas: Jayanagar
Plan Name: 64K Unlimited and 128 K unlimited
Speed Offered: 64Kbps and 128 Kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): Unlimited
Validity: One Month
Price: 500/- for 64K and 800 for 128K
Comments: This is the best deal you can get. The service is simply superb. I get a consistent 6-8 KBps download speed in my 64K connection.

[pradeep_chauhan]

Sorry guys Data One Beats all others hands down. Rs 500 -> 256K ---> Unlimited (6 Months) No one can beat it.

[ctrl_alt_del]

Thats all is quite fine but whats the sustained data transfer rates? Thats what we all want to know!

[pradeep_chauhan]

the sustained data rate is 30KB/Sec Its rock steady.

[ctrl_alt_del]

Hmm, sameas mine. Guess then I will stick to my current connection. :)

[Raaabo]

Nice to see such a good response. Hope this thread will help those looking to get the right ISP and bandwidth in their city. Come on all you guys from smaller cities, start posting already!

Raaabo

[mamba]

hey ppl
just got myself a sify 2 months unlimited 96kbps connection 4 1895 /-
its givin me a DL rate of bout 15kbps , in the after noon !!! , think it will go up in the night .
this much is enuf 4 me

1 more thing , u can increase ur bandwith by up 2 20 % :wink: :wink:
herez how -
run --> gpedit.msc --> local computer policy --> computer configuration --> administrative templates --> network --> QoS packet scheduler --> limit reservable bandwith --> enabled --> bandwith limit --> 0%

thus bandwith limit is redused frm 20% 2 0%
happy surfin
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[mamba]

hey
got a problem
i m able 2 surf n download things frm web sites , but aint able 2 download through other software eg . kazaa , bitorrent , warez p2p , n all other p2p clients . VOTS UP ???????
REPLY SOON , NE1

[bharathbala2003]

hmm mayb sify doesn support P2P transfers.. is that a possible reason??

[detj2004]

I'm not interested in "broadband", because then none of us could post anything here.

It ain't really broadband if it ain't broadband. Whatever. I don't have broadband yet (still dial-up) but I'm looking for comments on MTNL's Tri-Band and BSNL's new schemes.

Well, its a new a ADSL service frm BSNL & MTNL
Registration is fast and easy and online. Its now opened 4 just a few (7) cities but will open soon 4 around 198 cities covering all d major cities of India
Click : http://bsnl.co.in/service/dataone.htm for more info.
Click for registration online : http://www.bsnl.co.in/service/dataoneform.php

[detj2004]

hey
got a problem
i m able 2 surf n download things frm web sites , but aint able 2 download through other software eg . kazaa , bitorrent , warez p2p , n all other p2p clients . VOTS UP ???????
REPLY SOON , NE1
R u using n e firewall. U need to make rules for specific clients.
Like eMule uses port 4672 (UDP) & port 4662 (TCP)
Shareaza uses port 6346. So u see u need to make rules 4 these in r firewall

[babumuchhala]

hey
got a problem
i m able 2 surf n download things frm web sites , but aint able 2 download through other software eg . kazaa , bitorrent , warez p2p , n all other p2p clients . VOTS UP ???????
REPLY SOON , NE1
Sify is known to block ports where there would be huge use of bandwitdh.
Just change the ports which these use to any random number arround the default ports. and use them like i do. Just remember to test those ports after u change them.

I have Sify 40kbps and had to change the default ports to get a high id in eMule.

[mamba]

hey
got a problem
i m able 2 surf n download things frm web sites , but aint able 2 download through other software eg . kazaa , bitorrent , warez p2p , n all other p2p clients . VOTS UP ???????
REPLY SOON , NE1
R u using n e firewall. U need to make rules for specific clients.
Like eMule uses port 4672 (UDP) & port 4662 (TCP)
Shareaza uses port 6346. So u see u need to make rules 4 these in r firewall
no firewallz 4 me , even disabled the windows firewall option

[babumuchhala]

^ Hey did changig the ports help :?: :?:

[alexdonwarez]

Nice to see msg's abt BROADBAND, but in my town we r still in Dial- up connection, even though our place is one of the major ports of INDIA.

[Scorpion]

Mine is sify Unlimited 48Kbps and P2P works fine.
There is a problem with a few sites though.
The only problem is with the gmail POP access. It plainly refuses.

[Ricky]

ISP: Airtel GPRS
City: kolkata
Specific Areas:entire india (almost)
Plan Name: mobile office
Speed Offered: i get 7 KBps d/l speeds
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): unlimited
Validity: one month
Price: Rs. 99
Comments: doesnt get cheaper than this


u r kidding.... i use the same connection.... never got speed over 1.5 kbps of downloading with DAP..... & without DAP it around 0.5-0.6 kbps.....

Saurav is right..
I think he is having EDGE phone ;)

[great_manish]

no guys its not an edge phone, its just a plain simple nokia 6610 !!

in the beginning even i hated my connection but suddenly the speeds have rocketed for abt the past two months, now i even download huge s/w from the net like photoshop(arnd 160 mb)

[drgrudge]

I am on BSNL's dataone and it rocks completely..., total bliss for a long time Dial up user like me...

[Harman]

Why North-India is lagging back?????????????????????

i'm helpless.....................

the best offer here is by:
AirTel (Bharti)
GPRS(+EDGE) @ Rs.20 per Day.
FLAT!

I have SGH-C100. speed i get iz approx 10kbps.
Only problem is dat ur phone is Busy! Call-Waiting does't work..

Never tasted EDGE..

Kip Smiling ppl!!

[Harman]

Also..........

GPRS cards are available @ Rs 700/-
Validity 2months..
FLAT!

Dat's it!

Kip Smiling PPL!!

Say "Yo!"

[mamba]

hey guys,
seems that now no vot the problem is
the problem is these *** holes (sify) have blocked some of the ports , due 2 which m not able 2 use ne p2p service . NE !!!!
called them up , say would look into the matter .
ne of u guys faced ne such thing ??

[vysakh]

known problem with sify

[ctrl_alt_del]

With the DataOne making inroads, our Cable service provider was forced to change its tariff plans. Here are the new plans:

256kB- 24hrs- 600Mb limit- cable tv- 675/-

256kB- 24hrs- 600Mb limit- no cable TV- 500/-

256kB- 12hrs- unlimited downlds- cable TV- 500/-

256kB- 12hrs- unlimited dwnlds- no cable TV- 300/-

256kB- 24hrs- 1.6Gb downlds- cable TV- 1000/-

*Note: In all capped packages, downloading is free from 11PM to 7AM

These are the new tariffs for home users. There are many more plans for the Office, SoHo and Cafe owners.

[richard nightly]

ISP: Hathway
City: Mumbai
Specific Areas: Churchgate
Plan Name: Liteway 8-8
Speed Offered: 256kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): UNLIMITED
Validity: monthly
Price: Rs 400/-
Comments: VERY GOOD !! Only 8PM - 8AM conx + full day Sunday. 32 KB/s downloads

[mAYHEM]

Any body knows about TATA indicom broadband services.I have used Airtels (GPRS&EDGE) but its too slow nowadays.EDGE service by Hutch is pretty fast

[thegame_rulez]

guys how is net4india boradband? ne views on it pls.

[bharathbala2003]

Any body knows about TATA indicom broadband services.I have used Airtels (GPRS&EDGE) but its too slow nowadays.EDGE service by Hutch is pretty fast

check this site.. u may get the needed info..

http://www.tataindicom.com/products/internet/broadband_services.asp

guys how is net4india boradband? ne views on it pls.

http://broadband.net4india.net/html/usr-home.html

well when i chkd the site the option to broadband services the link wasnt active.. anyways try searchin.. and for queries there is a link below..

http://broadband.net4india.net/tmpl/usr-telephony.html

[ctrl_alt_del]

Is no one getting download rates of more then 30-35kBps?

[Raaabo]

I get 200 KBps on my office line ;)

[sr_ultimate]

ISP: Airtel GPRS
City: kolkata
Specific Areas:entire india (almost)
Plan Name: mobile office
Speed Offered: i get 7 KBps d/l speeds
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): unlimited
Validity: one month
Price: Rs. 99
Comments: doesnt get cheaper than this

@ saurav_cheeta
u r kidding.... i use the same connection.... never got speed over 1.5 kbps of downloading with DAP..... & without DAP it around 0.5-0.6 kbps.....

I
usually get - 7-8 kbyted/s
sometimes get - once it reached 1 MB/s ( i`m not kidding, donno how tho )

@great_manish
I use it for free 8)

[ctrl_alt_del]

I get 200 KBps on my office line ;)

Yeah! Showoff!! :evil: :lol:

Now, anyone not blessed with a T1 conncetion?

[enoonmai]

(sify) have blocked some of the ports , due 2 which m not able 2 use ne p2p service...


It looks like they dont have a standard policy for security and they just leave it to the individual admins to figure it out. I run Sify Broadband (?) too (was forced to upgrade actually) but once I did, I couldn't play HL2 or any other Steam game. An Nmap run pretty much confirmed that every port on the server with the exception of 25 and 80 were closed. I wrote to them and spoke to them, but its been over two months now. Customer service isnt really their forte.

BTW, has anyone gotten the ADSL connections from Airtel?

[drgrudge]

Is no one getting download rates of more then 30-35kBps?
Hmm, i get 31-34kbps with BSNL dataone...And thats nothing compared to raaabo's data transfer. :oops:

[icecoolz]

my corp T1 line in my current company is a 1MBPS. Still since its shared I get D/L of around 80-90kbps. My earlier companies corp line was a dual 45MBPS pipeline! I used to get smouldering speeds of around 2MBPS !!!!!

[ctrl_alt_del]

So its the same download speed on even the bets connections?

[enoonmai]

Hmm, i get 31-34kbps with BSNL dataone

Wow, you got a DataOne connection? I didn't know they had already started setting up connections. They contacted you or did you have to hound the Customer Service Cell? Are there port restrictions on the connection?

[Ashis]

Ok,.....
Now We have Cable Service in our City:-
http://img130.exs.cx/img130/5360/broadband0kg.th.gif (http://img130.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img130&image=broadband0kg.gif)
http://www.ortel.net/services.asp
Check Out its Packages.
& Dont Forget To look for The * sign in the Pic (Free Cable TV) :twisted:

[NikhilVerma]

ISP: Sikkanet
City: Lucknow
Speed Offered: 256kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): UNLIMITED
Validity: monthly
Price: Rs 600/-
Comments: Sould be good, looking forward to it...

[babumuchhala]

Well sify today launched 128 kbps fr Rs 995(Rs 500 fr Mumbai) but heres the catch and i quote frm the site:
Further, this product will also help to cater to the needs of the Small Office Home Office (SOHO) segment and even some of the SMEs. However, this product CANNOT BE USED BY CYBERCAFES. If the usage exceeds 150 MB in a day, then a validity reduction of one day will be made per 150 MB of extra usage in that day.
And the other package is night plan (usage 9pm - 9 am) fr Rs 650.
Link: http://www.sifybroadband.com/newul_pack.htm

Well sify has also started USER ID - IP ADDRESS- MAC ID BINDING. Any way to override this thing bcos every Sundays i use my cousins id(Sunday free fr hourly users) which gives 64kbps dedicated compared to my 40 kbps shared
Link: http://broadband.sify.com/bb_security.html

[Delpiero]

Can anyone tell what is the disconnection rate of tata broadband and hathway? . Sify gets disconnected a lot of times. Also tell me which is better in terms of speeds and reliability , tata or hathway.

[drgrudge]

Hmm, i get 31-34kbps with BSNL dataone

Wow, you got a DataOne connection? I didn't know they had already started setting up connections. They contacted you or did you have to hound the Customer Service Cell? Are there port restrictions on the connection?
Hmm, i guess only chennai users (and maybe b'lore) ppl get connection.

I dint hound the customer service , they just called me up and asked me to fill the form and pay money and after 4 days , i got my connection.

[enoonmai]

Hmm, i guess only chennai users (and maybe b'lore) ppl get connection.

Hmm, I live in Bangalore and I've been hounding the Customer Service Cells for my connection to no avail. Maybe its area-specific, like how DIAS was and they're planning to rollout in different areas at different times. But how about the connection itself? Are there port restrictions?

USER ID - IP ADDRESS- MAC ID BINDING. Any way to override this thing
There is absolutely no way around a MAC binding as its probably entered in the router's ACL and set to deny access from any other MAC address. It's crap, but that's the way most ISPs (the LAN based ones) are migrating to avoid freeloading and in some cases, using multiple computers to share a single connection at home (although this can be easily bypassed with a proxy/NAT)

[drgrudge]

But how about the connection itself? Are there port restrictions?
Yes the connection is good and sometimes it gets DC, but even then thats less than wht i used to have with my dial up...

There are no restriction as of now...

[iinfi]

any homeuser has reliance broadband connection ??

plz tell us ur experience ..... speed , customer service ,
is the billing system OK??

[ctrl_alt_del]

Any idea what the rates will be for DataOne once the introductory offer is over?

[mamba]

(sify) have blocked some of the ports , due 2 which m not able 2 use ne p2p service...


It looks like they dont have a standard policy for security and they just leave it to the individual admins to figure it out. I run Sify Broadband (?) too (was forced to upgrade actually) but once I did, I couldn't play HL2 or any other Steam game. An Nmap run pretty much confirmed that every port on the server with the exception of 25 and 80 were closed. I wrote to them and spoke to them, but its been over two months now. Customer service isnt really their forte.

BTW, has anyone gotten the ADSL connections from Airtel?

mines solved now ( atleast 4 the moment :lol: :lol: :lol: )
been a week with sify n they have enabled all the ports i wanted them 2 , n m ore , the admin said said that given kinnda ' full access ' . m content 4 the moment .
downloadin stuff :wink: :wink: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Ankit]

wel i think now sify is best option...even with 150 mb daily monthly usage can go as high as 4.5 gb....for 500 rs. this is not bad at alll.........

[babumuchhala]

But generally we dont have a daily usage of 150 MB its like on some days of the week ur data usage goes through the sky. Fr me its weekends when all downloads are in full swing. They should probably relax data limit after 10 PM and on Sundays. This would be really usefull fr Home users

[iinfi]

has MTNL started its broad band operations in all exchanges of mumbai ..
when i called 1500 their toll free no they didnt have a clue of what was going on .... :-(

reliance says it wud giv 10GB data transfer .... but they have not started operations in my area .....

we have an MTNL Base Station Transmitter atop our building ..... does MTNL offer internet services to people living in the building where their BST is installed ?? any idea ??

[bharathbala2003]

guys.. my frnd down in chennai says there is sum scheme in DATA one.. that has 256K unlimited connect. for 500.. wit 2000 deposit.. i dunno if its real.. can any1 there tell if its true.. i know its unlimited till june or sumthin.. but my frnd says its always... :?

[Charley]

Dont go in for BSNL dataone, its really lousy and slow...... They offered 256kpbs as min but the spoeed is actually ver less......

[pradeep_chauhan]

achacko@dataone.in
Come on dont give out generic ststements Data One is VERY GOOD and is GIVING 256k (31K download) in bangalore.

THANK YOU BSNL I LOVE YOU

[bharathbala2003]

can ny1 temme if wat i heard is true?? plz chacko dont tell data one aint good.. mayb not gud 2 u.. many in here say its rockin..

[Charley]

Dude, I've taken the connecition on Jan 20 right away and since the day 1 till tday i havent recvd speed above 25kpobs, its always been like that. It gets disconnected freqntly..... I got mine fixed an hour ago....

Soem might get it faster cos of the geograpohic loctions.....


Anyway dude tell me whether the monthly rental biling has started?

:roll:

[pradeep_chauhan]

Whats "25kpobs" ? Never heard this before. If you are bangalore come to my place and i will show you a speed of 256K (coffee included) and a down load of 32 KB. My address details are at my web site.

[infernus]

@Bharathbala2003
As you know it the unlimited connect is till June only(To encourage more people to take Dataone)@ 256kbps for Rs 500 . The Rs 2000 deposit is for the modem, i think. I dont think there is any unlimited connection from Dataone yet.

[Charley]

Whats "25kpobs" ? Never heard this before. If you are bangalore come to my place and i will show you a speed of 256K (coffee included) and a down load of 32 KB. My address details are at my web site.


Dude, let me clarify that it 256kpbs which means per sec 256 kb is transf, isnt it...... But then why even between 20-25 what i get a file of 1 mb takes abt 3-4 mins to downlaod..... shouldnt it donwload within 4 secs.....

Lemme know


:)

[infernus]

Ahh, there is your mistake. 256kbps doesnt meant you get a download speed of 256kbps. Download speed on a 256kbps connection is about 25-32kbps.

[Charley]

then what does the 64k, 128k connection from Zee next & Hathway ISP mean , is it fastr than mine or slower



:wink:

[bharathbala2003]

yup they are slower.. i have 64K unlimited connection from Zee.. and get downloads of max 7-8 Kb a sec..

[aadipa]

learn the basics


256 kbps = 32 KBps


the ISP talks in terms of kilo bits per second for their connection speed while users talk in terms of Kilo Bytes per second for the download speed.

[Charley]

Thats 256/8..... That means every sec 32 kb is transf ...... Thats pretty slow then because if u have downlaod large files like 50mb & above it'll take lot of time.....

Is there any software to speed up the connectn.....


Tks........ :)

[bharathbala2003]

increase ya speed in wat?? :? in broadband.. hehe no :D mayb boost a VERY LILLE AMT in DOWNLOAD by using sum download managers :D but not a great change.. else do one thing u can get a DATAONE - BUSINESS PLAN

2MBPS at 9000 a month download limit 40GB!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Charley]

did u take that connectn?

will run bankrupt if i take it as i have other comitmnts.........




:lol:

[prasathvishnu]

256 kbps not KBps.
its kilobits not kilobytes

so, its giving 32 KBPS download speed which is the theoritical max u can get from 256 kbps line.

-Vishnu-

[pradeep_chauhan]

achacko@dataone.in
How old are you?

[Charley]

achacko@dataone.in
How old are you?


Dude i meant that cos I wanna get some latest gizmos so cant shell out so much cash.

BTW I'm 25 .....

:lol:

[demoninside]

Hey Guys i hv two options in front of me

Either i go with Data-One which is starting in my city from 15th march
or go with sify
128 kbps night only unlimited
is there any catch in sify or is it realy unlimited
any user hv suggestions is more then welcome

[pradeep_chauhan]

its simple maths

256k > 128K

Thus Data One

[Ricky]

ISP: ASIANET DATALINE
City: COCHIN, TRIVANDRUM, KOZHIKODE
Specific Areas:"
Plan Name: dont know
Speed Offered:256 kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): UNLIMITED
Validity: 1 month
Price: Rs 99 and 25 per hr extra usage
Comments: modem rent Rs 99

hmm.. Rs. 99.. you must be the cheapest ISP user ;) with good speed. apparently.. FREEE internet ..hehe..

[Ricky]

ISP: Airtel GPRS
City: kolkata
Specific Areas:entire india (almost)
Plan Name: mobile office
Speed Offered: i get 7 KBps d/l speeds
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): unlimited
Validity: one month
Price: Rs. 99
Comments: doesnt get cheaper than this


u r kidding.... i use the same connection.... never got speed over 1.5 kbps of downloading with DAP..... & without DAP it around 0.5-0.6 kbps.....

even my nokia 6610 does not support speeds above 43.3kbps but i always get avg d/l speeds of 6-7kBps using dap.

http://geocities.com/mshewakramani/Clipboard01.jpg

YOu got 6 kpbs in 6610 ? I never got in my 6610 more than 3.5 kbps.. using downloader..

I got now EDGE enabled then have recieved highest is 14.1 kbps !

[Charley]

Dude wud recommend take Data1 now ..... Use it till June end with unlimtd stuff & then if ur not happy then leave it and get another 1 ..........

Ciya :)

[bharathbala2003]

Hey Guys i hv two options in front of me

Either i go with Data-One which is starting in my city from 15th march
or go with sify
128 kbps night only unlimited
is there any catch in sify or is it realy unlimited
any user hv suggestions is more then welcome

id prefer DATA one.. cos sify's Connection s*x.. :D

[Charley]

BSNL is the best in business right now....... But I'm still worried abt my download speed , 21kpbs always....... The engr checkd it with his laptop and he got abt 25kpbs.....

:wink:

[drgrudge]

I get a constant 30-31kBps and when i put download express, it shoots upto 37-39Kbps!!!

And when i checked the speed with bandwidth tester extension with FF, then it showed 324 kbps, once! But it usually connects at 230-240 kbps.

Dataone rulez....

[Charley]

where did u get dwnld exprss from?

Gimme a link


:D

[drgrudge]

It's a plugin which works with IE or IE based browsers like Maxthon.

http://www.metaproducts.com/mp/mpProducts_Detail.asp?id=18

[iinfi]

any MTNL users plz tell me ur broadband experience ...
MTNL's plan s*x ....
reliance's plan offers 10GB .... but the company itself is in a turmoil .... i dont think its wise to go for reliance connection ....

[Charley]

Theres a new 1 tday.... Airtel offers 256 kpbs for 319rs, lesser regitrn charges than BSNL....... Wht r they upto ? :o :o :o :o

[bharathbala2003]

wat about the download limit?? n moreover i think u need a EDGE enabled phone to get gud download speeds... :D so id still vote 4 BSNL data ONE!!

[Charley]

dude i suppose its 1.5ghz.... I'm not sure just glanced the days paper...


:)

[icecoolz]

huh ? the rate plan that he mentioned is for the airtel boradband one. So where doe the Edge phone come into the picture ????!!

[pradeep_chauhan]

Guys BSNL Broad Band Help line SUCKS Big time My Data one is not working today (getting an error about server authentication) So i rang up BSNL Help line six times and all they had to offer in terms of tecnical assistance was " Sir, Please turn off the adsl modem and your computer and switch it on again"
realy the frustration i have to put up with is realy great. I am back to dial up for this post.

[drgrudge]

Man pradeep just open up any media player, like foobar/winamp play soem music then pause/keep playing it , then connect to dataone and see the difference!

[mamba]

wat about the download limit?? n moreover i think u need a EDGE enabled phone to get gud download speeds... :D so id still vote 4 BSNL data ONE!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
the airtel 1z an adsl sortta connection , not through ur cell

[mamba]

Hey Guys i hv two options in front of me

Either i go with Data-One which is starting in my city from 15th march
or go with sify
128 kbps night only unlimited
is there any catch in sify or is it realy unlimited
any user hv suggestions is more then welcome

have had sify 96kbps unlimited 4 2 weeks now n 2 tell u , IT SUX
1st i had 2 call 2-3 times a day 2 their delhi centre , 2 tell them 2 open ports 2 b used in p2p softwares
now i called up the helpline sayin that after 60-70mb downloadz everyday , my dl speed drops down frm 12 kbps 2 max 3-4kbps . n they say ur ' UNLIMITED ' connection is sortta shared 1 n if u want consistent speeds , go in 4 data transfer packages . no vot , this is ****

now they have started somethin called mac binding , in which u can access the net only through ur current LAN card , if u got an ew rig , either use the same ethernet 1 or give them some application 4 changin . they never ceazes 2 surprise do they .

4 the record after the 2months r over , m not goin 4 a new sify 1
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[bharathbala2003]

dude i suppose its 1.5ghz.... I'm not sure just glanced the days paper...


:)

u mean GB!! :D

@mamba n icecoolz.. sorry about that i dint know they were having broadband type.. i tout they come under the brandname touchtel.. :D n airtel was fully into mobile service..

anyways for detailed tariff click here (http://airtel-broadband.com/tariffht.htm) only 2 plans with 64 KBPS at 600/- and 128 at 900/- is unlimited..

[enoonmai]

I'm totally smitten with Airtel's adverts. It looks too good to be true, especially 128kbps connections at 999 a month and no download caps. Does anyone here have an Airtel ADSL line? I'm pretty skeptical about DataOne, I thought I'd register after checking out how good the service actually is.

[bharathbala2003]

@ enoomai.. in blore there is a better one than that from zee next.. 128 K at 800.. unlimited m8!! :D am using 64K for 500.. and dude its givin 6-8 KB a sec in P2P and normal windows download gives bout 8 KB..

[Charley]

sorry, its GB...... And i have 3 cordless phones in the room ant the bsnl 1 too, when the modem is on the line has this bussing noise, when its off there is no noiise.... i chckd all the nodes, etc but still d same... Is it a cause 4 slower speed... I get 22kpbs now 4, 256plan bsnl......

:( :( :( :( :(

[pkhajanchi]

I am interested in BSNL Broadband Internet Connection (New Home 256kbps plan). I have checked the connection at my friends place and the download speed I found was around 30KBps :) on the same plan (256kbps home).
I wanted to know if this connection can be shared using Windows XP ICS or I have to opt for the Business plan for sharing the internet connection with my other PCs.
Please Help and tell ur experience?
Thanks in advance.

[drgrudge]

the sound should not come man, then speeds will be slow.

Another query: Do the net connection gets DC when u get a call?

[Charley]

the sound should not come man, then speeds will be slow.

Another query: Do the net connection gets DC when u get a call?


wht shud be done then........ i dont get disconct when a call comes.........






:( :( :( :( :( :(

[pradeep_chauhan]

Take a ferite bead/ring and loop your cordless base station phone line four to five times through it it will cut out the buzz. I did the same for my sony cordless and no problems since then.

[Charley]

Dude, cant understand that ...... Explain me the procedure ........ Ive to get that repaired soon .......

:) :) :) :)

[pradeep_chauhan]

Guys check this out I am getting a speed of 500Kbps (download of 60K sustained) for the past three days on a data one home connection. I checked it using http://promos.mcafee.com/speedometer/test_0150.asp
i wonder how.

[drgrudge]

LOL, pradeep :
When i tested, it showed:
File Size: 150.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 1.482 seconds
809.76 Kbps
(101.22 KBps)


And the URL i noticed is same, when i tested, so when some other member use it changes to their speed...

I am sure the bandwidth is more than 256kbps, once i checked at c.net it showed 450+kbps and FF bandwith tester shows 400 always..., i wonder how...

[Charley]

File Size: 150.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 7.41 seconds

161.92 Kbps
(20.24 KBps)

This is wht i got just now

:(

[prasathvishnu]

U r all lucky....
Being in a city got ur Data One very quickly n enjoying.

My place is a small town near coimbatore.
My place is listed in BSNL for Broadband in online Registraion forum.
I registered as soon as the Data One scheme was announced. I thought that i will get by Feb or March.

But the officials said the realistic answer that it will take 4 or even 6 months for Broadband to come to small towns.

LOL the unlimited scheme ends June 2005.
Then, why should they provide online registration forum. 4-6 months is too much i think.


:(

-Vishnu-

[wORm]

Ok so as predicted, launch of BSNL/MTNL broadband is now resulting in slashing of prices on private ISPs.

Exatt, an ISP in Mumbai is the first one to slash rates. Their 256k "proper broadband plan" looks delicious, I'm going to upgrade from my 128k to 256k soon and am actually going to pay 200 rupees less than what I pay now (Rs. 1200 p.m. - 128k, unlimited bandwidth)


ISP: Exatt
City: Mumbai
Specific Areas: Bandra, Andheri, Chembur, Vashi and many other places.
Plan Name: 256k CLUB UNLIMITED
Speed Offered: 256 kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): None
Validity: 1 Month
Price: Rs. 720 (my cableguy who is a franchisee of Exatt is giving me the same package after charging commission for Rs. 990)
Comments: Have been an Exatt user for almost 2 years. Good speed, hardly any downtime.

Exatt's full listing of packages on offer: http://www.exatt.net/schemes.htm

[mamba]

what the ****

sify ppl dont cease 2 amaze , do they

yesterday i got a call that i could daily download/upload only 150mb on my 96 kbps " UNLIMITED " pack :shock: :shock: :shock:

votz the " UNLIMITED " STANDS 4 :?: :?: :?:

SIFYZ PURE ****

[vysakh]

http://asianetdataline.com/broadband.htm

[prasathvishnu]

I have planned to go for Airtel Net. Bcoz it will take at least 4 months for DataOne to reach small towns like our places.

Plz give details about Airtel Net thru Cell (i think GPRS)

I heard that its giving 128 Kbps Unlimited Downloads for Rs. 600/

Wats the real Perfomance? Wats the maximum download speed one can expect?

Does the download speed depends the cell phone being used?

Which is the good cell phone to get good download spped in this Airtel Net.

What other things do I need for this other than PC and cell?

Plz help me!

Thank you.

-Vishnu-

[klinux]

DATAONE , Chennai users : whats the waiting period for chennai users to get the actual connection after registration to DATAONE ? is it city viz or area viz priority / waiting list ?

BSNL GPRS : odd , was discussing gprs service from airtel with a friend and he said even bsnl is offering gprs service for around Rs.349 per month unlimited as opposed to airtels Rs.600 . anyone using using bsnl's gprs service ?

few qs :
- why is gprs so cheap for unlimited ?
- the modem for using Dataone , is it available in the market too by any branded company ? if so cost
- can i reuse the bsnl D1 modem for any other ISP , if i decide to switch from D1 ?

http://www.bsnl.in/bsnlnews.asp?intNewsId=42509&strNewsMore=more

[bharathbala2003]

i chckd that speed stuff in a web world.. got amazing 904KBPS!!! :?

[Charley]

Do any of'all BSNL dudes have any firewall or such software installed in ur system.... I'm talking abt those who use the modem 2 connect directly 2 internet not any 3rd party softwares.....

:wink: :wink:

[drgrudge]

DATAONE , Chennai users : whats the waiting period for chennai users to get the actual connection after registration to DATAONE ? is it city viz or area viz priority / waiting list ?
Hmm, i just waited for 20 days before i got my connection...
I applied (online) at around 20th jan and got after 20days.
I guess they are shortlisting the people be giving in..., i live in the heart of the city..., so may be i got early...
Where u live?

the modem for using Dataone , is it available in the market too by any branded company ? if so cost
Yes, it is available at ritche street...but it is costly around 2.5k, bsnl gives for 2k.
Why do u want to buy, u can ditch it if u dont like the service...

can i reuse the bsnl D1 modem for any other ISP , if i decide to switch from D1 ?
no, i guess
Airtel uses USB modem
Hathway uses cable USB thing
sify is also Cable

Only dataone is via ethernet card, almost like he is putting us all in local LAN (or WAN to be appropriate), so we are getting high speeds.
Now i am connected at 310kbps :twisted:

[Charley]

mine is 158.32 kpbs

[pradeep_chauhan]

The BSNL modem has a powerfull inbuilt firewall use it and all other software firewalls are redundant. I personaly use two firewalls one is in the bsnl modem and the second is in my linux box configured as a router / firewall / hub using iptables and a front end of guard dog on gentoo.

[klinux]

Thanx Doc , send me the bill ;) . Ok so its now down to Bsnl D1 or GPRS or Airtel GPRS . any idea on which GPRS service is good in chennai .

[Charley]

most of them have bsnl so majority wins then.........

[drgrudge]

Thanx Doc , send me the bill ;) . Ok so its now down to Bsnl D1 or GPRS or Airtel GPRS . any idea on which GPRS service is good in chennai .
Hmm.., why u want to go for gprs, when dataone is cheap?
And get Airtel Gprs, hutch sucks, if u want to get gprs only...
What connection u have now?

@pradeep_chauhan, r u sure it has firewall in it? How to check it...

[klinux]

Hmm.., why u want to go for gprs, when dataone is cheap?And get Airtel Gprs, hutch sucks, if u want to get gprs only...What connection u have now?


Got bsnl / aircell prepaid . BSNL GPRS comes to around Rs.349 for unlimited , while D1 has that 1 GB limit . My download exceeds 1 GB even with dial up :) . plus dialing more than twice to get online with bsnl is a headache .

Plus whats a good cell for GPRS ?? i checked dig old issue with ambani guy on it . Sony Ericson had a good one T230 . any good ?? which one is good for GPRS ??

[drgrudge]

@klinux, remember that with GPRS, u get only 32kbps speeds and with D1, u get more than 256kbps and also no capping till july...

Get nokia 6610, its good. Rs. 6k or so. If u want a mob even lesser, go for 3100/3120.

My opinion:6610

[klinux]

6610 just 6k ??? u sure ?????? man was checking prices with novembers digit . prices changed so quick ?????lol will have to check out Univercell . any site i can get latest chennai prices for cell ? plus another q : will i still receive missed calls and sms while connecting thru net with GPRS or does it work like b-fone ? . me not much into cell talk , so need some info :)

[drgrudge]

Klinux, univercell sucks! Buy at other place....

Yes, it costs around 6k or 6.5k only. With Cam (6610i) it costs 8k.
Forget that november issue, it has the prices which are too high..., nokia priority prices...

And remember, dont buy at univercell, they charge u more becoz of ads.

[klinux]

thanks for the warning , will keep that in mind . :)

[Charley]

dude, howz the bsnl GPRS ? Is it worth trying ? What speeds do u get on it ?

[pradeep_chauhan]

Ref to 4.12 Firewall Configuration for firewall setup

[drgrudge]

@pradeep_chauhan, plz explain in detail, where to see 4.12?

[pradeep_chauhan]

Sorry Sorry It refers to the section in the pdf user manual given along with the modem from BSNL.

[suj_engico]

Does anyone know about the latest BSNL broadband scheme. Please let me kow guys as I am willing to take a broadband connection.
Which is the best sceme availaible? Please let me know

[tejesh]

Does anyone know about the latest BSNL broadband scheme.
Cold news, man.
For more info on the schemes, click here (http://www.bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=170).

[saiko]

in europe DSL (t-online, vodaphone)has become very popular, its very cheap and gives the fast (actual 256/512 Kbps :wink:) connection through a wireless modem, is it there in india?

[trivisingh]

Anybody here use the Tata or Reliance wireless terminal internet. They got a unlimited scheme for 1500.

If anybody is using it, I have a query. The connection performs ok during normal browsing and downloading but isn't so good while using P2P softwares and torrent clients. Is there any reason for this? Also Tata only provides a serial cable but I have heard that you get a USB cable as well. will using a USB cable make any difference as the max speed supported is only 115 kbps which the serial port can handle.

[lywyre]

I use TATA. Its good on common browsing and downloading, but have not tried P2P softwares or bittorrent.

The drawback with bittorrent is that you get the speed what the host (the person who has shared the file u r downloading) has restricted to and if he is on dialup, u can never get speeds better than 1.7kBps.
And also you should allow other bittorrent users to share your files. (atleast this what i have understood).

I dont use the bittorrent or the p2p softwares because there is always a possibility of downloading a wrong file i.e. you will downloading something you think is an iso image of some software only that it turns out to something else.

[Charley]

in europe DSL (t-online, vodaphone)has become very popular, its very cheap and gives the fast (actual 256/512 Kbps :wink:) connection through a wireless modem, is it there in india?

We're talking abt the connections in India.........

:o :o :o

[hpotter606]

I think BSNL has some problem.
i have 2 connections a BSNL and sify
ofcouse sify is much faster than BSNL
e.g. i was downloading a game (which took me 14 hours) first i used BSNL . I used fresh download manager in which i could see the how data was commingin . it was like a SINE wave just going up and down.
So i used sify which was like a DC wave in straight in line . even after 1 hr it was straight!!!
sify is just amazing !!!!

[Charley]

right now am getting high speed in bsnl.........

abt 30kpbs

[hpotter606]

i also get 38.6 kbps but i doesnt mean anything as it is never constant

[djmykey]

Talking about download speeds this is the dl speed i got today from a dialup line and using a vsnl.net 3 year old account. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

http://img141.exs.cx/img141/7784/dlspeed8qe.th.jpg (http://img141.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img141&image=dlspeed8qe.jpg)

[hpotter606]

do you mean that you got 38.6?

[vysakh]

wwwoooow
how did this miracle happen on dialup

[bharathbala2003]

ISP:Hathway
Location:Bangalore
Speed:256K
Limit:Unlimited
Charge:990

haven used it.. jus saw the add in a local paper..

[djmykey]

Hmm..... me also dun know how it happened but as u can see I was dl a song out here so that song finished dl in 2 mins. :) man I was happy and hey I wont bother if it wud continue givin me same speeds from now on.

[pradeep_chauhan]

this burst of speed genrally happens if the data you download has been downloaded recently by someone and is cached at the local server of vsnl.

[icecoolz]

Even then Pradeep practially on a dialup even if you are not on the internet the speed which one can download is max 4-6kbps. Simply because that is that the copper wires provided will support. Its a practical improbability to get a 69 kbps download with a 56kbps connection!! It might be possible if the person was downloading the song b4 and got disconnected and downloaded again and hence it picked it up from the local cache.

[Grace]

Is Ethernet card a must for DataOne?

[Sourabh]

yes unless u have onboard 10/100 or gigabit LAN

[Delpiero]

Is the 256 kbps connection from sify any good?. What will be the download speeds?. I use 40 kbps unltd. and get 12 kbps not more than that not less than that.

[babumuchhala]

Is the 256 kbps connection from sify any good?. What will be the download speeds?. I use 40 kbps unltd. and get 12 kbps not more than that not less than that.It would be a real boost to wat u hav ever used. It would give u around 30~32 Kbps download speeds.
By the way which 256 kbps pack are u talkin abt :?:

[daj123]

all of the 128K+ packs have a download restrictions. Also, they have a terrible habbit of throttling your downloads.

[parthbarot]

ya ....dataone is bad for that reason only...

its limit is 1GB per month..but i m dloading 1.5 to 2 GB per month in dialup also...

so plz let them no we want cheap BB...
regards

[Romeo]

Can anyone tell me which services offer static ip with their packages over in Hyderabad.

[Delpiero]

Is the 256 kbps connection from sify any good?. What will be the download speeds?. I use 40 kbps unltd. and get 12 kbps not more than that not less than that.It would be a real boost to wat u hav ever used. It would give u around 30~32 Kbps download speeds.
By the way which 256 kbps pack are u talkin abt :?:

The one which costs Rs999 in delhi and allows 700 MB of data transfer and a validity of 2 months. BTW have you tried it or are you just guessing.

[sekharengg]

I want to know what are options for internet may be in broadband or cable internet in Banglore, specifically in Mattadhali (Near HAL).

[pradeep_chauhan]

Data One has started showing its bad side. In bangalore (ulsoor) data one is working eratic for the past two days BSNL says something ad....... is faulty. Wonder when its set right..

[gagandeep89]

hey i m really kinda sick from 56k and have been trying to get a REAL BB connection but havent found till yet :(
anywayz bsnl dataone is available now in chandigarh
so i wanted to ask u guyz is that gud enuf for sum real downloader
coz i have had bad experiences wid sify and its real expensive
and their download limit jus totally sucks
but bsnl is still 1 gb only oh well its still better as compared for price per connection value
can i get more help here lol

[bharathbala2003]

@gagan.. am not too sure about the DO offers there.. but in TN u got unlimited Downloads till june end if am rite.. so its rockin here.. and then regarding speeds yes its worth the money..

[babumuchhala]

The one which costs Rs999 in delhi and allows 700 MB of data transfer and a validity of 2 months. BTW have you tried it or are you just guessing.Well exactly havent gone upto 256 kbps but yes had used 128 kbps fr 1 month. The upgrade was frm 64 kbps and the speed increase was instantly seen. So one can safely assume the speeds would be really good.

Well why dont u go fr 128 kbps fr 500/month with a daily download limit of 150 mb. This looks much better than the plan u have selected

[Delpiero]

The one which costs Rs999 in delhi and allows 700 MB of data transfer and a validity of 2 months. BTW have you tried it or are you just guessing.Well exactly havent gone upto 256 kbps but yes had used 128 kbps fr 1 month. The upgrade was frm 64 kbps and the speed increase was instantly seen. So one can safely assume the speeds would be really good.

Well why dont u go fr 128 kbps fr 500/month with a daily download limit of 150 mb. This looks much better than the plan u have selected

Hmm..... sounds good to me. Newest offer from sify. Will certainly go for this one. But this package costs 995 in delhi and not 500 as in your case. Damn it, limit of only 150 MB per day or they will reduce on day of browsing.

[pradeep_chauhan]

Hey guys i have heard that in view of the new declaration from TRI the download limit may continue to be unlimited for the year end Dec 31. Its a unconfirmed news told by some BSNL guy to me today.

[drgrudge]

Ohh, that would be a great news! Go BSNL, go unlimited!

[lywyre]

wow! thats gr8 news. still waiting for Data1 :((

[pradeep_chauhan]

Hey guys watch out i got a bill of Rs 2546/- for the data one connection(active 8Feb05 till 01Mar05) i have no idea how and will go tomorrow to fight it out. BSNL is taking me for a ride.

[drgrudge]

Hey guys watch out i got a bill of Rs 2546/- for the data one connection(active 8Feb05 till 01Mar05) i have no idea how and will go tomorrow to fight it out. BSNL is taking me for a ride.
:shock: :shock: :evil: :evil:

How did that happen, i got normall bill only...

[Sourabh]

u must have downloaded beyond 1 gig

so according to the plans the bill wod have been Rs 2500 /-

mebbe they din apply tht data transfer rates not applicable till 6 more months

[[lokesh]]

u must have downloaded beyond 1 gig

so according to the plans the bill wod have been Rs 2500 /-

mebbe they din apply tht data transfer rates not applicable till 6 more months

That's impossible!!!....if that is so no one would have gone for BSNL. May be they made some mistake...
Hey guys how much time did it take for you to get the coonection after completing all the formalities...i completed all the formalities by 22 feb, but still i haven't got my connection...

[VampireBat]

Hey guys i have heard that in view of the new declaration from TRI the download limit may continue to be unlimited for the year end Dec 31. Its a unconfirmed news told by some BSNL guy to me today.

err.. then what about the people who has signed up after March. will they be also eligible ?

[pradeep_chauhan]

See guys this news is all "word of mouth" may turn out to a total gas bag so please wait let us see what BSNL comes up after 31 June. Also i have no way to authenticate / support this rumor.

[Prajith]

ISP-BSNL
CITY-PUNE
SPEED-256Kbps NEVER GOT ABOVE 215 kbps
LIMITATION - 1gb (REALLY SUCKS)
COMMENTS-guys great thing is i get 80 Kbps(average) download speed with Internet Download Accelerator.

I think your distance from the tel xchange also matters as i was told

I am lucky!!

I can easily break the xchange's window pane
with a small stone that too
FROM MY BALCONY !!!!!!!!

How Great is That ???????

[lywyre]

Hey guys watch out i got a bill of Rs 2546/- for the data one connection(active 8Feb05 till 01Mar05) i have no idea how and will go tomorrow to fight it out. BSNL is taking me for a ride.

It is possible that some spywares are installed in your system which also download other worms and dialers. these dialers dial ISD calls without any input from the user. Just check your startup for these dialers

[third_rate]

hey i am on dataone for the last 4 days and i've already d/l data more than 4 GB...if they charge me 3/- per each MB more than 1 GB...I think i need to use my calc.

But the connection rocks !!! It's too fast. No disconnections or fluctuations or whatever... :D

[enoonmai]

Hmm, I am a bit worried now. I registered my Data1 a couple of days back and I am still waiting, but this news of overbilling is turning me stone cold with fear. I definitely dont want a repeat of my dial-up bills. I thought they were not gonna bill anyone for exceeding their download limits until June. :? Has anyone downloaded more than their limit and still gotten a bill of 500 for the connection charges? Anyone?

[demoninside]

yes praddep wht happen,
coz i asked about it from my uncle,
he said there shouldn't be this type of prob,

i guess ur bill include,
modem charges+security+tax

it's not the d/l bill

or is it??????????????

nd yes pls tell us wht happened when u went to BSNL office------------

[pradeep_chauhan]

Oh sorry i forgot to update Well i went to bsnl and they said that the bill is for the period 08 Feb to 30 April and the breakdown us as under.
Modem Deposit 500
Modem Inst 500
Broadband feb 370
Broadband Mar 500
Broadband Apr 500
Modem rent Apr 100
Modem rent Mar 100
Modem rent Feb 100
Total Rs 2670/-
I think its better to buy the modem and have given an application for the same. Modem Cost Rs 2000/- and i have paid Rs 500+100+100+100=800 already.

[NikhilVerma]

ISP: Sikkanet
City: Lucknow
Plan Name: 256 KbPs Unlimited
Speed Offered: 256KbPs
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): Unlimited
Price: 600/Month and 3500 Installation
Comments:
+ Install their own tower at the top of your house... So no cable laying chakkar!!!

- Shared Connection so speeds slightly slow during daytime

[Delpiero]

ISP: Sikkanet
City: Lucknow
Plan Name: 256 KbPs Unlimited
Speed Offered: 256KbPs
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): Unlimited
Price: 600/Month and 3500 Installation
Comments:
+ Install their own tower at the top of your house... So no cable laying chakkar!!!

- Shared Connection so speeds slightly slow during daytime
3500 for just installation? That's too high , sify here in delhi charges only 1000 and mtnl rs 800!!

[rajeev86]

Hmm, I am a bit worried now. I registered my Data1 a couple of days back and I am still waiting, but this news of overbilling is turning me stone cold with fear. I definitely dont want a repeat of my dial-up bills. I thought they were not gonna bill anyone for exceeding their download limits until June. :? Has anyone downloaded more than their limit and still gotten a bill of 500 for the connection charges? Anyone?
yes, even i had read on their website that they r not going to bill anyone for exceeding download limits till june, but when i called up customer service, they told me that they had not received any such information. i am not having a very good time with this connection, the surfing speeds r slowing down, the customer service doesnt seem to have any technical info whatsoever. i have described my few experiences below:

i had registered my data one connection on 27 jan,2005 and got the connection only on 17 march. and they had given me an user id and password which dint exist at all(i found this out after i messed around with the CPE settings, so i reset to default settings and then entered the user id and password which they had given, the connection dint work at all). i registered a complaint and they got back to me the next day and they asked me to check my id and password,well, it wasnt what i had entered, i got my real id and pass then.

i wanted to play aoe2 online for which ports 6667&1720(more on this in the QnA section), had to be open, so i called them up, they dint have any idea about it at all.

i have another friend near my place who got the connection a few days back and they gave him some manager`s id and password, asking him to call back the next day for his real id & pass. when he did that, they told him to use the manager`s id itself.
so all who r going in for data one, be warned!

[lywyre]

u can well go to a consumer court, u have every right to put up a case and u can surely make the people at BSNL give what they have promised to give

[[lokesh]]

Hmm, I am a bit worried now. I registered my Data1 a couple of days back and I am still waiting, but this news of overbilling is turning me stone cold with fear. I definitely dont want a repeat of my dial-up bills. I thought they were not gonna bill anyone for exceeding their download limits until June. :? Has anyone downloaded more than their limit and still gotten a bill of 500 for the connection charges? Anyone?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry....

I registered and finished all the formalities on 22 february and still i haven't got my connection...and also from the comments from you guys about the ports..user id,password..etc.....i am sweating a liitle bit...I think i will mostly cancel the registration and goto Airtel broadband if they don't provide me with the connection before April 1.

[sohummisra]

Is BSNL DataOne available in Mumbai. And if it isn't, would MTNL Triband be an improvement on dial-up at least? Thanks.

[drgrudge]

@ennonmai,
hmm... i registered on jan 25th and got it on feb. 12th . I was lucky, just because i live in chennai also their was a hell out connection in my area.

And i download almost 1GB a day and still not 662rs. bill only.

[vwad]

this is sick limit of 1 GB.

I hate that !! :(:(:(:(

& dont expect any improvements from BSNL in this department, because they simply can not go beyond this.

This really sucks man !!

its like you have 256 kbps and 1 GB limit. It feels like Haath Ko Aaya Aur Muh Na Laga Saka !!

Total Phalatugiri from BSNL.

Saala in Pune area, in my area there is absolutely nobody providing broadband and also my cable op is another version of lousyness. :(

[[lokesh]]

Thank God!!!...i got my BSNL dataone...hehe....this is really great.. :)

[Prajith]

Hey Guys Listen up to this -
I got a download speed of 412 Kb/s on 256 Kb/s
dataone connection by BSNL.

This was while i was downloading a 34 MB file on shareaza.

I have taken a screenshot of the shareaza download graph showing a speed of 311 Kb/s
(I could not take a screenshot when it was 412 Kb/s.)

I guess this is a new record.

How to attach the jpeg screenshot ????????

[demoninside]

just upload ur image to some image hosting site and past the url of that out here..........

[enoonmai]

Well, I got my DataOne connection today. So, as drgrudge said, he doesnt have any problem with the connection and billing. Does anyone (especially in Bangalore would be great) else have a problem with excess billing for their DataOne connection. Because I've already downloaded around 450MB and I dont want to end up footing an 8k bill again :D If anyone else with a DataOne connection has downloaded more than 1GB limit and not gotten billed for it, I will continue downloading more stuff. Please do let me know.

@drgrudge: Thanks, buddy. You're a lifesaver. :D I hope I dont get billed excessively for all that I download. :D

[pradeep_chauhan]

No there is no problem with excess downloads i have been using data one since Feb this year No problems.

[drgrudge]

A glimpse of what i do :D
http://img42.exs.cx/img42/4747/untitled2vc.png

Still i feel, it's some 10% less than what i used to be...

[[lokesh]]

Hmm...i thought everyone in BSNL dataone gets 1 Gbps connection speed..:?:

[devilhead_satish]

ISP: Sify Broadband(huh?)
City: Mumbai
Specific Areas: The whole of it
Plan Name: 128 kbps
Speed Offered: 128 kbps(duh!)
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): 150MB/day
Validity: 6Months
Price: 2500
Comments:

[enoonmai]

@drgrudge and pradeep_chauhan: Thanks, guys. I am heaving a HUGE sigh of relief. Already, I downloaded over 600+MB and I was scared that if I continue this, I would end up being on the top-ten billers list again, like when I had to pay 8k+ for my phone bills. :D The transfer rates are between 28 and 32 kbps for downloads, is that right, or is anyone getting more? If you are, any tips/hacks on increasing the speed would be welcome. :)

[abhinav]

ISP: sify
City: dELHI
Specific Areas: Harinagar
Plan Name: -------------
Speed Offered: 48 kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): unlimited
Validity: 1 month
Price: 450/- including taxes
Comments:Not good as i cant donload movies,MP3,etc.

[sagar_coolx]

]Hmm...i thought everyone in BSNL dataone gets 1 Gbps connection speed..:?:
whaT????! GBPS???
if only i had such a connection.
if only any home user had such a connection................
that wud be better than heaven itself.

[naveenpoddar]

Hello friends ,

any one using bsnl broadband & living in kolkata pls provide me his username and password to me for two days.

Actually my broadband connection has been installed but the exchange guy said that i will get my user id after 2 or 3 days .

so i request anyone using datone to lend me his user id for two days

Please pls pls pls pls........

[naveenpoddar]

hello friends

dont need the user id any more

i got my own today ,

amazing speed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man

i am getting over 256 kbps.........................

DataOne Rulz..................

[andareil]

Can any one please tell me if the registration on the web is enough or do you have to deposit a form in your nearest bsnl office. Cause I had registered on the web in late feb but I have yet to get even an acknowledgement mail from bsnl.

[naveenpoddar]

In my city online registration is not enough, i have to filled up a fresh form for broadband registration in my telephone exchange

i think you should also go to your nearest tele exchange and enquire the officer present there for the broadband registration................

[Rash]

What about BSNL DATA 1 is it worthless.. :o

[[lokesh]]

]Hmm...i thought everyone in BSNL dataone gets 1 Gbps connection speed..:?:
whaT????! GBPS???
if only i had such a connection.
if only any home user had such a connection................
that wud be better than heaven itself.

It's not 1 GBps it's 1 Gbps, i mentioned it correctly, how come you were mistaken.
http://img142.exs.cx/img142/7436/dataone6yj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

By the way guys, does anyone know how to find out how much upload/download has been made in BSNL Dataone ?

[duckhead]

ISP: Hathway
City: Mumbai
Specific Areas: Lower Parel
Plan Name: Liteway-1 Xtra
Speed Offered: 256 kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): 7GB/month
Validity: 6 months
Price: Rs. 3,000/-
Comments: Hardly any downtime. Plus somedays your downloads end up being not counted. trick is to know which days :wink:

[pradeep_chauhan]

hello guys
Data One in bangalore (ulsoor Exchange area) down to a crawl for the past three days. Is any one else also facing the same hardship?

[[lokesh]]

Yes that problem is there overall India for the past 3 days...the international cable that provides BSNL dataone got cut due to some problem...that's why we get very low speeds and no transfer at some times. Seems like it will be fixed soon.

[drgrudge]

Hmm..., i get 1-2 kbps speeds only for the past 4 days and if i am lucky i get 4kBps :D

[Ricky]

hey
got a problem
i m able 2 surf n download things frm web sites , but aint able 2 download through other software eg . kazaa , bitorrent , warez p2p , n all other p2p clients . VOTS UP ???????
REPLY SOON , NE1

Oye yaar.. may be this is late reply ..

But sify guys have strict firewall to block all those stuff.. but still no one is perfect..

You try to use emule .. it is the only one p2p who is able to go through my ISP's firewall :D

[[lokesh]]

Hmm..., i get 1-2 kbps speeds only for the past 4 days and if i am lucky i get 4kBps :D

lol...i was lucky...i got 15-30 kbps yesterday..but now again it's down i get only 2-4 kbps...

[Ricky]

Well sify today launched 128 kbps fr Rs 995(Rs 500 fr Mumbai) but heres the catch and i quote frm the site:
Further, this product will also help to cater to the needs of the Small Office Home Office (SOHO) segment and even some of the SMEs. However, this product CANNOT BE USED BY CYBERCAFES. If the usage exceeds 150 MB in a day, then a validity reduction of one day will be made per 150 MB of extra usage in that day.
And the other package is night plan (usage 9pm - 9 am) fr Rs 650.
Link: http://www.sifybroadband.com/newul_pack.htm

Well sify has also started USER ID - IP ADDRESS- MAC ID BINDING. Any way to override this thing bcos every Sundays i use my cousins id(Sunday free fr hourly users) which gives 64kbps dedicated compared to my 40 kbps shared
Link: http://broadband.sify.com/bb_security.html

Reading this thread !!
Seems to be that SIFY guys are the most concern ISP about its bandwidth !
And this is the problem for costly internet in India.. ie costly bandwidth..
Now TRAI is trying to deduct bandwidth rate for backbone about 75% lesser.. hope then we could have fast yet unlimited internet everywhere :!

[Ricky]

]upload/download has been made in BSNL Dataone ?

Yes.. download DUmeter !

[Ricky]

ISP: Sikkanet
City: Lucknow
Plan Name: 256 KbPs Unlimited
Speed Offered: 256KbPs
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): Unlimited
Price: 600/Month and 3500 Installation
Comments:
+ Install their own tower at the top of your house... So no cable laying chakkar!!!

- Shared Connection so speeds slightly slow during daytime
3500 for just installation? That's too high , sify here in delhi charges only 1000 and mtnl rs 800!!

B'coz they are having wireless intallation !

BTW.. delpiero what to u think ?? what technology they might be using ?
I m here planning to build a LAN among my free computer freak friends (my follower) :D

So if that technology is not much costly then we can go for it !

[chinmay]

Hi...this is chinmay from gurgaon...here is my form ;)....

ISP: CN'C Cable Net
City: Gurgaon
Specific Areas: Palm Vihar, Sector 22, 23 n others
Plan Name: Unlimited Plan
Speed Offered: 256 Kbps
Usage Limitation (Mb / Gb): Unlimited
Validity: 1 month
Price: Rs. 810
Comments: I usually get a speed of 96 Kbps in the peak time i.e 11:00 am to 9 pm...speed can accelerate easily upto 320 kbps when using at night or on weekends...an average speed of 256 kbps is truth...i download around 30 gbs per month and got no problems...i consider it superb in comparison with the other connections mentioned here....the only problem is lines stop workin durin rains

[[lokesh]]

]upload/download has been made in BSNL Dataone ?

Yes.. download DUmeter !

Thanks!..that's a cool one...a must have for all [ especially BSNL Dataone users]

[pradeep_chauhan]

Guys I think the problem is over (low spped one on Data One) I am back to 255Kbps.

[drgrudge]

^^ no pradeep, still i get only 14-16kBps on p2p only...earlier i used to 29-31kBps.

Just curious , how u check ur speeds? (at wht speed u r connected)

[pradeep_chauhan]

Not a very precise way but gives a genral idea.

http://promos.mcafee.com/speedometer/test_0150.asp

now its > 400Kbps

[mamba]

hey
got a problem
i m able 2 surf n download things frm web sites , but aint able 2 download through other software eg . kazaa , bitorrent , warez p2p , n all other p2p clients . VOTS UP ???????
REPLY SOON , NE1

Oye yaar.. may be this is late reply ..

But sify guys have strict firewall to block all those stuff.. but still no one is perfect..

You try to use emule .. it is the only one p2p who is able to go through my ISP's firewall :D

:lol:
u took some time dude :lol:

btw , i used 2 call up sify n create some serious ' BAWAAL ' :lol: . had them give me kindda ' full access ' , meaning no ports blocked . since then every thingz working fine here . whenever m not able 2 connect , give them a little demo of that ' BAWAAL ' , n they have their delhi tech firewall team call me within coupla hrs .

so if u exp ne suchh kindda probs , dont hesitate 2 give them a peace of ur **** . :twisted:

[[lokesh]]

Guys I think the problem is over (low spped one on Data One) I am back to 255Kbps.

I am still stuck with low speeds only..but yesterday the same time i had download speeds of 27-30 kBps. I think there is a backup connection for Dataone which has low bandwidth, and that's why our connection is not fully out and we get some transfer...and sometimes when the traffic is less, we get boosted speed.

[khandu]

Hey raaboooo...

can we get a poll here too ??

cause goin thru 17 pages is makin me mad..

like that we can have a bit better idea..