Postpaid/Prepaid Connection in Bangalore ?

[VexByte]

A friend of mine(who is a student) wants to take a Cellphone connection in Bangalore. His usage is very limited. Apart from making some local & STD calls his only other need is a GPRS/EDGE functionality so that he can access the net using the laptop/PC.

So which company offers the best Value For Money & reliable service in Bangalore ?

Among Postpaid & Prepaid, which is best option based on his needs ?

Thanks in advance.

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

afaik bsnl cellone postpaid provides unlimited gprs for 199 rs per month also bsnl has cheap callrates....for sms he has to pay....50 paise per sms no other choice
now i also want to know abt airtel gprs in bangalore for PrePaid and PostPaid also about its student plan with Gprs

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ yeah for limited usage, the once suggested by akshay is good. also for sms, he can always opt in for an sms pack (costing 30/40/50, i dunno exact amount). wid this pack the rate per sms becomes 1 paise (local only).

[appu]

try spice its gprs is only 49pm for unlimited use
and on uth plan he can make local mobile calls at 50 paise and landline at 1rs only

[infra_red_dude]

baah... spice network?? dunno abt gprs but the gsm connectivity is bad.... it'll kill a patient in emergency!!!

[shashank_re]

^^Yeah you are right.Spice network is really bad.Call connect times are insane!

Anyway you can try Tata or Reliance as they offer excellent speeds @ low costs.

[VexByte]

I've heard that it's really difficult to get a BSNL cell connection in Bangalore unless you've some contacts in BSNL. The waiting period is really long for Prepaid connection and is not available on demand.

What about Airtel ? Are they having any student plans with GPRS/EDGE ?

What about the reliability of Airtel in Bangalore ? Will there be any network congestion during high volume times ?

[infra_red_dude]

1) as of now i've seen bsnl sims are retailers. i guess the rush is only for bsnl lifetime sim. or not even that. this was the situation sometime ago. but now i think everything has stabilized. u should get a sim pretty easily.

2) airtel has student plans. but that is restricted to only call rates (50ps A2A during some period) and sms (100sms per day). but all gprs/edge plans in karnataka as hopeless/crap <insert ur fav. abuse here!>. neither airtel nor hutch, spice, bsnl... no service provider has viable plans.

3) airtel's network is the best.

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

we can easily get bsnl prepaid....
i dont know how easily we can get bsnl student prepaid.....am going to try for this

[VexByte]

Originally Posted by aks_win

we can easily get bsnl prepaid....
i dont know how easily we can get bsnl student prepaid.....am going to try for this

Is BSNL prepaid connections available on demand ?

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

yes that's what i my dad said...and we get it easily even my neighbourhood shopkeeper told me soo

i am anyway having a bsnl prepaid from ages...like 3 yrs

[munchy]

ok dude,
buy an airtel prepaid connection,
call rates are ok,
std @ 2.65 - recharge with 89/- std=1rs any network,
local call - 1rs,
local sms -1 rs others,50p airtel,
national msg-2rs
for net activate mobile ofc-20rs,till 10am next day,
connect ur cell 2 d lappy usin bluetooth or data cable and surf the net,
dwnld speeds @ night after 10pm till mornin 9am are good,
use firefox and turn images off,pages will opn faster.

[a2kshop]

Hi guys,

I usefull website for prepaid users go to www.fastrecharge.com

[abhi113]

You can also check http://www.easymobilerecharge.com for Online mobile recharge