BSNL to offer broadband connectivity at 2 mbps

[W i d e S c r e e N]

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http://www.dailyindia.com/show/93096.php/BSNL-to-provide-broadband-connectivity-at-2-mbps
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/15/stories/2006121504941900.htm (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/businessline/blnus/15141706.htm)
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http://bsnl.co.in/service/dataone_tariff.htm
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New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) State-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is all set to offer an 'aggressive' broadband plan having a speed of upto 2 mbps, Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran said Thursday evening here.In an effort to boost the growth of broadband connections in the country, the minister today held a round-table conference with the chief executives of Indian telecom companies.

'Broadband penetration in the country is quite modest at about 3 million connections. To trigger growth in this sector, BSNL has come out with an aggressive plan of providing 5 million broadband connections in the year 2007 with a minimum download speed of 2 mbps (megabit per second),' the minister said."In this round-table conference I have asked the private operators to roll out similar plans for broadband connectivity," Maran told reporters on the sidelines of the conference.

Some of the big names who attended the conference are Anil Ambani of Reliance Infocom, Ramalinga Raju of Satyam, Asim Ghosh, managing director of Hutchison Essar.

'We will initially start with 1 Mbps and gradually increase it to 2 Mbps. We may probably bring out the service from January next year,' said A.K. Sinha, BSNL's chairman and managing director.

All operators currently provide broadband connectivity with a maximum downloading speed of upto 256 kbps (kilobit per second).

[~Phenom~]

whao!!! is it a dream????
I just cant imagine the speed of 2Mbps on my computer. It will be a miracle.
I will upgrade to this 2mbps plan if it cost anything less than 1000 per month.

[ravi_9793]

i think spped of 2 mbps was allready available by bsnl and mtnl....as far as I remember.

[hailgautam]

cost will the most important consideration as long as they are not brought down the penetration is going to be low

[rajaryan_13]

this will cost a hell, something like 3000+ atleast, at present 1 mbps connction is H3300

http://www.bsnl.co.in/service/dataone_tariff.htm

[outlaw]

finally bsnl has woken up !!!!!!!

now airtel/reliance/tata will have to come up with some counter plans
or they are definitely gonna loose this battle

[multi]

some update on other article , let's hope it's true.


Source: IRIS NEWS DIGEST (15 December 2006)
By the year 2007, Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) would provide 5 million broadband connections with minimum download speed of 2 mbps, communications and IT minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Thursday, reports Financial Express.

The subscribers of BSNL with 256 kbps will automatically get upgraded to 2 mbps level without any change in tariff.

The government is targeting 9 million broadband connections by 2007 end. BSNL has around 9 lakh broadband subscribers with a market share of 43.07%. The company offers the minimum speed of 256 kbps connection for a monthly charge of Rs 250.

The communications and IT minister expects that with USO scheme for coverage of rural areas and intense coverage through technologies like WiMAX, the country would start adding more than 1 million broadband connections per month before the end of 2007.

http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/newsPopup.php?fileR=20061215094940124&dir=2006/12/15&secID=livenews

[forever]

any idea what other isps like airtel have up their sleeve ???, i wish they come up with a similar plan ,it wuld be a dream come true for a serial downloader :):)

[aryayush]

Ah, manna from heaven!

[Neo_Collin]

That's NEWS !!!! Way to go ....
It definitely is a free UPGRADE !!! Now the problem.... Lots of people will definitely provide 2 Mbps download... But I doubt they would give us 2Mbps upload...
Lets see what BSNL have up its sleeves !!!!

[techno geek]

is tht drem come true
i m so glad 2 know tht.

[gary4gar]

some update on other article , let's hope it's true.


http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/newsPopup.php?fileR=20061215094940124&dir=2006/12/15&secID=livenews
it will be traiff hike atleast for Unlimited plan's customers(900/-) but ins't make any diffrence for home-250 users as they get only 400mb.

[AshishSharma]

So what should be the effective download speed on a 2MBPS connection ? There shouldn't be any foulplay of bits and bytes in this ?

[soham]

Its not a 2MBps broadband. Its rather 2mbps. This is the general nornm used in describing broadband speeds. 2MBps would mean 16 mbps. Such speeds are hard to find even in the USA.

[comrade]

Its not a 2MBps broadband. Its rather 2mbps. This is the general nornm used in describing broadband speeds. 2MBps would mean 16 mbps. Such speeds are hard to find even in the USA.

its will be something around 300KBps.....my university has got 2 mbps shared connection but @ non-peak hours i get these speeds.

[webgenius]

Exactly 250KBps...not 300KBps...Dont forget that BSNL will shift out 1Mbps plan first.

[tech_cheetah]

Can u people imagine the plight of Broadband connections in Bangalore !! I am staying at BTM in Bangalore and trying to get one unlimited internet connection at some decent rate. Here is what I tried till now :
1. BSNL : They say that they can't provide any more connections in the area as they have reached their maximum limit. It will take one week to get the landline connection but internet will be available only after 2-3 months.
2. Airtel : They say that in our area they don't have any free lines left. Only when they upgrade the system, they will be able to any more connections. This upgradation needs govt's approval . What the hell !!
3. Sify : They are charging 2500/- as initial installation charges. They say they have dedicated lines and they wont be giving any modem. We will have to buy one hub to connect to more than one computer. (That amounts to around 3000/- that is too much investment .. U wont be able to switch to some other ISP if u later realise that sify sucks because of this huge investment)
4. Tata : After searching on net and reading the reviews of TATA Indicom users I don't have courage to even enquire about broadband plans of TATA.
5. Cable Guys : No idea .. looking for this as the last option.

Now this is very pathetic that even in the city which is called as "IT HUB" and "Silicon Valley" , one is not able to get a broadband connection.
Forget about 2mbps .. let BSNL first upgrade itself to provide suffecient number of 256 kbps connections !

[digitized]

some update on other article , let's hope it's true.


http://www.myiris.com/newsCentre/newsPopup.php?fileR=20061215094940124&dir=2006/12/15&secID=livenews

What The....????!!!! That means will my 256 kbps H500 dataone connection be automatically upgraded to 1mbps without any extra charge???? This is like a dream!!!

[webgenius]

Yes you're right. But I guess a 1Mbps unlimited connection would cost 1000 bucks.

[hard_rock]

What The....????!!!! That means will my 256 kbps H500 dataone connection be automatically upgraded to 1mbps without any extra charge???? This is like a dream!!!

A little correction.... 2mbps..Not 1mbps.. :)

I became mad reading this morning's newspaper... Whoaa.... Can I shout here with happiness....???

:):)Yepeeeeeeeeee..........:) :)

[webgenius]

@hard_rock, it's supposes to start off with 1mbps and then will be upgraded to 2mbps.

[QwertyManiac]

Ah, manna from heaven!
:D

Somehow, I doubt the person who says this's sanity... cant be true. Oh well, it COULD be true but then its gonna be 1mbit lines with a 50 MB limit. Neat aint it? :confused:

[aryayush]

If they upgrade my 256Kbps unlimited connection to 2Mbps without a hike in the tariff, I'll suck them dry. :D

[hard_rock]

@hard_rock, it's supposes to start off with 1mbps and then will be upgraded to 2mbps.

Oops...Ya you are right.. In happiness I didnt read the news completely...They will INITIALLY give 1mbps and later upgrade to 2mbps.. Anyways its cool... We get 4times faster rate than before...This year has given me so much happiness...After 2.5 years of dialup life I got Broadband connection which came this year(In our town) and within 6 months another upgrade..I'm very happy :) Atleast for this I praise BSNL...Hope they live upto the mark..

[Choto Cheeta]

Ok.. guess i hope Upgreading the Home 500 speeds to 1MBPS means BSNL also makes that 1Gb limit go away.. man imagine with a spyware or silent downloader uploader on a system... :( with a day or 2 with 1MBPS and that effected system and we are looking party to sell the PC to pay the bill...

lol...

[jack// ani]

its a great news....but it would turn useless until they increase ul/dl limit 400mb/1gb....for unlimited plan user, its like dream come true.....i'm eagerly waiting......:lol:

[W i d e S c r e e N]

IMO They should start the Night UL from 11 onwards if ever the data limit has to be implimented.

[CINTEL ENTRINO]

really really gr8 new news for all of us .... hope its started as soon as possible ... really awsome news http://www.forum.neue-buerger-roms.de/Smileys/Lots_O_Smileys/blob1.gif http://img26.exs.cx/img26/2245/thumbsup8de.gif

[outlaw]

interestingly the minister is silent about the data caps , so i guess its not actually gonna be such a good offer cuz they will retain the limits and then the 2 mbps lines are gonna lie idle.......................

my dream tariff

1000 rs = 2 mbps unlimited
500 rs = 1 mbps unlimited
250 rs = 512 kbps unlimited
100 rs = 256 kbps unlimited

[aryayush]

Ok.. guess i hope Upgreading the Home 500 speeds to 1MBPS means BSNL also makes that 1Gb limit go away.. man imagine with a spyware or silent downloader uploader on a system... :( with a day or 2 with 1MBPS and that effected system and we are looking party to sell the PC to pay the bill...

lol...You should always check up your usage on DataOne's administration portal periodically to avoid that - or better still, you should use an operating system that does not entertain such malware.

[Choto Cheeta]

You should always check up your usage on DataOne's administration portal periodically to avoid that - or better still, you should use an operating system that does not entertain such malware.

well u know.. i know this, may be all the user of this forum also know this... but fact is 60% of the computer users are unaware of this fact or even, never heard of any thing called malware... :(

[tarey_g]

One more informative link with the news,

http://www.dailyindia.com/show/93096.php/BSNL-to-provide-broadband-connectivity-at-2-mbps.

[kumarmohit]

Let MTNL do it and look what I do to my Sify (mis)connection.

[mayneu]

stop dreaming guys....let it happen first. know what, when bsnl people offered broadband, every body thought its going to be unlimited. only after learning that nobody is going to subscribe if they r not ready to provide unlimited connection.

initially bsnl people want to tame the customers, then they will remove their limitations...thats the govt owned company's plan.... do u guys agree with me?
i am not finding any news making unlimited with high speed from january in their website. atleast they could have informed us they have plans of introducing it in next month. its the minister of the department who has said it, not just any person. so they could have mentioned it in their website....
shame on bsnl.... always lagging behind in marketing..... they should improve in their customer care......
know one strange thing, even bsnl employees are not aware of the plans that are there or going to come in the next month..... so many old, dull people sitting in bsnl office... must be replaced by young and energetic people, atleast who know something about the current technology....

[outlaw]

^^^^ i agree with u

when the home 900 ul plan was introduced customer care guys at my exchange dint have a clue about that plan

[webgenius]

my dream tariff

1000 rs = 2 mbps unlimited
500 rs = 1 mbps unlimited
250 rs = 512 kbps unlimited
100 rs = 256 kbps unlimited
This has to be definitely a dream plan if they offer such tariffs. At the same time it is highly unlikely that BSNL will provide such plans. They have to think about revenues as well. What will they gain if they provide 256kbps unlimited for just 100 bucks?
I'm love to have that 500 bucks for 1mbps unlimited plan.

[royal]

YEEESSSSSSSSSSSS....:D

My prayers finally answered..even if I am to pay 1000/- for 1mbps or say 1500/- for 2mbps , that would be a huuuuuuuuuuuge improvement over my existing 256 kbps UL plus plan :cool:

ready or not , Rapidshare here I come :D

My only concern is that BSNL "babus" will not stick to their word. :sad:

[hard_rock]

YEEESSSSSSSSSSSS....:D
ready or not , Rapidshare here I come :D


Thats the SPIRIT OF A DOWNLOADER...Same here...Lets SUCK THE BSNL's BANDWIDTH...(and Rapidshare's too ;) )

[Brave_Hunt]

YEEESSSSSSSSSSSS....:grin:
ready or not , Rapidshare here I come :grin:

Thats the SPIRIT OF A DOWNLOADER...Same here...Lets SUCK THE BSNL's BANDWIDTH...(and Rapidshare's too ;) )

Suckers!!! :o

j/k :D

[royal]

Thats the SPIRIT OF A DOWNLOADER...Same here...Lets SUCK THE BSNL's BANDWIDTH...(and Rapidshare's too ;) )

All leechers rejoice :p

[Vyasram]

what do you d'load from rs anyway ;)

[aryayush]

All leechers rejoice :pWhy do you have to be a leecher? I use torrents and always make sure that I upload MORE than I have downloaded, sometimes twice as much - even on a 256 Kbps connection. If I had a 1 or 2 Mbps connection, I would always keep the uploads going. 8)

[~Phenom~]

@vyasram,as if u dont know it.
LOL.

[forever]

Why do you have to be a leecher? I use torrents and always make sure that I upload MORE than I have downloaded, sometimes twice as much - even on a 256 Kbps connection. If I had a 1 or 2 Mbps connection, I would always keep the uploads going. 8)
well said buddy , btw why dont i here anything of this sort for airtel and delhi isps, plz someone , gimme a good news :)

[QwertyManiac]

Why do you have to be a leecher? I use torrents and always make sure that I upload MORE than I have downloaded, sometimes twice as much - even on a 256 Kbps connection. If I had a 1 or 2 Mbps connection, I would always keep the uploads going. 8)
Its a nice thing to do, but with an ADSL line, it isnt really time worthy doing so, on public trackers atleast, unless its very rare stuff :(

[AshishSharma]

Can u people imagine the plight of Broadband connections in Bangalore !! I am staying at BTM in Bangalore and trying to get one unlimited internet connection at some decent rate.

Dude I was putting up in BTM till about a week back and faced the same problem, my advice go for Sify thats the only useable Internet Service available there. I've now shifted to HSR and the only option here is Hathway ... which is all crap ..:cry:

[aryayush]

Its a nice thing to do, but with an ADSL line, it isnt really time worthy doing so, on public trackers atleast, unless its very rare stuff :(Why isn't it worth it on public trackers? :?

[nix]

uploading is a good thing...for me the upload speed is many times higher than the download speed....i've uploading 7.3gb and d/led 3.5 since the past few days....and thats only uploading while d/ling....not leaving the comp idle seeding. my up speed is like 55-60kb/s while d/l sucks at 20-25kb/s...:(

[QwertyManiac]

Why isn't it worth it on public trackers? :?]
Public trackers have many seeds at times, and as I said, its not worth uploading with an adsl line [5-9kBps] on it for long times till > 1 is attained. Only if its a rare file with low seeds I feel motivated to do that. You dont really help the public's huge swarms with 5-9 kBps so I dont follow it :)

[royal]

Why do you have to be a leecher? I use torrents and always make sure that I upload MORE than I have downloaded, sometimes twice as much - even on a 256 Kbps connection. If I had a 1 or 2 Mbps connection, I would always keep the uploads going. 8)

I got poor upload speeds...that's why. :(

I feel like contributing but cant really upload huge files..and I prefer not to use torrents.

[W i d e S c r e e N]

hopefully the new plans will have atleast 256 or 512 upload speed

[planetcall]

Replying to: Page#1,post18 (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=366506&postcount=18)

hey tech_cheetah,
I am also living in Bangalore near wilson garden. I am having a wonderful internet connection from YOUTelecom. Try to inquire more about it. The provide cable internet. I pay about 833 with tax and modem rental at 192Kbps UL plan. The service is good enough and they come to take the monthly bill. I think its wise enough.

http://home.no.net/birgif/glis/image004.gif

[tarey_g]

Great news.
Press Information bureau site states that 2 MBPS straight from Januray 1(News dated 20-12-06)

Shri Maran said that the convergent billing system of MTNL will come into effect from 31st March, next year. He further announced that all the existing broadband customers of MTNL will be automatically upgraded to the speed of upto 2 Mbps from the existing 256 Kbps from 1st January, 2007 at the existing rates.

Keeping in view the year 2007 being declared as “Year of Broadband” in India by the Department of Telecom, the enhancement of broadband speed will further popularise the usage of the broadband in the country. It may be recalled that BSNL has already announced to provide broadband upto 2 Mbps from 1st January, 2007.
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=23534

It was going to be 1 mbps initially , ummm BSNL is never clearof what they are doing , i hope the news from PIB site is correct.

[royal]

i hope the news from PIB site is correct.

AMEN :D

[planetcall]

only thing that haunts me is that when they charged me 63,000 bucks(later resolved to 1500) at the speed of 256kbps(H500) then what would happen if the bandwidth goes to 2MBPS. That would be fatal indeed
http://x1.putfile.com/9/26512533290.gif

[hard_rock]

Oh comon guyz...Dont pose that you guyz are the ULTIMATE CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS INTERNET..
I said in the sense to SUCK BSNL's Bandwidth..Not in torrents..I maintain 1:1 ratio in torrents...
Regarding Rapidshare I dont think such requirement is there that u have to maintain 1:1 ratio..Have they implemented such concept ;)..

I'm glad to hear that there are uploaders for rapidshare too(here at Digit forum)... ;).
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Why do you have to be a leecher? I use torrents and always make sure that I upload MORE than I have downloaded, sometimes twice as much - even on a 256 Kbps connection. If I had a 1 or 2 Mbps connection, I would always keep the uploads going. 8)

Same here man...

[techtronic]

I hope they simultaneously increase Upload Speeds to either
128kbps or 256kbps:)

[digitized]

only thing that haunts me is that when they charged me 63,000 bucks(later resolved to 1500) at the speed of 256kbps(H500) then what would happen if the bandwidth goes to 2MBPS. That would be fatal indeed
http://x1.putfile.com/9/26512533290.gif

I was also charged with amount totalling to more than Rs.70000 for 5 months. I am still fighting with them.:(

[anujsaini]

O yea, But what's the cost they offering for this connection can any 1 reply plz coz i didn't checked the link ( Sm Prob.) ;)

[agnels]

December 21, 2006 17:21 IST

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the state-owned telecom service provider, will provide broadband up to 2 MB at Rs 250 per month.

The speed has been increased by almost 8 times whereas the download has been increased by 2.5 times at almost half the cost, said a company press release.

Under the new plan all the existing 820,000 customers are also being upgraded for the speed up to 2 Mbps depending upon technical feasibility.

The year 2007 has already been declared as the 'Year of Broadband.' BSNL plans to add a 5 million port capacity to the existing network of 1 million ports during 2007. The telecom services provider has a market share of 44% in this segment.

BSNL plans:

* BSNL has a very ambitious plan to add large capacity during 2007.
* More than 1000 cities / towns and 20000 villages will come under the broadband map.
* 10,000 exchanges in urban 20,000 exchanges in rural would be broadband enabled.
* All the telephone exchanges with more than 1000 lines will be covered under this expansion plan.
* By the year 2008, all gram panchayats will have Broadband coverage.
* Broadband coverage for all secondary and higher secondary schools and all public health centres by December 2007.
* BSNL is in the process of launching broadband access through WiMAX technology in about 1,000 block headquarters with support from the government which will cover an area of about 20-25 km in each block.
* BSNL is already in the process of launching triple play services over broadband in Pune and subsequently in Chennai and Bangalore.
* BSNL will also to start on-line gaming services over broadband very shortly under two categories -- Standard and Premium packages -- with monthly fixed charges of Rs 100 and Rs 200, respectively.

The company release said that:

* Till now the minimum bandwidth available to broadband customers was 256 Kbps. BSNL has now decided that all the Home and Business Plans will offer data rates up to 2 Mbps, subject to technical feasibility.
* Further, the downloading limits in Home 250 and Business 700 plans have been enhanced to 1 GB and 4 GB from 400 MB and 2 GB, respectively. The limits in other plans have been suitably enhanced. With the increase in downloading limit, a Plan 250 customer will get a benefit of Rs 840 per month for 1 GB limit and Business Plan 700 customer will get a benefit of Rs 2400 per month for limits up to 4GB.
* BSNL has also decided to bring down the per MB downloading rates from 1.40 per MB to Rs.0.90 per MB in Home 250 plan and the rates have also been lowered in other plans.
* BSNL has also decided to reduce the fixed monthly charges from ADSL modems from Rs 100 to Rs 60 per month which would benefit about 800,000 customer of BSNL. The reduction is applicable with effect from December 1, 2006.

Source:http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/dec/21bsnl.htm

[tarey_g]

* Till now the minimum bandwidth available to broadband customers was 256 Kbps. BSNL has now decided that all the Home and Business Plans will offer data rates up to 2 Mbps, subject to technical feasibility.
* Further, the downloading limits in Home 250 and Business 700 plans have been enhanced to 1 GB and 4 GB from 400 MB and 2 GB, respectively. The limits in other plans have been suitably enhanced. With the increase in downloading limit, a Plan 250 customer will get a benefit of Rs 840 per month for 1 GB limit and Business Plan 700 customer will get a benefit of Rs 2400 per month for limits up to 4GB.
* BSNL has also decided to bring down the per MB downloading rates from 1.40 per MB to Rs.0.90 per MB in Home 250 plan and the rates have also been lowered in other plans.
* BSNL has also decided to reduce the fixed monthly charges from ADSL modems from Rs 100 to Rs 60 per month which would benefit about 800,000 customer of BSNL. The reduction is applicable with effect from December 1, 2006.



Freakin awesome!!!!

[kalpik]

:( I hope airtel also comes up with a similar (better?) offer!

Cheers to you BSNL/MTNL guys!

[webgenius]

Happy news for BSNL subcribers.

http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/dec/21bsnl.htm

[forever]

why is there no talk of the unlimited plan , do they plan to chuck it ?

[tarey_g]

How much better they can make the UL plan , UL+2mbps is hott..

but great news for ppl like me who are on the data limit connection , i think they will provide 3-4 GB for home 500 atleast i hope :p

[webgenius]

I hope they don't remove the night free usage

[kalpik]

From another "reputed" forum for broadband discussions:

BSNL does not yet have its own international gateway (except for a paltry one from Sri-Lanka to chennai).. it depends on Airtel for its bandwidth.. so if BSNL can offer 2mbps (yes it will be unlimited for their H900 plan) Airtel will also offer the same.. the only difference that i can percieve is the DL/UL speed.. whereas BSNL might go in for 2mbps/512kbps Airtell might either opt for 2mbps/1mbps (likely) or 2mbps/2mbps (unlikely). Airtel can be an out and out winner once they expand their network.. this is the only sector where they are lagging behind BSNL.

YAY! :D

[mail2and]

FREAKING AWESOME!

2 MBPS unlimited for 900 per month!

Hell just froze over 234324234324 times!

[Brave_Hunt]

No buddy is sayin' anything about unlimited package :cool: Besides all this news says that bandwidth will go up to 2mbps I'm currently on HOME 900 UL Plus plan my bandwidth should go up to 256kbps but It only goes up to 240kbps :cool: This up to term creats confusion.

[mail2and]

You get 240 kbps and you're complaining? I get 170-180 kbps on my 256 kbps connection.

[QwertyManiac]

I cant sleep tonight.

[mail2and]

I cant sleep tonight.

Hahahahah. Now you can spam more, as the pages will load faster. :D

Don't mind. I was just joking.

[AshishSharma]

Are the plans available already ? I am planning to go for BSNL connection but wanna know if I should hold on for some time. Normal BSNL connection takes from 1 month to Lifetime here in B'lore so even if they'r going to start that in a month time I should be ok http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8399/thumbsup4kk.gif

[QwertyManiac]

You dont find any other jokes these days, apple's getting to you :p

has the server been upgraded or something am not aware of? Dont notice much changes in speeds, let 2 mbit come and I'll get back to you :p
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Are the plans available already ? I am planning to go for BSNL connection but wanna know if I should hold on for some time. Normal BSNL connection takes from 1 month to Lifetime here in B'lore so even if they'r going to start that in a month time I should be ok http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8399/thumbsup4kk.gif From Jan 1

[prasad_den]

Hope the home 500 plan sees a limit of not less then 3GB..at least..!!! And I wish they don't cut night free period - 2 to 8 free is better than no free period at all..!!

[CINTEL ENTRINO]

wow..... holy world ...... cant believe this ......

so much happening so quickly .... hope wat agnels has qouted is true ...

agnels ..... tere muh me ghee- shakkar .... reps bhi ...

awsome awsome news .... i'll switch over 2 BSNL sooooooon , veryyyy sooon :D :o

[tarey_g]

if they cut night unlimited i will switch to the 250 or 900ul plan :D , इस पार या उस पार :p

[sanddy]

wanna frnds i was just thinking about the usual habbit of BSNL'S lazy officers and stupid computers producing huge bills at d end of d month,

[hard_rock]

I think they will increase download limit to 2GB...Coz for 250plan they doubled limit.Similarly for 500Plan 2GB. Double of existing 1Gb. Still I hope they EXTEND Happy Hours.. from 12to 8 or 11 to 8. Gr8 news guyz..I'm looking forward for the next year...Its like a Christmas Gift for us...I hope santa claus will bring another HARD DISK for storage and Lots and lots of Blank DVDs for me.... :D :D

[nishant_nms]

I got a HEART ATTACK after reading this post

[webgenius]

Guys, they haven't yet confirmed the night free usage. When will they put this news on their site? Are there no website maintainers at all in BSNL offices?

[a_medico]

i am more than happy with my current Unlimited 900 plus plan. I dont want to miss the magic of the word 'unlimited' in bargain of 2MB connection.

I wouldnt mind a free upgrade though without any other changes in the plan! ;)

[~Phenom~]

^^whats plus means in ur plan????

[thecyclone2k]

Now this is something UPA people did good! But, I think my connection would be disconnected by the end of the year! How unfortunate!

[runeet]

I will believe it when I see it.

[digitized]

Is it really true? I still cannot believe it. So what speed unlimited plan or plan with night unlimited can I expect with Rs.500 a month?

Just hope they alongwith their stupid billing system, do not produce huge bills at the end of the month. I am still fighting for my bills in the excess of Rs.50000 for 5 months in total.

This is just awesome news. I hope Airtel follows suit. If I take a new connection, I do not wish to continue with BSNL. It seems I have had the worst experience with Dataone among all the forum members of Digit forum.:(

[s18000rpm]

^^whats plus means in ur plan????


==>> For Home Plan UL 900 Plus: Telephone Rental per month- Nil, Free Calls- Nil,
MCU charges per Pulse @ Rs. 1/- shall be applicable. The calls shall be charged
as per pulse rate of BSNl Bfone General Plan. Security Deposit and Installation
charges as applicable for Local/STD/ISD shall be taken from new customers.

==>>For Home Plan UL 900: Telephone Rental per month, Free Calls & MCU charges
per pulse shall be as per existing plan of the customer.

[nitish_mythology]

If I take Rs250 home plan...Apart from getting 400mb can I download freely at night?

[digitized]

^^^I think the data transfer limit will be increased for home 250 plan too. And I just hope they add night unlimited to that.

[tarey_g]

I think they will increase download limit to 2GB...Coz for 250plan they doubled limit.Similarly for 500Plan 2GB. Double of existing 1Gb.

Dude they have said the download limits will increase 2.5 time wrt to each plan , so 1GB ppl are most likely going to get 2.5GB atleast .

btw i read in some other article , some bsnl guy was saying that the download speeds will vary fron 1mbps to 2mbps. So i dont think 2mbps to everyone will e possible.
__________
If I take Rs250 home plan...Apart from getting 400mb can I download freely at night?

If you read the post carefully , it is specific about the 250 plan , the download limit will be increased to 1GB instead of 400MB , and there will be no night free downloads in this plan.
__________
I will believe it when I see it.

Do not expect from BSNL to update the official site anytime soon , coz they never do it , neither they report their own news properly on their own site. But for sure we will be getting what is promised.

[nitish_mythology]

Thanks tarey_g....
It was my fault!

[~Phenom~]

==>> For Home Plan UL 900 Plus: Telephone Rental per month- Nil, Free Calls- Nil,
MCU charges per Pulse @ Rs. 1/- shall be applicable. The calls shall be charged
as per pulse rate of BSNl Bfone General Plan. Security Deposit and Installation
charges as applicable for Local/STD/ISD shall be taken from new customers.

==>>For Home Plan UL 900: Telephone Rental per month, Free Calls & MCU charges
per pulse shall be as per existing plan of the customer. Thanx for telling.
But what does MCU means ???
I recently applied for 900 UL Plus plan. I was applying for 900 UL plan but the lady there told that i should take 900 UL Plus plan as it will help get rid of monthly rental from telephone bill. I was not told that my free calls will be gone , Neither i was told about " MCU charges per Pulse @ Rs. 1/- shall be applicable. The calls shall be charged
as per pulse rate of BSNl Bfone General Plan." i still couldnt figure out what this is ??? i was not having STD facility till now , so will it mean that I will be able to dial anwhere in the country at Re.1 per minute ??? Some one enlighten me please....


I m currently having 500 Home Plan.

[aryayush]

I have a question. Will only the upgrade be free or whether you can take a new unlimited connection after the first of January, 2007 for the same fixed rental (Rs. 900) but with the increased bandwidth?

[gary4gar]

I have a question. Will only the upgrade be free or whether you can take a new unlimited connection after the first of January, 2007 for the same fixed rental (Rs. 900) but with the increased bandwidth?
NO!

[kumarmohit]

meaning that if I change from Sify to MTNL after Januay 1 say 10 or 15 I will not get the mbps connection???

[hard_rock]

In a new year bonanza to its customers, the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has decided to remove the STD barring facility from all landline phones, gradually replace old instruments with caller line identification (CLI) facility and increase the broadband speed and the free download limit.

The broadband speed will be increased from 256 kbps (kilobits per second) to up to 2 mbps (megabits per second) from January 1.

The free download limit will be enhanced from 0.4 gigabyte to 1gigabyte. Rates for further downloads have been decreased from Rs.1.40 per megabyte to 90 paise.

BSNL Chairman and Managing Director A.K. Sinha, announcing the "bonanza" on Thursday, said the download limit for business customers would be increased to 4 gb, which would mean benefits up to Rs. 2,400 a month.

Year of broadband

Declaring 2007 as year of broadband, Mr. Sinha said the BSNL would extend the service from 600 towns to 1,000, besides giving 50 lakh additional connections. Out of this, 18.4 lakh connections would be provided in the rural areas and 31.6 lakh in the urban areas. The company had 8.2 lakhs customers, accounting for half of the total broadband base in the country.

Mr. Sinha said the roll out would continue the next year too and by 2008, all gram panchayats would have broadband coverage and all secondary and higher secondary schools would be similarly equipped by 2007 end.

There was a plan to start on-line gaming service and BSNL would offer two packages for Rs.100 and Rs.200 a month.

It had decided to make fixed line phones more attractive. BSNL had reduced the monthly charges for the One India plan to Rs.180 a month along with 50 free calls.

Now, STD facility would be offered to 1.2 crore customers without any extra security deposit. The customers would have to inform the BSNL if they wanted to continue with the barred STD facility.

Over the next 18 months, landline phones would be equipped with the CLI facility. Since the move involved replacing a huge number of phones, the initiative would be conducted in phases. In the mobile segment, location-based service would be launched from January next.

The company had forged a tie-up with Power Grid Corporation to ensure a more reliable transmission media in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast. The hilly terrain in both these regions and frequent landslips took a heavy toll on connectivity. The BSNL would utilise Power Grid's optical fibre lines to provide alternative routes whenever its network was disrupted due to landslips.
^^^^ News from The hindu
http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/22/stories/2006122204501500.htm

[QwertyManiac]

NO!
Be clear Gary, NO to what? Do I need to pay a fee or you mean no UL exists? Am paranoid.

[tarey_g]

900 UL will be 900UL(2mbps) with no extra charge or datacap.

[gary4gar]

Be clear Gary, NO to what? Do I need to pay a fee or you mean no UL exists? Am paranoid.
well this is not the officail anouncement, i don't think the will be able to give 2MBPS @900pm. but i think the upgrade will ve free for home 250 users as they have have data cap so they can't use the network that much. but the UL users will jam the network and then blame BSNL for not providing good speeds. what is more scare in india than brandwith???

and BSnl & MTNL are fast reaching there full network capcity. in comming months people will have to wait for 1-2months for BB conection.:(
the most pending application are from bangalore.

bsnl & mtnl have started adding more ports so that there connection capacity would increase for which tenders have already been invited from erricson,nokia. but its saarkari kam so it will take time.:D

but thats my view lets what bsnl does??

[mail2and]

900 UL will be 900UL(2mbps) with no extra charge or datacap.

But, as usual, Mumbai ppl will not get an unlimited plan. :(

[tarey_g]

But, as usual, Mumbai ppl will not get an unlimited plan. :(

I don't know much about MTNL but i think they have a UL plan for 950/- which was earlier 1399/- . I just read it somewhere , don't know much abt it.

[kumarmohit]

The 950 (949 actually) unlimited plan is available in Delhi for mumbai Its better to check site of mtnl.

[mail2and]

It's not there for Mumbai. That's why I am still stuck with Pacenet.

[mehulved]

MTNL Mumbai don't even know if such a plan exists. I had emailed them asking if it will be available anytime soon. But, they replied that they will get back if such a plan is started. I again emailed them yesterday asking if 1 mbps unlimited plans are going to be introduced. They gave me their phone no. and asked to call there. Not much hopes of getting any answer there.

[W i d e S c r e e N]

MTNL replied to ur email????

that's great, hope bsnl matches them on this part

[tarey_g]

I read on some forum guys saying that it has been alteady been launched in pune.

See the comment by 'desi-tek.com' on this page
http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/dec/21bsnl.htm
it has already been launched in pune and thane now download speed is around 170KBPS kilo byte per second


Posted by desi-tek.com

I think this guy (http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/member.php?find=lastposter&t=31112) is also member of digit forum.

[techtronic]

^^Thanks for the Info
One more question
Why are you always hanging tarey_g ? :D

[planetcall]

I am waiting for the announcements from the other ISPs as well. The future of internet in india suddenly started looking very bright. :)

[tarey_g]

^^Thanks for the Info
One more question
Why are you always hanging tarey_g ? :D

Hanging with cool ppl since Aug 2004 :D

[cyberzook]

I am facing the most awkward situation
I am on Rs 500 home plan.
I applied for 900UL plus on 12th Dec. There is no news abt speed upgradation of UL plans. Can anybody tell whether this plan change would be counter productive?
Considering that 500 home plan is surely going to be upgraded to 2 GB night unlimited 1 mbps plan.

Are the pre-exisitng modems (that all the customers have) capable of working at 1 or 2 mbps ?

[rajaryan_13]

ya cyberzook this might be the case, always try review the situation with all BSNL plans...look in for a couple of mnths then make ur decision

[techtronic]

Hanging with cool ppl since Aug 2004 :D

I got the point now :D

[W i d e S c r e e N]

I am waiting for the announcements from the other ISPs as well. The future of internet in india suddenly started looking very bright. :)
:D

[tarey_g]

Ok , this is from another forum ,

Some guy claims that some local newspaper had the new plan ifo as follows

The new plans (according to a local paper) from 1st January 2007 are -
Home 250 - 1GB limit, 90 paisa per MB over the limit.
Home 500 - 2.5GB limit, 80 paisa per MB over the limit.
Home 1000 - 5GB limit, 80 paisa per MB over the limit.
Home 1800 - 10GB limit, 70 paisa per MB over the limit.
Home 3300 - 20GB limit, 70 paisa per MB over the limit.

Night Unlimited on all Home plans except Home 250 is from 8 PM to 8 AM now.
There is no mention of the Home 900 UL plan.

Business 700 - 4GB limit, 80 paisa per MB over the limit.
Business 1200 - 8GB limit, 80 paisa per MB over the limit.
Business 3000 - 20GB limit, 50 paisa per MB over the limit.
Business 5000 - 35GB limit, 50 paisa per MB over the limit.
Business 9000 - 75GB limit, 50 paisa per MB over the limit.

[karthik55859]

Night Unlimited on all Home plans except Home 250 is from 8 PM to 8 AM now.

I dont think it will b true

But I pray for it to be true

[soham]

The DATA caps are still lower. Someone please explain this ---- If you pay 900 bucks and get 2 mbps unlimited, why would anyone pay 1000 and be limited to 5 GB of adta.

[praka123]

6 more days to go >2007 and BSNL yet to put the new tariffs!

[ketanbodas]

This is just cool :-) news.

[sai_cool]

Actually in my opinion, the service of bsnl is good.

I live in chennai and i am on 900 UL. i get download speeds at abt 300kbps(36-37 KB/S). But the upload speeds are pathetic(6-10 KB/S).

I think bsnl has the capacity to upgrade all its users to 2 mbps, provided they update their software and equipment.

[VD17]

i'm gonna sue these @$$es if they scrap the 900UL plan...
i dont know on what grounds i'll sue them... but i'll sue them.. if need be, i'll sew them too

[nish_higher]

Yeah.I'll also kick them if they mess with the 900 plan.

[aditya.shevade]

Same here

[tarey_g]

That guy provided a visual proof , scan from Rajasthan Patrika with the news.

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8829/dataoneplanscb1.jpg

[royal]

Ohh the suspense is killing me ... :D

Cmon BSNL, give us some relief and you better not mess with 900 plan :x

[hard_rock]

If night unlimited is from 8PM to 8AM then who wants UNLIMITED PLAN...Coz I browse and download after 10 only... Really Good news..Waiting for NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

[24online]

but not officially 2 Mbps speed news from BSNL...

so wait for few months...:mad:

[planetcall]

Oye kya khichri pak rahi hai. Ab tak only speculation going on. No other ISP saying anything either :( PigS[h]it!
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/kazabra/smileys/angry/darkevil.gif

[rajaryan_13]

BSNL gonna kille some with suspense and kill the others in anger

[aryayush]

There is absolutely no use giving upgrading to a 2Mbps plan if they limit the downloading. The current situation is better than a 2Mbps limited connection.

[tinku dhar]

will this change be effective all STATES of INDIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

coz im satyin in GANgtok and here everything come lately :( sooo wanted to know

[mail2and]

will this change be effective all STATES of INDIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

coz im satyin in GANgtok and here everything come lately :( sooo wanted to know

Whilst broadband may have come late, the rate plans all over India will be kept same.

Imagine our condition in Mumbai; MTNL doesn't even offer unlimited plans here.

[soham]

Is there no BSNL in mumbai?

[QwertyManiac]

^^
No, only MTNL.

[Mangal Pandey]

btw what will be the estimated speed of d/l in 2MBps
wiil it be 32KBps x 8 = 256KBps

[QwertyManiac]

^^
Its not 2 MBps but 2 Mbps

2 mega bits = 2048 kilo-bits a second = 2048/8 = 256 Kilo Bytes per second.

[aniishvara@gmail.com]

hey guys no kind of announcement by BSNL as of now ... what r they even doing ??

or is it that all these plans won't be available from JAN next year???
have anyone got any confirmed news regarding the matter???

[NucleusKore]

^^
No, only MTNL.
That's sad, here in mangalore we have BSNL and AirTel.

[tinku dhar]

btw what will be the estimated speed of d/l in 2MBps
wiil it be 32KBps x 8 = 256KBps

dude ... ,

in my bro's office 2MBps gives more than 180 kBps and max it gives 300 KBps

sooooo lets hope we get good :)

as 256 user will be happy usin 2 Mbps coz its 8 times faster:)

[tarey_g]

There is absolutely no use giving upgrading to a 2Mbps plan if they limit the downloading. The current situation is better than a 2Mbps limited connection.

I don't agree absolutely . Although UL is unmatched , but 2Mbps is also a treat for the price for a limited connection. Even if they keep the NU hours to 6 (opposed to the 8pm-8am NU thing which is not confirmed) its 8 times data that home 500 connection user can download . As for Home 250 plan i thing users are getting what they are paying for and the increased 1GB limit ia awesome for starters.

If in any way the news from rajasthan partika is true (12 hrs NU from 8pm-8am) then i am sure many 900ul uers will think of switiching to the home 500 plan . But in the end UL freedom is unparalleled .

[Choto Cheeta]

hmm.. what would happen to business plans as we have a 2MBPS business... so if Rs 250 can give u 2MBPS, then why cant we expect Rs. 9000 would give us 8 - 10 MBPS ????

:-)

[Brave_Hunt]

hmm.. what would happen to business plans as we have a 2MBPS business... so if Rs 250 can give u 2MBPS, then why cant we expect Rs. 9000 would give us 8 - 10 MBPS ????

:-)

MBPS huh? :o I don't think any ISP in India is giving that huge bandwidth through ADSL broadband connection at the moment.:rolleyes:

[Choto Cheeta]

MBPS huh? :o I don't think any ISP in India is giving that huge bandwidth through ADSL broadband connection at the moment.:rolleyes:

are yaar.. as we are discussing about connection speed in megabit so i mean to say my connection speed not the file transfer speed in megabyte :p

:rolleyes:

[kalpik]

Hmm.. Announcement from MTNL (Delhi) taken from the 5th page, Times Of India, Delhi (dated 26th dec 2006).

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4775/26122006131lf5.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=26122006131lf5.jpg)

It mentions that the speed upgrade would not be applicable to unlimited plans. :p

Now lets see what Airtel has in store for us!
Taken from: http://www.airtelenterprise.com/networks_alliances.html
Internet infrastructure: Our Internet backbone involves state of the art high-end routers and switches as may deployed on the best networks across the world to offer our customers reliable service of unmatched quality. Three years back we had established satellite based gateway for internet access. This was the first gateway by a private operator. Now we have established our fibre gateway on Network i2i, first private submarine cable owned by us and SingTel.

Fixed line infrastructure: Our high quality fibre-based, fixed line networks in Delhi, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chahattisgarh,intensively covers the most prominentcommercial and business districts in the country.At Airtel Enterprise Services, we provide the power of last mile fixed line network to bring end-to-end voice and data solutions.

Long distance infrastructure: Our 25,000 km advanced fibre-optic cable long distance network covers India's top 200 cities. And it powers the services of India's leading private telecom service providers - cellular, fixed line and internet through Airtel Long Distance Services.

Submarine cable: We have partnered with SingTel to create the world's largest submarine cable system- Network i2i with 8.4 Tbps capacity. This 3200 km undersea cable structure stretches from Chennai to Singapore and thereon to Tier-1 carriers on SingTel's capacity on 175,000 km of cables. The huge capacity on network i2i is distributed locally in India through our 25,000 km of advanced fibre-optic domestic long distance backbone, providing unprecedented capacity, speed & reliability.

SE-ME-WE-4: Se-Me-We-4 (South East Asia, Middle East and Western Europe 4) is the new undersea cable connecting the Pacific to the Atlantic, and has been built with 4th generation Terabit DWDM technology. On its 20,000 km journey from Singapore to France, it lands in each of the 13 countries along the way.

In India, the cable lands at our landing station in Chennai. The new addition will complement our existing undersea cable – the Chennai-Singapore i2i – and our nationwide network in bringing you higly reliable, robust and seamless connectivity to Europe and the US East Coast. The other big benefit of SeMeWe4 is that besides benefiting the IT & ITES, it will be a boon for the BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) segment, offering you connectivity solutions from 2 Mpbs (E1) to 155 Mbps (STM1) on SeMeWe 4. Full circuits in India will are available too.

Wireless network: India's finest cellular service, Airtel Mobile Services, has the world's 2nd largest cellular footprint, covering 16 circles, all the major metros and mini metros. Employing GSM and GPRS technologies, we bring bandwidth to customers on the move.

Alliances: Our alliances with the world's best companies helps in establish a leadership position in the Indian telecom industry. We have partnered with blue chip companies like IBM, Nokia, Alcatel, Siemens, Oracle and Nortel Networks to provide us with the best technologies to help our customers run their business smoothly.

So Airtel has the b/w to provide 155mbps connections to everyone :)

[shyamno]

Does BSNL has any official announcement as when they will be starting their new upgradation as MTNL has anoounced..

Will BSNL start the new connection w.r.f 01.01.2007 ?????

[tinku dhar]

damn ...,

BSNL is not providin this news in there website :( i don't believe in BSNL until they provide this news to alll the customers thereself
:|

[Ankur Gupta]

Well referring to the MTNL Advertisement i think the most affected plan wud be TriB590 NU "if" MTNL decides to keep it as 256kbps...
A more viable option wud be upgrading its speed to 2mbps in the daytime and keeping the night unlimited download speed as 256kbps....
And also the cost of the 256kbps plan must cum down to around 500/- keeping in mind tht other plans are getting 8 times more speed!
Well a new era is going to begin next year in broadband!

[hard_rock]

Here is the OFFICIAL NEWS OF CHENNAI BSNL...
http://chennai.bsnl.co.in/News/BBSTariff010107.htm

Bad luck to those having Unlimited connection. NO UPGRADE IN SPEED.

[techtronic]

Here is the OFFICIAL NEWS OF CHENNAI BSNL...
http://chennai.bsnl.co.in/News/BBSTariff010107.htm

Bad luck to those having Unlimited connection. NO UPGRADE IN SPEED.

Thanks for Posting
Now I am relieved of the suspense

Dataone is Pathetic when it comes to UL Plans
They could have atleast given 512 kbps UL for Rs 1500
DL 512 kbps / UL 256 kbps

[manas]

Bad news for unlimited users...

[royal]

What the hell...I feel like hitting BSNL babus so hard in their a**es that they scream :mad:

High speed with download caps...is this what is going to make 2007 "Year of the Broadband" ? :mad: :mad: :mad:

[QwertyManiac]

UL 256 Kbps > *

[kumarmohit]

Oh Well better to stay with sify, no migration hassles atleast...:-(

[cyberscriber]

its a bad news. No use of 2mbps connection without UL plans.

[VD17]

*Year of the broadband*

LMAO... nice sense of humour these evil people possess.

[mkmkmk]

any news about sify plans ?

[Mangal Pandey]

Hold on guys no need to bang your head against the wall...
It might be very early for me to comment on it, but I 've heard a rumour that Home UL users might get the package by the end of March 2007.
becuase there is speculation on the feasibility of the 2MBps lines.

Going by the pattern by which BSNL is moving, it is not very long that they (Home UnLimited users) will have to wait.

For eg. like in Feb 2006, when OneIndia plan was launched for telephones across India, with much fanfare & hype, it was initially a 299 p.m. package & no free calls. But after 4 months it became a 250 p.m. package. At present, its 180 p.m. deal with 50 free calls.
Similarly when DataOne was launched they had Home 500 users who could d/l unlimited data at odd hours ie 2AM - 8AM. But then, again BSNL came up with Freedom & Freedom Plus.
Now in the present scenario, what will happen is that Home Unlimited & Unlimited plus people, who are already paying 900 bucks & above, will migrate to Home 500 to use the happy hours (0200AM - 0800AM).
After analysing the project, BSNL might revive its tariffs & as a bid to retain the HOME UnLimited customers BSNL shall bring the 2MBps bandwidth for its Home UnLimited users.

But as I have already said, this might also be speculation.

[kalpik]

^^ That's what i call wishful thinking :D

[CINTEL ENTRINO]

so much is happening so fast , i am askin it straight .
is BSNL going to give 1 or 2 mbps connection to those who already hav BSNL connections ?
if not , then when will they start it ? pls post facts if u can.

[hard_rock]

so much is happening so fast , i am askin it straight .
is BSNL going to give 1 or 2 mbps connection to those who already hav BSNL connections ?
if not , then when will they start it ? pls post facts if u can.

BSNL will give speeds ranging from 256kbps to 2mbps depending upon TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY (As per official statement by BSNL) from January 1st to all plans EXCEPT Home 900 UL and UL+ plans. So those who have UL connection will only get 256kbps with no speed increase but the rest of plans will get.

[CINTEL ENTRINO]

i am presently on a local ISP connection , u mean to say i shud shift to BSNL after they announce the plans ?

n wat is "TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY" . n will they introduce it in Hyderabad also at the same time.

[comrade]

so atlast maran & his family once again proved their colour...what next? 10 MBPS plan with 10 MB bandwidth cap.....

[hard_rock]

i am presently on a local ISP connection , u mean to say i shud shift to BSNL after they announce the plans ?
n wat is "TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY" . n will they introduce it in Hyderabad also at the same time.
All existing customers will get increased speed according to their plans. So you get a new connection or later..It doesnt matter..you will get increased datarate.
Technical feasibility refers to the capacity of exchange and other factors like number of Dataone connections in your area. If you have many connections then I doubt you get complete 2mbps. May be they may give 1mbps only.
I think YES, they will introduce all over india. But I'm not SURE about this. Wait for next 3 days and check local newspaper for availability/contact BSNL office at your area. :)

[CINTEL ENTRINO]

thnx 4 that info.... even 1 mpbs will b enuf for me if they give it under 800 rs.

[aryayush]

They HAVE to increase the speed of unlimited plans. I think the current change in tariffs is just a cunning move to cash in more revenues. Just think about it, how much time does it take for a person riding on a 2Mbps connection to download/upload a total of 1GB of data? Personally, I could do it in two hours, but even a person who just checks his email, uses IM and streams the occasional YouTube video might cross 1GB in a week or a fortnight. After that, all the extra bandwidth goes straight to BSNL's cash reserves. Meanwhile, unlimited users will remain bottlenecked with a pathetic speed of 256Kbps and won't be able to download much even if they tried their best. Aw, this sucks! I am SOOOOO disheartened (it's not very often that I use such dramatic exaggeration but I am very disappointed right now).

[Brave_Hunt]

BSNL will give speeds ranging from 256kbps to 2mbps depending upon TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY (As per official statement by BSNL) from January 1st to all plans EXCEPT Home 900 UL and UL+ plans. So those who have UL connection will only get 256kbps with no speed increase but the rest of plans will get.

Well in my administration portal still says that I'm on Speed 256 Kbps Plan instead Plan- HOME UL 900 Plus It was always like this even when I was subscribed to Plan -HOME500 : Speed -256 Kbps so technically I'm not on HOME UL 900 Plus Plan. Wonder what speed would I get? :rolleyes: lol


The plan they showed just seems like a big shagoofa :cool: nothing more than trying to improve their performance which is highly doubtfully that they'll fulfill what they're commiting. It's BSNL afterall :rolleyes: heh. Anyways, since I'm HOME UL 900 Plus Plan subscriber (Billingwise :p ) there's nothing impressive for me what so ever. And with these new plans calling this year as a "Broadband Year" is nothing but b**ls**t. Hopefully they'll continue to improve their service in coming months but so far nada. And that's very big disappointment for all those HOME UL 900 Plus users. Actually we've been counting on BSNL heh. For other Plan subscribers HAVE FUN GUYS!! It seems like It'll take us (HOME UL 900 Plus Plan subscribers) some time to join the party. :cool:

[cool_dude_prav]

all of u HAVE to notice one thing...

Earlier BSNL site tariff used to read - speeds UPTO 256kbps

but now its FROM 256kbps to 2mbps
so, it means that places like chennai and other big cities and towns will be upgraded faster as they have more facilities already. some of the bigger towns will slowly get upgraded...

regarding the UL plans - ***NO COMMENTS***

[s18000rpm]

what the hell is wrong with BSNL.??? http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_28.gif

2MBps not for Unlimited bb users http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_19_1.gif

they should come up with some revised plans soon for UL users too, or we can/will see many BSNL users(like me) jumping to other BB providers, like Airtel.

what bsnl did is, given a Ferrari Enzo to a Villager to use on his broken road & give a HM Ambassoder to guys, to drive on Silky smooth road.
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_19_1.gif

i just wish i hadn't changed my Home250 plan to UL one.

to all the guys who're on 250/500 plan, have a blast of speeeedy year. http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_1_21.gif

& to all the guys who're on UL plans like me, lets start Praying. http://smilies.sofrayt.com/fsc/praying.gif

[rajaryan_13]

well according to their current plan structure they cannot provide 2mbps to Hul 900 subscribers :mad: , that wud mean they have to stop the other plans like H3300 which is Rs 3300 per month @ 2 mbps. :x So the best they can do is put 512 kbps for H900UL. :mad: But also although not mentioned still there might be speed cap during the night ul for all the plans; like @256kbps for all ;) and rest of the day enjoy :( 2mbps with 1-5 gb data cap. :eek: Till then 3 cheers for mr. Dayanidhi Moron

[s18000rpm]

Till then 3 cheers for mr. Dayanidhi Moron ^^good one http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_12_6.gif

[kumarmohit]

so atlast maran & his family once again proved their colour...what next? 10 MBPS plan with 10 MB bandwidth cap.....

LMAOhttp://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/l/lmao.gif

[Ankur Gupta]

I am sure tht unlimited users will get a speed upgrade or a price cut...
Unlimited plans have been on the lesser priority side of BSNL/MTNL coz they were introduced after a long time these ISP's started their broadband service...
Also they were highly priced initially but were later reduced to somewhat reasonable rates(Airtel has attractive rates for unlimited plans!)...
So i guess in a couple of months there will be a speed upgrade for unlimited plans wen airtel decides to increase their bandwidth frm 128/256kbps to 1 or 2 mbps...thts the time wen competition hots up and these BSNL/MTNL guys decide to upgrade the unlimited plans...

TILL THEN LET OTHERS ENJOY THE RIDE FRM 256kbps to 256kBps.... :D

[harikatt]

bsnl offer for broadband connectivity at 2mbps is announced in coming months with all villages also in coverage, but,, till now i am staying in headquarter of westgodavari corporation , town, but still couldnt be covered with bsnl least broadband connectivity... and at present using the 115kbps tata indicom internet,,

so i hope if i can get atleast the 256kbps broadband net,, i can enjoy a good with it.

[digitized]

I am disgusted with BSNL's poor customer service and poor billing system and am not interested in these 1Mbps/2Mbps plans, as attractive as they might seem to be.:mad:

[Rishabh_sharma1990]

WOW IT's GREAT OFFER.
BECAUSE I CAN NOW DOWNLOAD UNLIMITED LINUX DISTROS AND MORE SOFTWARES.....!!!!!!!!!! I AM NOW USING 256 KBPS CONNECTION AND
THE 2 MBPS SPEED WILL BREAK THE BARRIERS.......YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOO
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bsnl offer for broadband connectivity at 2mbps is announced in coming months with all villages also in coverage, but,, till now i am staying in headquarter of westgodavari corporation , town, but still couldnt be covered with bsnl least broadband connectivity... and at present using the 115kbps tata indicom internet,,

so i hope if i can get atleast the 256kbps broadband net,, i can enjoy a good with it.

Are you an Animator????:p
I also want to go in 3d grapchics animation field.
PLEASE:) can you tell me how to go ahead in this field.
i am now in 11th class

[mkmkmk]

so atlast maran & his family once again proved their colour...what next? 10 MBPS plan with 10 MB bandwidth cap.....

very much agree with u.........

[kalpik]

^^ 2mbps speed is not applicable for unlimited users.

[~Phenom~]

I shifted from 500 home plan to 900 UL plus just last week , I m feeling like the biggest jerk here. Damn u BSNL.

[CINTEL ENTRINO]

lets c wat airtel n sify offer in coming months to counter BSNL... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[QwertyManiac]

My sleep cycles return to normal now.

Sigh, did I really think of a 2mbit UL? How gross of me :p

Now paying 900 for 256 seems strange, but peaceful it is.

[tarey_g]

what bsnl did is, given a Ferrari Enzo to a Villager to use on his broken road & give a HM Ambassoder to guys, to drive on Silky smooth road.

haha , hilarious lol . Mr. Moron should read this thread.

[aryayush]

WOW IT's GREAT OFFER.
BECAUSE I CAN NOW DOWNLOAD UNLIMITED LINUX DISTROS AND MORE SOFTWARES.....!!!!!!!!!! I AM NOW USING 256 KBPS CONNECTION AND
THE 2 MBPS SPEED WILL BREAK THE BARRIERS.......YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOYou cannot download Linux distros on a limited connection... unless you do not mind crossing the data-cap and paying more for it.

[Akhil Jain]

You cannot download Linux distros on a limited connection... unless you do not mind crossing the data-cap and paying more for it.
I think night unlimited would be there.

[tinku dhar]

All existing customers will get increased speed according to their plans. So you get a new connection or later..It doesnt matter..you will get increased datarate.
Technical feasibility refers to the capacity of exchange and other factors like number of Dataone connections in your area. If you have many connections then I doubt you get complete 2mbps. May be they may give 1mbps only.
I think YES, they will introduce all over india. But I'm not SURE about this. Wait for next 3 days and check local newspaper for availability/contact BSNL office at your area. :)

wateva u said was fine dude ... ,

but last sentence yyyyy u said to contact to BSNL officers etc etc mayn pplz here still now dunno tht 500 Rs plan is givin night free offer lolz

wat will they know of this speed etc etc hope i see this news in NEWspapers neways :|

[kumarmohit]

haha , hilarious lol . Mr. Moron should read this thread.
I dont recommend that. What if he goes nuts and complains to You Know Who. and then they will put reservations on the forum too.

[cool_dude_prav]

duh... @Akhil Jain...

read wat others r posting...

night unlimited IS there... and SAME OLD TIMINGS....

[tarey_g]

I dont recommend that. What if he goes nuts and complains to You Know Who. and then they will put reservations on the forum too.

"you know who" is bigger evil than Voldemort.

[kalpik]

Chennai plans with data caps mentioned: http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=374838&postcount=14

[nicole2208]

Hello friends ,

Can anyone of you please confirm when is that propsed shift of BSNL 2 Mbps plan is scheduled to happen ? Is it really from 1st Jan.,2007 or may be later than that ? And will the shift be so fast in everywhere around India ?

Please let me know if it is true..

[tinku dhar]

Hello friends ,

Can anyone of you please confirm when is that propsed shift of BSNL 2 Mbps plan is scheduled to happen ? Is it really from 1st Jan.,2007 or may be later than that ? And will the shift be so fast in everywhere around India ?

Please let me know if it is true..

mayn .... ,

im tooo confused coz i can't see any stoppage of net in my home if they do transfer etc they will have to work nah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but net is workin fine :|

[vineetrocks2005]

Just Checked BSNL site..they have changed there Broadband Tariff.

http://bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=353

[digitized]

Just Checked BSNL site..they have changed there Broadband Tariff.

http://bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=353

What do they mean by "wherever technically feasible"? Home 500 seem the best of the lot if they keep their promise and give at least 1Mbps. And I just hope they upgrade their software for billing and do not have stupid billing errors and suffer as much as me. I am still fighting with them for billing errors from July'06 onwards. Now I have no phone (only my mobile), no broadband, nothing. I have given the application for surrender of phone line and modem. Let's see if they accept it.

[nish_higher]

thank god they didn't mess with ul-900 plan.but its bad they should have increased its bandwidth.

[CINTEL ENTRINO]

do we need a external modem for the BSNL conn. or my ethernet port wud b fine ??

n is a telephone conn. mandatory ??

[s18000rpm]

yes. if you want to go for BSNL, then the Phone is mandatory & also a Modem. (for modem you have the choice of renting/purchasing frm BSNL or purchasing frm a vendor, but my advice would be buying it frm BSNL itself).

for Airtel too, same conditions apply.

the Cable frm the Modem has to be connected to you're PC's ethernet port.

[aryayush]

Just Checked BSNL site..they have changed there Broadband Tariff.

http://bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=353The page you gave the link to only is about web hosting, not DataOne Broadband.

[manas]

Here is the correct link for new broadband plans..

http://www.bsnl.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=352

:)

[Akhil Jain]

Here is the correct link for new broadband plans..

http://www.bsnl.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=352

:)

thanks man , now it is confirmed. today i contact to local office and they knew nothing about these


night unlimited hours has not changed... sad ...
as we were expecting it to from 8 to 8
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and see the 1st point in notes . datalimits will be upload or download

" The downloading limits will be either up loading or down loading which ever is reached earlier."

since this time datalimit was = upload+download.
now it will either be equal to upload or download o(one thing only)

one more question... how game package wud be applied now..and who will choose it when they get 2mbps.

[shyamno]

and see the 1st point in notes . datalimits will be upload or download

" The downloading limits will be either up loading or down loading which ever is reached earlier."

since this time datalimit was = upload+download.
now it will either be equal to upload or download o(one thing only)

one more question... how game package wud be applied now..and who will choose it when they get 2mbps.

I don't believe in that..I think again the BSNL people will mess up calculating the datalimits and again there will be huge bills.

if anyone know better and is confidence about these changes i.e whether according to the new plans the datalimits will be counted on either Upload or downlaod or again it will be the total of the both..

[tinku dhar]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaa.,

as always BSNL have always got plans to EARN frm customers lolz :|

see in 256kBps there were less send and received data per sec .....

now it will be 2MBps and it will be 8 times more and yaa our 2 GB i think will not last fully till last day of month max.. it will go 10 days :|

GOOD IDEA BSNL hahahahahahhehehehehe

[a_medico]

Glad they didn't mess up with UL plan. I am happy with whatever I have :D

[W i d e S c r e e N]

BSNL

MA******D!!

[windrider]

BSNL is hopeless. The only decent plan they have is the unlimited plan and the cheap *******s didn't increase the speed for that at all!

[karthik55859]

oh my god

JUST CHECKED MY SPEED NOW

they have already upgraded my download speed is now around 90 kbps itz true checked frm 2:10 to 2:30 at night

did anyone noticed it

[Techie_Geek]

WOW man, already upgraded to 2 mbps

Night unlimited is upgraded to 512 kbps

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Glad they didn't mess up with UL plan. I am happy with whatever I have :D

I believe, it's also upgraded to 512 kbps, just check ur usage records

[karthik55859]

WOW man, already upgraded to 2 mbps

Night unlimited is upgraded to 512 kbps

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I believe, it's also upgraded to 512 kbps, just check ur usage records


Wat is the download speed now?

[unni]

I am getting 162 -170 KBps. Bandwidth speed tests showing speed to be 1.3-1.7 Mbps. My plan is Home500.

WOW man, already upgraded to 2 mbps

Night unlimited is upgraded to 512 kbps

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
__________


I believe, it's also upgraded to 512 kbps, just check ur usage records
How do you know that its 2 Mbps? I think its only 1 Mpbs.

[karthik55859]

OH....,,,,

They have downgraded the speed again

I checked at 4 a.m and the download speed is normal @ 30 Kbps

[Akhil Jain]

today i am getting more than 756 kbps and in my portal they say
home plan 500
status normal
speed up to 2 mbps

i am getting constant 70 kbps in utorrent

[unni]

I am still getting 200 KBps (at 7 am). Earlier, I checked at 4.30 am.

[ashwinnaidu]

i'm getting speed varying from 50-80, today morning

[shyamno]

Is the speed at the Night unlimited remaining same i.e 256 kbps or there also they will provide 2mbps..

[karthik55859]

i'm getting speed varying from 50-80, today morning

Yes me too but why it varies so much

I think if more BSNL Broadband users are online at same time the speed decreases and if less are online speed increases
itz just an opinion
dont laugh at it

[shyamno]

i'm getting speed varying from 50-80, today morning

I checked my internet connection from the BSNL's kolkata website and it gave me 507.6 kbps or 63.45 KB/s...

I think they are working for the upgradation But will they maintain such speed for the free night time usage.

[nish_higher]

Do u think its a good work or just a tariff hike?coz if speed is doubled so are the charges.

[thecyclone2k]

FCUK! nothing new for me yet! grrrrrrrr

EDIT:
The plans suck even more than before!
So, I guess I am better right now only in 900UL

They have given us wings and then, tied legs! WOW!

[vineetrocks2005]

Recently i am getting speeds of 100KB/Sec-120KB/Sec on my Home500 Broadband connection:p

[thecyclone2k]

Hope you don't loose money at that rate.

100Rs./ hour

Rs.0.80/mb - time taken 10 second
Rs.8/6mb - time taken 1 minute
Rs. 80/ 60mb - time taken 1 hour!!

Almost rip-off!! Enjoy!

[kjuvale]

at last night i downloaded 700mb and uploaded 1.2 gb......in 2-8 time and i am having 500plan....
ul speed is terrific its above 512kbps ..and at morning i downloaded 6mb file in just 45 sec with aprrox speed of 190KBps arround six times faster than earlier.

[thecyclone2k]

Hope you don't loose money at that rate.

100Rs./ hour

Rs.0.80/mb - time taken 10 second
Rs.8/6mb - time taken 1 minute
Rs. 80/ 60mb - time taken 1 hour!!
Rs. 800/ 600mb - time taken 10 hours.
Rs. 1600/ 1200mb - time taken 20 hours.

So, in day you can download 1440mbs @ Rs. 1920

Assumptions -
100kbps download speed
1mb = 1000kb

Such a great deal! Can any one suggest any better way to loose money so, quick except robbery??

[kjuvale]

Hope you don't loose money at that rate.

100Rs./ hour

Rs.0.80/mb - time taken 10 second
Rs.8/6mb - time taken 1 minute
Rs. 80/ 60mb - time taken 1 hour!!
Rs. 800/ 600mb - time taken 10 hours.
Rs. 1600/ 1200mb - time taken 20 hours.

So, in day you can download 1440mbs @ Rs. 1920

Assumptions -
100kbps download speed
1mb = 1000kb

Such a great deal! Can any one suggest any better way to loose money so, quick except robbery??


But the usage is in our hand...if we dont download in daytime and only in Nul
2-8 then there will not be any crossing of given limit... anly net surfing dont take 2.5gb of download..

but we must be check regularly our usage to make sure we dont cross the limit or there will be heavy bills.

[digitized]

But the usage is in our hand...if we dont download in daytime and only in Nul
2-8 then there will not be any crossing of given limit... anly net surfing dont take 2.5gb of download..

but we must be check regularly our usage to make sure we dont cross the limit or there will be heavy bills.

Don't worry, even if you do not cross the limit, there will be heavy bills as they will charge you for night unlimited usage.:mad:

[kjuvale]

Don't worry, even if you do not cross the limit, there will be heavy bills as they will charge you for night unlimited usage.


why they will charge for night unlimited ...if its night unlimited???????? :@

[s18000rpm]

^^BSNL ka ishstlye kaho ya Trend :D

always something wrong in billing. :D

[24online]

Just Imagine If u have 2 Mbps net, then DL/UL speed will 256 KBps net, and for eg. 700 MB movie will be downloaded in 45-50 min. In Asia is biggest market for piracy....

Main problem is constant speed @ 24 hours...

[digitized]

why they will charge for night unlimited ...if its night unlimited???????? :@

They will charge it due to bugs in their monitoring software. Just wait and watch.:mad:

[kumarmohit]

Huh They have software based monitoring?

I thought they used crystal balls for that considering that ppl keep on complaining about billing mistakes.

[Vyasram]

^^^

Their monitoring software has only one fault.

If u start a new connection at 2AM or disconnect it at 8AM, their software will merge it the previous session and calculate the avg charge

Just disconnect the connection everyday at 2AM and 8AM and then reconnect

Use scheduled tasks to do this and u will be fine

open notepad
type
rasdial /disconnect

and save it as disconnect.bat

goto cp>Scheduled Tasks and schedule this to run at 2AM and 8AM everyday

also add another task to schedule a connection at 2:01 AM

this is what i'm doing and everything is fine for me

[kjuvale]

se scheduled tasks to do this and u will be fine

open notepad
type
rasdial /disconnect

and save it as disconnect.bat

goto cp>Scheduled Tasks and schedule this to run at 2AM and 8AM everyday

also add another task to schedule a connection at 2:01 AM

this is what i'm doing and everything is fine for me

same thing i am using last 10-11month and it helps
and i have not got a single bill which is faulty

[cyberzook]

I tested this new broadband speed at http://www.calcuttatelephones.com/bandwidthmeter/initialmeter.php
It showed 1.39 Mbps (1403 kbps):p
Alas they will not give this speed for UL plan and I applied for UL plan a few days ago:-(

[Choto Cheeta]

Yesterday night my home 500 connection here in Kolkata went up to 220kbps :D ... immediately i checked with our Cafe account, business too run on 2MBPS but one UL900 (Uncles computer) that we have in 2nd floor stayed there stuck in 256kbps...

but my frnd from Kolkata (Birati) reported his UL900 run on 2mbps... but I have double checked on my home, UL900 stayed there at 256kbps..

but right now, its back to 256... downloading at 29kbps :( ...

may be they were testing ???

[nish_higher]

No upgrade is there for ul 900 plan and so no testing also.Ur friend just joked.

[ashwinnaidu]

my friend now has 2mbps connection , and i have only 1mbps connection, we two are paying same amount i.e, 500/ month then why is this difference!!!
Will BSNL allow me if i pay only 250 / month ???

MR.Maran and BSNL people, before implementing anything you have double check and make sure the plans doesn't lead to controversies. After all BSNL is a government organisation.

My question is why should i pay 500 rs for 1mbps connection when the same ISP(BSNL) is providing 2mbps at same cost. Is this fair ?

[Brave_Hunt]

Well in my administration portal still says that I'm on Speed 256 Kbps Plan instead Plan- HOME UL 900 Plus It was always like this even when I was subscribed to Plan -HOME500 : Speed -256 Kbps so technically I'm not on HOME UL 900 Plus Plan. Wonder what speed would I get? :rolleyes: lol


The plan they showed just seems like a big shagoofa :cool: nothing more than trying to improve their performance which is highly doubtfully that they'll fulfill what they're commiting. It's BSNL afterall :rolleyes: heh. Anyways, since I'm HOME UL 900 Plus Plan subscriber (Billingwise :p ) there's nothing impressive for me what so ever. And with these new plans calling this year as a "Broadband Year" is nothing but b**ls**t. Hopefully they'll continue to improve their service in coming months but so far nada. And that's very big disappointment for all those HOME UL 900 Plus users. Actually we've been counting on BSNL heh. For other Plan subscribers HAVE FUN GUYS!! It seems like It'll take us (HOME UL 900 Plus Plan subscribers) some time to join the party. :cool:

Ok THIS (http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j213/kakaboora/NewSpeed.png?t=1167404049) is the speed I'm getting afterall...

If this is how it goes....Man I have no problem about it. :D

[royal]

Oh well...guess I expected too much from the Sarkari log, after all :(

Anyway, I prefer to remain on 256kbps unlimited than on 2mbps with data caps, waiting for the night slot. I have spent too many sleepless nights before I changed to UL plan and with the volume of data I download every month (around 40-45 GB) I am not going back to them. :cool:

But BSNL could atleast reduce the tariff of UL plan or increase the speed to 512 kbps :x

[s18000rpm]

i'm on UL900 plan & just tested that Bandwidth speed. it shows 320kbps & 366kbps
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/907/bbqr9.th.jpg (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bbqr9.jpg)http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7547/bb1tw2.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bb1tw2.jpg)

[tinku dhar]

Yesterday night my home 500 connection here in Kolkata went up to 220kbps :D ... immediately i checked with our Cafe account, business too run on 2MBPS but one UL900 (Uncles computer) that we have in 2nd floor stayed there stuck in 256kbps...

but my frnd from Kolkata (Birati) reported his UL900 run on 2mbps... but I have double checked on my home, UL900 stayed there at 256kbps..

but right now, its back to 256... downloading at 29kbps :( ...

may be they were testing ???

guys livin in places like Kolkata , delhi , and other big places r lucky :|

im frm gangtok and here i don't think the changes r recent :( i think it may come here after Jan 15th :(

neways congrats :)
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i'm on UL900 plan & just tested that Bandwidth speed. it shows 320kbps & 366kbps
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/907/bbqr9.th.jpg (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bbqr9.jpg)http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7547/bb1tw2.th.jpg (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bb1tw2.jpg)

i think this site is showin wrong

when i checked my friends 900 plan its showin something around 1466 kBps and 1122 Kbps but when im downloadin and seein it is the same givin 29 kbps to 30 :)

sooo try downloadin files than u will know :)

[24online]

do all u get constant download speed above 100 KBPS ???

any fluctuations ???

100 kBps means 800 kbps...

[~Phenom~]

I tested this new broadband speed at http://www.calcuttatelephones.com/bandwidthmeter/initialmeter.php
It showed 1.39 Mbps (1403 kbps):p
Alas they will not give this speed for UL plan and I applied for UL plan a few days ago:-(
me too shifted from 500 to 900 UL plus plan last week.:cry:

[s18000rpm]

i think this site is showin wrong

when i checked my friends 900 plan its showin something around 1466 kBps and 1122 Kbps but when im downloadin and seein it is the same givin 29 kbps to 30 :)

sooo try downloadin files than u will know :)

yep. when i'm d/l somethin, the speed goes @15-25KBps only :(, might be due to the underwater Cable damage. before the Taiwan Quake i used to get solid 30KBps.

[Brave_Hunt]

Now I'm getting 29KBps again. :(

[tinku dhar]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaa...,

they said it wll be gifted frm 1st JAN soo wait till the day :)

[drsethi]

I am downloading right now @speed of 228 KBPS

[prankie]

Will other ISP's also upgrade their bandwidth???
I am using airtel dsl...

[aritrap]

All the new plans and upgrades that BSNL has done are at this :
http://www.bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=352

Theyve gone really mad, for Rs.3300 per month, they are giving 2mbps with a download cap of 20GB only. we can download more using the unlimited plan.

P.S. - The plans here don't mention the unlimited plans. Have they been scrapped or are they still active.

[gary4gar]

All the new plans and upgrades that BSNL has done are at this :
http://www.bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=352

Theyve gone really mad, for Rs.3300 per month, they are giving 2mbps with a download cap of 20GB only. we can download more using the unlimited plan.

P.S. - The plans here don't mention the unlimited plans. Have they been scrapped or are they still active.
don't know about the new connections but they people having it at present will countue to enjoy net without any data caps

[managana]

All the new plans and upgrades that BSNL has done are at this :
http://www.bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=352

Theyve gone really mad, for Rs.3300 per month, they are giving 2mbps with a download cap of 20GB only. we can download more using the unlimited plan.

P.S. - The plans here don't mention the unlimited plans. Have they been scrapped or are they still active.

Please read the last two lines in the above news item. The unlimited users are the most affected lot.

[Chirag]

^^
UL plans r still active but without any upgradation in speed. That sucks big time.:mad:

[tanmoy_rajguru2005]

who will go for UL plan if it stays in only 256? we can download lot more in the free hours in the Home 500 plan. If this really happens I am gonna change my plan to Home 500

[royal]

who will go for UL plan if it stays in only 256? we can download lot more in the free hours in the Home 500 plan. If this really happens I am gonna change my plan to Home 500

And you can spend a lot more sleepless nights like I did b4 I switched to UL :D

[Chirag]

Yea even I m gonna stick with ul plan even if it is at 256 kbps.