Some facts regarding BSNL Broadband , based on my experience (updated on 14.02.2011)
..... so if you're reading this one. please note I live in Kolkata . so facts are based on services at Kolkata.
And these two systems are managed differently, as NIB I customers can manage their BB services via http://www.dataone.in/ or http://10.240.43.216 or http://10.240.128.195 .
Where NIBII users can manage their service via http://data.bsnl.in or http://bbservice.bsnl.in (there are another IP based log In site for NIB II - I cant remember that one right now !!). NIB II users can't log in the sites for NIB I, nor do NIB I users !
NIB I is older and more stable network than NIB II , probably 'coz NIB II is more powerful in placing more users causing real time maintenance and problem occurs. All new BB customers are placed on NIB II.
Monthly Rental Rs 500/- (+10% S.T.)
Free Calls 175 @ One India Tariff
Free Data transfer 1.5 GB[post free usage60p/MB 20p/MB*]
Night UL Data transfer : 2-8 AM
Best Plan is now Home 500C+
Monthly Rental Rs 600/- (+10% S.T.)
Free Calls 250 @ One India Tariff
Free Data transfer 2.5 GB [post free usage50p/MB 20p/MB for 1st 5GB extra usage, then 10p/MB*]
Night UL Data transfer : 2-8 AM
*update from http://telecomtalk.info/bsnl-renovate-its-broadband-plans-intros-new-unlimited-plan/54045/
and I am on NIB-II.
A general Misconception : BSNL counts 1GB as 1024 MB, so 1.5GB= 1536 MB, 2.5GB= 2560MB . so use upto limit, if you calculate 1GB as 1000MB, you are loosing (24 MB X 0.90p)= Rs. 21.6 or (36 MB X 0.80p) = Rs 28.8 or (60MB X 0.80p)= Rs 48.
well I am happy with this plan .... but Why Should I say BSNL sucks :x
come to next part .....
1. BSNL Broadband Customer Care on phone is worst as their mobile CC. if they ask u they will call back they never will, but 1st time i waited for the sexy voice ;) and she never call me back :(
2. during 1st 3-5 days of a month you can not view your usage details - i mean data usage will not be updated regularly.
3. after 5th day, u will find some peculiar problems upto 12th of the month! like:
* when u r dialing to connect it will show 'connecting through WAN miniport PPPoE'
* verifying your username and password for a long time
* or it may ended up it showing 'phone line is busy'
* if you can connect, your net activity becomes totally inactive after a few seconds, or may be disconnected automatically. well u like reconnect it and will see 'connecting through Wan miniport PPPoE' . to connect again , u may need to restart modem, wait for ADSL light blinking or even may need to restart ur PC as well . then wait for few minutes to connect to net again for fe minutes - hmm in 5-7minutes u need to do all ur online work !
* during this time data.bsnl.in will not open and ask to u to contact administrators. ;-o
I advice everyone to take this as BSNL's funny side, what if you keep downloading every night, so give a sleep to your fav PC !!
4. well u r near to bsnl office, as i am. i went ot their office during 1st months. their answer is same: regular maintainance !
5. if u took modem from bsnl n it screwed u down, get ready lost 7 days for getting a new one frm them. - well this picture is changing , as per my area news, u can get back a new modem within 3days!
6. and often they fail to measure your data transfer during last hours of the month, so if u r using ur remaining free usage during last hours of a month, make sure dnt cross the limit, they will make it in ur next month's bill.
Still bsnl gives 2Mbps net connection wth 6hrs/day unlimited, if u r clever enough can hack other a/c to be online 24 hrs (provided your line is not port-binded!). or 20min xtra unlimited evryday. even u don't need to be awake every night to start download , i do it with windows schedule, nircmd and some batch files (.bat) - this complete scheduling in my case includes disconnecting @ 1.58AM, connect @2.02AM, startinf utorrent & IDM, reconnecting if any time net disconnects , shut down machine @8.00AM.
Disclaimer of this post: The facts could be changed with out any notice and may be different w.r.t. circle, area, exchange etc parameters.
..... so if you're reading this one. please note I live in Kolkata . so facts are based on services at Kolkata.
- BSNL Broadband is operational under NIB-I & NIB-II . and these two National Internet Backbones have different IPs , NIB-I IPs start with 59.X.X.X and NIB II IPs look like 117.X.X.X
Watch your IP Address below :
And these two systems are managed differently, as NIB I customers can manage their BB services via http://www.dataone.in/ or http://10.240.43.216 or http://10.240.128.195 .
Where NIBII users can manage their service via http://data.bsnl.in or http://bbservice.bsnl.in (there are another IP based log In site for NIB II - I cant remember that one right now !!). NIB II users can't log in the sites for NIB I, nor do NIB I users !
NIB I is older and more stable network than NIB II , probably 'coz NIB II is more powerful in placing more users causing real time maintenance and problem occurs. All new BB customers are placed on NIB II.
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BSNL BB hasNO Prepaid plans- all plans are Postpaid along with Land line - ADSL technology is used, and in this technology upto 8Mbps bandwidth can be offered. Check the tariffs here - Update: BSNL launched Prepaid plans now - official page
- MY Plan - the plan i opted now is 'Home 500C' -
I think this plan is best for a home, offers free calls and night unlilmited net surfing !
Monthly Rental Rs 500/- (+10% S.T.)
Free Calls 175 @ One India Tariff
Free Data transfer 1.5 GB[post free usage
Night UL Data transfer : 2-8 AM
Best Plan is now Home 500C+
Monthly Rental Rs 600/- (+10% S.T.)
Free Calls 250 @ One India Tariff
Free Data transfer 2.5 GB [post free usage
Night UL Data transfer : 2-8 AM
*update from http://telecomtalk.info/bsnl-renovate-its-broadband-plans-intros-new-unlimited-plan/54045/
and I am on NIB-II.
A general Misconception : BSNL counts 1GB as 1024 MB, so 1.5GB= 1536 MB, 2.5GB= 2560MB . so use upto limit, if you calculate 1GB as 1000MB, you are loosing (24 MB X 0.90p)= Rs. 21.6 or (36 MB X 0.80p) = Rs 28.8 or (60MB X 0.80p)= Rs 48.
well I am happy with this plan .... but Why Should I say BSNL sucks :x
come to next part .....
1. BSNL Broadband Customer Care on phone is worst as their mobile CC. if they ask u they will call back they never will, but 1st time i waited for the sexy voice ;) and she never call me back :(
2. during 1st 3-5 days of a month you can not view your usage details - i mean data usage will not be updated regularly.
3. after 5th day, u will find some peculiar problems upto 12th of the month! like:
* when u r dialing to connect it will show 'connecting through WAN miniport PPPoE'
* verifying your username and password for a long time
* or it may ended up it showing 'phone line is busy'
* if you can connect, your net activity becomes totally inactive after a few seconds, or may be disconnected automatically. well u like reconnect it and will see 'connecting through Wan miniport PPPoE' . to connect again , u may need to restart modem, wait for ADSL light blinking or even may need to restart ur PC as well . then wait for few minutes to connect to net again for fe minutes - hmm in 5-7minutes u need to do all ur online work !
* during this time data.bsnl.in will not open and ask to u to contact administrators. ;-o
I advice everyone to take this as BSNL's funny side, what if you keep downloading every night, so give a sleep to your fav PC !!
4. well u r near to bsnl office, as i am. i went ot their office during 1st months. their answer is same: regular maintainance !
5. if u took modem from bsnl n it screwed u down, get ready lost 7 days for getting a new one frm them. - well this picture is changing , as per my area news, u can get back a new modem within 3days!
6. and often they fail to measure your data transfer during last hours of the month, so if u r using ur remaining free usage during last hours of a month, make sure dnt cross the limit, they will make it in ur next month's bill.
Still bsnl gives 2Mbps net connection wth 6hrs/day unlimited, if u r clever enough can hack other a/c to be online 24 hrs (provided your line is not port-binded!). or 20min xtra unlimited evryday. even u don't need to be awake every night to start download , i do it with windows schedule, nircmd and some batch files (.bat) - this complete scheduling in my case includes disconnecting @ 1.58AM, connect @2.02AM, startinf utorrent & IDM, reconnecting if any time net disconnects , shut down machine @8.00AM.
[Do NOT ask me here how to hack or how to use 20 min xtra free - i will tell that on another blog! The flaw is rectified, no free usage after 8am ]
After talking to my friends i find what people really need now - 2Mbps UL plan. and some people ask for 12-7AM night UL plans - but i think 2-8AM is good, atleast bandwidth is quite free and most people dont knw how to utilize night hours sleeping in their beds .
.... well i am hearing some rumors of 12-7am night UL and upgradation to 4mbps and slashing of BB tariffs for a long time. can't say they r false. as i got them from bsnl officials. but when these r going to implement god knows ...
well thats all ..... happy poila baishakhi '১৪১৬' to all ....
Rudro !
Read my MTS Mblaze - Wireless broadband review on Telecomtalk: http://telecomtalk.info/mts-mblaze-review/44242/
After talking to my friends i find what people really need now - 2Mbps UL plan. and some people ask for 12-7AM night UL plans - but i think 2-8AM is good, atleast bandwidth is quite free and most people dont knw how to utilize night hours sleeping in their beds .
.... well i am hearing some rumors of 12-7am night UL and upgradation to 4mbps and slashing of BB tariffs for a long time. can't say they r false. as i got them from bsnl officials. but when these r going to implement god knows ...
well thats all ..... happy poila baishakhi '১৪১৬' to all ....
Rudro !
Read my MTS Mblaze - Wireless broadband review on Telecomtalk: http://telecomtalk.info/mts-mblaze-review/44242/
Disclaimer of this post: The facts could be changed with out any notice and may be different w.r.t. circle, area, exchange etc parameters.
9 comments:
how'd ya know all this?
wow man well explained ......
gr8 wrk !!
luki fwd 4 more stuffs like this ..
dekhe khub vako laglo............:)
I'm totally agree with you.. i have bsnl ul 750 plan.. half of the day servers are down.. link light is not coming,,nd if link light comes pages wont load so easy.. i have to every now and then switch between open dns nd bsnl dns.. complained about this to bsnl but the stupid idiot pplz are saying that you must be having problem in ur modem or line.. but how can i tell the bloody idiots that my line and modem are perfectly fine.. its the problem with their bloody servers.. they keep on expanding customers without increasing their hardware resources,, and due to this their network is getting huge bottleneck...
I am also in Kolkata.
My connection gets disconnected a lot of times. To complain should I call the no starting with 1800 or should I call the local number???
Also I dont have to hack anything to use 20mins extra night unlimited time.
If the router/modem does not get disconnected after 7:50am, let the connection exist till 8:15am.
If the connection does not get disconnected, night unlimited continues. I have used it for free download upto 8:20am.
Reply to hotshot05,
it's better to visit ur local bsnl office to complain, their broadband customer care is nothing to do.
if ur connection is not steady, it may be ur line is faulty, does ur phone line is not clear ?
to use extra time, u need to disconnect @ 7:58AM and then enjoy free time upto 8:28 AM !
Easily I agree but I contemplate the brief should prepare more info then it has.
I swear I am gonna complaint to GM of BSNL that you are hacking BSNL BB.. be ready for jail :P
From Which month is the 20p/MB is applied in Bills..........? Coz here they are still billing me 60p/MB, n it sucks bigtym.........
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