Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2010-01-15 Thread Vivek Rajagopalan
Location is everything. Consider Reliance vs BSNL based on that. The speed is not the same in all towers. Make sure the tower near your area is upgraded to EVDO, otherwise what you get is EVDO 1x RTT which caps out at 144K. I found an older list of towers here http://chennai.bsnl.co.in/News/EV

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2010-01-15 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Arun SAG wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Saura Ramachandran wrote: >> >I am getting speeds of more that 2.5Mbps in Chennai. >> > How much they charge for data/plans? What about the coverage? Works well in > all towers? Is it available in all bsnl offices

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2010-01-15 Thread Arun SAG
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Saura Ramachandran wrote: > >If you have not bought anything till now I would recommend BSNL 3G. Their > >device, Huawei e156 works like a charm in ubuntu karmic with the latest > >kernel. > > >I am getting speeds of more that 2.5Mbps in Chennai. > > How much they

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2010-01-15 Thread Saura Ramachandran
Hi, On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > Dear Luggies, > > > I would like some recommendations luggies who are actual users > of EVDO or other high speed mobile connectivity on their laptops. > > If you have not bought anything till now I would recommend BSNL 3G. Their devic

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2009-12-31 Thread Mano
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Varrun Ramani wrote: > BSNL EVDO speeds are very good within the city. At Ashok Nagar, i get a > minimum download speed of 50 KB/s and a max of 150 kb/s usually at night. > But the speeds vary with location(even in diff rooms) so it is better to > enquire the spee

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2009-12-30 Thread Varrun Ramani
BSNL EVDO speeds are very good within the city. At Ashok Nagar, i get a minimum download speed of 50 KB/s and a max of 150 kb/s usually at night. But the speeds vary with location(even in diff rooms) so it is better to enquire the speeds in your area as well. If you have heavy downloads EVDO is per

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2009-12-29 Thread Codeshepherd
I am using reliance netconnect. The speed is very good in chennai, Bangalore, Salem. However it is slow in rural villages. I guess it works on Linux, though it is not officially supported. It has free roaming too. Regards Deepan Chakravarthy +91 9945702482 Sent from codeshepherd's iPhone

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2009-12-29 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hello friends, >>1. BSNL is highly unstable. you need to be as close as possible. coverage at my house which is 3 kms away from evdo coverage is VERY BAD. I am not able to get even 100 KBPS. While I am close to the EVDO tower, I am able to reach till 700 or 750 KBPS. But tarriff is attractive (Rs.

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2009-12-29 Thread Pandian R
I am not sure about Chennai. Below are my experiences with EVDO and Photon + in Coimbatore. 1. BSNL is highly unstable. you need to be as close as possible. coverage at my house which is 3 kms away from evdo coverage is VERY BAD. I am not able to get even 100 KBPS. While I am close to the EVDO tow

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] wireless broadband recommendations wanted

2009-12-29 Thread sivakumar
I have been using Reliance for the last one year. I had a 144kbps and now I have upgraded it to a 3.1 GB card. > > For my requirement: > 1. 300kbps is more than sufficient, Inside chennai, I have had connection problems in Tnagar, other than that I have had a good time with it. > 2. good cove

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Wireless broadband recommendations?

2009-07-14 Thread Gaurav Paliwal
I have been using Reliance for at least couple of years not and I have > not faced much problem. The speed is something similar to what we use to > get in dialup(varies from area to area). However I heard from one of my > friend that the new 1Mbps wireless from reliance gives 512Kbps > constantly.

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Wireless broadband recommendations?

2009-07-14 Thread Gaurav Paliwal
> Has anybody used wireless broadband services in India? I was looking to > subscribe to one but not sure which one to buy. Google hasn't really helped. > > I (and many people I know) have had very bad experiences with Tata Indicom > in general (telecom as well as internet/broadband, billing etc) a

RE: [Ilugc] [OT] Wireless broadband recommendations?

2009-07-14 Thread Sivakumar Gopalan
> I am looking at Reliance. Does Airtel have any? Are there other good > services available? I have been using Reliance for at least couple of years not and I have not faced much problem. The speed is something similar to what we use to get in dialup(varies from area to area). However I heard from