Thread: Airtel prepaid amazing tip on increasing gprs speed

Hey i am not telling that wireless technology is slower cause everything we are receiving is through satellites,etc. having nearly infinite distance.But always remember the carrier(wire/cable)designed are having more capability fr data transfer than your wireless bluetooth.

The real capping of internet speed is always done at the service provider side, so even if you connect your mobile to the PC using a fibre optic cable you will not get a faster speed than how much they allow. Although for the last few days my gprs pack has been downloading at 300kbps :X

Originally Posted by nkgarg21

Hi guys
I have read your war about Nokia & SE and Bluetooth & Datacable and I want to tell something to you guys. Datacable is always faster than bluetooth. It doesnt matter wether bluetooth is placed near or far from the computer. Datacable is many times faster than bluetooth(probably 100). The trick told here to increase the speed of airtel internet will never work. Believe me I have tested it practically. And if I tell u about nokia and SE both are good companies with excellent product support. But if can check Cheaper models of SE have good bluetooth speed but Higher models of NOKIA are better than those of SE. It is due to the blutooth technology they use in their specific models. Their are many versions of bluetooth technology and both of the companies are developing them. If you want to know anything in personel just shoot me a mail. I will happily answer.
STOP FIGHTING.....................................

I am very new to internet. (Bangalore)
I purchase a USB data card huawei E1750C, in that i use Airtel(2G) but my brousing speed is only 45kbps and download speed is only 15 to 20 kbps, when i download through torranto the speed is only 7 to 10 kbps.

Could you please help me, how to increase my speed?

Originally Posted by abani

I am very new to internet. (Bangalore)
I purchase a USB data card huawei E1750C, in that i use Airtel(2G) but my brousing speed is only 45kbps and download speed is only 15 to 20 kbps, when i download through torranto the speed is only 7 to 10 kbps.

Could you please help me, how to increase my speed?

Hi abani, well let me explain a few things to you.
All internet speeds are always measured in BITS per second not BYTES per second as we see it on our computers. You should always pay attention to the UNIT used in the speed. If you see a advertisement saying 1mbps. that means 1 mega bits per second. a small b means bits and a capital B is bytes. If you are unsure always ASK, or else you will find out the hard way :X. Now when you get 1mpbs(notice the small b so bits) you have to divide that speed by 8 to get the real speed you will see on your computer. so a 45kbps will give a max speed of about 45/8 5-6 kBps on your computer.
Now about your low speed on your data card.
ALL the data cards you buy on the market run in 2 speed modes.
1. Is called the edge mode, or 1x its called on most datacards. This is basically your HIGH speed modem running in gprs mode.
2. Is called the broadband mode, in this mode the data card will run at full speed. here you will usually get UP TO 3.1mbps or what ever has been advertised. This will only be possible if the datacard gets 3g signal.
3. Is called the hybrid mode, this is a mix up of both of above the card will select the network with the best signal and start you up, in this mode you maybe be running in 3g mode or gprs mode. All data cards by default are configured to run in hybrid mode.

What can you do?
All data cards can be forced to run in a specific mode. I had a MTS data card a while back. I never used to run it in hybrid cause i didnt know if it was running in gprs or 3g mode. You can open the settings page for your modem. This is on the same page before you click on the connect button. In that page you can force the connection in to edge or broadband. In this page force your modem to run in broadband mode. This will cause the data card to search for a broadband signal and not just start up with a gprs signal.
Hope it helps

Originally Posted by niksad8

Hi abani, well let me explain a few things to you.
All internet speeds are always measured in BITS per second not BYTES per second as we see it on our computers. You should always pay attention to the UNIT used in the speed. If you see a advertisement saying 1mbps. that means 1 mega bits per second. a small b means bits and a capital B is bytes. If you are unsure always ASK, or else you will find out the hard way :X. Now when you get 1mpbs(notice the small b so bits) you have to divide that speed by 8 to get the real speed you will see on your computer. so a 45kbps will give a max speed of about 45/8 5-6 kBps on your computer.
Now about your low speed on your data card.
ALL the data cards you buy on the market run in 2 speed modes.
1. Is called the edge mode, or 1x its called on most datacards. This is basically your HIGH speed modem running in gprs mode.
2. Is called the broadband mode, in this mode the data card will run at full speed. here you will usually get UP TO 3.1mbps or what ever has been advertised. This will only be possible if the datacard gets 3g signal.
3. Is called the hybrid mode, this is a mix up of both of above the card will select the network with the best signal and start you up, in this mode you maybe be running in 3g mode or gprs mode. All data cards by default are configured to run in hybrid mode.

What can you do?
All data cards can be forced to run in a specific mode. I had a MTS data card a while back. I never used to run it in hybrid cause i didnt know if it was running in gprs or 3g mode. You can open the settings page for your modem. This is on the same page before you click on the connect button. In that page you can force the connection in to edge or broadband. In this page force your modem to run in broadband mode. This will cause the data card to search for a broadband signal and not just start up with a gprs signal.
Hope it helps

Thank you very much.
I am using Huawei E1750C (download 7.2 Mbps & Upload 5.6 Mbps) data card provide by aircel with their own software. When i insert the data card automatic the aircel sofware run and asking for connect.
There is no option to force the modem to run in broadband mode.

The real thing is when i purchase the data card from Aircel the plan is Huwei E1750C modem+3G aircel postpaid sim+3GB.
after 5 days I unlock the Huawei data card and through mobile partner I use Reliance(2G) sim plan , Airtel(2G) sim plan.
Now when I use the Aircel(3G) it works like 2G which is very slow.

Please advice.

have you checked if you have used up all your data? cause if at 7.1mbps it doesnt take long to burn through 3gb, especially if you are using torrents, dont forget your usage is download + upload and no you dont have to DOWNLOAD a file, a simple website visit is usage .
On MTS that i used i had a 12gb cap, after the 12gb that card would connect to broadband network but i would never get more than 144kbps speed. That could be happening to you.

When the software opens look for a setting page, All these connect software are written by the same company, only they are themed to look different.

Originally Posted by niksad8

have you checked if you have used up all your data? cause if at 7.1mbps it doesnt take long to burn through 3gb, especially if you are using torrents, dont forget your usage is download + upload and no you dont have to DOWNLOAD a file, a simple website visit is usage .
On MTS that i used i had a 12gb cap, after the 12gb that card would connect to broadband network but i would never get more than 144kbps speed. That could be happening to you.

When the software opens look for a setting page, All these connect software are written by the same company, only they are themed to look different.

I purchase the data card on 18th ded 2011, as per the aircel sofware the uses data is download is 714 mb and upload is 129 mb. (3GB for 1 Month). 1st day I downlod 259 mb kishore kumar songs through torranto at high (Max-275 Kbps) speed .

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