If you are travelling to India and would like to stay connected to the world wide web at all times and while travelling then your best option in my opinion is a wireless data card whcih some travel agents rent out at a very nominal price may be something like $3-5 per day or may be even lesser depending on agent to agent.
There are many wireless data cards available in India like airtel data card, idea data card, mtnl and bsnl data card and reliance data card.. there may be more but these are the ones I know of. Out of the ones I have listed here I have used airtel, mtnl, idea and reliance data card and not I have settled with reliance data card as it is the fastest and most reliable wireless internet connection available all across the country and works in the remote areas as well so you wont have to worry about loosing your internet connection while on a safari or stuff like that.
If you have any specific questions about reliance data card or even others then please leave your queries in comments and I will try my best to answer them all asap.
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This is a very interesting article. I recently came across some attractive plans for data cards & GPRS from Idea, can check them at -
which is the most speedest data card(airtel/idea/mtnl/bsnl/reliance) and tecnology(GSM or CDMA) in india?
thank you for the info.
I will arrive in Delhi within a week and would like to get internet connection for my notebook.
my questions:
- how much is the buying prize of the Reliance data card?
- after buying teh card, is there any monthly fee with a minimum duration of subscription?
- is there a monthly flat rate or cost depending on volume used?
Even better if I could use the USB stick I am using right now here in Europe! Since I stay only short time I do not have any subscription with a flatrate but instead use a prepaid service, cost depends on data volume ransfer. For that I have a USB stick which carries a normal phone SIM card that can be exchanged. Do you know if I Indian SIM cards are available to connect to the internet? I guess they are to be used on phones.. Wouldthey also work in my USB stick. If so, howmuch is cost? Would it also work in remote areas? ( e.g. around Karwar / Gokarna in north western Karnataka? )
thank you for any input,
Andreas
Hi! i want to use the datacard for my laptop….as i’ll be staying in a village in kashipur…so cud u help me to buy which datacard….and it’s speed and cost….i’ll be in india for 3 mkonths
I feel Reliance data card is truly Kar lo paisa muthi mein.. all sorts of hidden charges..
i would suggest to try Idea or Tata photon.
cheers
Could let us know how we can access the internet using MTNL 3G service. currently i am able to access the internet while in EDGE mode but not in 3G mode.
i am using iphone to access the 3G service.