Thread: Any bsnl plan that isn't totally useless ?

I'm using the BSNL home500 plan and it's complete garbage; the download speeds are retarded slow, and the connection is extremely erratic.

If you check the speed on any standard internet bandwidth speed test it varies anywhere between 100kbps and 1Mbps - this basically implies an extremely unreliable connection.

Streaming video seems to be some kind of a sick joke - even the lowest resolution youtube videos are a pain to watch.

On top of all this the download limit is rather pathetic at a measly 2GB.

From what I've heard the unlimited packages are typically even slower.
Is broadband in India just generally worthless like this ?

Most other countries have 4-5Mbps connections that are *always* unlimited. Why do we have to put up with this garbage in india ?

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Why do we have to put up with this garbage in india ?

Better to get a passport and get away from all this 'garbage' !

Hmm...I really think the speed of broadband depends on ur city and location, even for the same plans!

However, I am very satisfied with my Home1000 BSNL connection in North Bangalore. During normal hours, I typically see speeds (using speedtest.net) of 2-3 Mbps (!) from the Mumbai test server. Upload speed is around 500 kbps to the Mumbai test server.

I've tried it with different servers around the world...download from San Francisco's 'Unwired' is around 1 Mbps and upload around 300 kbps.

Speed during night unlimited is of course a lot slower, but good enough for my torrent purposes wherein I can easily download 1-1.5 GB per night depending on the torrent networks.

The only qualm I have with the BSNL service is that speed for browsing/playing online games/etc. past 2 am is quite hindering even with no torrents running...but since I rarely do this it's not a very big problem.

Originally Posted by rsen

I'm using the BSNL home500 plan and it's complete garbage; the download speeds are retarded slow, and the connection is extremely erratic.

What are the speeds being experienced by u while doing http downloads and torrenting? I am getting a consistent 220 kBps and 180 kBps everytime.

Please post in your line details if u think something is wrong with your connection.

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

What are the speeds being experienced by u while doing http downloads and torrenting? I am getting a consistent 220 kBps and 180 kBps everytime.

Please post in your line details if u think something is wrong with your connection.

just tested again :
speedtest.net :
241 kbps download
104 kbps upload

How is this considered "broadband" in india when the term typically implies a consistent 1Mbps at the very least. Even watching youtube videos doesn't seem feasible with the shitbad speed and unreasonable 2.5 gb (lol) download limit.

I also find it quite sad that BSNL keeps putting "up to 2Mbps" in the tariffs when in reality the speeds average around 300ish Kbps at the most.

just check your computer because this plan is suitable for most user

What would be better out of Home1000 and HomeUL 1350 ?
Are unlimited plans typically worse ? Everything on the BSNL tariff website is vague as usual and the "up to 2Mbps" bullshit is everywhere adding to the confusion.

Originally Posted by totallyfandu

just check your computer because this plan is suitable for most user

Check what ? I'm quite positive my PC is fine, in fact I'm yet to see anyone with better consistent speeds on Home500. It's quite simple really, go to any decent bandwidth speed test site and see the results.

Why did you take this plan?broadband with limits..have a unlimited plan.or a better combo one.

Originally Posted by mail2sc

Why did you take this plan?broadband with limits..have a unlimited plan.or a better combo one.

Because almost everyone told me that the unlimited plans typically have worse average speeds.

Originally Posted by rsen

Because almost everyone told me that the unlimited plans typically have worse average speeds.

Its true. UL plans from BSNL have 256kbps or 512kbps, while data limit plans have 2048kbps.

I am also using Home 500 plan normally i am getting 1-2 mbps speed.My opinion is still limited plan is better compare to unlimited plan in BSNL ( at least better than UL 750) although speeds are really not very consistent but still you are getting low speed compare to other limited plan user(as you mention your speed 241 kbps d/l).
I think you can complain at BSNL customer care and also calcuttatelephones DE (in BB department) officer now i have also faced such problem once but one think still remember BSNL never promise to any user to provide 1 or 2mbps speed they said minimum 256 kbps and upto 2 mbps so if you get the speed around 256 kbps speed then may be you have to accept it.
Otherwise you can change your plan to Home 500 to UL 1350 plan at least then you should get minimum 512 kbps bandwidth.

If you are pis** from BSNL then you can switch to Airtel BB (i am using it) i must say one thing that their connection is ultra stable! and also their unlimited plans are also good i am using home 999 384 Kbps unlimited in which i can watch youtube videos itch and kirk free!

And what i've heard that the H500 is the best plan for any downloader as it gives speed ranging from 200-250 KB/s which is good i think

Originally Posted by rupu1983

I am also using Home 500 plan normally i am getting 1-2 mbps speed.My opinion is still limited plan is better compare to unlimited plan in BSNL ( at least better than UL 750) although speeds are really not very consistent but still you are getting low speed compare to other limited plan user(as you mention your speed 241 kbps d/l).
I think you can complain at BSNL customer care and also calcuttatelephones DE (in BB department) officer now i have also faced such problem once but one think still remember BSNL never promise to any user to provide 1 or 2mbps speed they said minimum 256 kbps and upto 2 mbps so if you get the speed around 256 kbps speed then may be you have to accept it.
Otherwise you can change your plan to Home 500 to UL 1350 plan at least then you should get minimum 512 kbps bandwidth.

but, limited plans wont satisfy the needs of heavy 24/7 downloaders

well unlimited plans have low speed.. so a day's download using unlimited plan is equivalent to the 6 hrs of free download in home plans..

Originally Posted by superprash2003

well unlimited plans have low speed.. so a day's download using unlimited plan is equivalent to the 6 hrs of free download in home plans..

Actually we can download more during these 6 hours than those in UL plans clocking in a single day

Personally for me i can say it's not possible to download 24 hour in a day because i don't have such time, 2nd in limited plan it save the electric bill also.Only one benefit is present in UL plan that user don't need to worried about bill or don't need to check & maintain the usage.

Thanks for all the responses so far.

Basically the problem is that with the home500 plan i'm typically getting around 200-250 Kbps speed (based on various speed tests). Very occasionally it does shoot up to 1Mps or so but this is very rare.

The problem is BSNL uses the "up to 2Mbps" clause which basically means if you get an extremely low speed there is little you can do in terms of complaints.

Suppose I get 250ish Kbps on Home500, will I get even lower speeds on UL750 ?
(UL750 is supposed to have a baseline 250kbps).