Thread: Speed in home 500 during 2:00 am to 8:00 am ?

Hey guys
Could you tell me the speed in home 500 during night unlimited hours ? is it the same as of daytime ? i am planning to take that plan, so please lemme know soon.
Thanks to all members here.

i meant for downloading speed....please help me guys...

Originally Posted by couchy

Hey guys
Could you tell me the speed in home 500 during night unlimited hours ? is it the same as of daytime ? i am planning to take that plan, so please lemme know soon.
Thanks to all members here.

i meant for downloading speed....please help me guys...

yes,the speed is same as during non-free hours i.e. 256kbps-2mbps

and how much are you getting during night hours ? upto 2Mbps is claimed by ISP...what abt the practical issues ?

Originally Posted by couchy

and how much are you getting during night hours ? upto 2Mbps is claimed by ISP...what abt the practical issues ?

In my case I get the same speed during the free hours i.e. 2:00a.m. - 8:00a.m. and non-free hours which ranges and deviates based on a lot of factors like the server,seeds,line attenuation,distance from the exchange,etc.

although some members suffer from slow speeds and disconnection problem as well during free-hours i.e. 2:00a.m. - 8:00a.m. (as can be inferred from various posts about this issue on this forum)

while for direct downloads i get around 1.8mbps speed i.e. around 230KBps (which also deviates infact sometimes reaches upto 250KBps) and
for torrent an average of about 200KBps (although sometimes it rises upto 230KBps as well but the value mentioned is an average)

Many people have reported less speeds during 2 AM to 8 AM window. And frankly I am not surprised. A huge number of computers login during that time to download stuff. They are not browsing that time - they are all downloading heavily. Naturally max speeds cannot be expected.

Also BSNL does not promise 2 mbps speed. They say 256 kbps (min) and anything up to 2 mbps. There are others ISPs which will give the promised speed but that is because:

• they do not have that much load on their systems
• they do not have free download plans anymore (for instance, Airtel has stopped night unlmited plans for new subscribers)
• Since the others charge a fixed fee for night unlimited (unlike BSNL) they do not have those many subscribers
• the total subscriber base of all other ISPs put together is less than half of BSNL
• And finally, the other ISPs have better infrastructure because they entered new, with the latest equipment/technology, while BSNL comes with a 'baggage'.

Having said all that, my personal experience is:

• it all depends on what you are trying to download
• I have no membership with any private torrent clubs, yet I get a consistent 220+ kB/s (1750+ kbps) speed (see attached pic)
• I am not a heavy downloader and download may be one or two movies a week, sometimes none.
• I try to seek good seed/peer ratio
• I do not download from RS ever.

uTorrent Speed 3.png

I get 230+ kib/s speed when I download from sites like Majorgeeks , Microsoft,Download.com . If the torrent is in good condition then I get speeds around 180-220 kib/s. But I never get more than 110 kib/s when downloading from Rshare and that too decreases with time.
So in short you can get download speeds close to 2 mbps ( 230*8 =1840 kbps= 1.79 mbps ) if your download is good and you use a download manager like Free Download Manager.

for all Power_downloader ment its kB not kb

Originally Posted by kirankumargb

for all Power_downloader ment its kB not kb

Sorry for mistake .It's actually KiB but it is not commonly used.

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Iam Facing Same problems..........
i used h250 for more than 3 months
i usually used to get more than 240KiB of speed For Direct

As i Changed to H500
My Free Hour Download speed Decreased To 120KB-150KB ...
150kiB Is Max......

Is There Any Problem WIth Bsnl ..?

well what does Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test say?

Try TCP/IP optimizer from speedguide.net

My todays speed test result with speedtest.net. I always get these kind of speed.



Home 500C is the best plan from BSNL.It gives 175 calls free also.