Thread: wnt to know abt the merits and demerits of the bsnl home plan500c

hi frnds the articles posted here hve helped me a lot


now i wnt to know abt the home plan500c of bsnl broadband
plz tell abt its average speedand so on


your ideas and suggestions will be highly solicited

home 500c plan
Charges: Rs 500/+ Tax
Bandwidth 256 kbps to 2 Mbps
Night unlimited (2AM to 8AM)
Free calls for Rs 175/- (One India plan)
No extra rentals

its a really good plan.. you should get good speeds above 1.5mbps most of the time. and u have 2-8am unlimited

Originally Posted by superprash2003

its a really good plan.. you should get good speeds above 1.5mbps most of the time. and u have 2-8am unlimited

But at night 2-8, i dont get good speeds, i get highest only 1100Kbps but on charged time, i get upto 1700 Kbps

thank u frnds
ur suggestions help me

The biggest demerit of the Home 500 C plan is that to use free night time, you need to reset the modem after 2 AM and once again before 8 AM.

The biggest demerit of the Home 500 C plan is that to use free night time, you need to reset the modem after 2 AM and once again before 8 AM

oh my god this is new to me, why should that be done and how

Originally Posted by saesms

oh my god this is new to me, why should that be done and how

The problem is BSNL does not count night free time automatically. If you started a big download, say at 11 PM and it completed at 4 AM then entire 11 PM to 4 AM is counted as non-free usage.

So one must make sure that modem is reset or restarted after 2 AM and before 8 AM. It is wise to do this at 2:05 AM and again at 7:55 AM just to rule out any time mismatch between your clock and BSNL's clock.

There are many options to automate this task. Search the forum for so many threads that are tell you how.

thank god i read it, atleast do they inform about this? those bsnl guys?

Originally Posted by saesms

... atleast do they inform about this? those bsnl guys?

Nope.

Yup there are softwares like autopoweron to Turn on your computer at the time set and even to shut down again.

Originally Posted by saesms

thank god i read it, atleast do they inform about this? those bsnl guys?

Hahaha did u expect this from "BSNL". Even the guys who handles the setting up of net connection doesn't know anything they are just worthless...

People can go to consumer court against the cheating of BSNL coz no where they have published the terms and conditions of unlimited usage between 2-8 AM.
last month accidentally I've extended my usage upto 0805 AM (from 0640 to 0805 AM ) but in usage portal it is shown as free usage. Will they charge for this usage? Waiting for next month BILL.

Originally Posted by just4kix

The biggest demerit of the Home 500 C plan is that to use free night time, you need to reset the modem after 2 AM and once again before 8 AM.

Hey I just wanted to ask something, If ikeep my modem on at night but the comp is in hybernate mode and then i on the computer at 2.30 am. will i get charged for whatever i have downloded because i swtiched it on before 2am but the modem was connected to the stand-by computer

what if i start my system by 11 PM and in the flashget i set option for start download by 2:10AM and stop by 7:50AM,

since i started my computer by 11PM, even if it starts to download after 2:05 would BSNL not take is as unlimited time?

what else to automate this process< is it enough if the system is restarted by 2:05 or the modem too should be restarted by switching on and off the power?

any software to do this? i wont be at home at nights, so i need an automated process

if you are using ppoe mode, then even the modem has to be restarted

hi thanks for your reply,

i apologize i am a non technical person can you let me know what ppoe is? and can i restart the modem using any SW or can i be done only manually?

i have applied for 500c+ but now it seems it wont work out for me, i cant be at home during night hrs

any help please

how do you connect to the internet as of now,
1) you switch on your modem and the internet works?
OR
2) You use a windows dialer to dial a connection to the internet?

which modem do you have?

i applied for a connection and now they installed the telephone (though had some issues)

and said theym will install the modem etc... in a couple of days,

at my office i usually start my system and the bsnl line gets connected automatically

Originally Posted by superprash2003

if you are using ppoe mode, then even the modem has to be restarted

What i think i am using ppoe????? that means i will get charged. but one of the forum members said he kept his modem on whole day.??????????

use "bridge mode" in the modem and an appropriate scheduler t0 start CONNECTION @ 2:05 AM, disconnect at 755 AM. no need of "auto poweron/power off" and all that crap. you can just run all the programs you want. and later the scheduler software will take care of the connection. no need for you conect manually.

as for PPPoE connections, u BETTER restart modem @ 2AM!

one simple such software is DataOne Quick usage finder(DQUF) available at Dataone Quick Usage Finder | sunish.net . i've been using it for months and not even a single problem till now !

cheers.

there are no demerits except the BANDWIDTH LIMITATION...
i mean whos gonna give 2mbps for 500Rs ? and 175 calls ? no private operator can operate at such costs.

and little care to be taken when u start downloads @ 2-8. everything has to be scheduled to a CLOCK or things may go haywire.

any thread here to know how to do these things? - THANKS

use "bridge mode" in the modem and an appropriate scheduler t0 start CONNECTION @ 2:05 AM, disconnect at 755 AM