Thread: Chennai becomes the first WIFI enabled city

Zylog Systems India Limited, has announced the launch of WIFI based service under the brand-name Wi5 broadband services in Chennai. The Wi5 services was inaugurated by Karuna Sagar, IPS, DIG, Armed force, Chennai on 14th June. This WiFi service will enable customers to access high-speed wireless broadband connectivity through their laptops, desktops or mobile devices by subscribing to Wi5s service on the move.

Zylog has obtained a category A internet service provider license to operate in all of Indias DoT circles. Zylog will complete full wi-fi coverage of Chennai in the next 12-15 months and in the next 24 months, similar WiFi services will be made available in cities such as Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata enabling customers access these services at any of the Wi5 zones across these cities.

In the initial phase, the company has rolled out the wi-fi services in Besant Nagar, Adyar and parts of Ashok Nagar and T Nagar of Chennai. It has also enabled seamless wi-fi connectivity on the IT corridor from Madhya Kailash to Siruseri. Called as the "Metro wi-fi", Zylog's wi-fi model will work like the telephony network.

The service works by the setting up of intelligent wi-fi nodes atop select buildings across the city, making the area a Wi-fi zone. This essentially means that every house will not need a separate router to gain wi-fi internet access. However, users will still need a wi-fi-enabled laptop or personal computer or a separate wi-fi card to access this service. This wi-fi connection will work through nodes, which will be installed across the city. This means you can access your internet anywhere in the city without the need of a router. One just needs to log in to the "Wi5" website to be online.According to the Company since users will log into the "Wi5" website, their network will be secure and the chances of someone hacking into the user's IP would not be possible.

The packages has been priced at Rs 550 per month, for an unlimited plan at a download speed of 1 MbPS, Rs 1,000 at 2 MbPS and Rs 1,750 at 4 MbPS. The price is inclusive of service tax.

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Since 3G hasn't yet gained momentum in india, wifi enabled cities was an neccessity for mobile connectivity.

wifi is the way to the future of the net, anyone can login for anywhere with a username and password without having to take cdma or gsm usb's all around.

i saw the adverts and could nt believe my eyes

1Mbps unlimited internet for just Rs550 per month

has somebody used it ? i would like to know about the latencies .... i am planning to use it

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

i saw the adverts and could nt believe my eyes

1Mbps unlimited internet for just Rs550 per month

has somebody used it ? i would like to know about the latencies

same here, i'm more worried about the actual speed which we get, since its wifi....

it should nt be a problem if you are inside the coverage area .... its the latencies that i am worried about

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

it should nt be a problem if you are inside the coverage area .... its the latencies that i am worried about

they claim to use reliance for their backend operations, so I guess you can expect a good ping !

they are giving one month free trial period offer so those who are interseted can try it.

Originally Posted by deepmohan

they are giving one month free trial period offer so those who are interseted can try it.

1 month

1*30*24*60*60*1000000/8 = 301.7485141754150390625 GBs of data lost

One more reason for me to be so unlucky so as to live outside the city

^^^^

lol :lol: i am just beside the OMR road that is ECR i am sooooo unlucky

oh ! .... i live in an area which was one of the first to receive this offer .... ..... but i ll wait till somebody in my apartment actually tries this

Originally Posted by newprouser

1 month

1*30*24*60*60*1000000/8 = 301.7485141754150390625 GBs of data lost

One more reason for me to be so unlucky so as to live outside the city

get into a car, park it somewhere inside the coverage area at 6 in the morning and stay till 10 at night.
And u can recover 176.019966602325439453125 GB of that 301.7485141754150390625 GBs of data lost

btw where is it stated that they r providing free net access ?

1 month Trial period is free .... i saw in the advert

Originally Posted by panchabhut

get into a car, park it somewhere inside the coverage area at 6 in the morning and stay till 10 at night.
And u can recover 176.019966602325439453125 GB of that 301.7485141754150390625 GBs of data lost

u need to get device/authorization before u can start using it na ?

i forgot

the advert said there was no installation cost for the internet connection

^^
I think if u have a wifi enabled laptop, u would only need to get the userid.

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

oh ! .... i live in an area which was one of the first to receive this offer .... ..... but i ll wait till somebody in my apartment actually tries this

:lol: why ?

Originally Posted by panchabhut

get into a car, park it somewhere inside the coverage area at 6 in the morning and stay till 10 at night.
And u can recover 176.019966602325439453125 GB of that 301.7485141754150390625 GBs of data lost

Oh if only i had lappy then i would jus taken it to my frens house n then control it from mine...

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

1 month Trial period is free .... i saw in the advert
u need to get device/authorization before u can start using it na ?

why so.. most of then just use a commmon id/pasword na ?

Originally Posted by newprouser

:lol: why ?

its not even 3 months since i got my reliance 3 mbps Broadband .... but i may end up using both ... as i do travel a lot too

why so.. most of then just use a commmon id/pasword na ?

i dont know how it works

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

its not even 3 months since i got my reliance 3 mbps Broadband .... but i may end up using both ... as i do travel a lot too

Hmmm, how much do u spend pm including taxes ?

i dont know how it works

Not sure abput wifi, but usual free net services, advetise their common user id and password.

Originally Posted by deepmohan

^^^^

lol :lol: i am just beside the OMR road that is ECR i am sooooo unlucky

not that bad, a news article states...

It has also enabled seamless wi-fi connectivity on the IT corridor from Madhya Kailash to Siruseri

Originally Posted by newprouser

Hmmm, how much do u spend pm including taxes ?

currently its Rs1000 (9xx something)

Not sure abput wifi, but usual free net services, advetise their common user id and password.

After trial period its going to cost u na ?...how will they bill u ?

Originally Posted by newprouser

Hmmm, how much do u spend pm including taxes

post #1

The packages has been priced at Rs 550 per month, for an unlimited plan at a download speed of 1 MbPS, Rs 1,000 at 2 MbPS and Rs 1,750 at 4 MbPS. The price is inclusive of service tax.

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

After trial period its going to cost u na ?...how will they bill u ?

Ya after trail period, its obvious they will have to do it, since they have to provide unique creditials as well.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

post #1

Nah i was asking about shadow's net connection..

Originally Posted by newprouser

Ya after trail period, its obvious they will have to do it, since they have to provide unique creditials as well.

what if i continue to use the old one ?

Originally Posted by newprouser

Nah i was asking about shadow's net connection..

Reliance Netconnect

Originally Posted by newprouser

It has also enabled seamless wi-fi connectivity on the IT corridor from Madhya Kailash to Siruseri

Ppl in Adayar will suffer ... they ll have heavy data traffic from that corridor ..... just like their road traffic .... even 4 lane highways and overhead railways is nt enough to ease their traffic ......

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

what if i continue to use the old one ?

Unless they are sincerely worried about misuse, they would probably use some unique ID which a wifi card may have, i dunno if wifi have sth like mac id.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

Reliance Netconnect

thanks

Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN

Ppl in Adayar will suffer ... they ll have heavy data traffic from that corridor ..... just like their road traffic .... even 4 lane highways and overhead railways is nt enough to ease their traffic ......

but why ?