India Broadband

ShAdOwCoN

Hi Guys ,


Its been a few months since i have been using TATA Indicom plug2surf Whiz(postpaid) Wireless "Broadband".Well first thing you need to know about this is that it uses the mobile network to access the internet so the actual connection speed are really slow contrary to their claim.

*i would like to highlight a few things
According to TRAI(Telecom Regulatory authority of India)Broadband is an always ON internet connection with a minimum speed of 256kbps.Neither of these are satisfied by TATA Indicom P2S .So technically it cannot be called broadband.

*The actual speed of this connection depends on the area of usage.From my experience unless you are in a metro city,speeds will be excruciatingly slow.In Chennai the average download speeds were around 5kbps(peak hours) to 15kbps(non-peak hours) .In Coimbatore the same connection showed maximum avg speeds of 6kbps and a minimum avg speeds of 800 bps ! !
Conclusion:Its no better than a dialup,sometimes worse.

*Costs of the tariff plans are unbelievably high(Its 100rs[Tax] more than what they show on their site).I am currently paying Rs750/month inclusive of tax ,with a 1GB download limit (no unlimited time) with an alleged speed of 230.4kbps.

*The connection is best suited for 1)Surfing 2)Updating softwares/antivirus with update file size not excceding 10mb.
Updates/Downloads above 10 mb are unreliable as they tend to cut of midway around the 13mb mark.

*Without the speed+ optimisation software provided (and recomended)by them even surfing is headache.

Pros
Rarely disconnects(as it uses mobile network).
Can be taken around with you.
Fairly simple installation and use

Cons
Slow as hell
Costs you an arm and a leg .
No downloads.
No extra unlimited /free time.You are accountable for every kb u use.
very slow surfing speeds wastes lots of your time waiting for every page to load.

If like me you own one of these connection your going to spend half your life surfing/checking mails and the other half wishing you had never bought it.

I hope my review helped ! ..... c ya .

xpdbb

Your basic assumption is INACCURATE !!
Tata Indicom has NEVER claimed or advertised its USB Model Plug2Surf wiz or Vdata card as "BROADBAND" device.
It is and remains a Wireless internet access device only under 2.5G CDMA 1x 2000 Wireless technology.

AS & when they launch the premium 3g services on EvDO technology ( which is braodband wireless cDMA), you will get the actual Broadband.
Hope it clears your fundamental understanding.
Cheers,

ShAdOwCoN

Yeah i got your point ..I was aware of the fact that its a 2.5G CDMA service ...But i was under the impression that they were selling it of as broadband as that's what the local stores guy told me.....but i still think that PLUG 2 SURF WHIZ is a bit of a misnomer considering the slow speed at which it connects .


So is my USB device Evado compatible ??(I think not).
If you know pls reply.