BSNL wi-fi broadband through EVDO cards at Rs 250/month: hard to believe
Broadband ISPs October 2nd. 2007, 12:50amI initially read about it in a New Indian Express report, whose excerpts we give below. I could not believe it. But then I googled the net and found some links which make the above mentioned New Indian Express report believable.
The public sector telecom major rolled out evolution data optimised (EVDO) card to provide wireless broadband Internet with speeds up to 2.4 Mbps along with the network interface card (NIC) with 144 Kbps speed. Built in the plug to surf form, the cards can be attached to the USB port or PCIMCI slot of the desktops or laptops to access Internet.
The cards would provide unlimited Internet access with fixed charges of Rs 250 a month and can be purchased outright or acquired on a monthly rental basis.
Based on CDMA-2000 technology platform, the EVDO card would be immediately available in Bhubaneswar and its outskirts like Khurda but the NIC card can be used anywhere. Three EVDO base transmission system (BTS) systems have been commissioned and 10 more are underway. Thirty more are to be added this financial year enabling expansion to other cities, Chief General Manager, Orissa, SM Talwar said.
… Speaking to media persons, Talwar said BSNL had gone on an overdrive to increase its presence in mobile and Internet, particularly broadband, sector in Orissa. … Broadband penetration, which has been a sore point for the company, is set to look up too. Launched in 2005, the broadband capacity in the State is a mere 15,500 and connections given are around 14,350. But, infrastructure is being spruced up on a war-footing with around 70,000 ports installed across the State. Broadband facilities would be made available in all telecom districts and sub-divisional headquarters, Talwar added.
Business Standard has some more details on this. Following is a short excerpt.
The customers can have unlimited internet access through NIC/EVDO cards at additional fixed monthly charges of Rs 250 only. The consumers have the option of direct purchase or monthly fixed charge basis.
While the monthly fixed charge for NIC card has been fixed at Rs 150 per month it is Rs 200 for EVDO card. The direct purchase of NIC card costs about Rs 4,500 and EVDO card costs about Rs 6,500.
October 16th, 2008 at 1:25 am
this is piece of shit plz dont suffer like me after going for it if u are from bhubaneswar this thing really sucks. i unable to open my page still 2.4 mbps poor company and poor service
May 5th, 2009 at 8:47 am
http://www.trai.gov.in/Default.asp#
December 6th, 2009 at 2:41 am
HELLO SIR I AM PURCHAGE IN NEW BSNL NIC DATA CARD SO WHAT BE ATTCH IN DOCUMENTS ……………REP
July 24th, 2010 at 5:09 am
i m accessing the internet from bsnl EVDO card since two months.but its regular cut during the surfing at a regular interval of time dissapointed me.the speed is also not more than 3to6 kbps.better i should not bother about the downloading speed(5to7kbps).but rarely its speed is exceeding to even 200 kbps.
December 9th, 2011 at 10:49 am
sir,
can I use a sim in a evdo card
January 6th, 2012 at 8:01 am
though they say Bhubaneswar is under EVDO coverage, the speed is lesser than even GPRS. 3-6kbps is the standard speed. rarely goes up to 200kbps, comes down within seconds. This is really poor service, I feel cheated.