Update on BSNL Broadband Service

BSNL has finally rolled on in the broadband in select cities. However, a closer look reveals that they have not been able to provide connections in all exchanges and it seems the roll out would still take time. BSNL seems to be providing a cheap Chinese modem with the offering. Please note that these are actual user experiences and I have not been able to subscribe to the service to give an actual user account. The launch of the services in my city has been delayed to March. Now Chinese are not exactly conscious about the quality. In the end user agreement, I haven’t come across any kind of buy back agreement or the assurance of after sales service incase the modem goes kaput.

It seems that the user experiences have been positive so far. However, in the initial period is very hard to pin down any concrete issues with it. The main reason is that the bandwidth is not choked, which would be after the threshold of subscribers crosses a certain limit. There has no news in the media so far about the capacity augmentation nor have my insider sources revealed this to any effect.

There have been some users who have shifted from other DSL service providers. However, the compatibility of their previous modems is not deemed to be fit for the internet services of BSNL. I am again wary of investment in BSNL s modem. I do not want to be saddled with a modem, which would not have a second hand market anyway. It is much reasonable to have a buy back arrangement for the same.

It is still too early to comment on the final price or the download limit. This is good enough for anyone who wishes to check mail or chat since during chat very little data is exchanged. So far according my knowledge. If anyone feels that 1 GB is enough for a home user, obviously he is grossly mistaken. This is because there is no indication how the data download is going to be calculated.

Let us hope for something better.

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