Broadband & Me
wow! this is my first post using my BSNL broadband. Though the road to nirvana was not so smooth as planned, the ending as in any fairy tale was a happy one!
I have always eyed on jumping into the broadband wagon. But whenever I tried, it always lead to burn a pretty large hole in my purse or rather snatch my purse from me. ha ha ha! I was lured by the cost effective plan of BSNL and always on factor. The major driving factor was the fact that my monthly dialup bill with VSNL was more than what BSNL had in store.
Without much hesitation, I made a registration over the net. But, as any other GO, it is yet to be processed. On further enquiry it lead to the fact that, a face to face submission at the office worked pretty fast. In about 2-3 days(max) the phone line was changed to broadband about feb-03.
During this time, I was excited and enthusiastic about it, and bought a ADSL modem from the local market. I was determined to outsmart the service provider, by getting a latest sleek modem and was confident about setting it all up.( forgive my ignorance to the exact specifications). I suppose this modem was widely used for touchtel and other DSL service providerss.
After two days of hard ship over the weekend(5th,6th) it was all in vain. The modem required RASPPPOE package available over the net. I was on the verge of cursing me for being an early adopter. Then frustrated turned back to the officials out there and the local market guys. Luckily the local guy, said he will pay back on return of the modem. Because I had enquired about compatibility of the ADSL modem with BSNL service provider, during purchase.
So rushed out to the BSNL exchange and registered to supply the modem on 9th 3:00P.M. I thought those guys would end up the next day or something. But they landed at 4:00P.M, but unluckily I had removed the network card last week. I was not available, so they had to return back, leaving the modem here.
Finally I brushed through the modem brochure and installed it successfully. My first reaction was it is pretty fast. Faster than I thought, on my 450 MHz and PIII machine.
The cost of BSNL broadband:
Broadband service cost: 500 Rs p/m
Modem+Installation charges:2000+500 Rs one time payment
The total cost, was 3K + service tax.
my 2 cents: Though it was a one time payment, it was worth it! Don't strain yourself, just go with their modem, it is a cake walk installation process.
coming soon: the technical stuff of the installation...
I have always eyed on jumping into the broadband wagon. But whenever I tried, it always lead to burn a pretty large hole in my purse or rather snatch my purse from me. ha ha ha! I was lured by the cost effective plan of BSNL and always on factor. The major driving factor was the fact that my monthly dialup bill with VSNL was more than what BSNL had in store.
Without much hesitation, I made a registration over the net. But, as any other GO, it is yet to be processed. On further enquiry it lead to the fact that, a face to face submission at the office worked pretty fast. In about 2-3 days(max) the phone line was changed to broadband about feb-03.
During this time, I was excited and enthusiastic about it, and bought a ADSL modem from the local market. I was determined to outsmart the service provider, by getting a latest sleek modem and was confident about setting it all up.( forgive my ignorance to the exact specifications). I suppose this modem was widely used for touchtel and other DSL service providerss.
After two days of hard ship over the weekend(5th,6th) it was all in vain. The modem required RASPPPOE package available over the net. I was on the verge of cursing me for being an early adopter. Then frustrated turned back to the officials out there and the local market guys. Luckily the local guy, said he will pay back on return of the modem. Because I had enquired about compatibility of the ADSL modem with BSNL service provider, during purchase.
So rushed out to the BSNL exchange and registered to supply the modem on 9th 3:00P.M. I thought those guys would end up the next day or something. But they landed at 4:00P.M, but unluckily I had removed the network card last week. I was not available, so they had to return back, leaving the modem here.
Finally I brushed through the modem brochure and installed it successfully. My first reaction was it is pretty fast. Faster than I thought, on my 450 MHz and PIII machine.
The cost of BSNL broadband:
Broadband service cost: 500 Rs p/m
Modem+Installation charges:2000+500 Rs one time payment
The total cost, was 3K + service tax.
my 2 cents: Though it was a one time payment, it was worth it! Don't strain yourself, just go with their modem, it is a cake walk installation process.
coming soon: the technical stuff of the installation...
posted by Ramesh | 7:09 PM
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