BSNL 8MBPS - India’s Fastest domestic broadband connection:: by choto cheeta / compiled by c0nrad
In just 5 years we have climbed a long way up in the Internet speed
ladder. I can remember my self back in 2001, seating in the same chair,
typing on the same keyboard, and accessing the Internet via
BSNL landline (PSTN) with
Satyam (Sify) dial up connection on my P-II 400 MHz with 128 MB of RAM .
Rs. 450/- which I used to pay for 1
month of Dial up pack (20 hours of access) to Sify and Rs. 1.26/- per
call (near about Rs. 24 per hour) to BSNL for their PSTN access charge
!!!
There were too much thinking for the
bill, calculating every single second of connection to make sure I
don’t cross the day’s budget for telephone bill !!!
As I still can remember from 10 PM
onwards I would start preparing my self and my PC to get access to the
Internet, and at 11.10PM would get connected to open all the email
accounts I have, waiting eagerly to see inbox opening in Hotmail /
Yahoo and keeping my mouse pointer up on the disconnection button of
the connection icon. As soon as I see the page is displayed I would
disconnect and read the emails to prepare my reply offline !!!
Speeds were too slow, therefore no
online activity whats so ever, apart from Emailing / some
form-prospectus download, thats it !!!
Used to have a really good night of sleep if by chance can download Norton updates using DAP at around 5 kbps speed
Then in 2003 comes the
CDMA player Reliance under WLL license with speeds up to 144 KBPS at rate of Rs. 0.50/- per minute at day time and Rs. 0.25/- per minute at night time !!
Still the calculation for telephone
bill stays in head but speed jumped from 25 kilo bits / second
(download 2-3kbps) to 90-100 kilobits / second (download 9 to 12 kbps)
which allowed some extra online activity and plenty of chance to learn
via Internet. No downloads yet but it allowed Foruming and
participating in online discussion boards, the ID
Choto Cheeta, started its journey !!
Used to have a good nights of sleep if can continue a download at above 10-12 kbps of speed !!!
Within next 6 months a big improvement
and Reliance as ISP offered unlimited access at speeds upto 144 kbps at
Rs. 1500/- per month ! Though beyond our affording capabilities but
still went with it.
Got a big relief within 3 months as Local Cable came to rescue !!
With partner ship of
Weble ISP,
our local cable guy became my ISP by providing 32kbps unlimited at Rs.
750/- pen month. Though the rate was high but still felt happy to have
an unlimited and stable connection in my AMD Athlon 2600+ XP with 512MB
of RAM.
Though DAP never managed to get the
download speeds over 4.5 KBPS but unlimited connection allowed Choto
Cheeta to grow and gain so much knowledge. Yahoo became a good friend
as Choto Cheeta found him self to be a regular member of Calcutta
Global Chat - 1 / 2 / 3.
It was early 2004 and Internet boards
were flooded with screen shot and news of BSNL getting in to action in
Pune and Bangalore with their DATA-ONE service. Unimaginable speeds
could be seen and read at online boards, speeds touching wooping 30kbps.
I can still remember my joy as when I
opened the door at 3.30PM of after noon to find BSNL service person
standing out side with lots of cable and that piece of device (ADSL
Modem) for which I fought so hard at local BSNL exchange to just submit
the form and get the work order for my very own Data-One broadband
connection !!!
It was mid 2004 when Choto Cheeta tested his 1st 30 kbps download !!!
I can still remember the burning
feeling in my eyes which I used to have with countless sleepless nights
to enjoy the free downloads at wooping 30KBPS at night hours unlimited
plan Home 500.
The real downloading fun started on
late 2006 / early 2007 with BSNL upgrading all connections to upto
2mbps speed as that allowed to download around 1 GB of DATA each hour
with average speed of 205-220 kbps with both BiTTorrent and under FTP /
HTTP file transfer !!!
Yes, we have come a long way, as
today at mid 2008, I am using India’s fastest broadband connection at
8MBPS speed seating on this same chair and typing on this same keyboard
in which I have started accessing internet with BSNL dial up at
20-25kbps !!!
Let’s take a Quick look at BSNL 8MBPS connection - The Fastest Home broadband connection of IndiaBSNL has started its broadband service with the name of
DATA-One in mid 2004.
It is
ADSLtechnology which they are using to provide the service on their wired
land line (PSTN) network. BSNL has the largest PSTN network in India
thus they have the best coverage for broadband.
Since December 2007, BSNL have launched its
8MBPS ADSL service. There are no unlimited plans, all comes with data limit.
I have upgraded one of our plans to Business 4000 to test the capability of this service !!!
Today I would be taking a quick look at their service with Business 4000.
The very 1st thing which you may notice
is, the ADSL router’s / modem’s DSL values to change, as compare to
normal 2048 downstream and 512 / 256 upstream, it is now 8196
downstream, allowing faster communication between
DSLAM and your router.
With this plan, Business 4000 or
Business 15000, you are given a Free Wifi Type-II modem, in my case
BSNL provided a Type-IV model SL2_141 !!
Immediate difference ?Infact if you are shifting from a 2mbps
connection to this 8mbp plan, then you will not notice any effect in
case of normal browsing. Email applications such Google / Yahoo /
Hotmail would load as just like they do in 2mbps connections.
Where as big difference to be seen in case of flicker slide show and off course video streaming services like
Joost or
YouTube.
How about the real stuff, the downloads ?In Indian domestic connection, we are
not used to see this type of speed, immediate surprise is that most of
the FTP / HTTP server wont go beyond 250 or 300 kbps for a single file
transfer session !!
This is what I am getting while downloading from Acer global FTP under DAP.
Where as the real speed which I can
find is with BitTorrent services. From an external tracker I could
download a 700 MB Linux distro within 12 mins.
No doubt that speeds are awesome
compare to any other domestic connection available in India however one
cant actually enjoy this as for the price tag it comes with. Rs. 4000/-
+ 12.36% TAX for 27GB of data cap or Rs. 15000/- + 12.36% TAX for 125GB
Data Cap is quite beyond the affording power of most of the Indian
users !!
Having said that, just reviewing my own
Internet experience in last 5 years, I could rest assure that, it is
not far within which we may find upto 8MBPS under affordable Home plans
also !!
Subject: BSNL 8MBPS - India’s Fastest domestic broadband connection 
Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:22 am
