I had wanted to take a broadband connection. Since only BSNL was providing the connection in our area, I approached them for a connection. I was surprised to know that inspite of charging Rs.1000/- as installation fees, they only provide the line. If you go for a combo plan, ie land line+ broadband then the initial amount is Rs. 1500/- .
The landline equipment and modem has to be brought by the customer itself. When I enquired the price outside for a wi fi router, it cost around Rs. 2000/-. So all together it is too expensive to take a broadband from BSNL.
Whereas the dongles provided by various service providers like Tata, MTS, Reliance etc is comparatively very cheap when compared with BSNL. So I changed my mind and settled for a Photon Plus WI Fi instead of taking broadband from BSNL.Also the data package offered by Bsnl is very low compared with other companies for different plans.