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BSNL EVDO

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BSNL EVDO
Mayank Raichura@NoisySilence
Oct 13, 2008 11:08 PM, 4763 Views
(Updated Oct 18, 2008)
Worst Connection Service

I’m from Rajkot, Gujarat. When EVDO was launched here in Rajkot, I immediately when through online references(ofcourse not INDIAN), it showed that EVDO never gives 2.4 Mbps (as


marketed by BSNL) but can range from 300Kbps to 1 Mbps. So I won’t say that I


wasn’t aware of this glitch but I was ready to compromise that. After all you


would be getting atleast 300Kbps speed over an Unlimited Connection with full


mobility around the city for just 700 bucks per month. But I could never be


more WRONG. Following are the subtopics in which I’ve divided my reviews.


*Duration of Connection Setup


*It took 5 days for my connection to start against 3 days as told by the BSNL


personal (although I was given the modem the day I applied for connection). I


was told that technical executives will come at my location and check if my


connectivity is good and install the Modem on my system but nobody turned up. I


had to do it myself.


So I’ld give 2 / 5


Connectivity


BSNL EVDO uses Dial Up connection. So you need to use supplied Dialer


Application or manually create your own Dial Up Connection (I am using later


method) . The signal quality varies from location to location. In my house, I


get 3 points (checked using supplied application) in my bedroom while 4 points


while in another room (The one nearer towards the BSNL  tower). Please


note that both rooms are on same floor and in line to the BSNL tower. The worst


part is, in day time, the EVDO signals would just stop. Something like power


failure. The signal LED would suddenly turn Orange (normally it should be Green &


Blinking Steadily) or remain Green and start blinking very fast which as per


the application means NO SIGNAL. This is really bad for games(read below).


Sometimes everything is fine but you won’t get authenticated. It will say that


remote computer is not responding at all(This happens atleast twice a week and


especially on holidays).


So I’ld give 2/5


Speed


The speed is okay. In day time, it would give you around 50-320kbps (download


speed of 6 KBps to 40 KBps) depending on time of day and holiday. At night it


would be around 160 kbps to 480 kbps (and if you are lucky, in some nights it


can reach upto 960 kbps). So on average you will get download speeds of 15KBps


during day time and upto 60 KBps in night time. EVDO is not good for upload.


It’s theoretical maximum upload speed is 153 kbps (~20 KBps) but you won’t get


that speed. It will be around 25 Kbps (~5 KBps) in day time and 100 Kbps (~12


KBps) in night time.


So I’ll give 3/5


So here are the suggestions for different type of people:


For Web Designers & Developers


I am a free lance web programmer and I keep on updating my own website and for


that I continuously need to use FTP. But FTP connectivity is like hell in BSNL


EVDO. Since last two days I am not able to connect to any FTP site on this damn


internet (although I’ve got review from people that it works fine for them).


And if you are lucky enough to have working FTP connection, its too slow to


upload the content to your site. You won’t believe me but it took 5 hours, yes


you heard it right, 5 hours to upload my 5 MB site. So, it’s not at all suggested


for people that need to deal with FTP and Uploading.


For Downloaders


BSNL EVDO uses Shared IP so if you are using public file hosting sites


like Rapidshare, it will constantly say that another user on the same IP is


currently downloading a file and you would never get a chance to download even


a single file. If you are using Bit Torrent users its even worse. Your


system would be inside a NAT Box. You won’t be able to receive connection from


peers and so it will take lot of time to build up good speed(once I got 100


Kilobytes per second) and just forget about seeding coz all connection attempts


by remote peers will be filtered by BSNL NAT Box/Firewall.  Also, due to


huge difference between Upload Speed & Download Speed, your share ratio


will always remain too low (mine remains around 0.4). So you are likely to get **banned


by private trackers** if you don’t take care of this problem.


For MMO Gamers


People who are playing MMO RPG like Conquer Online or WoW where


latency is important, you seriously need to consider about this connection


before you buy. Here are the pings of yahoo servers on different locations...


[Indian Server]


Pinging gslb.fp.vip.in.g.internal.yahoo.com [202.86.7.62] with 32 bytes of


data:


Reply from 202.86.7.62: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=48


Reply from 202.86.7.62: bytes=32 time=205ms TTL=48


Reply from 202.86.7.62: bytes=32 time=211ms TTL=48


Reply from 202.86.7.62: bytes=32 time=205ms TTL=48


Ping statistics for 202.86.7.62:


Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),


Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:


Minimum = 205ms, Maximum = 220ms, Average = 210ms


[US Server]


Pinging https://yahoo-ht3.akadns.net [69.147.76.15] with 32 bytes of data:


Reply from 69.147.76.15: bytes=32 time=422ms TTL=43


Reply from 69.147.76.15: bytes=32 time=433ms TTL=43


Reply from 69.147.76.15: bytes=32 time=422ms TTL=43


Reply from 69.147.76.15: bytes=32 time=417ms TTL=43


Ping statistics for 69.147.76.15:


Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),


Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:


Minimum = 417ms, Maximum = 433ms, Average = 423ms


[UK Server]


Pinging https://euro.yahoo-eu1.akadns.net [217.146.186.51] with 32 bytes of data:


Reply from 217.146.186.51: bytes=32 time=416ms TTL=47


Reply from 217.146.186.51: bytes=32 time=333ms TTL=47


Reply from 217.146.186.51: bytes=32 time=361ms TTL=47


Reply from 217.146.186.51: bytes=32 time=307ms TTL=47


Ping statistics for 217.146.186.51:


Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),


Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:


Minimum = 307ms, Maximum = 416ms, Average = 354ms


Also, in day time – loss of signal is so frequent that I used to get DC like


hell and I stopped playing the MMO games. My honest suggestion is not to buy


this connection if you intend to go for MMO Gaming.


For Others


If you are not in the above categories, you are from group of people who don’t


mind few minutes(or sometimes few hours) of downtime or don’t need speed or


ftp. You just need an internet connection for chatting or emails and some


casual downloading. Or you don’t have any other choice (like outskirts of


cities where BSNL Broadband isn’t yet available). Then fine, go for it. But


don’t tell me I didn’t warn you.


Overalll: NOT RECOMMENDED

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