What’s the bug?

ramli7 found out that in Micromax MMX 300 C EVDO modem, if you set HSIA-only mode, it will display HSIA signal but the connection will be in CDMA 1X speed only [ in windows network connections - it will show as 153.6 Kbps (144kbps in theory) ]

How to fix?

Head over here and read the thread to know how to resolve this bug.

Finally, I thank ramli7 for finding a workaround to fix this bug and helping others.

Thanks to our forum members for updating us in this thread. If BSNL starts EVDO service (be it CDMA 1x or EVDO), please kindly inform us in that thread which helps others like it does in this post.

Thanks to our forum members for updating us in this thread. If BSNL starts EVDO service (be it CDMA 1x or EVDO), please kindly inform us in that thread which helps others like it does in this post.

The number of BTS (Base Terminal Station), powering those locations is not yet known. Most of the time in cities like Bangalore, each location will have it’s own BTS. But in small states with small cities and towns, many locations will be shared on a single BTS since they are capable of covering up to an radius of 5 to 7 Kilometers of even more.

You can view the list of 112 locations with EVDO coverage over here in this thread. I would like to thank Abhi1299 for bringing this into my concern.

Recently in Chennai, BSNL has changed their billing system from Landline CTBS to GSM billing system. Which means if you pay your current/next bill under regular landline CTBS counter, your subscription won’t be updated and will be manually transferred to GSM billing system. And so there will be a delay during the period of transition. So tha might end up in disconnection of internet unless you contact some customer service executive and get it fixed.

So to over come this issue, vaithy (our forum member, who reported this) has a suggest for all Chennai customers. To read the suggest to overcome this issue, head over to this thread.

BSNL is striving hard to meet up to the promises they make (and perhaps the EVDO technology), to give good speeds to their users. Their efforts have been paid off in few regions where users are getting good speeds.

Here are some of the Speed Reports that we received in our forum:

Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh – Top speed reported: 1.7 Mbps – Read more

Maskevasti Area, Pune – Top speed reported: 2.4 Mbps – Read more

Jayanagar 1st Block, Bangalore – Top speed reported: 0.95 Mbps – Read more

Kanpur – Top speed reported: 1.04 Mbps – Read more

Meghalaya – Top speed reported: 1.33 Mbps (GSM HSDPA 3G service) – Read more

NIT Trichy – Top speed reported: 1.72 Mbps – Read more

Usually, we see members with good speed reporting in our forum rather than members who are getting less speeds. But still those who are getting low speeds raise queries on how to resolve and get better speeds. There are few members who report bad speeds as well. here are some of those:

Disaptagram, Hooghly, WestBengal – 144 Kbps – Read more

Near Minambakkam Airport, Chennai - 200 Kbps – Read More

These are some of the latest Speed Reports from our members and I would like to thank them. To get the latest updates, keep an eye on the Speed Reports section in our forum.

Finally after more than 2 years, BSNL has officially started advertising their EVDO service on their homepage. Eventually, they start broadcasting commercials on televisions, but before doing that they want to give out hot cakes to their customers and existing users!

After creating a lot of confusion amongst their customers by introducing/changing new tariff structures, now apparently they have come up with a rigid decision with irresistible offer. Before if you had to buy a new connection, you had several options (which were really confusing), but now they have 2 single plan and they are “Post paid” and “Pre-paid”.

Back in Nov 2009, I had posted about the hike in Unlimited plan, where they hiked it to Rs. 999 per month and then in the same month, they withheld the hike. So now I believe that they are going to hike it to Rs. 999 again for sure. But before hiking, BSNL has given out an offer which is like “it’s now or never”.

Can’t wait to read? Here it is:
You can now get a new connection at Rs. 700 per month with Unlimited bandwidth and comes with all India roaming enabled. And what’s more, you even get Rev A device which gives you 3.1 Mbps speed instead of 2.4 Mbps! There is no catch, no nothing. But the deadline is March 31st 2010!

Those who all get the new connection before this date will get all these with no additional costs like extra rental for roaming and change of devices now and then blah blah. Even existing rental users can get benefited with this offer by abandoning their existing device and connection and get it newly once again with the new sophisticated device with mouthwatering tariff structure and whole lot of features at just Rs. 700! Now I guess this is news that everyone would like to hear. So get it while it’s hot!

If you want information on where to buy the device and to know few things before buying, please read this post before you pool-in your hard earned money. If you want to see their promo ad, go here.

I’m quoting vaithy’s post from the forum:

There are some good news for the old EVDO users and there are some bad news for the new users who are yet to take connection. Let us see the good news.. those who are paying Rs.550/ will have to shell out additional 100/- in their monthly bill.. provided they completed six months activation ..W.e.f 01-03-10 they will have to pay Rs.650/- (other circles users are already paying Rs.650/- so there is no increase for them..

The bad news is,
If you are a new user activating the card between 01-03-10 and 31-03-10 then will have to pay the monthly rental charges of Rs.750/-
and worse case is, users who are activating the cards after 31-03-10 have to pay Rs 999/- as monthly rental
Please see the attachment and post your comment.
Thanks

To download the attachment and discuss, visit the original thread over here.

According to our forum members, BSNL has started EVDO service in these two places. We have got no details or reviews about Krishnagar. As far as details in Tuticorn is concerned, Sipcot & Muthayapuram Areas & surronding 4-5 Kms from the area have coverage.

Thanks to our forum members for updating us in this thread. If BSNL starts EVDO service (be it CDMA 1x or EVDO), please kindly inform us in that thread which helps others like it does in this post.

First things first..

BSNL EVDO is offered officially by BSNL. Since they do not have any official name for this service, people call it “BSNL EVDO”. The irony is, even workers at BSNL will say “BSNL EVDO”. They must come up with some name like they have for other services.

Q. Where to buy the device?

A You can buy the device in your nearest BSNL Telephone exchange. The ‘buying’ includes getting the connection as well. Since BSNL is not out there to sell devices in retail. Literally, the word buying does not fit into this since they are offering a service and you are ought to get the device to use it.

Q. Where else can I buy the device?

A. No where! Since BSNL is government driven organization, they are not having any retailers or outlets. You must only buy it only from BSNL Telephone exchange.

Q. Can I buy the device from existing users?

A. Never do that! Unless you know the person who is selling the device and the connection, do not buy it. The reason is, the legit way to get use others device and connection is by getting it transferred officially by BSNL and changing the address details and so on.

The another good reason not to buy from others is because of privacy and security. This device is much like an cellphone or the SIM card. Keeping terrorism in mind, one can never know that the person who is selling the device is trustful.

Q. I find the same device for sale in market. Why can’t I buy it elsewhere?

A. Though one might find the same device available for sale in the market like eBay or some good electronic stores, you must get it officially from BSNL since they store all your connection related details in the device in form of settings. BSNL’s ZTE EVDO devices do not need any R-UIM card to operate. They store the data inside the device. So you can buy the device only from BSNL.

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To sum it up, You can only get the new connection and buy the device, you must go to your nearest BSNL Telephone exchange and get it. Hope you found this helpful. If you have any questions, let me know in comments.