You may argue with me if I said that BSNL is the best mobile service provider but certainly everyone has to accept that BSNL is no.1 Internet Service Provider (ISP) in India. In fact BSNL helped to save Land line culture in the world of fast growing mobile technology! BSNL WiMAX is a Wireless Broadband technology which has capacity to provide data Internet connection at speed of 7 Mbps ranging from 15 Kms.WiMAX technology is nothing but the 4th generation wireless broadband service which is working on 2.5 Ghz band. BSNL WiMax is really useful to far and fringe areas including rural regions, the people from which can enjoy the high speed Internet at cheapest cost as low as Rs 140 per month.
The 802.16a standard is used in Wi-Max which was approved in June 2005 and the Wi-MAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access.Wi-MAX also supports ATM, IPv4, IPv6, Ethernet, and VLAN services .BSNL is setting up (many are already finished) 300 hotspots in various 24 cities includingBangalore,Chennai, Kolkata,Pune,Ulhashnagar, Dombivalley,Kalyan,Hyderabad,Ahmedabad,Lucknow, Ernakulum, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Ranchi, Patna, Indore,Coimbatore,Trichy , Madurai,Pondicherry where as this service has been BSNL Wimax service has been launched in more than 200 base stations in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Thus the BSNL subscriber who have their Laptops can access to this sevice and for subscriber who have Desktop PCs can access this service after installing PCMCIA card.
BSNL Wi-Max tariff plans
BSNL has two different categories for subscriber like as BSNL broadband, Home users and Business users. Both plans come up with Unlimited data access and for Home uses minimum speed starts from 256kbps (upto) having monthly charges of Rs 10000 only where as for business use it Rs 4400.Below is the screen shot directly from the BSNL’s official website showing you all the tariff plans.
| Particulars | Home | Business | ||||
| HOWI 1000 | HO WI 1800 | BU WI 4400 | BUWI 8000 | BUWI 12000 | BUWI 20000 | |
| Bandwidth | 256 Kbps | 512 Kbps | 256 Kbps | 512 Kbps | 1024 Kbps | 2048 Kbps |
| Single/ Multi user (SU/MU) | SU | SU | MU | MU | MU | MU |
| One time Installation Charges (Rs.)* | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 |
| Fixed Monthly Charges* (Rs.) | 1000 | 1800 | 4400 | 8000 | 12000 | 20000 |
| Discounted Annual Payment Option (Rs.)* | 10000 | 18000 | 44000 | 80000 | 120000 | 200000 |
| Free Email IDs/ Space
(Per email ID) |
2/5 MB | 2/5 MB | 2/5 MB | 2/5 MB | 4/5 MB | 4/5 MB |
| Dl/UL limit per month | Unlimited | |||||
| Security Deposit | One month’s Fixed Monthly Charges | |||||
For any further information: BSNL Wimax official page
