Comments on: Things I Never Knew about ADSL BroadBand (until BSNL did this to me)

By: Sai

Sai — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:42:07 +0000

BSNL is not alone, Even Airtel Wired (ADSL) has most of the areas where you cannot avail Speeds more than 4Mbps, These Companies more or less not interested in upgrading the last mile Infrastructure. You Could have gone for other providers?

By: ankit sawalkar

ankit sawalkar — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 10:04:59 +0000

Hello rohit..i m in search for new broadband connection..what kind of hardware and plan i should opt for..

By: Yogi Yang

Yogi Yang — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 05:27:28 +0000

In reply to Amandeep Singh Nagpal. Can you share the contact numbers of these Tech Guys of BSNL?

By: Rohit Langde

Rohit Langde — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:20:48 +0000

In reply to Amandeep Singh Nagpal.

That’s amusing. 😀
Well, in my case I confirmed from the technical department and came to know that there isn’t any upgraded infrastructure available at their end for my number.

They do provide ADSL2 lines but it is for specific areas. Maybe they do not have any plans to provide those plans in rural area and hence downgraded bill plan too.

By: Rohit Langde

Rohit Langde — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:17:24 +0000

In reply to Akash Angle.

No Akash, Upload is always lesser than Download in ADSL. It is designed and suitable for Home connection who often receive instead of upload.
About Ping, it is not only on Skype but when you play online multiplayer game, quick response is very much dependent on ping.

Yes, actual is 1/8th of whatever speed is claimed.

And thanks for the compliment Akash, just an attempt to share and have conversation with you guys 🙂

By: Akash Angle

Akash Angle — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 13:36:39 +0000

Great article I must say Rohit….
But there are few discrepancy in yr quest to put forth to the public in a rational way…
Firstly in ADSL upload is always greater then download in any given ISP plans…but considering the copper wires stranded as seen in our country u may be right but that’s in theory….
Secondly fiber optics is the way to go for anyone who needs greater bandwidth n excellent ping rates…n they r not freaking expensive…
N I donno what u taking about Skype thing…
I guess u were on HD thing…maybe on win 8 n higher resolution monitor…
But one thing came to my notice that u never talked about the real download speed in kbps or Mbps in real life situation… Its 1/8 th of yr ISP plan I guess…
Anyways wonderful article n now u seems to be enriching in networking..
G
Cheers !

By: Amandeep Singh Nagpal

Amandeep Singh Nagpal — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 08:45:17 +0000

In my case, I was using 2mbps line. I upgraded it to 4mbps but same happened with me. Billing got upgraded but speed wise I was struck at same position. BSNL Staff seems dumb to me. When technology comes, they do not seem to have much knowledge. I got lame answers by them all of which you have already covered.

Then I got to know the techy deptt of BSNL who manages speed and everything. I just called them (I got no. from internet only, BSNL guys know sh*t). I told them everything and they asked me to do ftp speed tests. They finally upgraded it to 4mbps from their end but I was still getting around 3mbps only. It was not 3.4 or 3.5 but 3mbps. Upon further tests, they lifted the speed to 8mbps from their end.

I now get 4mbps flat speed. I feel pity on their infrastructure that to get 4mbps, they have to set 8mbps in their configuration. I believe same thing could have happened in your case. They might have revised the speed configuration to 16mbps in order to get you 8mbps . 😛