BSNL punjab circle has recently introduced a scheme where they are giving broadband speed of around 2.4 Mbps at unlimited download for just Rs 550 per month thru a wireless CDMA data card made by ZTE china. The wireless card can be purchased for Rs 4200 and the data connectivity is limited to just the punjab telecom circle. This scheme has not been publicised and has been in operation for the last 3-4 months. I came to know about it by chance thru word of mouth and the demand is very high but supply very less.
The problem is that i haven't been able to install it using wine etc in ubuntu 9.04 with the installation CD
Can anybody help if they have installed/configured the same in ubuntu 9.04 etc?
Kussh
I was able to use the internet thru the zte wireless data terminal thru ubuntu (and in windows) but the speeds were very low-- much lower than advertised and half of the usual 256Kbps dsl connection. All in all it looks to be more of marketing hype than real substance. If anybody has got better speeds do let me know. I shall try to return the wireless data card and get a refund.
Kussh
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Kussh Singh kussh.singh@gmail.com wrote:
BSNL punjab circle has recently introduced a scheme where they are giving broadband speed of around 2.4 Mbps at unlimited download for just Rs 550 per month thru a wireless CDMA data card made by ZTE china. The wireless card can be purchased for Rs 4200 and the data connectivity is limited to just the punjab telecom circle. This scheme has not been publicised and has been in operation for the last 3-4 months. I came to know about it by chance thru word of mouth and the demand is very high but supply very less.
The problem is that i haven't been able to install it using wine etc in ubuntu 9.04 with the installation CD
Can anybody help if they have installed/configured the same in ubuntu 9.04 etc?
Kussh
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Kussh Singhkussh.singh@gmail.com wrote:
I was able to use the internet thru the zte wireless data terminal thru ubuntu (and in windows) but the speeds were very low-- much lower than advertised and half of the usual 256Kbps dsl connection. All in all it looks to be more of marketing hype than real substance. If anybody has got better speeds do let me know. I shall try to return the wireless data card and get a refund.
Kussh
If you can improve on two things
1 . Signal strength 2. Consequent higher connect / baud rate for the modem
then you'll get good speeds via BSNL EVDO. Currently its the cheapest in its category on tariffs.
You might need to google along those lines to figure the right way for you. Also if you had purchased the dongle you're likely to get flexibility to place the device in any location for better signal strength.
regards, C
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Kussh Singh kussh.singh@gmail.com wrote:
BSNL punjab circle has recently introduced a scheme where they are giving broadband speed of around 2.4 Mbps at unlimited download for just Rs 550 per month thru a wireless CDMA data card made by ZTE china. The wireless card can be purchased for Rs 4200 and the data connectivity is limited to just the punjab telecom circle. This scheme has not been publicised and has been in operation for the last 3-4 months. I came to know about it by chance thru word of mouth and the demand is very high but supply very less.
The problem is that i haven't been able to install it using wine etc in ubuntu 9.04 with the installation CD
Can anybody help if they have installed/configured the same in ubuntu 9.04 etc?
Kussh
On Friday 03 Jul 2009, Kussh Singh wrote:
BSNL punjab circle has recently introduced a scheme where they are giving broadband speed of around 2.4 Mbps at unlimited download for just Rs 550 per month thru a wireless CDMA data card made by ZTE
Beware, there must be a hidden cap. somewhere.
TataIndicom and Reliance made similar announcements about "unlimited" transfer when they introduced their high speed CDMA wireless service in Mumbai. They backed out of that claim with an * foot note (10GB/month cap or something like that).
Beware, there must be a hidden cap. somewhere.
TataIndicom and Reliance made similar announcements about "unlimited" transfer when they introduced their high speed CDMA wireless service in Mumbai. They backed out of that claim with an * foot note (10GB/month cap or something like that).
:) the "cap" is the signal strength. Unless you are located next to the tower you cannot get great speed.
Otherwise you can download as much as you want, really.
regards, C
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