BSNL Fiber To The Home FTTH Speed Reviews
BSNL is doing something amazing! They've launched a new kind of broadband service in Indian cities like Jaipur, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Nagpur, Hyderabad (and many other cities) called FTTH (aka Fiber to the home). The service offers very high speed Internet to homes at a very affordable cost. Check out the tariff plan -
[TABLE]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Fibre Broadband Unlimited Plans:[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]
[TD="colspan: 2"]
[TD="colspan: 3"]
[TD="colspan: 3"]
[TD="colspan: 3"]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Bandwidth[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]upto 1 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 2 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 8 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 10 Mbps[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Fixed Monthly charges (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]2999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]3999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]11999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]13999[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]3[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Annual payment option (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]29990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]39990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]119990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]139990[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]4[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Download/Upload limit[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Unlimited[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]5[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Free E mail IDs/Space (per E-mail ID)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/5MB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]6[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Static IP address (on request)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Two[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]7[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Security deposit (Rs.)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]8[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Minimum hire period[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD="colspan: 14"]Fibre Broadband Unlimited Plans:[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD="width: 80"]
[TD="width: 234"]
[TD="colspan: 5"]
[TD="colspan: 3"]
[TD="colspan: 4"]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]1[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Bandwidth[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]upto 20 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 50 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]upto 100 Mbps[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]2[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Fixed Monthly charges (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]25999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]49999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]83999[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]3[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Annual payment option (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]259990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]499990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]839990[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]4[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Download/Upload limit[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]Unlimited[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]5[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Free E mail IDs/Space (per E-mail ID)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/ 5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]4/5MB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]6[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Static IP address (on request)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Two[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Two[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]Two[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]7[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Security deposit (Rs.)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]8[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Minimum hire period[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]Three months[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 14"]Fibre Broadband Limited Plans:[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD="width: 80"]S.N.[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]
[TD="colspan: 2"]
[TD="colspan: 3"]
[TD="colspan: 5"]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]1[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Bandwidth[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]upto 2 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 4 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]upto 16 Mbps[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Monthly Fixed charges (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]1500[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]2999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]6999[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]3[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Annual payment option (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]15000[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]29990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]69990[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]4[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Download/Upload limit[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]8 GB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]30 GB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]100 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]5[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Addl Usage Charges Per MB (in Rs.)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]0.5[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]0.4[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]0.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]6[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Free E mail IDs/Space (per E-Mail ID)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]4/ 5MB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]7[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Static IP address (on request)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]one[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]8[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Security deposit (Rs.)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]9[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Minimum hire period[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Three months
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
I'm not looking forward to actual download speeds users are getting in various cities across India. Few of the reviews I've read so far are all positive. Frankly speaking 1 Mbps speed for ~Rs. 3k looks good and given the tradition of BSNL, I expect the costs to come down to 50% in next few months. So, can someone post screenshots of the speed tests and inform us whether the service is worth the price?
[TABLE]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Fibre Broadband Unlimited Plans:[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD]
S.N.
[/TD][TD="colspan: 2"]
Particulars
[/TD][TD="colspan: 2"]
FiBro 1
[/TD][TD="colspan: 3"]
FiBro 2
[/TD][TD="colspan: 3"]
FiBro 8
[/TD][TD="colspan: 3"]
FiBro 10
[/TD][/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Bandwidth[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]upto 1 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 2 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 8 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 10 Mbps[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Fixed Monthly charges (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]2999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]3999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]11999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]13999[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]3[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Annual payment option (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]29990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]39990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]119990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]139990[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]4[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Download/Upload limit[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Unlimited[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]5[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Free E mail IDs/Space (per E-mail ID)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/5MB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]6[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Static IP address (on request)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Two[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]7[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Security deposit (Rs.)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]8[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Minimum hire period[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD="colspan: 14"]Fibre Broadband Unlimited Plans:[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD="width: 80"]
S.N.
[/TD][TD="width: 234"]
Particulars
[/TD][TD="colspan: 5"]
FiBro 20
[/TD][TD="colspan: 3"]
FiBro 50
[/TD][TD="colspan: 4"]
FiBro 100
[/TD][/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]1[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Bandwidth[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]upto 20 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 50 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]upto 100 Mbps[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]2[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Fixed Monthly charges (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]25999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]49999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]83999[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]3[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Annual payment option (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]259990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]499990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]839990[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]4[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Download/Upload limit[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Unlimited[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]Unlimited[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]5[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Free E mail IDs/Space (per E-mail ID)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/ 5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]4/5MB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]6[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Static IP address (on request)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Two[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Two[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]Two[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]7[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Security deposit (Rs.)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]8[/TD]
[TD="width: 234"]Minimum hire period[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]Three months[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 14"]Fibre Broadband Limited Plans:[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style33"]
[TD="width: 80"]S.N.[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]
Particulars
[/TD][TD="colspan: 2"]
FiBro Ltd 2
[/TD][TD="colspan: 3"]
FiBro Ltd 4
[/TD][TD="colspan: 5"]
FiBro Ltd 16
[/TD][/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]1[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Bandwidth[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]upto 2 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]upto 4 Mbps[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]upto 16 Mbps[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Monthly Fixed charges (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]1500[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]2999[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]6999[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]3[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Annual payment option (Rs)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]15000[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]29990[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]69990[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]4[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Download/Upload limit[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]8 GB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]30 GB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]100 GB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]5[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Addl Usage Charges Per MB (in Rs.)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]0.5[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]0.4[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]0.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]6[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Free E mail IDs/Space (per E-Mail ID)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]4/5MB[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]4/ 5MB[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]7[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Static IP address (on request)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]one[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]8[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Security deposit (Rs.)[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]One month fixed charges[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: style24"]
[TD="width: 80"]9[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Minimum hire period[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 3"]Three months[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 5"]Three months
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
I'm not looking forward to actual download speeds users are getting in various cities across India. Few of the reviews I've read so far are all positive. Frankly speaking 1 Mbps speed for ~Rs. 3k looks good and given the tradition of BSNL, I expect the costs to come down to 50% in next few months. So, can someone post screenshots of the speed tests and inform us whether the service is worth the price?
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