Comments on: Reliance NetConnect aka Net Connect 3.1 from Reliance Big Internet and My Experiences with it http://www.tcwicks.com/life/reliance-netconnect-aka-net-connect-31-from-reliance-big-internet-and-my-experiences-with-it Art of the state Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:54:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gabriella Adams http://www.tcwicks.com/life/reliance-netconnect-aka-net-connect-31-from-reliance-big-internet-and-my-experiences-with-it/comment-page-1#comment-1177 Gabriella Adams Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:54:24 +0000 http://www.tcwicks.com/?p=241#comment-1177 everyone wants fast broadband internet these days, i got some 5 mbps connection at home.-'. everyone wants fast broadband internet these days, i got some 5 mbps connection at home.-’.

]]> By: Alyssa Thompson http://www.tcwicks.com/life/reliance-netconnect-aka-net-connect-31-from-reliance-big-internet-and-my-experiences-with-it/comment-page-1#comment-1165 Alyssa Thompson Tue, 25 May 2010 19:18:56 +0000 http://www.tcwicks.com/?p=241#comment-1165 Broadband internet these days are getting much faster and cheaper too. *.' Broadband internet these days are getting much faster and cheaper too. *.’

]]> By: Rico http://www.tcwicks.com/life/reliance-netconnect-aka-net-connect-31-from-reliance-big-internet-and-my-experiences-with-it/comment-page-1#comment-1159 Rico Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:26:15 +0000 http://www.tcwicks.com/?p=241#comment-1159 Hello, friend, I live in India for 2 years, now, and as everybody here says "everything is possible in India", so, my numbers are exact the opposite of yours tests... I live in Goa (this is important to mention, because some parts of the "everything" is more or less possible depending on the circle you are, like here the only ADSL service available is BSNL, no competitor to push the standards) and have both BSNL ADSL broandband (at home and at the office) and Reliance NetConnect Broadband +. So here are my numbers: Installation: BSNL took 6 months to install a landline in my house and 2 months to install the ADSL, which were requested on the same day of the landline, a total of 8 months. Reliance took only 4 days, because I bought the modem on the day before a holiday, otherwise it would be one or two days. Clearly BSNL has the biggest number (8 against 4). Speed: Originaly I signed for a 2 mbps plan on BSNL, but it is not unlimited an there were no way to check the usage, by the end of the first month I got a bill of RS 23000 (almost USD 500), BIG impressive number for a true good service! I got so "satisfied that I decided to change to the unlimited plan that goes on the speeds of 512 kbps!!! From 2 I went to 512 and unlimited! How lucky and happy I am! Sometimes the numbers are not on my side and this 512 means 200 and something or even less..... but it is still much more than 2!!! On the other hand, Reliance broadband keep on close the 2 or 2.5 mbps, because "unfortunately" my area is covered by their 3G (or something like that), otherwise, if it was on one of the 10000 lucky villages they mention on their website, I would be running the incredible speeds of GPRS (115 kbps). By the way, I think you were on one of those lucky villages, that's why you got so impressive numbers on Reliance, instead of the poor 2 or 3 mbps. Number of disconnections - Here, again, there's nothing compared to BSNL. During day time, when is hot and people usually work, I can get a rate of one drop every 3 minutes!!! I'm serious here! The modem connects for 30 seconds or maximum one minute and it drops again, one or two minutes to reconnect and then all over again. When the day cools down, drops happen less and less often, but ate the end of the day, it is hardly impossible to count how many drops on BSNL ADSL, maybe some tens or even hundreds of times. NetConnect drops the regular two times a day, and ocasionally some other 3 or 4 times during the rest of the day. Pretty weak performance, 5 against hundreds.... tsc tsc... So, as I said, depending on the circle you are in India, and which of the 10000 gods you're devoted to, numbers can be quite different. In my case BSNL numbers were so impressive and Reliance so weak, that I'm already planning to buy a router that supports 3G connection via USB to finally have a VoIP ATA that works as a real telephone, to communicate to my family in Brazil, task almost impossible until now...... after 2 years abroad! Hello, friend,

I live in India for 2 years, now, and as everybody here says “everything is possible in India”, so, my numbers are exact the opposite of yours tests…

I live in Goa (this is important to mention, because some parts of the “everything” is more or less possible depending on the circle you are, like here the only ADSL service available is BSNL, no competitor to push the standards) and have both BSNL ADSL broandband (at home and at the office) and Reliance NetConnect Broadband +. So here are my numbers:

Installation: BSNL took 6 months to install a landline in my house and 2 months to install the ADSL, which were requested on the same day of the landline, a total of 8 months. Reliance took only 4 days, because I bought the modem on the day before a holiday, otherwise it would be one or two days. Clearly BSNL has the biggest number (8 against 4).

Speed: Originaly I signed for a 2 mbps plan on BSNL, but it is not unlimited an there were no way to check the usage, by the end of the first month I got a bill of RS 23000 (almost USD 500), BIG impressive number for a true good service! I got so “satisfied that I decided to change to the unlimited plan that goes on the speeds of 512 kbps!!! From 2 I went to 512 and unlimited! How lucky and happy I am! Sometimes the numbers are not on my side and this 512 means 200 and something or even less….. but it is still much more than 2!!! On the other hand, Reliance broadband keep on close the 2 or 2.5 mbps, because “unfortunately” my area is covered by their 3G (or something like that), otherwise, if it was on one of the 10000 lucky villages they mention on their website, I would be running the incredible speeds of GPRS (115 kbps). By the way, I think you were on one of those lucky villages, that’s why you got so impressive numbers on Reliance, instead of the poor 2 or 3 mbps.

Number of disconnections – Here, again, there’s nothing compared to BSNL. During day time, when is hot and people usually work, I can get a rate of one drop every 3 minutes!!! I’m serious here! The modem connects for 30 seconds or maximum one minute and it drops again, one or two minutes to reconnect and then all over again. When the day cools down, drops happen less and less often, but ate the end of the day, it is hardly impossible to count how many drops on BSNL ADSL, maybe some tens or even hundreds of times. NetConnect drops the regular two times a day, and ocasionally some other 3 or 4 times during the rest of the day. Pretty weak performance, 5 against hundreds…. tsc tsc…

So, as I said, depending on the circle you are in India, and which of the 10000 gods you’re devoted to, numbers can be quite different. In my case BSNL numbers were so impressive and Reliance so weak, that I’m already planning to buy a router that supports 3G connection via USB to finally have a VoIP ATA that works as a real telephone, to communicate to my family in Brazil, task almost impossible until now…… after 2 years abroad!

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