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Personal broadband wireless service for a wide range of customers, from business people to
students
Always on & Unlimited Access
Advantages over WiFi: It does not need a wifi hotspot. You take the internet with you and surf
the web in your car, on the train, in the airport, at a convention, on the road. just about
anywhere.
High-Speed Internet Access supported upto 2.4mbps
BSNL EVDO is an unlimited bandwidth service, which means you can use as much as you want,
there are no data limits on the service. you just have to pay the monthly rental of Rs.650/-. its Truly
Unlimited service, no extra costs
You can need EVDO wireless usb modem/card. Bsnl currently gives EV-DO card AC8700 by ZTE
Mobile Tech.This device stylish device plug directly in USB port of your computer/laptop.It Weights
about 40g.The device costs 3,500 Rs.(May vary +/- few Rs in few regions). In case you don’t want to
purchase it outright, you have a rental option available. Here are a few pics of the Device
Can I see a complete Traffic card, which its all the charges i have to pay?
When i went to bsnl office for enquiry of the service, i was given a Tariff card. the same has been
upload for your kind reference. I got this card from BSNL jaipur, so Charges maybe slightly different
for different states.
BSNL Data Card Tariff
Please contact your nearest exchange for availability.unofficial list BSNL EVDO Enabled Cities in
India
You need to visit the main BSNL office in your area to get EVDO connection.In Jaipur,Rajasthan. I
went to Bajaj Nagar Telephone Exchange but before you get your own connection, please ask them
for a demonstration. Also, ask them but the coverage details & what likely speeds would get in your
area.
What is CDMA 1x ?
CDMA 1x is the previous version or the older version of EVDO which has speed upto 144kbps. As
EvDO is still in Nascent stage of deployment very few areas have Evdo BTS (base transmitting
stations), rest are still CDMA 1x. If BTS near you is not Evdo enabled then you will get CDMA 1x
speeds of upto144kbps.
Speeds & Performance depend on Signal Strength which varies place to place . some people have
reported to get about 1.5mbps speed and some only get around 100kbps only. so i would suggest you
to contact your nearest local exchange and ask for a live demo. here is a brief account of my personnel
experience.
With about 4Signal bars; speeds were around 200-600kbps range. placing the device at specific
positions helps in signal reception.
Speed was constantly fluctuating & were not stable; however average speeds of 300kbps were
observed over the period of 2hours.
Websites like orkut,yahoo,rediff loaded speedily but video playback on youtube was not smooth
due to constant fluctuations of bandwidth availability.
ZTE Device comes with LED light which shows us status of Internet connectivity. it has 2 colors &
various states which inform us about the current network. Additionally, top bar of bundled ZTE
application provides a lot of useful information on current connection state. For a Smooth working
Connection, you have have minimum 3 signal bars, else would face connectivity problems.
Special Note for torrent & Rapidshare Users; Others can skip this
Rapidshare: As a single public IP address is shared among lot of users, there is a great chance
at someone from your IP address would have already download from Rapidshare. so now for
next 30days you can’t download from that same IP, as its a limitation imposed by rapidshare on
free users. however premium account holder
won’t be affected due to this.
Torrents:Currently BSNL has set the proxy in such a way that it blocks all incoming
connections other than of known ports like port 80,443 etc. as a result you aren’t connectable to
other users. you can only download a torrent and can’t upload. on private trackers you would be
banned shortly for a bad ratio and on public trackers you would get slow speeds
Pros
Cons
Conclusion
Bsnl Evdo is good service with gives excellent speeds on the move comparing to other alternatives
like GPRS. The technology involved is quite new in India, this can be judged from the fact the DOT
has not issued any format licenses for 3G CDMA. when licenses are issues we would expect similar
roll outs from other operators also.
I would recommend people to try this service atleast once, if they find it suitable they should
subscribe to it
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Anonymous said:
hey
in evdo can we have the sms or voice facility?
Gary said:
BSNL has not implemented Voice or SMS facility in Evdo data card as bsnl is advertising it as
Internet access device.however technically support for Voice & SMS exists in ZTE AC8700.
This facility is available in NIC CDMA 1X which has speed upto 144kbps
Pallab said:
I wish this thing was available in Sikkim. My college allows only 60 hrs of wifi per month. And the
college’s cybercafe computers suck.
DJSays said:
Hey thx for the article. Appreciated. I just wanna suggest that you use Scribd.com iPaper to integrate
that Google Docs within your post.
That way viewers can view the doc in your post itself.
Cheers.
Gary said:
hi..
i want to know how i can do port forwarding with EV-DO..i want to use it to play online multiplayer
games and these games ask for particular ports to be open..do these cards have a DMZ facility?
I wanted to enquire if port forwarding is possible with these cards.Port forwarding is required to play
online multiplayer games.Is there a DMZ option in these cards??
what is download or upload charges? or Download or upload is unlimited by paying mothly charges
550/-. plz tell me somebody my id durgamadhabsahu.2008@gmail.com
what is download or upload charges in EVDO card. or Download or upload is unlimited by paying
paying monthly charges 550\-
Gary said:
@Durga
Yes, pay Rs.550/- a months and download & upload as much as you want.
There is no limit, truely unlimited
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Partha said:
Is the Torrent download is possible through BSNL Datacard???If yes,then what’s the speed practically
an user are getting now?
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Dinesh said:
gaurav said:
I have BSNL-EVDO 2.4 Mbps Conn. from three months.Though it shows full signal strength,I never
get a download speed greater than 50-100kbps.What should I do to increase my download speed??I
have read that some BSNL-EVDO users get speed upto 300-400Kbps.Is it true??
gaurish said:
@gaurav
It depends on various factors like distance from tower, server load,signal strength.
At my Home,I never got speeds above 700kbps, whereas while travling around the city i used to get
about 1.1mbps
that why i always recommend, people to take a demo of the service before buying:)
intuirezern said:
Could you please let me know about how to use EVDO on APPLE MACBOOK
sahil said:
how to install the drivers for the ZTE datacard for using EVDO net connection of bsnl in apple’s
macbook
gaurish said:
Sahil Agarwal said: Could you please let me know about how to use EVDO on APPLE
MACBOOK
sahil said:
hey ya i did check the link earlier but when i plug in my datacard after doing the procedure it doesnt
detect it as it was supposed to so now i dont know what else to do. I also wrote to author but there was
no response.
Please let me know something else can be done.
I can aslo send you a picture of the error it was showing
gaurish said:
@sahil
I had installed this on my friends macbook, a while back without any problem. currently I don’t have
any machine with OS X installed. so can’t help with specific instructions.
*Verify that USB module’s version no is same as kernel, if there is a conflict then; none of the USB
devices would work. so try plugging in any other USB device like a USB mouse to see if USB works.
*Try Alternative USB port, if installing with help of extension cable provided in package. try
plugging directly
vishnu said:
Does the BSNL EVDO and NIC data card are using the same ip address as 248.XX.XX.XX
gaurish said:
No, It has different IP Range which is assigned to Every cities WLL network.
Each city has 5-6IP address which are shared among users via NAT
Amit said:
hi sir ,
i want to ask tht is there roamin facility available in e-vdo card ,basically im frm ajmer i purchased the
device frm jaipur as im engineerin student and studied in jpr i want to use it in ajmer as evdo sevice is
available in ajmer also can i use it kindly plz reply me..
gaurish said:
Hello Amit,
BSNL hasn’t enabled National Roaming yet. but roaming facility should be available at State level. I
have never took my device outside jaipur, so i can’t confirm this. better ask this Commercial Officer in
Bsnl exchange.
Guys,
I live in Noida and my card shows almost 3 to 4 bars but speed sucks like a snail.
It never gives me constant speed oh!! Sorry….. just forget speed!!!! I mean connectivity
Viro said:
Hi! you said all India roaming is not available but state roaming available. I live in Kanpur but your
list of cities do not have Kanpur, so if I purchase it in Lucknow can I use it in Kanpur. Are there any
additional charges for this.
Viro
prasenjit said:
gaurish said:
Yes, if this service is launched in your area. the officials in your nearest Bsnl Customer Care center
will be able to provide you this service
Anshal said:
Hi, Thanks for this great post.. I have few questions, I heard from few people about the speeds they
received in torrents. Does that mean bsnl is providing public ip now?? So straight question is, can bsnl
evdo be used for torrent downloads? Secondly, does anybody has confirm info about roaming, both
state & national? Thanks
nag said:
gaurish said:
gaurish said:
Anshal said: Hi, Thanks for this great post.. I have few questions, I heard from few
people about the speeds they received …
* On Torrents you are not connectible, meaning that you can’t can’t upload anything. still you can
download but as you aren’t seeding anything, on Public trackers you won’t get full speeds. Private
trackers would ban you for low ratio.
Anshal said:
Thanks for the reply Gauri.. I want to ask one more thing. Can this EVDO connection be shared, i
mean i have 2 more systems on LAN can i share EVDO network with them using switch like i can do
in ADSL connection. It does not seem to be an always on connection since requires login everytime
you want to connect, am i right?
thanks
ahmedm said:
HI ,
I am using Thosiba laptop with per installed windows Vista , I tried to install ZTE EV-DO usb modem
to lapton for internet connection , however while instalation it does not detect the device. how can i
install it.
please revert its very urgent. If you can help i’ll very thank full
gaurish said:
Anshal said: Thanks for the reply Gauri.. I want to ask one more thing. Can this EVDO
connection be shared, i mean …
Yes, but for you can you need 3G routers which are not available in india Yet. the workaround is to
install a proxy on the pc and share net via LAN
ahmedm said: HI ,
I am using Thosiba laptop with per installed windows Vista , I tried to install ZTE
EV-DO usb …
Hi,
First remove the device from device manager(My Computer>Right CLick>Manage)
sp said:
nice & useful info. keep it up. i am using Tata Indicom photon. speed is good reaches upto 1000 kbps,
sometimes 2000 kbps). it uses the same EVDO card as Bsnl, so does Reliance netconnect. seems all
these companies are buying the same model from the same vendor ie Qualcomm. i want to migrate to
Bsnl Evdo service(bec of lower rates). can i use the same Evdo card i am using now provided by
Tata?
DeathKnight said:
Hi,
I am a bit nub
so i dono how to set it up
they gave me an 8 digit number
its CDMA 1x i think
so what shud be my user ID and password ?
do i need to activate it first ?
i hav dat 8 digit no. anyway…
THNX
Sandeep said:
sir,
I have a BSNL EVDO wareless data terminal card.I have a problem that, my Internet speed is very
slow. Its maximum speed is 110kbps and its upload & download speed run between 11kbps to 45
kbps. I live in Durgapur,Rajhbandh and my nearest towre is in panagarh which is just far only 8km
from Rajhbandh. MY network coverage also not so good, only two tower are show in EVDO screen.
sir i just want to know how i increase my internet speed?…please help me and please solve my
problem.
kapil said:
gaurish said:
@Sandeep
8km distance is not nearby. for good speeds tower should be with 3-5km range.
gaurish said:
sp said: nice & useful info. keep it up. i am using Tata Indicom photon. speed is good
reaches upto 1000 kbps, …
No, Due the Different Firmware used. Its just like you can’t use a Reliance CDMA handset with
TATA
I WANT TO PURCHASE A EV-DO MY SELF FROM OPEN MARKET IS THERE ANY SELLER
debu said:
DR Raju said:
I Have a EVDO Card ang it works fantastic .The best speed achived is 854 kbps.
I want to know there ia small rubber button( i have ZTE device USB type) near antenna could it be a
external antenna jack.Pl clarify if someone knows.Nothing in literature supplied with device regarding
this.
lohit said:
i am from bangalore south, i consistently get download speeds from 120 kB/s to 150kB/s, ie around
1100kb/s to 1400kb/s.
initially i used to get around 40-60 KB/s but since 2mths i am getting good speed.
also one thing get to know where the tower is and place the system near the window in that direction,
u will see a dramatic change
Aleem said:
hi,
can i use thsi EVDO card on my PC?
gaurish said:
mayank said:
sir im living in jaipur(mansarovar & lalkothi) i just want to enquire that how much downloading
speed(not surfing) will i get from bsnl EVDO unlimited plan
should i go with bsnl or opt for tata photon or reliance bb+
help required plz
gaurish said:
The card would work in mac but you need Kernel Extension Patching. see this tutorial: Using ZTE
AC8700 in Mac
Dinesh said:
gaurish said:
Hi,
Although both use same device but transfer is not possible. its just like you can’t use a TATA CDMA
mobile with Reliance CDMA. altough both are technically compatible. Still there is no harm in asking
Reliance reps about this. just take your device and show it to them.
If they don’t agree then you might have to sale your current one and buy a new from reliance.And, I
don’t know about 3G SIM module.
Hope it helps
Hi Gaurish,
Thanks for your reply but no one is ready to buy this device from me as there is no roaming facility.
It just works in my area.
gaurish said:
Dear Dinesh,
Buyers are always there, we just need to reach them. the product is solid as you get unlimited internet
with speeds upto 2.4mbps for just 500bucks.
you got two options:
1) Return it to BSNL itself. they may take it back.
2) Sell it online to places like Ebay or some broadband forum like this India Broadband Forum – Buy
& Sell. lot people are interested to buy this .
If you choose Option 2 then you might can you get on rules for connection transfer.
Kind Regards,
Gaurish
hello dinesh .I live in jaipur and i want to purchase a BSNL EVDO card,so if you are interested to sell
your card to me then please contact me.My email id is piyushpcegarg@gmail.com
Dinesh said: I have been using BSNL EVDO card for a while.
Now I wanna migrate to Reliance Netconnect+ as it offers all …
bsnl has introduced roaming facility for evdo data card so u don’t need to migrate anyhave
more info: http://bsnl.co.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=473
gaurish said:
Raju said:
gaurish said:
@Raju
I haven’t been able to get my hands on any 3G router as the same is not available my place. So I am
afraid, I can’t help you much.
Your best bet, Is it you contact Netgear Support to check if this model has support for ZTE AC8700.
else you need to buy a supported router like DrayTek
Also you might be interested in this workaround(thought its not a perfect solution)
Wireless Networking to share my BSNL EVDO dialup internet
hi,
i am from jaipur and now working with wipro in delhi and want to buy BSNL EVDO as it now offers
nation wide roaming but i am a bit confused as here in delhi we do not have BSNL services but
MTNL services.
will it work if i buy it from jaipur and try to use it in delhi?
please help me out with this.
gaurish said:
@gaurav yadav
I am not aware of any roaming arrangement between mtnl & BSNL. so Not sure but Delhi. but it
would work wherever there is BSNL’s CDMA tower supporting internet access nearby.
Mihir said:
dear gaurav, your place here is most informative, useful and user-friendly.
i see that EV-DO card can be used on my macbook pro. but the procedure, i read on the net, seems too
tedius, isn’t it? can you help me with some simple procedure?
Mihir
Mihir said:
dear gaurish, your place here is most informative, useful and user-friendly.
i see that EV-DO card can be used on my macbook pro. but the procedure, i read on the net, seems too
tedius, isn’t it? can you help me with some simple procedure?
Mihir
gaurish said:
@Mihir
I don’t own a mac myself but can’t comment so can’t comment. But Generally this method has
worked well for users. it may not be as a one-click solution but it works :
nilu said:
hi
can some one help me that i have cdma 1x can i use in evdo service
dr ejhansirani said:
is this EVDO service available in amravati? can it use like a broadband (in youtube videos, game
performance)?
munna said:
manoranjan said:
i am using zte bsnl evdo ZTE AC8700 modem for about two months.
i have installed zte modem on a freshly installed laptop with windows 7. it was working great for two
days
. then after installing some software i had to restart my system while still connected to the internet via
zte. i restarted it and later when i opnened the zte dialer it gives the following error…
Microsoft visual c++ runtime error! /Ztewireless/app.exe has requestwd to terminate in an unusual
way.
then it says
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1097
Additional Information 1: 2872
Additional Information 2: 28721257313844f1c59c0d4941fcb9be
Additional Information 3: 2591 Additional Information 4: 25915cee82b2f649d0b893757ef2ea39
…...
now i am connecting to internet through network and sharing center, which automatically created a
dialup connection using zte modem.
now i do not have the option of seeing the connection speed/ tower reception etc which was present in
the dialer UI
....
P.S: i have my project work due and desperately need the solution. i would be grateful if you could
help.
P.S: i am sure that this problem started because i restarted while i was connected to the net. and ia m
sure this is not a compatibility problem since it was working fine for two days..
ANkur said:
Nitesh said:
My dear Gaurish Hope U remember me ( If NOT then check ur orkut friends List>> Ronak >nitesh )
Can u tell me u r using new 3G enabled data card or old Evdo card and which plan etc. Any way Nice
work Here My dear
gaurish said:
Sandeep said:
Gaurish, i have a problem that from 1 month i sow one symbol come in place of 1X CDMA. The
symbol is EVDO and when it is come my internet stoped working. This symbol come many time in
my Evdo connect screen. What is this?Why In This mode my internet had stoped working?
And one thing i also want to told you, please dont send me any other’s comment e-mail or other
e-mail in this topic on my e-mail address. Please.
I am using EV-DO (BSNL) for the last over a month now and I have observed that it has excellent
speed. However, I have not received the monthly rentals till now. I am not in a position to see the
monthly rentals anywhere in the net.
I have a query
Now days I am living in Pune on temporary basis for 3 months. And after that i have to live in
Hyderabad. Can i purchase EVDO card here in Pune and continue to use it in Hyderabad after 3
months, without any extra charge?
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