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BSNL EVDO Now Available In Chennai

It’s a bit late, but nevertheless BSNL has finally rolled out their EVDO service in Chennai. While it is not clear as to if the service is CDMA-1X 2000 or EVDO(Bangalore had CDMA-1X 2000 service rolled out, only later did they start the EVDO service), based, still this should be good news for those people who have been waiting with baited breath for a whiff of fresh air in terms of wireless connectivity, that is the EVDO service. While this page mentions the availability and tariff(the same as other places), there is still lack of information about its availability, as Karthik mentions it in his tweet. Good news is that another user, Nagarajan has posted that he has obtained a connection this comment. I shall keep you guys informed regarding the status.

Video Review of BSNL’s CDMA 1x Speed

By: Santhosh

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These videos shows you the speed we can achieve from the BSNL’s CDMA 1x (144 Kbps) network.

Both the download speed and upload speed video has been recorded in AVI format and it is compressed using WinRAR. Please use winrar to extract these files, if you dont have winrar, click here to download. Though these videos are in AVI format, your system may require video codecs pack installed, like Klite Codec Pack or VLC Media Player to view these vide

BSNL EVDO Review from Coimbatore (CDMA EV-DO)

By: Subash

This review is of BSNL’s CDMA EV-DO (2.4 Mbps) from Coimbatore!

On 30th January 2008 - I have got the EVDO connection, Initially I was in trouble to connect to the drivers on my Vista OS, with the help of BSNL officials at Saibabacolony exchange(COimbatore) I was able to solve the problems. At that time I exchanged my views of BSNL and they mentioned some of the future plans of BSNL.

Key Points

- Till date they have given 150 connections at Coimbatore within a month. So people are ready to experiment the new concepts in telecommunication. They said the response is good.

- BSNL engineers said they are not sure about the capacity of each tower(ie- simultaneous connection from the tower). So if they get complaints they will stop giving the new connection.

- Coimbatore BSNL gets the internet bandwidth from Madurai BSNL.

- Some EVDO people asking the official about why they are not getting connection even they are far from tower (7-8 kms) so the people are not aware of the coverage area

- All the Vista OS people having the driver problem and BSNL officials are solving it by asking the people to come to the Exchange with the laptop. So if anybody has Desktop with Vista - they will be in trouble.

- The main point is:
They are going to install EVDO facility to another 15 towers within 4-5 months.(Now only 2 towers are having this facility). So we will get the EVDO all over India soon.

Coverage

- When I connect the net through EVDO at first time, I was able to get the yellow signal only (ie - CDMA coverage) then within 20 minutes I was able to get the EVDO coverage.

- On 30th January evening at around 9PM I was able to get a high speed around 1 Mbps. Normally I am able to get around 300 to 800 kbps speed.

- I was able to talk with one of my cousin who is in US through Skype along with good quality of video.

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BSNL EVDO started at Coimbatore.

Submitted by: Subash

I visited to one of the local exchange at Saravanampatti, Coimbatore to enquire about the EV-DO. At that time BSNL officials testing the EV-DO coverage. Actually in Coimbatore - they have installed EV-DO in 2 towers(Race course and Ganapathy). And it started function from yesterday (16-Jan-2008)

My place is near to Ganapathy (6-7 kms by road)- so they had checking the signals . In saravanmpatty they are not able to get the EV-DO signal, but they are able to receive the 144 kbps. So they plan to increase the height of the instrument at the tower.

They suggest me to wait for another week - so that they can check the signal strengths fully.

From their view- they are able to get the signal from 800-900 kbps on EV-DO on different areas within the coverage.

Also the cost for the connection is Rs 550 per month and the device rent is 200. So it comes 750 rs per month + tax.

They are treating me well

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BSNL EV-DO Review from Bangalore (CDMA 1x)

Author: Santhosh

BSNL is about a launch a new kind of internet connectivity that India had never seen before!

This technology will be a boon for people on the move and for those who don’t want a last mile cabling to their houses. So, yes you are right! This is wireless internet connectivity. This is a revolutionary connectivity which people also term it as “Wireless Broadband”

Though BSNL hasn’t launched EV-DO officially, they have started giving out EV-DO devices from September 2007. The EV-DO USB Host is manufactured by ZTE Corporation. As of now, BSNL has not yet established EV-DO network which offers 2.4 Mbps with Rev. 0 and up to 3.1 Mbps with Rev. A, but they have decent coverage of CDMA 1x (CDMA 2000 1xRTT) that offers 144 Kbps and this technology is considered as 2.5G and CDMA EV-DO as 3G Technology. All CDMA EV-DO devices can access CDMA 2000 1xRTT network as a backward compatibility.

Though theoretically EV-DO offers 2.4 to 3.1 Mbps, the speed may vary depending upon how far you stay from the CDMA tower. This applies to CDMA 1x also. In order to achieve good speeds, either you should stay 3 – 5 Kilometers from the tower or your area must have wide open spaces. One can’t get a wide open space in urban places, so at least they have to make sure the tower is nearer to them. I live in a semi-urban place where I have wide open spaces, so fortunately I’m able to get good speeds though the tower is 7 Kilometers away from my home.

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