I have recently installed BSNL FTTH directly from BSNL. (No TIP involved).
Well I had to take much efforts convincing the BSNL officer for installation at my place. It almost took me 6-7 months or may be more for convincing them to install at my place. In that period I tried complaining at twitter, consumer forum etc. I actually had DSL connection earlier and it was not at all running properly. So I started visiting the broadband officer's cabin every 3-4 days and use to tell him either repair my DSL connection or provide me with FTTH. That officer was good though. He told the estimated repair cost to repair the underground telephone cable till my home is 10 Lakhs around. So I told him to tell the FTTH officer to provide me with FTTH connection. This I did almost 4-5 times in the last month and then finally he convinced the FTTH officer to pull cable near my home. And the irritating thing here is they only had to pull the cable from 300 metres. Because there was already an FTTH connection. But for that also they were not willing to do it. So finally before a month they pulled the cable. The cable is overhead.
Then after the cable was brought till my place I was told to go to commercial officer for creating a demand order. The officer gave me a choice for number selection. Then I was told to pay security deposit at the counter. And then after 3 days of payment the FTTH officer bought the
ONT and installed it and provided me with ID and Password and the internet started. I have applied for TYPE A ONT.
I was provided
Alphion AONT 100 C.
I get approx 52 to 60 Mbps download speed and 58 to 70 Mbps upload speed. Ping is between 20-30ms
I have installed
TP-Link archer C6 gigabyte
router. On wifi I get approx 30-35 Mbps (2.4Ghz) and 52 to 60 Mbps (5Ghz).
I have installed LAN cable of
D-Link (CAT 6) from router to my room. Length is approx 45 Metres. It costed me 21 or 22 Per metre (I dont remember the exact rate). There was a cheaper option available for 12 per metre.
Charges incurred:-
Security deposit:- 849 had to pay after the cable installation for starting the connection.
Router:- 2500 Rs (Offline purchase)
LAN cable:- Approx 1000 Rs
Adapter for running the ONT:- 100Rs (I was told to purchase the adapter, it wasnt provided with ONT)
Then in first bill I was taken the following charges:-
Voice activation charges:- 250
ONT Security deposit:- 500
And the rent for TYPE A ont is not being charged by bsnl if you are new customer. I was informed about this by
@varkey 
in
Has BSNL stopped charging rent for ONT? | BSNL FTTH Bharat Fiber Broadband this thread.
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