BSNL limiting 2.4 Mbits/s connection at 200 Kbits/s?

[nex]

BSNL EVDO subscribers nees to understand this.You are neither connected to an evdo nor to a CDMA. You are connected to a WLL exchange( Wireless in local loop), which is like a wireless extention to a landline exchange. You have limited mobility within your city coveraga. The exchange is currently patched up to provide decent speeds at WLL links. The speeds go upto 240 kbps which gives a max of 25 KBPS download speed. You are having a dedicated connection which is synchronous like a dsl and it is a dial-up connection. The WLL networks can give speeds that depend on the internal network of the exchange you are connected to. if the exchange is using latest equipment with no conjestion they can push speeds beyond the 2mbps and like its done in north america upto 8-9 mbps. But you see..Most of the exchanges are getting old and the proposal to upgrade them was passed recently (If my sources are correct) and it will take atleast 3 to 6 months to upgrade the exchange networks and even then you may be restricted to a max of 2 mbps since the load will be high as u all know how fast bsnl connections are taken. A lot of new connections mean more conjestion and that means less speed.Good news is that the reliability of downloaded data is high and since its cheap and unlimited, we can cope up with the slow speed easily.wellchao

 

[John7777]

BSNL EVDO subscribers nees to understand this.
You are neither connected to an evdo nor to a CDMA. You are connected to a WLL exchange( Wireless in local loop), which is like a wireless extention to a landline exchange. You have limited mobility within your city coveraga. The exchange is currently patched up to provide decent speeds at WLL links. The speeds go upto 240 kbps which gives a max of 25 KBPS download speed. You are having a dedicated connection which is synchronous like a dsl and it is a dial-up connection.
The WLL networks can give speeds that depend on the internal network of the exchange you are connected to. if the exchange is using latest equipment with no conjestion they can push speeds beyond the 2mbps and like its done in north america upto 8-9 mbps. But you see..
Most of the exchanges are getting old and the proposal to upgrade them was passed recently (If my sources are correct) and it will take atleast 3 to 6 months to upgrade the exchange networks and even then you may be restricted to a max of 2 mbps since the load will be high as u all know how fast bsnl connections are taken. A lot of new connections mean more conjestion and that means less speed.
Good news is that the reliability of downloaded data is high and since its cheap and unlimited, we can cope up with the slow speed easily.

well
chao

The above comments are not completely correct.
First thing is that WLL is a terminology used to denote the exchange in a wireless network, more generally called the MSC. CDMA/EVDO is the access technology, ie the technology used between the end user terminal (mobile phone or a data card) and the Base station ( typically called tower). BSNL uses CDMA 1x for providing the voice and data upto 144kbps on handsets,Fixed wireless phones, USB modems and PCMCIA cards and they use EVDO to provide data upto 2.4/3.1 Mbps. For data cards BSNL donot limit the connectivity to the WLL exchange coverage area. I have been able to use the EVDO service in many major towns of Kerala. In short it is not the exchange which typically limit the speed at the end user premises, rather its the access technology