Has BSNL capped upload speed on Fiber Broadband?

[Dark_Nate]

@vishalrao So I think it's official. BSNL has capped upload speed to one-tenth of download speed like Jio (both mobile and fibre) nationwide.

And this is not controlled locally on each state, I think it's from the main NOC in Bangalore.

Do you think they will un-cap anytime soon?

 

[vishalrao]

I dont know. I can just hope that this is a temporary measure due to the cyber attack.

 

[philip]

@vishalrao So I think it's official. BSNL has capped upload speed to one-tenth of download speed like Jio (both mobile and fibre) nationwide.

And this is not controlled locally on each state, I think it's from the main NOC in Bangalore.

Do you think they will un-cap anytime soon?

Well for me I am getting equal up and down speeds with 849 plan . But i am facing some frequent outages ,the connection will come only after rebooting the modem.

 

[partymonger]

Im in the process of getting the connection. The guy told me there have been speed issues last 2-3 days and that its because of a cut in cable that goes out of india. Not sure how credible the info is. He mentioned speeds of around 2 mbps.

 

[SG_curiosity]

@partymonger can you share your first bill? It should be now available on bsnl portal website. Hide the personal details.

 

[partymonger]

I havent even got the connection yet. Paid on saturday but

 

[dhirubhai]

PPPoE session packet capture with ONU in bridge mode.

root@OpenWrt:~# tcpdump -i eth0.2
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on eth0.2, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes
19:00:03.715003 PPPoE PADI [Service-Name] [Host-Uniq 0x000013E1]
19:00:03.719579 PPPoE PADO [Host-Uniq 0x000013E1] [AC-Name "pun-ras-bng-mhs-XXX"] [Service-Name "cnt.bsnl.in"] [Service-Name "operation.in"]...
19:00:03.719702 PPPoE PADR [Service-Name] [Host-Uniq 0x000013E1]
19:00:04.105200 PPPoE PADS [ses 0x1a75] [Service-Name] [Host-Uniq 0x000013E1] [AC-Name "pun-ras-bng-mhs-XXX"]
19:00:04.119100 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Conf-Request (0x01), id 1, length 16
19:00:04.314031 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Conf-Request (0x01), id 247, length 21
19:00:04.314150 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Conf-Nack (0x03), id 1, length 10
19:00:04.314387 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Conf-Ack (0x02), id 247, length 21
19:00:04.314504 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Conf-Request (0x01), id 2, length 16
19:00:04.318448 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Conf-Ack (0x02), id 2, length 16
19:00:04.318493 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] CHAP, Challenge (0x01), id 1, Value <>, Name pun-ras-bng-mhs-02
19:00:04.318762 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Echo-Request (0x09), id 0, length 10
19:00:04.318905 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] CHAP, Response (0x02), id 1, Value <>, Name <username>@ftth.bsnl.in
19:00:04.320722 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Echo-Reply (0x0a), id 0, length 10
19:00:04.544599 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] CHAP, Fail (0x04), id 1, Msg Account is not active
19:00:04.544889 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Term-Request (0x05), id 248, length 6
19:00:04.544979 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Term-Request (0x05), id 3, length 46
19:00:04.545088 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Term-Ack (0x06), id 248, length 6
19:00:04.548063 PPPoE [ses 0x1a75] LCP, Term-Ack (0x06), id 3, length 6
19:00:04.551164 PPPoE PADT [ses 0x1a75] [Host-Uniq 0x000013E1]
tcpdump: pcap_loop: The interface went down

My credentials are fine but the PPPoE server is rejecting my connection with "Account is not active" message since yesterday.

Just before this I was also getting an IP from the 61. range and the speed was ~2Mbps or maybe even ~1Mpbs.

Before Friday (when the problem started for me), I was getting ~100 Mbps upload speeds just fine.

 

[varkey]

That's strange @dhirubhai. Is it intermittent or doesn't work at all?

For me in Kerala, I'm noticing an increased number of PPP disconnects, but it usually reconnects in a minute. Can't comment on the upload speeds yet, as I'm remote.

 

[dhirubhai]

This is how the new Optilink firmware's login screen looks like,

The new firmware version seems to be "OP_BSNL_1.0.24-200226".

 

[dhirubhai]

Hi @varkey

I had the exact same problem (PPPoE disconnects every few minutes) before yesterday. Since yesterday the PPPoE won't even connect - not even once. This problem seems limited to my account only - will ping LCO about it today.

Thanks!