Kerala Vision Broadband FTTH - User Experience

Now that I am evaluating Kerala Vision broadband, thought I would create a thread to share my experience. My LCO provides broadband services from BSNL and Kerala Vision, so thought would be good to evaluate Kerala Vision as well.

Getting the account setup was pretty easy, cause there was no need for additional cabling or ONT etc. I shared a photo and ID/address proof doc to the LCO, and the same day evening he setup my account and shared the credentials. The LCO shares the same OLT for all services, so on my end, I just needed to configure my OpenWRT device appropriately.

Initially I didn't get the Kerala Vision VLAN, so I had to reach out to the LCO's tech guy who shared the id. I added the VLAN to the switch (my ONT is a transparent bridge, so I needed no change on the ONT) which created an interface and all I needed to do was add the necessary interface configuration with the PPPoE credentials.

As you can see, they use CG-NAT which is disappointing but other than BSNL and few others nobody else gives public IP addresses. Also I liked the fact that things just worked on first try (the above screenshot is from my first try to connect)

Will add more details as I explore more.

 

[abbyck]

Yeah, I hope it will come to reality. At least we will have a statewide fiber coverage(Again if I remember correctly which can be used by LCOs to run their network).
(huge BBNL)

yeah, found that video

 

[vu3knb]

my stat on KeralaVision

 

[varkey]

@vu3knb Was the above taken right now or earlier?

Right now for me, the latency is better, but there is packet loss.

root@varkey:~# ping -c 5 -I pppoe-wan3 google.com
PING google.com (172.217.163.78): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.217.163.78: seq=1 ttl=59 time=25.607 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.163.78: seq=2 ttl=59 time=25.456 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.163.78: seq=3 ttl=59 time=25.544 ms
64 bytes from 172.217.163.78: seq=4 ttl=59 time=25.818 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 20% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 25.456/25.606/25.818 ms
root@varkey:~# ping -c 5 -I pppoe-wan3 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=1 ttl=59 time=24.895 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=2 ttl=59 time=23.908 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: seq=3 ttl=59 time=23.928 ms

--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 40% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 23.908/24.243/24.895 ms
root@varkey:~#

 

[vu3knb]

Just took 30 min before.

 

[vu3knb]

For me, no packet loss. Why this diff between your connection and mine?

 

[varkey]

@vu3knb Where are you located? My connection is at Perumbavoor.

Also, could you please try running that ping to Google multiple times? Some runs I get without any packet loss.

 

[vu3knb]

yes , when I repeat the ping , getting packet loss :

My LCO is near Vallom , PBVR. Their main distributor is some periyar group of so from pbvr.

 

[varkey]

Aha, same Periyar Entertainment for me too, although like you the LCO is different.

Yep, so we both will have the exact some performance with Kerala Vision. There is no issue with last mile connectivity, as I get BSNL over the same fibre link and there is no saturation there.

Why don't you switch to BSNL then, miles ahead of Kerala Vision. (Periyar Entertainment is the main distributor for BSNL as well)

 

[vu3knb]

I had applied for BSNL FTTH months before , and they have created work order as well. But my LCO guy do not provide BSNL FTTH as he is pending payment from BSNL. He is discouraging people who wanted to take BSNL connection. Very unfortunately this is the only LCO available near my place , so his monopoly rules... :-(

 

[abbyck]

I spoke with my LCO today and asked about the network problem of Kerala Vision. He said they have already crossed the 1.5 Lakh subscriber mark and the network was only designed to handle 1 Lakh subscribers also the upgradation to 5 Lakh capacity is under progress and will get finished within few months.