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.

 

[sling_dong]

Tenda E101 is an EPON ONT. If BSNL is using Alphion OLTs as @AAK suggested or just using any GPON OLT then it wouldn't work. Also, BSNL cannot be generalised, the OLT config depends on the local cable operator, the area etc.

Regarding the throttling and slow speeds, just check the initial posts on this thread. They had improved at some point but I probably not very much.

Thanks .. that is helpful information. I will buy a new ONT then. Which is your ISP, if you don't mind me asking?

One last thing. I read the early pages of this thread like you suggested. Many of the posts are yours. I am not too familiar with some of the technical terms like trace routing, load balancing, ping checking, spikes etc... Do you have any recommendations for a video or article to learn/explain this network commands or technical stuff for a simpleton like me? I would love to check the latency of my connection frequently on my own. I am a quick learner

 

[mr_robot]

Does the latest firmware for Netlink hg323rgw(V-SOL HG323RGW) has the command injection vulnerability(authenticated) similar to software version 1.0.11. My ONT's software version is 1.0.29-200319 and it is vulnerable. (Vulnerability is in diagnose>ping diagnose and tracert diagnose).
You can test it by typing ;ls instead of ip in ping diagnose.

 

[arunsankar]

Has anyone tried IPv6 connectivity with keralavision recently. It was working perfectly couple of months back, but seems to be troublesome since the past few days.

 

[Harry0]

That's some insane ping on kerala vision lol. Ping is spiking right up at 2nd hop, so I'm assuming there may be some problem with LCOs Kerala vision router .

Naah its the same for me too

 

[pillaicha]

Post a tracert to a few ips in this json. Choose a mix of near and far locations.
Choose only /32 prefix IPs. Or if you can ping a whole subnet with a tool or script, that is even better.

https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ranges.json

 

[Sanemi]

Is anybody using Kerala vision broadband here ?
Is their service good ?
What about latency in games like BGMI,Valo etc ?

 

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[WieldyBinkie]

I use KV as my secondary. Service can be good if you know the right people. I had a bunch of issue when I took the connection, I was able to sort most of it out by reaching out to the right people.

I don't play games but based on BGMI/Valo location, latency should be good on KV.