Reliance Wimax Broadband: Reliance WiMax connection initial review!!

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pretty happy with the service

Have similar experience. Was skeptical of the service due to "Reliance" band, but it seems to be working well so far.

It has been pouring for last 2 days and connection has been working fine in rains.

BTW, Regarding Netgear, just pop in the LAN cable from WiMax modem into WAN port of Router and run router's setup wizard.
 
just got my connection today, the 1mbps plan, got initial d/l of upto 153Kb/s.. hope this continues..

will be testing a friends Netgear tonite, will keep you guys posted..

(btw, pretty happy with the service since i called the call center on saturday. and i am sure i have jinxed myself :ashamed: )
thats great for 1 mbps connection. :) (i hope you meant 153 kBps there)

btw, if you still havent got a netgear router, do look for buffalo WHR-G54S, very good router.
 
Thanks for starting the thread. I am a long-suffering Tata Indicom customer and now that they have raised rates sharply on their time-based plans I am looking for some alternative.It's good to know that the connection seems robust even during monsoon downpours. That was a huge problem for me last year with TI though surprisingly this year the connection has been very good through the rains.BTW does Reliance Wimax have a website; didn't seem to turn up when I googled it.
 
Reliance WiMax is working well for me. My hunch is, it might be dependent on your location (specifically in our city due to large number of 12 story + buildings). That is because you need strong signal to baste station for a stable connection.Good things is, it costs just 500 to try out (thats installation charge). You can disconnect after a month if it does not work for you.
 
Hi!!I am having a Reliance Broadnet, Wimax connection with 300Kbps plan, since April 08. I live in Andheri (E) MIDC area.Since the activation the connection was fine. 300kbps = 35-37 kbps which was just OK but honestly still pathetic. But still I was fine with it. Beggars can't be choosers. In MIDC area you don't have much choice. Reliance has a monopoly.Anyways, I was just scared of rains and the wind it brings with it, would affect the speed and rightly so, my fears have come true. The speed or downloads starts off at 60 and then drops to 50-40-35-30 and finally now it rests at 26/7Kbps, sometimes 20Kbps which is really frustrating.You pay for 300Kbps and you get this.....What's more frustrating is the Reliance Broadnet cust service. The exec's which I think all of us know are like parrots. They keep repeating just what they are asked to. I called them couple of times, in last few days and I keep getting a new complaint NO everyday. And to top it, they keep repeating one line - You will receive a call within 1 hour - inspite of me telling the exec's, that your people have said the same thing.....Aleast when I had powersurfer broadband, somebody would give a call and solve the problem.Honestly it's really funny how these so called big companies work. It's just image building exercises thru media by saying BIG things, but while actually implementing it's all one big JOKE. Hope I find success in solving my problem at present because it seems it's going to be a big task AND this is just a beginning. Moreover I don't even get bills on time, I have to keep calling them to send me bills.......
 
Hi! As I had mentioned I am getting not more then 27Kbps....Earlier when it started I got 37kbps but now it's just stuck. Even while installation the signal strengh seemed very good but I have my doubts due to rains and wind....and ofcourse the people sitting in the server room !!!! FINALLY I received a call from Reliance engineer asking me about the problem today. He said we will LOOK into it. Now when they will act on it, GOD only knows. And the height is.....I had to explain him that USERS usually don't get full speed as per the alloted plan ( correct me if I am wrong ). eg: Some people think 300Kbps means they will get full 300 KBPS. It's not dedicated so it's always 300K=37-38 Kbps so on and so forth....Phew!!!!
 
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And the height is.....I had to explain him that USERS usually don't get full speed as per the alloted plan ( correct me if I am wrong ). eg: Some people think 300Kbps means they will get full 300 KBPS. It's not dedicated so it's always 300K=37-38 Kbps so on and so forth....Phew!!!!

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it IS crazy.. but the people their can only connect wires! I have been getting MTU fail error whenever i try to get onto xbox live.. when i spoke to their "engineers" i had to explain from scratch..

btw, besides this, my connection has been going strong and @ viralbug.. i AM talking of kB/s ;)
 
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