Wish Net Pvt. Ltd. is Kolkata based ISP but they do provide connections all over West Bengal. It's a Category B ISP (according to the Department of Telecommunication, GoI).
Initially, they used to be the major rival of Alliance broadband (which is also a Kolkata based ISP, once used to be Category-B now they have upgraded to Category-A) and their service was almost at par with Alliance (in terms of tariffs, browsing & streaming, online gaming, etc.).
Pic: Alliance vs Wish Net Broadband plans comparison (2014-15)
Cut to 2020, things have changed, now Wish Net have re-introduced their FTTH plans with attractive speeds for incredibly low prices
Obviously, I was also astonished after seeing their new tariffs and decided to get a new connection this year (though I first approached Alliance, as I was an Alliance user for about 4.5 years since 2015 but they couldn't provide a connection in my location, Darn!)
I didn't have a better choice other than Wish Net cause other ISPs were worse.
Got the new fiber connection after paying the installation fees of 3000 rupees (without a router), which includes a Chinese ONT.
Speeds are good for domestic servers (attaching some screenshots) (I'm subscribed to 100 Mbps plan)
My excitement came to a halt after a few days while playing some multiplayer games, as most of the time connection used to be disconnected, and the ping was really high. Felt something fishy and tested the NAT type, and guess what, it was STRICT
Contacted their customer care service and in response, they told me that it was due to the changing Public IP and suggested me to get their Biz plan (1 Static IP) in order to solve this issue. That is ridiculous, as their Biz plan is 3 times more expensive than what I'm paying currently.
Googled this issue, and found out that I was not the only one, as there were other fellow users who were also facing the same
>> Now here are the final points regarding Wish Net Broadband:
1) Speeds are good for domestic servers, but for International servers, there's no use of 100 Mbps or 200 Mbps plans as you won't get anywhere near to that. (refer to a nicely described Answer by @Realme )
2) All ports are blocked (even port 80). Though they used to keep open some of the ports earlier now that's not an option anymore (thanks to their Biz plans, marketing at its best)
3) From May 2020 NAT type is Open on the Xbox server and Moderate on the Rockstar server.
4) Peering is not that good
So, that's all that I've experienced after using Wish Net for about 3 months.
There were times when I used to blame the Alliance guys for slow download speeds or small connection time-outs when they used to conduct some periodic maintenance, but now the scenario is different. And gradually, you become wise enough (in terms of technicality) to appreciate the Quality of the Internet rather than some Lucrative speeds.
Edit: 20/09/2021: It has been 1 and a half years since I'm using Wishnet and this review still holds my present experience. Now coming to the main part, this review is purely my personal opinion and in no way it is motivated by any external means. Now if you (who's reading this review) want to make a decision whether or not to take the Wishnet broadband connection then you surely shouldn't get driven by only this review, do your own research & make an apt choice beneficial to you.
Peace
Initially, they used to be the major rival of Alliance broadband (which is also a Kolkata based ISP, once used to be Category-B now they have upgraded to Category-A) and their service was almost at par with Alliance (in terms of tariffs, browsing & streaming, online gaming, etc.).
Pic: Alliance vs Wish Net Broadband plans comparison (2014-15)
Cut to 2020, things have changed, now Wish Net have re-introduced their FTTH plans with attractive speeds for incredibly low prices
Obviously, I was also astonished after seeing their new tariffs and decided to get a new connection this year (though I first approached Alliance, as I was an Alliance user for about 4.5 years since 2015 but they couldn't provide a connection in my location, Darn!)
I didn't have a better choice other than Wish Net cause other ISPs were worse.
Got the new fiber connection after paying the installation fees of 3000 rupees (without a router), which includes a Chinese ONT.
Speeds are good for domestic servers (attaching some screenshots) (I'm subscribed to 100 Mbps plan)
My excitement came to a halt after a few days while playing some multiplayer games, as most of the time connection used to be disconnected, and the ping was really high. Felt something fishy and tested the NAT type, and guess what, it was STRICT
Contacted their customer care service and in response, they told me that it was due to the changing Public IP and suggested me to get their Biz plan (1 Static IP) in order to solve this issue. That is ridiculous, as their Biz plan is 3 times more expensive than what I'm paying currently.
Googled this issue, and found out that I was not the only one, as there were other fellow users who were also facing the same
>> Now here are the final points regarding Wish Net Broadband:
1) Speeds are good for domestic servers, but for International servers, there's no use of 100 Mbps or 200 Mbps plans as you won't get anywhere near to that. (refer to a nicely described Answer by @Realme )
2) All ports are blocked (even port 80). Though they used to keep open some of the ports earlier now that's not an option anymore (thanks to their Biz plans, marketing at its best)
3) From May 2020 NAT type is Open on the Xbox server and Moderate on the Rockstar server.
4) Peering is not that good
So, that's all that I've experienced after using Wish Net for about 3 months.
There were times when I used to blame the Alliance guys for slow download speeds or small connection time-outs when they used to conduct some periodic maintenance, but now the scenario is different. And gradually, you become wise enough (in terms of technicality) to appreciate the Quality of the Internet rather than some Lucrative speeds.
Edit: 20/09/2021: It has been 1 and a half years since I'm using Wishnet and this review still holds my present experience. Now coming to the main part, this review is purely my personal opinion and in no way it is motivated by any external means. Now if you (who's reading this review) want to make a decision whether or not to take the Wishnet broadband connection then you surely shouldn't get driven by only this review, do your own research & make an apt choice beneficial to you.
Peace
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