What makes BSNL the worst ISP.

[f3rmion]

Since BSNL is now at the second place down from first, does that gives us a false sense of hope.

What makes BSNL AS9829 as most unstable ASN in the world?!

On weekend I was looking at BGP Instability Report data. As usual (and unfortunately) BSNL tops that list. BSNL is the most unstable autonomous network in the world. In past, I have written previously about how AS9829 is the rotten IP backbone. This isn’t a surprise since they keep on coming on...

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[Dark_Nate]

What is the meaning of the "Stable" List of IP DHCP pools here?

BGP Update report for AS 9829

 

[vishalrao]

I think Jio is even worse than BSNL (not in terms of "unstable ASN" but in general)

 

[Dark_Nate]

@vishalrao Jio latency performs much better than BSNL FTTH.

 

[f3rmion]

What is the meaning of the "Stable" List of IP DHCP pools here?

BGP Update report for AS 9829

I think that if you are lucky enough to get an IP assigned from this pool, chances are that your path to an IP located inside or outside isn't subjected to change "on the fly" every couple of seconds as shown in this video:

 

[Dark_Nate]

@f3rmion So if I get those "stable IPs" I'll be getting better latency?

I can get them as static IP.

 

[f3rmion]

I think Jio is even worse than BSNL (not in terms of "unstable ASN" but in general)

I'm in a love hate relationship with BSNL, Although I have JIO available in my region, I haven't opted for it because of censorship and other limitations. The downside is, I have to deal with BSNL's pathetic routing on a daily basis. They don't even announce their IPs on NIXI.

 

[f3rmion]

@f3rmion So if I get those "stable IPs" I'll be getting better latency?

I can get them as static IP.

I think so, because every single time I've contacted them regarding this issue, they asked me to switch to an static IP. But I haven't made the switch because I need proof of their claims. I will update regarding the same after some research.

 

[f3rmion]

@vishalrao Jio latency performs much better than BSNL FTTH.

I have JIO in my area too and the latencies are more or less the same throughout the day given BSNL isn't acting shitty. Overall, JIO's network is much more stable than BSNL.

 

[vishalrao]

For me (strangely enough) BSNL seems to be working great in Pune. At least in terms of download speeds from servers in various different international locations. I don't monitor ping latencies much because I don't do gaming so it doesn't affect me much, but whenever I check it it seems reasonable enough.

I remember when I first got the connection back in September 2018 for the first few months routing was bad (at least download speeds) to many servers like linux archive mirrors or github or docker hub etc. but after a few months they seem to have fixed it as (like I said) downloads are now pretty good.

Also I'm not a heavy downloader/streamer so my monthly usage comes to around 200 GB well within my 750 GB FUP limit

Regardless, I am hoping BSNL soon offers faster speeds like 200, 300 mbps or even 1 gbps (like Airtel/Jio) because I want to try it out just for the heck of it!

(I don't have any other ISP options in my area, only BSNL)