On 06-Apr-09, at 12:14 PM, Biju Chacko wrote:
BSNL has started offering USB EVDO cards in bangalore. Rs 750 pm/2Mbps/Uncapped -- seems like a good deal.
BSNL's EVDO data cards don't have roaming and are limited to 144 kbps. I confirmed with the local exchange last week. They are introducing 3G data cards in May.
Reliance, OTOH, is already offering them. Rs 3500 for the card, plus monthly plans starting from Rs 650 for 1 GB to Rs 1700 odd for unlimited. I picked up one and have been using it for a week, and am very pleased. Speeds in excess of 1 Mbps are common.
Reliance offers cards from Huawei and ZTE. The Huawei card works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X and comes with Win and Mac drivers. In my limited use, the card hangs up every few minutes on Windows, less often on Linux and even lesser on OS X, where I've had sessions up to six hours. The included USB extension cable somehow seems to make it more reliable. I suspect a loose contact on the card.
Hope that helps. Kiran
