Nowadays everyone has a Laptop in India because the pricing of the laptops have come from high xxxxxRs to low xxxxxRs and now everyone is in need of a wireless internet connection to connect to the internet and always stay in touch. All the shopping malls and airports are now equipped with WiFi internet connections, but what is the option when there is no WiFi and you want to stay online while travelling?
Thats the time when you are looking for a wireless Datacard or USB option to get connected wireless all over India while travelling and let me introduce you with the Top3 available wireless data card connections -
laptops and desktops and the monthly subscriptions start from just 400Rs/month and currently a promotional offer is running where in a free data card is offered. The download speeds are ranging from 15-25kbps when you opt in for unlimited data download package which is the best download speed offered in India on wireless internet connections.
From the above 3 wireless USB/Data Card connections iam personally very much satisfied with Reliance Netconnect connections and i would recommend it to anyone who would be planning to buy one, but again always go for the external USB connection rather than the data card which is plugged into the internal slot in the laptops. Also review, rate and post your experiance on the best broadband connections in india.
September 13th, 2007 at 6:05 am
Marketing of Reliance going on. Ambani would be happy to see this.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:03 am
This is a nice piece of info.
AS you mention Rs.400/- a month plan - Swift 40.. The free usage is “20 hrs. day, 20 hrs. night” … can you explain what does this mean…
thanks for sharing the information
September 13th, 2007 at 8:22 am
@ FashDesigns - The package options meant that you can use 20 hours in day time and 20 hours in night time for free and the extra usage time will be billed post paid.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Amit what speed it reliance giving you? last time i went to webworld yahoo took 10mins n never loaded with it!
Plz tell me in detail abt which plan u using too.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:40 am
20 hours in day and 20 hours in night… per month?
well if its that, then i think its is low!
September 13th, 2007 at 8:43 am
@ Sunny - As i said earlier iam having a 10-20kbps download speed which normally varies based on the signal strength, iam in the 1500Rs monthly package.
@ FashDesigns - What else can you expect in the start 400Rs package
September 13th, 2007 at 9:03 am
Well i use MTNL Gaurda at 299Rs. per month unlimited usage.. with download speed touching 25-30kbps.. but then i use FWP.. i have not testing it on the mobile connection of Gaurda.. but i guess it would be same..
September 13th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Yep if you see here http://www.techtime.co.in , I have done lots of reviews about these data cards, nice one.
September 13th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
I am waiting for Delhi to go WiMax.
Too Bad Hyderabad won’t have it. :p
September 13th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
BSNL is having a dataplan on its tarang Mobile. But I dont know, they are having a instrument to use with a laptop or not ? .
Cost is just 250 for unlimited net usage.
September 14th, 2007 at 7:31 am
as fas as my knowledge BSNL has unlimited usage pack @ 600 a month & is not wireless in karnataka… & btw… I m thinking to buy RELIANCE data card but i dont have a permanent laptop … I will buy that toooo very sooon….
September 14th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Well i have tata indicom 786 plan.. unlimited but no laptop… he he .. i mean i have pc to access the internet
September 19th, 2007 at 6:03 am
“are ranging from 15-25kbps when you opt in for unlimited data ….speeds upto 153 kbps though the practical speed is 20kbps only”
Man u’ve got confused between kbps and KBps. :–)
September 22nd, 2007 at 8:26 am
What Should I use My cable net just sucks. i want to use a USB internet connection which is fast and reliable.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
I need to work from home in hyderabad.Have the company sponsored laptop. Please suggest a good internet connection that does not fluctuate very often(As I need to be on throught out my shift timings).Is USB conncetion better or Broadband. If so which brand should I take? Please help me
October 8th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Don’t buy Tata Plug n Surf. It is a Horrible card and one gets surprise bills. For using the cards for 25 hours I have started getting bills of 1800 Rupees. Their call center guys say they are helpless and there is no way to get this resolved.
October 11th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
I am from Bangalore . I have recently bought a Sony VAio laptop . It has Vista Home premimum OS.
Can any one suggest me which data card is suitable for my lappy ( for Vista Home premimum).
i also have a Hutch Connection ( GPRS enabled ) .
Actually , i wnt to use the data card for browsing and to connect my office through VPN .
IS there any one who has got any experiences working with VPN through the data card ?.
i would be appreciate if u can share ur experiences and suggest me the rite one .
Thanks in Advance
October 11th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
@ Amitava Biswas - Normally you need to contact the data card provider for this information.
October 11th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
HI
Can anyone please guide me, I have recently bought the relaince usb modem, which plan will be more better to go for 1. Data based 2. Time based.
My usage is I hardly download anything.
October 12th, 2007 at 3:40 am
@ Sushant Saurabh - Even if you are going to use internet for very less time i would suggest you to go for freedom 650 plan where you get unlimited time internet usage with 1Gb data download, since you are not going to download anything using this wireless internet.
October 12th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Thanks Amit for the information, But one thing the USB Modem of reliance speed is pathetic, its upload speed is hardly 32KBPS and download is 40KBPS where they boast of 153 KBPS. I am using high end m/c though with 2 GB of RAM. I have checked the same with airtel broadband and its speed is upload 143kbps and download 118kbps.
I think data card spped is really bad.
October 12th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Thanks Amit for the information, But one thing the USB Modem of reliance speed is pathetic, its upload speed is hardly 32KBPS and download is 40KBPS where they boast of 153 KBPS. I am using high end m/c though with 2 GB of RAM. I have checked the same with airtel broadband and its speed is upload 143kbps and download 118kbps.
Is there any way to improve the speed of USB Modem.
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:45 pm
hi
i have recently bought a laptop… i wanted to know which datacard wud b the best amongst reliance or airtel or tata… i have heard that airtel is much cheaper than reliance?? is this true and how good is it? if someone could help me on that please….
thanks
shikha
October 22nd, 2007 at 1:29 pm
@ Sushant Saurabh - There is no way to increase the speed but better try to deactivate the softwares which keep auto updating on your PC to save some bandwidth.
@ Shikha - hey Shikha reliance is better in my experiance since it offers better uptime and good download speed which they promise.
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Hi
i want to purchase usb data card.Can anyone tell me which one is better among available in market? I need better connectivity and good signal wen i move 4m one place to another? Plz tell me download speed too?
October 26th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Hi,
Just checked out all the tariffs.
Airtel is the best with 999 Rs for unlimited acess….
I want to get it…… But i have a macbook….. Does it work on it? Plz advice
October 30th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
the best usb modem around is tatas they offer u a constant 153 kbps connection speed n a dwnload speed of near about 15
this reliance and airtel are not even sure of their speed they say ul get upto 200 kbps but the reality is sumthin different n tata is the cheapst 1000/- for unlimited and also the insatllations are also low
October 31st, 2007 at 9:25 pm
thank u for the reply dude……. are u using TATA … If so r the speeds really 15 kbps ……. do they provide the piece on a rental basis
November 1st, 2007 at 7:45 pm
i am using reliance data card model ZTE and it provides seemless data rate of 17KB and its the good option to buy out….
November 6th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I am using REL DATA CARD 1500 unlimited plan. Using it like hell.
anyways I am quite happy with the services (although i love my BB 256 KBPS UNLIMITED AIRTEL) but on a move this is the best. I have also tried TATA and AIRTEL Data Cards but frankly speaking they SUCK.
So go for REL Data card they really rock.!!!
November 10th, 2007 at 11:22 am
the best usb modem around is tatas they offer u a constant 153 kbps ,THAT WAS WHAT THE CO. REPRESENTATIVE PROMISED when my usb modem was activated on 1st this month, AND wow I GOT THIS SPEED FOR 7 DAYS only???, from 8th day onwards the speed is stuck to 115.2kbps, whether i use net at dead of night or day time , IT REMAINS constant 115.2KBPS. This is cheating on part of tata’s since their representative promises they give better speed i.e 153kbps than Reliance which promises higher speeds but gives only 115kbps.The service center did not help since my mODEM nos.10digits they did not know, is supposed to come with 1st bill. My plan is unlimited Rs1000/-, the reduced speeds mean that many times i am not able to brouse 2 sites simultaniously, or trade shares online??? dont know whether i shd get rid of tata internet services
November 10th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
hi
i am using the reliance data card. i am getting the downloading speed around 10 kbps. by this i couldn’t download the torrents. the speed is very low. so i am thinking to jump to bsnl. is bsnl launched its wireless network cards??? If yes specify the plans and the downloading speed. Thanks in advance.
November 10th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
@Basil
Thanks for ur comments…
i was confused to decide between TATA & Reliance… 1000/- for an unlimited plan may tempt me towards TATA … One more question …
Do they provide the USB modem on Rental basis?
November 11th, 2007 at 8:00 am
tatas do not rent modem, u have to buy it outright
November 11th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Yeah “naveen” you have to buy TATA modem and the modem cost is reduced to some 2.5k and which is better than paying rent i think
TATA suddenly started giving good service… I dont know what happened LOL..
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November 11th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
can u tell me about the prepaid netconnect plans
November 11th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
why we should use external usb connctions rather than pcmcia card?
November 11th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
@deepan
The latest plans u can find in the respective service provider’s websites and u can use usb connection instead of pcmcia card because the usb u can use it for PC’s also and not only for laptops and some laptops doesnt hav pcmcia slot so this is the alternative
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November 12th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
i’m a student. i want to buy a data card for my laptop.can anyone tell me that which one(tata,reliance,airtel)is the best and which tariff plan is the cheapest?
November 13th, 2007 at 7:54 am
only 15 to 25 kbps.what the hell. I use my nokia 6600 as modem,giving speed of 15-20 kbps with only 150 rup /month on unlimited use. Yaa m again saying its unlimited
November 14th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Is tata indicom plug 2 surf reliable?
November 14th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Is there any prepaid plans for tata indicom plug 2 surf service?
November 15th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Wow Excellent stuff man!
Thanks for reviewing all of them!
Ash
November 16th, 2007 at 6:54 am
i am using Cable net for home use and few weeks before bought a new laptop … now planning to get a datacard connection … thinking to go for Reliance service…lets c.
November 16th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
can i get reliance data card in RELIANCE WEBWORLD?
November 16th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Deepan you are right Reliance web world is the right place to buy a data card which costs around 3000Rs.