BSNL EVDO Card 3.1 Mbps Unlimited @ Rs 750 !! (Up To March 31)

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BSNL EVDO 3.1 Mbps Unlimited plan only @ 750 Rs, Hurry up (Till March 31, 2010 only):

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.) has taken a very big step forward towards offering high speed internet at an affordable rate to the  internet users in India.BSNL today has announced 3.1 Mbps unlimited plan under its EVDO card at rupees 999 INR 750 INR.

This comes as a real good news for all those who are eagerly waiting for such an unlimited plan at affordable price (Rs. 750).BSNL EVDO is the best option if you want to get high speed wireless broadband in India, though there are private firms operating in this arena, their services level do not match up to the state owned BSNL.But the twist here is that this is a promotional offer and valid for post-paid activations till March 31, 2010.Existing prepaid would get the unlimited data usage plan at Rs 650.

BSNL has also launched another plan but this time in Pre-paid, data usage priced at 5 Paise per 100 KB i.e Rs. 1 for 1 MB of usage.

BSNL EVDO Banner

BSNL EVDO Post-Paid TARIFF [As seen in BSNL website]

Sl.No FMC* (in Rs.) Monthly free usage (in GB)
1 199 0.5
2 299 1
3 449 2
4 649 5
5 999 Unlimited

[*] FMC – Fixed Monthly Charge

Summary (Rs 750 unlimited EVDO card plan)

Plan Type: Postpaid

Price : Rs. 750

Data usage : Unlimited

Pros:

Affordable (at Rs. 750)

Free all India roaming

Cons:

High price if the EVDO router (Rs. 21,000, no rental option)

Unlimited plan only in Postpaid connection

Being a promotional offer [It’ll be Rs. 999 again after March 31, 2010]

BSNL EVDO Ad:[Click to see larger size image]

BSNL_EVDO_Card 750 plan

BSNL 3G Launched In Hyderabad (& AP) : Tariff Plans

BSNL 3G in Andhra Pradesh

BSNL has officially launched all new third generation (3G) mobile services in Hyderabad on March 3, 2010.

3G offers more bandwidth, hence better call quality, video calling facility and much faster data transfer speeds (data download speed up to 3.6 Mbps)

As you can see from the following tariff plans, the subscribers can make cheaper calls on the net (STD-on-net @ 50 paise/ min, local-on-net @ 30 paise/ min).Data usage charges are 1 paise/10 KB

These are the tariffs for the newly introduced 3G services in Hyderabad (and soon to be launched in 29 towns in Andhra Pradesh).

New users have to buy USIM(Universal Subscriber Identity Module) available at a price of Rs. 59.

Existing BSNL subscribers can send “M3G 120” to 53733 for free migration to general 120 plan (Prepaid), existing BSNL postpaid customers can send an SMS “M3G25” to 53733 for free migration.

Prepaid Tariff

3G Prepaid tariff AP

Postpaid Tariff

Post paid 3G tariff in Ap-Hyderabad

Looking at the tariffs, we can easily conclude that this isn’t quite useful for internet browsing, as there is no plan which offers unlimited data usage.

BSNL is offering a promotional offer of free talk time (50 mins both local and STD) and free data transfer( 25 MB).

Toll Free number for enquiries on 3G services is 1800 180 1503

for BSNL prepaid broadband plans in AP (launched sometime back), read BSNL Prepaid Broadband Plans

BSNL Prepaid Broadband Plans

We do know about many prepaid usage in case of mobiles, but never heard of prepaid Broadband, right?

BSNL, becomes the first broadband company in India to launch prepaid Broadband in India.Even though their prices seem to be a little costlier, they are worth the price if you are going to a place for a temporary stay where you don’t afford to get a new BB connection with all those installation charges etc. Just get a ADSL modem from one of your friends and of course you have to pay onetime installation charge of 250 Rs.).

I just went through BSNL Prepaid Broadband page and here I’m quoting the price table for unlimited usage packs.

bsnl broadband

Unlimited download/upload Plan vouchers :

Speed

Validity in Days for different Recharge Vouchers

BB R_UL 300 Voucher (*MRP Rs. 300)
BB R_UL 550 Voucher (*MRP Rs. 550)
BB R_UL 900 Voucher (*MRP Rs. 900)
BB R_UL 1200 Voucher (*MRP Rs. 1200)

256 Kbps

7-days

15-days

30-days

N/A

Upto 512 Kbps

N/A

7-days

15-days

30-days

Upto 1 Mbps

N/A

N/A

7-days

15-days

Upto 2 Mbps

N/A

N/A

N/A

7-days

May be it’s time for all other ISPs to think in this direction to provide such prepaid broadband plans to their users.

BSNL initially may have started this service in some parts of the country, I heard they’d soon (by this month end?) be extending this to all over India.

For more details, visit BSNL Prepaid Broadband