After 4 years of struggling with wired broadband connections and 2 providers later we have decided to try out a wimax connection. The wimax provider is Reliance. To read more about how we came about this decision you can read more about it on my wife's blog My tryst with ISPs in Hyderabad.
Wimax as defined by wikipedia is "...a standards-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL." So essentially they are going to put a receiver on top of my house which will help me connect onto the Internet by connecting wirelessly to the Reliance tower. Sounds like a dream in our wire infested cities. This is a rather new technology but it is said to provide high bandwidth at a lower cost in the long run. Currently Reliance is offering it but soon Tata Indicom (first quarter of 2009) and BSNL are also going to offer it.
Given below is the chronological account of my Going wiMax experience
Day 1 (Jan 28, 2008)
The sales guy came and collected the filled application form, Rs. 500 installation fees, copy of my PAN card and my latest telephone bill. He said that I would have the connection in 1 week - guess that is a standard line all of them are told to tell you.
Day 2 (Jan 29, 2008)
Had a call today and confirmed all the details in my filled in application form. They said that the connection will be done in a week.
Day 8 (Feb 4, 2008)
It has been more than a week and we have still not got the internet working in our house. When we called them up they said that they will come after 4. Well at 6:00 PM we gave up and they said they will come first thing in the morning.
Day 9 (Feb 5, 2008)
They came in the morning with all their equipment and started to walk around my house looking for a connection and "Alas!!!" they could not find one after trying for close to 2 hours. We were told that they have put up 47 towers in Hyderabad and that they are putting up 92 more towers and that we have to call up every month and find out if there is a tower that has come up in my area. We were also told that we will get back the Rs. 500 that we paid as installation fees only after a month.
So we are back at square one with no internet connection.
Wimax as defined by wikipedia is "...a standards-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL." So essentially they are going to put a receiver on top of my house which will help me connect onto the Internet by connecting wirelessly to the Reliance tower. Sounds like a dream in our wire infested cities. This is a rather new technology but it is said to provide high bandwidth at a lower cost in the long run. Currently Reliance is offering it but soon Tata Indicom (first quarter of 2009) and BSNL are also going to offer it.
Given below is the chronological account of my Going wiMax experience
Day 1 (Jan 28, 2008)
The sales guy came and collected the filled application form, Rs. 500 installation fees, copy of my PAN card and my latest telephone bill. He said that I would have the connection in 1 week - guess that is a standard line all of them are told to tell you.
Day 2 (Jan 29, 2008)
Had a call today and confirmed all the details in my filled in application form. They said that the connection will be done in a week.
Day 8 (Feb 4, 2008)
It has been more than a week and we have still not got the internet working in our house. When we called them up they said that they will come after 4. Well at 6:00 PM we gave up and they said they will come first thing in the morning.
Day 9 (Feb 5, 2008)
They came in the morning with all their equipment and started to walk around my house looking for a connection and "Alas!!!" they could not find one after trying for close to 2 hours. We were told that they have put up 47 towers in Hyderabad and that they are putting up 92 more towers and that we have to call up every month and find out if there is a tower that has come up in my area. We were also told that we will get back the Rs. 500 that we paid as installation fees only after a month.
So we are back at square one with no internet connection.
Comments
Try it out....
http://www.reliancecommunications.co.in/webapp/Communications/rcom/Rh/rh_fwpcc_rconnect_fwt.jsp
Tata Indicom Plug 2 Surf:
http://www.tataindicom.com/t-personal-internet-plug2surf-tariff.aspx
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even i have faced a same problem after applying to TATA wi-max .
it took 30days after which they said we arent going to provide as feasibilty criteria isnt matching in your location.
Damn! it was so ackward for this WIMAX guys.
so no TATA wi-max.
Thank god i dint pay by Cash paid thru check which i cancelled in meanwhile.
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