View BSNL EVDO towers in Bangalore on Google Maps!

It's been a very long time since we updated you about the network coverage in Bangalore. Now I am here with something really interesting and very helpful for both those who are planning to buy and as well as existing customers. This time it isn't just about the coverage details like which area has the signal and which doesn't.

The data has been gathered from one of the BSNL officer. The data also included the list of location of towers in Bangalore along with the GPS co-ordinates (latitude and longitude) of which made possible for me to mark the locations of the BSNL EVDO enabled towers (Base Terminal Stations) on Google Maps. Yes, you can now look where exactly the BSNL EVDO towers are located in Bangalore with few meters accuracy!

BSNL EVDO Prepaid is now available in Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Finally after a long wait, BSNL has started rolling out its EVDO services in prepaid. At the moment, they have introduced Prepaid service in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

This news will put a smile on people who were waiting to go for BSNL EVDO Prepaid service. Especially for students and those who need internet for doing less work tend to opt for prepaid since they can pay for what they use.

BSNL EVDO Prepaid pricing and tariff is also quite interesting. I believe that they framed this structure keeping flexibility in mind, since they even allow activation for existing data card (modem) the customer wishes to get activated. Having said that, it is still not clear whether one can buy a third-party device and get it activated. I will clarify it here sooner or later. And also the prepaid tariff has the Unlimited plan which is identical to that of postpaid.

And as far as pricing and tariff in Prepaid is concerned, please read the following stuff:

BSNL EVDO now available in Cuttack, Rourkela and Haldia

Good news for people seeking to buy BSNL EVDO in places mentioned in the title. BSNL has started its EVDO service in Cuttack and Rourkela in Orissa and Haldia in West Bengal.

One of the two members from the forum who reported about the availability in Cuttack & Rourkela says that Rourkela has a good coverage and the speed is around 1 - 2.2 Mbps. (But do note that it may vary from place to place). But whereas there is no speed report from Cuttack (Orissa) and Haldia (WB) yet.

Thanks to our forum members for updating us in this thread. If BSNL starts EVDO service (be it CDMA 1x or EVDO), please kindly inform us in that thread which helps others like it does in this post.

BSNL EVDO now available in more places in Nadia, Bihar, Gujarat & Chattisgarh

BSNL has now started EVDO service in Krishnagar, Nabadwip and Ranaghat in Nadia, Bharuch & Ankleshwar in Gujarat, Gaya in Bihar and Bhilai in Chattisgarh.

As of now, Bhilai user has reported the speed of 150KBps, In Bharuch and Ankleshwar, speeds from 200-800kbps has been reported. There is not much speed report on Gaya and Noida. But comparatively, Nadia has better speeds though EVDO service is available in few places.

Thanks to our forum members for updating us in this thread. If BSNL starts EVDO service (be it CDMA 1x or EVDO), please kindly inform us in that thread which helps others like it does in this post.

How to fix BSNL EVDO Micromax MMX 300 C Bug

With our forum gradually growing everyday in terms of user base, the number of questions being raised and solved has also gone up. Apart from just resolving problems and answering the queries, our forum has a bunch of proactive users who find errors, bugs and issues and solve them as well! We are proud to have such members and thankful for them for sharing those invaluable tips with all of us. Among them, ramli7 is a ace when it comes to solving problems. He has found a bug and has come up with a solution that has helped many others.

What's the bug?

ramli7 found out that in Micromax MMX 300 C EVDO modem, if you set HSIA-only mode, it will display HSIA signal but the connection will be in CDMA 1X speed only [ in windows network connections - it will show as 153.6 Kbps (144kbps in theory) ]

How to fix?

Head over here and read the thread to know how to resolve this bug.

Finally, I thank ramli7 for finding a workaround to fix this bug and helping others.

BSNL EVDO now available in Raipur, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Nazira, Ajmer, Pushkar & Ambikapur

Here's a long due update, BSNL has started it's EVDO service in the above mentioned places and has coverage as well. As far as the quality of service in Raipur is still unknown, but in Jorhat, Sibsagar & Nazira one our forum member has mentioned that these places had hiccups initially and working fine at the moment. Ajmer and Pushkar has decent speeds. Ambikapur is reported to have good speeds.

Thanks to our forum members for updating us in this thread. If BSNL starts EVDO service (be it CDMA 1x or EVDO), please kindly inform us in that thread which helps others like it does in this post.

BSNL EVDO now available in Mangalore, Udupi, Manali & Tripura

Once again, I am here with a good news to those who live in the above mentioned places. BSNL has started it's EVDO service in Mangalore, Udupi in Karnataka, Manali and in Tripura, you can find the coverage in Agartala, Dharmanagar and Udaipur. We haven't received speed report and performance from any of these places yet. If you are a user living in any of these places, please let us know.

Thanks to our forum members for updating us in this thread. If BSNL starts EVDO service (be it CDMA 1x or EVDO), please kindly inform us in that thread which helps others like it does in this post.