Originally Posted by raj14
BSNL DataOne is an ADSL Service, You'll first need a BSNL Bfone (Basic Phone) To use it. Secondly, It's ADSL, ADSL Stands for Assemetric Digital Subscriber Line, There's a Catch in ADSL that most people don't know, unlike DSL, ADSL has a very low upload speed, the current standard available in India (and being offered by BSNL and MTNL) Uses ADSL1, which can Download at a maximum speed of 8Mbps (800kBps) and Upload at 1Mbps (128kBps) I use a DataOne 256k Home 900 Plan which is uncapped, when downloading from websites (HTTP) the Download speeds are ALWAYS above 28kBps which is way it should be considering the 32kBps DL Speed of 256k lines, on Torrents the Upload speed varies from 4.8kBps to 7.5kBps. also, the Connection is hardly ever down (Touch Wood!) i suggest you dump Airtel and get BSNL DataOne, you're already not getting full speeds 18-19kBps for a 256k is pathetic, then again so is airtel! :D