Kerala Vision Broadband FTTH - User Experience

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Now that I am evaluating Kerala Vision broadband, thought I would create a thread to share my experience. My LCO provides broadband services from BSNL and Kerala Vision, so thought would be good to evaluate Kerala Vision as well.

Getting the account setup was pretty easy, cause there was no need for additional cabling or ONT etc. I shared a photo and ID/address proof doc to the LCO, and the same day evening he setup my account and shared the credentials. The LCO shares the same OLT for all services, so on my end, I just needed to configure my OpenWRT device appropriately.

Initially I didn't get the Kerala Vision VLAN, so I had to reach out to the LCO's tech guy who shared the id. I added the VLAN to the switch (my ONT is a transparent bridge, so I needed no change on the ONT) which created an interface and all I needed to do was add the necessary interface configuration with the PPPoE credentials.

Screenshot 2020-03-06 at 7.47.29 PM.webp


Screenshot 2020-03-06 at 7.48.05 PM.webp


As you can see, they use CG-NAT which is disappointing but other than BSNL and few others nobody else gives public IP addresses. Also I liked the fact that things just worked on first try 😆 (the above screenshot is from my first try to connect)

Will add more details as I explore more.
 
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Thanks for your reports. I will not reactivate it.
Lucky me🤣
 
KV performed better for me a few months before. They have been adding customers like crazy. Maybe now they are overselling.

During my testing, at around noon I got around avg of 60ms ping time to Singapore, while BSNL got 80-90ms. During peak time at night speed varied a lot from floor to ceil. Not with BSNL.
 
varkey said:
Looking at https://bgp.he.net/AS58969#_peers, looks like they have Airtel and Power Grid Corporation as peers. Their network appear to be heavily congested during this time, I'll see if it improves during off peak hours. 🤷‍♂️

Anyway BSNL is miles ahead of this stupid Kerala Vision.
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Looks like the increased latency during peak hours is due to congestion. Now at 6:30 AM, the latency isn't so bad and no packet loss either. I think @arunkadambanattu had also mentioned similar experience with Kerala Vision earlier where they don't have enough capacity to handle peak time load.

Code: 
(⎈ |)➜  ~ mtr -w 8.8.8.8
Start: 2020-03-07T06:30:12+0530
HOST: varkey         Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- varkey.lan      0.0%    10    1.8   1.5   1.3   1.9   0.2
  2.|-- 10.120.11.2     0.0%    10    3.7   3.8   2.8   6.4   1.1
  3.|-- 103.70.60.1     0.0%    10   18.7  18.2  17.5  21.0   1.0
  4.|-- 108.170.253.97  0.0%    10   19.1  18.9  18.4  19.4   0.4
  5.|-- 108.170.237.95  0.0%    10   18.3  18.1  17.7  18.5   0.3
  6.|-- dns.google      0.0%    10   17.9  18.1  17.6  19.0   0.4
(⎈ |)➜  ~ mtr -w 1.1.1.1
Start: 2020-03-07T06:31:31+0530
HOST: varkey          Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- varkey.lan       0.0%    10    1.6   2.0   1.5   5.1   1.1
  2.|-- 10.120.11.2      0.0%    10    7.2   4.1   2.8   7.4   1.7
  3.|-- 182.73.98.109    0.0%    10   20.5  19.8  19.2  20.5   0.5
  4.|-- 182.79.141.36    0.0%    10   20.8  20.1  19.8  20.8   0.3
  5.|-- 182.79.161.171   0.0%    10   21.5  21.7  20.3  30.7   3.2
  6.|-- one.one.one.one  0.0%    10   19.7  20.0  19.4  20.6   0.4
(⎈ |)➜  ~ mtr -w 95.168.168.1
Start: 2020-03-07T06:32:03+0530
HOST: varkey                            Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- varkey.lan                         0.0%    10    1.6   2.3   1.3   7.7   1.9
  2.|-- 10.120.11.2                        0.0%    10    6.3   4.6   2.7  10.2   2.2
  3.|-- 182.73.98.109                      0.0%    10   19.6  19.9  19.0  22.7   1.0
  4.|-- 116.119.49.40                      0.0%    10  169.0 172.0 169.0 184.6   5.1
  5.|-- et-1-0-0.bb04.ams-01.leaseweb.net  0.0%    10  163.7 164.3 163.7 166.2   0.7
  6.|-- ???                               100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  7.|-- ???                               100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  8.|-- ???                               100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  9.|-- hosted-by.leaseweb.com             0.0%    10  169.9 169.6 168.8 170.2   0.4
(⎈ |)➜  ~ mtr -w google.com
Start: 2020-03-07T06:33:06+0530
HOST: varkey                    Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- varkey.lan                 0.0%    10    1.6   1.7   1.2   2.1   0.3
  2.|-- 10.120.11.2                0.0%    10    3.7   4.9   3.0  14.7   3.6
  3.|-- 103.70.60.1                0.0%    10   17.9  18.2  17.1  22.5   1.6
  4.|-- 108.170.253.106            0.0%    10   18.7  18.7  18.1  19.1   0.3
  5.|-- 108.170.226.236            0.0%    10   41.7  42.0  41.5  42.5   0.3
  6.|-- 108.170.248.193            0.0%    10   41.2  41.7  41.2  42.4   0.4
  7.|-- 216.239.56.35              0.0%    10   42.4  42.1  41.4  43.0   0.4
  8.|-- bom07s15-in-f14.1e100.net  0.0%    10   42.5  42.7  42.4  43.0   0.2
(⎈ |)➜  ~ mtr -w varkey.in
Start: 2020-03-07T06:34:26+0530
HOST: varkey                                     Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- varkey.lan                                  0.0%    10    1.4   6.7   1.3  27.7  10.9
  2.|-- 10.120.11.2                                 0.0%    10    3.4   3.9   3.1   6.8   1.1
  3.|-- nsg-static-249.107.71.182.airtel.in         0.0%    10   18.6  15.7  14.8  18.6   1.2
  4.|-- ???                                        100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  5.|-- decix-gw.hetzner.de                         0.0%    10  171.5 173.8 170.4 193.9   7.2
  6.|-- core12.nbg1.hetzner.com                     0.0%    10  168.5 168.5 168.1 168.8   0.2
  7.|-- static.85-10-228-86.clients.your-server.de  0.0%    10  167.4 167.1 166.7 167.5   0.2
  8.|-- ???                                        100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  9.|-- 12597.your-cloud.host                       0.0%    10  174.1 174.2 173.9 174.7   0.3
10.|-- ???                                        100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
11.|-- s1.varkey.in                                0.0%    10  169.2 168.8 168.3 169.4   0.4
(⎈ |)➜  ~
(⎈ |)➜  ~ mtr -w speedtest-blr1.digitalocean.com
Start: 2020-03-07T06:36:44+0530
HOST: varkey                                         Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- varkey.lan                                   0.0%    10    1.6   1.5   1.3   1.9   0.2
  2.|-- 10.120.11.2                                  0.0%    10    3.2   3.7   2.7   6.5   1.1
  3.|-- ???                                         100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  4.|-- 172.16.27.65                                 0.0%    10   16.1  16.2  14.9  22.7   2.3
  5.|-- 218.100.48.141                               0.0%    10   58.1  58.3  57.8  58.9   0.4
  6.|-- ???                                         100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  7.|-- 219.65.110.186.static-bangalore.vsnl.net.in  0.0%    10   60.9  61.4  60.6  64.6   1.2
  8.|-- 138.197.249.15                               0.0%    10   76.1  63.1  61.1  76.1   4.6
  9.|-- ???                                         100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
 10.|-- 139.59.80.215                                0.0%    10   58.4  57.7  57.1  58.4   0.4
(⎈ |)➜  ~ mtr -w speedtest-sgp1.digitalocean.com
Start: 2020-03-07T06:37:40+0530
HOST: varkey                   Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- varkey.lan             0.0%    10    1.5   1.7   1.4   1.9   0.2
  2.|-- 10.120.11.2            0.0%    10    2.8   3.8   2.8   5.5   0.8
  3.|-- ???                   100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  4.|-- 172.16.27.65           0.0%    10   15.1  15.6  15.1  16.5   0.4
  5.|-- 125.17.210.137         0.0%    10   15.9  16.1  15.8  16.9   0.3
  6.|-- 182.79.234.97          0.0%    10   50.4  50.9  47.6  72.7   7.7
  7.|-- 14061.sgw.equinix.com  0.0%    10   48.3  49.9  47.9  64.8   5.2
  8.|-- ???                   100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  9.|-- 159.89.192.182         0.0%    10   48.1  48.3  47.5  49.0   0.4
(⎈ |)➜  ~
 
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@varkey how is the bsnl connection right now for you?
Speed test results keeps fluctuating

Had sometimes around 20-35mbps .
Torrent speeds remained low.
Netflix downloading seemed okay.
Haven't done tracert yet though.
 
Ameen said:
@varkey how is the bsnl connection right now for you?
Speed test results keeps fluctuating

Had sometimes around 20-35mbps .
Torrent speeds remained low.
Netflix downloading seemed okay.
Haven't done tracert yet though.
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Other than disconnects every 1-2 hours, I don't see any issue with BSNL. Speedtests show full speed, latency seem normal.
 
@vishalrao I can't see 1gbps coming through LCOs anytime soon as every LCO is equipped with 1gbps uplink.

While watching this video from youtube I came to know that now every district has a switching capacity of 200Gbps. So there is hope..
 
I am getting ~1 Mbps download speed but my upload speed is around 77 Mbps on BSNL Fiber 🤔
 

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