BSNL Broadband is now offering 8mbps as minimum speeds on almost all their plans

[Abhi1895]

Hope this info is true, cos I just ordered my Amazon Firestick. Need at least 4 Mbps for proper HD streaming.

Please share your experience with fire tv stick when it arrives. I was also planning to buy the same but dropped the idea bcoz i thought 2 Mbps won't be enough. Btw which plan you're using?

 

[naitsabest69]

Hi @Abhi1895, don't think of buying any streaming device if you are planning to stream HD on 2 Mbps connection. Minimum bandwidth for proper HD streaming is 4 Mbps. 2 Mbps only suitable for SD. I decided to buy the FireStick only cos of the Amazon sale and got it for 3150 instead of 4000. BTW I am on BSNL 675 connection.

 

[xstarm]

What should be the downstream line rate for 10 mbps?

 

[Abhi1895]

Hi @Abhi1895, don't think of buying any streaming device if you are planning to stream HD on 2 Mbps connection. Minimum bandwidth for proper HD streaming is 4 Mbps. 2 Mbps only suitable for SD. I decided to buy the FireStick only cos of the Amazon sale and got it for 3150 instead of 4000. BTW I am on BSNL 675 connection.

Same here man. But do let me know your experience with fire tv stick. And it would be of immense help if you can create a guest network for fire tv stick and allocate 2 Mbps to that network so that it's performance can be measured on a 2Mbps line. Only if you're comfortable with that.

 

[jeetshah95]

BSNL was in talks with Jio and Airtel for sharing their unused fibre a few days ago, so let's hope they come up soon with the required infra on a pan-India basis. 8 Mbps does sound a little far fetched for me at least since I am around 3 kms from the exchange and I barely got 3-3.5 Mbps on a 4 Mbps previously. Reckon BSNL has no option but to elevate their game since their 4g service is still in the pipeline and broadband is their main revenue generator.

Happy browsing might be extended until December 31 though I have no confirmed news on that but a chat with my circle JTO indicated that it might be the case since the BB249 plan had it's validity extended until December 31 already. This might attract more customers.

If Happy browsing is extended,the post-fup speeds will be 4 mbps or 8 mbps ?

 

[naitsabest69]

Same here man. But do let me know your experience with fire tv stick. And it would be of immense help if you can create a guest network for fire tv stick and allocate 2 Mbps to that network so that it's performance can be measured on a 2Mbps line. Only if you're comfortable with that.

I sure will do the above and let you know, once I get the FireStick.

 

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[Abhi1895]

If Happy browsing is extended,the post-fup speeds will be 4 mbps or 8 mbps ?

They'll then be 8 and 8 Mbps as per your plan.

 

[geek]

What should be the downstream line rate for 10 mbps?

10240 kbps or higher line rate !

 

[razpor]

Its still bumming me out that they keep increasing pre fup speeds before considering post fup speeds.....i mean in this day and age,at the least there should be no limit on data usage,i ll be happy if they provide even 6 mbps without any fup limits.
Hopefully introduction of JIo fibre changes things more drastically..

 

[razpor]

Btw i just checked my line stats to see if i would be able to attain actual 10 mbps and seems like i should be able to ,ofcourse as long as the bsnl backend can handle it. Lets see.

 

[sniper]

If Happy browsing is extended,the post-fup speeds will be 4 mbps or 8 mbps ?

If it is extended, the post FUP speed will depend on your plan. The post FUP will be the same as your current Post fup. Only the Pre FUP will be 8/10 Mbps. What's your current plan?

 

[sniper]

Its still bumming me out that they keep increasing pre fup speeds before considering post fup speeds.....i mean in this day and age,at the least there should be no limit on data usage,i ll be happy if they provide even 6 mbps without any fup limits.
Hopefully introduction of JIo fibre changes things more drastically..

Absolutely agreed!! I don't see the point.of increasing the pre FUP speeds and providing a meagre data limit like 20-30 gbs. The post FUP speed is what will attract more customers. And if BSNL truly wants to give JIO and Airtel a run for their money they really need to increase the post FUP speeds.


BTW how did you check whether your line can support 8-10 mbps or not?

 

[geek]

by checking your attainable line rate in adsl stats..............

 

[jeetshah95]

If it is extended, the post FUP speed will depend on your plan. The post FUP will be the same as your current Post fup. Only the Pre FUP will be 8/10 Mbps. What's your current plan?

My current plan is BBG Combo ULD 1199.

 

[sniper]

@jeetshah95 For BBG Combo ULD 1199 you must be currently getting 40gb@4 Mbps and then 2Mbps beyond. So your speed will be 40gb@10 Mbps and then 2Mbps beyond.