I’ve been using BSNL broadband 4 mbps plan for quite some time now. Since we got a lot of computers and WiFi devices here the bandwidth sharing has become an issue very recently. While looking for a better high speed plan with more bandwidth reserve, I found the BSNL 8 mbps 2799 combo plan. Currently, the top-end broadband speed option available for BSNL home users with ADSL WiFi modem is 8 mbps. They are providing 16 and 24 mbps connections but for that you need a custom telephone line and VDSL broadband modem.
BSNL is charging 2799 INR for this 8 mbps plan, which comes with 60GB of bundled data usage. I picked up the yearly payment option as it does a total discount of 6000 INR in the tariff. Given that a combo plan you get 500 free calls at no extra cost, and additional data usage is charged at 10 paisa per MB. Apart from this BSNL is also offering a dedicated IP address with this connection with which you can host a website or set up a secure VPN easily on your computer. The free IP will be activated upon written request at the BSNL office after 8mbps speed upgrade.
BSNL 8 mbps download speed test:
I did a quick speed test after getting the new broadband plan activated on my line. Although the promised speed is 8 mbps what I get with this connection is around 7 mbps. I live one or two kilometers away from the BSNL telephone exchange so the drop is obvious- but see the upload speed, it’s pitiable. I tested it a few hundred times, but couldn’t manage to get a better value. So if you’re planning to upgrade to BSNL broadband Combo 2799 just for the sake of uploading stuff to the internet, here is my big NO.
Now the best part of the BSNL 8 mbps plan is given below, the download speed.
I used Internet Download Manger 6 (IDM) to test the download speed of this plan, and I was constantly getting a speed above 1 mbps. That means you download a 4GB file in just one hour. BSNL Broadband Combo 2799 8 mbps works equally well in high-definition online streaming and gaming.