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UPDATE : Customers are facing net disconnection at 9 pm daily due to free calls jamming BSNL networks? In this blog post I will explain a simple technique to solve your intermittent BSNL Broadband connection problem. BSNL is India's top telecom provider run by the government. Step 1 : Open the router configuration page. Your BSNL ADSL router-modem has an internal website where you could configure/test the router-modem. Typical username password combinations are admin/admin  or admin/password. Step 2 : Click on diagnostic link as shown. In some router-modems the link might be hidden under a main menu. Now you could notice the failures. (FAIL in red color) Step 3 : Check if your phone has dialtone. If it has keep it off-hook. Restart the BSNL router-modem. ( You could do this either by pressing the hard button or by clicking "Reboot" in the above configuration page (under Management link)). Try to access the Internet and you could see the connection is back...

BSNL has made calls from 9pm to 7am free to all network in India from all its landlines . The trend now is to make all calls free including local and STD. Reliance Jio is launching with free calls from April 1.

UPDATE 1.6.2015: BSNL reduces validity of data packs. For eg. Rs.68 Data STV will be valid for 7 days instead of 10 days. The details are below. UPDATE : May 2015 . BSNL introduced a Data STV of Rs.68 with 1GB 3G data limit of validity 10 days. This is valid from April 1 2015 to 30 May 2015. To activate the new data stv 68 on your number, just recharge 68 or send STV DATA68 to 123. BSNL Kerala now has Annual Prepaid 3G Plans!!!  In addition to the above get 9GB of 3G data for 1 year and get a 3.6Mbps 3G Datacard for  Rs 1851 !! The new 2G/3G BSNL Prepaid Tariff from 1/June/2014 to today is below. All 2G users get 3G dataspeed while in 3G coverage area. This means 2G = 3G from now on for BSNL. There is no separate recharge coupons for 2G and 3G service of BSNL. All existing GPRS/3G data STVs (including YUVA ) are gone. BSNL Rs 14  Data Plan gives you 90 MB for 2 days.   SMS DATA14 to 53733 to activate Rs. 25 150MB 3G / 2G data for 4 days...

Update Aug 2013: From now on BSNL 2G and 3G use same plans. If you have 3G range you will get 3G speeds. If you have 2G coverage only you will get 2G range. For BSNL Kerala Tariff see here How to migrate/convert/switch/activate from BSNL2G Plan to BSNL3G Plan How to get BSNL GPRS settings via SMS All these SMS are free. All Boosters availed at the time of migration will be forfeited (SMS, Voice & GPRS230) send sms M3G120 to BSNL short code 53733 Your Request for 3G Conversion is under process, Pl wait for confirmation SMS - bsnlmobile Your Request for 3G Conversion received. 3G Plan validity is 180 days. Migration back to 2G later will be only to Prepaid General Plan. to Confirm pl. send sms M3G120Y to 53733 send sms M2G to 53733 Your Request for 2G Conversion is under process, Pl wait for confirmation SMS - bsnlmobile Your Request for 2G Conversion received.  For prepaid Customer Conversion will be back to 2G Prepaid General Plan only.To Confirm pl. send sms...

BSNL 3G Access Points in Trivandrum-Kerala wapsouth.cellone.in If you are not getting this try enabling GPRS first by sending GPRSPRE to 53733 if you are a BSNL prepaid customer. Use the GPRS accesspoint gprssouth.cellone.in To access 3G or GPRS of BSNL in your computer select gprssouth.cellone.in You might have to give username and password without 91 eg. userid = 9400024365 password = etc. Enable 3G in your BSNL prepaid sim ( you will lose existing offers present if any) M3G120 to 53733 after a reply message you have to send M3G120Y to 53733. BSNL 3G works only if *123# gives 3G as your plan. If that is still not the case raise a complaint for that first. To raise a complaint call BSNL Customer care +919400024365 Please have a balance of atleast 70 Rs. to use these services. The rate of 3G for broadband from mobile is Rs.1 for 1 MB. You can get near 3G speeds by using GPRS the second access point I mentioned with UMTS mode enabled. Enable UMTS mode only after your pla...

Check bsnl broadband usage using SMS http://bbusage.bsnl.in/ Please visit  http://bbusage.bsnl.in/ After you rgesiter there, BSNL broadband team will send you an email stating. Registered successfully with the following details: Broadband User NamePhone No.Alert Mobile No.Alert Email ID. Your request is pending for approval and will be active within 24 hours. Get usage on-demand on your mobile phone. Send SMS to +919447051550 with the keyword BBUSAGE. The service will be available after your above registration has been accepted. To de-register send email to autosms@bsnl.in. from your registered mail ID. The advantage of using the SMS facility is that bsnl portal login page to check bsnl broadband usage using the bsnl portal id for dataone might be unavailable most of the time.

Update August 04,2010 : Uninor on Tuesday launched data services on GPRS for its pre-paid subscribers across Kolkata and West Bengal, including Sikkim, according to a company release. With this, GPRS service is now available to all prepaid customers in each of Uninor's 13 operational circles, the release added.  Uninor GSM service launched officially in Kerala. The tariif details for Kerala are as follows. Anyone know that the Call Setup Charge of 39p is? Update : Call setup-charge for Uninor will be applicable for the first minute of a call. Now get Rs. 175 recharge on first Uninor recharge Rs. 150 , Rs. 115 on Rs.100 recharge and Rs.55 on Rs. 50 recharge. Connection/Sim Kit Rs.49 with lifetime validity. 24 Jan 2028. Unlike Tata Docomo whch has 1 second pulse Uninor has 60 second pulse. A comparison with rivals Tata Docomo, Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL will be published soon. Uninor Prepaid Plan Details in Kerala Uninor TalkLonger at 29 paise/minute Plan(lifetime validity...

How to connect Macbook(Leopard) to Tata Docomo GPRS mobile internet in India using bluetooth connection. This is valid for any nokia phone with GPRS. This is called tethering Nokia 5800 to use it as a modem GPRS modem so that you can access internet from your apple macbook laptop running leopard or snow leopard. Steps Step 1: Recharge Tata docomo or vodafone or bsnl or airtel to get the offer recharge for using GPRS in unlimited fashion. It is better to recharge for Rs.95 ( GPRS pack) to get 100 MB for 30 days. Rs.95 Pack with 100 MB free and 30 days Validity : To start using the customer has to first recharge with a special EVD for Rs.95 and then select DOCOMO internet APN through the internet browser on their handset and go into settings and select DOCOMO internet and then can start browsing. Step 2: To request for internet settings just SMS "INTERNET" to 52270 and save them default settings. The name of access point in mobile will  be INTERNT and not DIVEIN as shown....

UPDATE1: The tower of BSNL WI-FI hotspot at technopark is not functioning now. You can purchase a Type-B Wifi prepaid card and use in Mascot Hotel, Trivandrum The following are the various private/public internal Wifi routers of companies at and around Nila building in Technopark. Use BSNL Wi-Fi Prapaid Card and access high speed 54 Mbps max. BSNL Wi-fi Hotspots Locations in Trivandrum now include Muscat Hotel and Nila building, Guest house at Technopark in Karyavattom. This was installed sometime back in Feb 2009 or so , but so far I have heard no one using it. I will test this on Monday. BSNL Wi-fi Prepaid Card in Thiruvananthapuram. The usage instructions are simple. There is a 13 digit pin number which will help you to create a login ID. This is a quantum jump by BSNL who require every details upfront before we use any of their service. I bought a card for 110 Rupees . It has a validity of 15 days. and 100 minutes usage time. This can be used at Nila building in technopark and at...