BlackBerry® Connect™ technology brings the advantage of BlackBerry® functionality to a wide range of handsets. You can send / receive your mails, view attachments, update your calendar and much more, in sync with your mail server from a device of your choice.

The blackberry mobiles which can use Vodafone India to connect to the Internet are -
BlackBerry® 8310
BlackBerry® 8820
BlackBerry® 8700v
BlackBerry® Pearl™
BlackBerry® 7130g

Access your corporate or personal email accounts including Hotmail, Yahoo, and POP3 / ISP with the BlackBerry® Internet Service. Maintain up to 10 email accounts without involving any server software or needing IT support.

The features, as given by Vodafone India website are -

• 10 email Accounts: You can add up to 10 business and/or personal email accounts easily and configure each one individually though the Internet or from your BlackBerry® smartphone.
• Organiser: Stay updated with timely access to Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Memo pads - even when you’re away from your desktop.
• Instant Messaging: BlackBerry smartphones support Instant Messaging with Yahoo® Messenger and Google Talk™, so you can stay in touch with your contacts while on the move.
• Browse the web: With the BlackBerry® Browser, you can access the Internet, wherever you are.
• Unique BlackBerry email address: You have the option to choose a unique BlackBerry email address. Messages sent to this address are received and stored right on your BlackBerry smartphone.
• View attachments: Check all the most widely used attachment formats including JPEG, BMP, TIFF, Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint® , Corel® WordPerfect® and Adobe® PDF.
• Easy set up: Set up your email accounts in just a few clicks. You can do it online at your computer, or right from the smartphone itself. The set up does not need any server installation or IT resources.

After Tata and Reliance, it is now Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited which has introduced USB data cards for wireless internet service, and speeds of which can reach to 2.4 MBPS.

It is called as EVDO Card.
There are no registration charges, and activation cost is Rs. 250.

EV-DO Device cost = Rs. 7,500

Right now, the speed of broadband available is 144 kbps and after the CDMA EVDO card is introduced, the speed of 2.4 Mbps can be reached.
Rental cost is Rs. 250 per month.
Still it is not available everywhere, but only in selected cities.

And the download/upload is unlimited.
Here is how the EVDO card looks like -

Do you think what your Internet provider claims as the speed is the actual speed of the internet you are able to download?
It is always lesser that what is stated.

You have 3rd party clients which can show you how speed you can upload or download data in your computer with your specific internet provider. Here are a few bandwidth speed test meters where you can check the upload and download stats and other stats too.

Speedtest.net
This tool automatically connects to your server and downloads/uploads a file and calculates the average speed of download and upload and connection speed. Here is what i get when i check my internet connection speed in this tool

CNET Bandwidth Meter
A file is downloaded from our servers that will calculate your bandwidth speed from the CNET Internet Services site. Your bandwidth speed may be affected by the following factors: being located outside of the United States, performing other downloads and this test simultaneously, or executing programs that use your bandwidth to monitor other resources. Here is the result i got -

Broadbandreports.com test
This tool also reports in the same way as the above by downloading and uploading a file to the server and calculating the average speeds of them. It actually takes the results from dslreports.com for the speed test. Here are the results i got -

Hathway Cable and Datacom Private Limited, a part of the Rajan Raheja group has finally announced the launch of its Hathway broadband internet services in Coimbatore. This is going to run with Docsis technology.

Hathway’s Broadband Internet is presently available in the cities Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mysore, Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Baroda, Delhi, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jaalundhar, Kanpur.
Through their marketing procedures, residential, small medium enterprises and corporates are being targeted to get more connections and networking with Hathway services.

Hathway is known as one of the best broadband internet service providers which provide high speed internet, and if any downtime, they provide excellent customer care service. You can call hathway services for any of the problems such as “No connectivity”, “Slow browsing”, “Email problems”, “Shiffting of premises”, “Prepaid Plan renewals”, “Postpaid billing issues”, “Service usage”, “Disconnection” or any other queries.

Hathway has alloted contact points for customers where people can contact the hathway services locally. Here are the locations and phone numbers -

• Delhi (Webtime) - 011-46085777
• Delhi (Cable Modem) - 011-46085666
• Faridabad - 011-46085777
• Noida - 011-46085666
• Chandigarh - 0172-4643506/4643507
• Ludhiana - 0161-2406366/6547001/6547002
• Kanpur - 0512-2532006/2532007
• Mumbai - (022)-67134600-50
• Pune - (020)-66030696
• Nasik - (0253)-2520330
• Aurangabad - (0240)-6610777
• Baroda - (0265)-2356468
• Bangalore - 080-40161616
• Mysore - 0821-4253344
• Hyderabad - 044-66989898
• Chennai - 044-42261313
• Coimbatore - 0422-4200300
• Tirupur - 0421-4540040
• Trichy - 0431-4024488

Hathway broadband services have lately changed the call center numbers, and here are the new call center numbers.

• Product/Sales Inquiry - 67134545
• Billing - 67134567
• Renewals - 67134500

Customer Support -

• email - helpdesk@hathway.net
• SMS - By sending to SMS No. 575759
• Fax - 67134737

Hathway Broadband Internet, the first Cable ISP in India, is seeking to revolutionize the way people access the web. The high bandwidth advantage of the cable infrastructure of Hathway brings you the true broadband Internet experience through cable.
Hathway’s fiber-optic backbone and its state-of-the-art Internet Node and Data Center makes the network capable of reliable Internet service as well as digital TV transmission.

Heer are a few features of Hathway’s broadband service -

• High-speed surfing - 256 kbps to 512 kbps speed of download, through cables. Any possible work can be done online in this speed internet.
• Always Online - No dialing-up or switching things on, just switch on your computer and you connected to the internet automatically.
• Phone Free Internet - Forget your dial up connection, Hathway Broadband Internet brings you high speed broadband many times faster than a dial up connection without engaging your telephone.
• Secured Browsing - Due to DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Services Interface Specifications) protocol, the security levels are higher in Hathway broadband services.

So enjoy one of the best internet services with hathway broadband.

Its not necessary for subscribers who have unlimited plans being used, but for those who have limited download/upload data per month, they have to be conservative and try to save bandwidth usage.

If you are using these 2 services, there is a firefox plugin which helps in monitoring the bandwidth stuff.
- BSNL Dataone Broadband Services
- MTNL Triband Broadband Services

So, its a firefox extension which is useful for only mozilla firefox users, and internet explorer users can’t benefit from it. It is called DataFox extension. Version 1.4 restores Firefox 3 compatibility and supports BSNL’s new bbservice.bsnl.in portal.

You just have to go the plugin page and click on install if you are using the firefox browser. The extension will be installed within a minute. Then after installation you have to login and then monitor the stats.
There are various preferences which you can tweak with datafox -
Login on startup
Bandwidth limit
Statusbar / Tooltip string

These are the variables in which datafox tracks the isp and provide the results -

• [BSNL]{tS}-Total Upload
• [Both]{tR}-Total Download
• [BSNL]{tX}-Total Transfer
• [Both]{cX}-Chargeable Transfer
• [Both]{sX}-Surplus Transfer
• [Both]{uP}-Used Percent
• [Both]{aP}-Allowed Percent
• [BSNL]{tH}-Total Hours
• [Both]{YM}-Year-Month
• [Both]{tT}-Last Updated

A few years back in many places, accessing the web was something challenging due to lack of internet sources, and people had to settle with the very slow telephone line dial-up connections of the internet. The dial-up internet connection used to come with a modem which dials a network number and connects, providing a slow speed of 56 Kbps, but then the new form of Internet connection was introduced, called the Broadband internet service in which the minimum internet speed was recorded to be 256 Kbps.

The speed of 256 Kbps is defined for the download rate, as the different networks provide lesser upload rates than the download speeds. The broadband technologies in most areas are DSL, ADSL and cable modems. However, there are some new technologies which are being used, and they are termed VDSL and optical fiber connections.
A few abbreviations -
VDSL - Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Through VDSL, the internet data is transferred through single twisted pair of copper wires. And this enables very high speed Internet access.

India ranks #18 in the total number of Broadband subscribers, and China tops the list, followed by the United States.

Every non-possible thing of dial-up internet can be possible with broadband as broadband internet connections provide and carry heavy packets of internet. Activities like watching videos, downloading heavy files, downloading songs, voice chat, web-cam chatting are possible uninterruptedly with broadband services.

Tata Indicom, apart from providing high speed internet broadband services, is also giving great and interesting offers to subscribers who prebook the services for a higher period of time. There are several offers for new subscribers of Tata Indicom broadband services.

But each offer is limited to a few particular places, most being major cities. Here are a few offers from Tata Indicom broadband services.

1 Month Free Broadband
On Infinity 256, Infinity 384, Infinity 512 & Infinity 1Mbps Plans with 4 months advance rentals. - This offer is valid only in Ahmedabad, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore.

1 Month Free Broadband
On Infinity 384, Infinity 512 & Infinity 1Mbps Plans with 4 months advance rentals. - This offer is valid only in Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune.

2 Months Free Boradband
Get upto 2 months of internet usage free with 6 & 12 months prepaid unlimted 128 Kbps plan. - Offer Valid only in Ahmedabad, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Kolkata & Pune.

Free Wi-Fi Router
Book a 12 month Unlimited 256 Kbps or 512 Kbps prepaid connection and get a Wi-Fi router worth Rs. 4000/- FREE of cost. - Offer valid only in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad.

Zero Installation Charges
Pay ZERO installation charges on applying for a prepaid plan valid for 6 months or more OR on payment of 4 months advance rental on a postpaid plan.

Unlimited Night Browsing
For just Rs. 299 per month, get unlimited night surfing upto 2 Mbps on the prepaid time based plans. Offer valid in all the cities.

75% Discount in Installation Charges
If you are an existing Tata Indicom Landline customer, you get a 75% discount on Tata Indicom Broadband installation charges, The broadband connection should be installed at the same address as your Tata Indicom Landline. - Offer valid only in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Bangalore and Delhi.

Tata Communications brings you high speed internet connectivity for longer periods with easy process. There are great offers on broadband installation charges and services. Any kind of internet activities possible through the broadband services of Tata Indicom.

There are various tariff plans for business and personal subscribers. Personal plans can provide internet speeds upto 2 Mbps.
Various plans are -
Volume based Plans -
Unlimited hours of Internet connectivity. Your maximum data download capability depends on your selected plan. Ideal if you want to be continuously be on the Internet and chat and email to your heart’s content.

Time based Plans -
Unlimited data transfer. Your maximum hours of connectivity depends on your selected plan. Ideal if you do heavy downloads or uploads.

Unlimited Plans –
Unlimited data transfer and hours of Internet connectivity, these plans are recommended for non-stop Internet usage

There are various tariff charges for different plans.

Tata Indicom offers various plans for prepaid users, which can be for a minimum of 3 months subscription. Minimum broadband speed being 256 Kbps, and if prepaid for higher period, there are some offers. The prepaid plans for unlimited broadband services from Tata Indicom are available in very limited regions right now, that include Ahmedabad, Baroda, Hyderabad (including Secunderabad).

Following are the unlimited broadband plans for prepaid subscribers -

Power On & On 3-256
Speed of 256 Kbps, Rs. 2,850 for 3 months, Installation charges Rs. 500

Power On & On 6-256
Speed of 256 Kbps, Rs. 5,400 for 6 months, Installation charges Zero

Power On & On 12-256
Speed of 256 Kbps, Rs. 10,200 for 12 months, Installation charges Zero

Power On & On 3-512
Speed of 512 Kbps, Rs. 5,280 for 3 months, Installation charges Rs. 500

Power On & On 6-512
Speed of 512 Kbps, Rs. 9,960 for 6 months, Installation charges Zero

Power On & On 12-512
Speed of 512 Kbps, Rs. 18,840 for 12 months, Installation charges Zero

These are the unlimited packages available with Tata Indicom Broadband services.

MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) has launch broadband services under Brand name Tri Band. The services shall be provided on the existing copper infrastructure, initially Broadband Internet Service, other services such as VPN, multicasting, video conferencing, video-on-demand and broadcast application shall also be added in future.

There was lately a news from MTLN, Triband Unlimited Plan, a new plan speed upto 2MB with 6 free Email-IDs, at a monthly rent of Rs. 20,000/- w.e.f. 01.11.2007.
There are several broadband packages available with MTNL services, which can be checked here.

Here are a few features of the MTNL broadband services -

• No call charges for Internet access.
• ‘High on Value Low on Cost’ Service
• 24-Hour support.
• ‘Use now and pay later’ in telephone bill.
• High speed data download for Broadband Internet data speed starts from 256 kbps to 2 Mbps.

Tata Indicom broadband services are now offering business and prepaid plans separately where each is sub divided into unlimited and volume based plans. The broadband business plans from Tata indicom is available for places - Ahmedabad, Baroda, Calicut, Cochin, Coimbatore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kannur, Kolkata, Pune, Surat, Trichur, Trivandrum, Vijaywada and Vishakapatnam.

Here are the different business plans for Tata Indicom broadband services -

Under broadband plans, there are -
Unlimited Plans

• Infinity - 256 - Speed of 256 kbps, Unlimited Download/Upload, Monthly charges Rs 1000.
• Infinity - 384 - Speed of 384 kbps, Unlimited Download/Upload, Monthly charges Rs 1400.
• Infinity - 512 - Speed of 512 kbps, Unlimited Download/Upload, Monthly charges Rs 1850.
• Infinity - 1Mbps - Speed of 1 Mbps, Unlimited Download/Upload, Monthly charges Rs 3600.

Volume based Plans

• Business Plus - 5000 - Speed from 256 Kbps to 2 Mbps, 5 GB monthly Download/Upload Limit, Additional download is Rs 1 per MB. Monthly charges Rs 1060.
• Business Plus - 8000 - Speed from 256 Kbps to 2 Mbps, 8 GB monthly Download/Upload Limit, Additional download is Rs 1 per MB. Monthly charges Rs 1550.
• Business Plus - 20000 - Speed from 256 Kbps to 2 Mbps, 20 GB monthly Download/Upload Limit, Additional download is Rs 0.75 per MB. Monthly charges Rs 3400.

Under High Speed Internet Plans, there is a single unlimited plan -
Infinity - 128 with unlimited download/upload at 128 Kbps, costnig Rs 700 per month.

Reliance communications is working on prividing high speed internet to subscribers through its large infrastructure and network. Reliance broadband Internet service is based on dual ring fiber architecture with FTTB (Fiber-to-the-building), giving exceptional uptime and access speeds. The broadband service is highly scalable, allowing bandwidths from 64 kbps to 100 Mbps without making any change in the last mile copper.

Here are the plans for broadband internet services with Reliance -

Reliance Broadband Plans for Residence: [Wireless Broadband]

• Speed 150 Kbps + Unlimited Download - Rs 750 / Month
• Speed 300 Kbps + Unlimited Download - Rs 999 / Month
• Speed 600 Kbps + Unlimited Download - Rs 1,799 / Month
• Service Taxes + Installation Charges are extra.

Pre-Paid Residential Reliance Broadband:

• Speed 150 Kbps + Unlimited Download - Rs 3,750 for 6 Months
• Speed 150 Kbps + Unlimited Download - Rs 7,500 for 12 Months

Reliance Business Broadband Plans for SME/SMB: [Wireless Broadband]

• Speed 100 Kbps + Unlimited Download - Rs 1,250 / Month
• Speed 300 Kbps + Unlimited Download - Rs 4,000 / Month
• Speed 600 Kbps + Unlimited Download - Rs 11,100 / Month
• Service Taxes + Installation Charges are extra.

Sify Broadband services provide Internet connections in two different source plans, which are named - Broadband plans and Hi-Speed plans. Each of those are again divided into 3 different packages, namely Data Transfer range, Family range, and Unlimited plans.

Following are the insights about the packages available for Sify Broadband internet -

Broadband plans -
Data Transfer Range >

• Data transfer 256kbps 400 MB Plan - Rs 250 per month.
• Data transfer 256kbps 1 GB Plan - Rs 505 per month.
• Data transfer 256kbps 400 MB day + Night Unlimited - Rs 400 per month.

Family Range > 150 MB per day limit.

• Night & Weekends# 256 kbps - Rs 513 per month.
• Happy Hours 256 kbps - Rs 814 per month.

Note: For 1st plan, Unlimited access during night 10.00pm to 8.00am. And on (Saturday and Sunday) 150 MB/day applicable between 8.00am and 10.00pm on Weekends, if usage exceeds more than 150 MB, then there will be a reduction in validity of one day of every 25 MB of extra usage in that calendar day. This is applicable only between 8.00am to 10.00pm.

Unlimited Plans > Upload speed is 64 Kbps, Download speed is 256 Kbps.

• Unlimited 256 kbps Plan - Rs 999 per month.
• Unlimited 256 kbps day & 512 kbps Night - Rs 1156 per month.
• Night Unlimited 512 kbps - Rs 512 per month. Access only from 10:00 pm to 8:00 am.

Sify corp. provides one of the fastest internet connections in India, and customers are happy with the broadband services of Sify due to 3 factors -
High Speed
High Quality
Low Cost

The Internet connection process is very easy and its of 2 types for home subscribers - Broadband and Hi-Speed. Sify provides uninterrupted access to the internet for long times. Various web activities like watching videos, downloading heavy files, downloading songs, voice chat, web-cam can’t be done on a normal dial-up connection, but Sify’s broadband services provides high speed internet which makes those activities very possible.
Sify uses a technology named “fixed wireless” for better network access. There is clear and uninterrupted Video conferencing also available with Sify broadband.

Sify Broadband provides internet in 3 different plans or packages. These are classified as -

• Hourly Range
• Family/Unlimited Range
• Data Transfer Range

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has come up with high speed Internet connectivity plans with the ISP connectivity speed of 8Mbps. Prices vary from Rs 2000 to Rs 15000 per month and there are 3 different plans available. Following are the plans and features available for business plan subscribers for BSNL Broadband Dataone services -

Business 2000 plan

• 256 Kbps/Upto 8 Mbps ISP connection speed. Single-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 2000 and Annual tariff is Rs 20000.
• Download/Upload limit is 12 GB per month, additional usage costs Rs 0.70 per MB.
• Security deposit - 1 Month rental charges.

Business 4000 plan

• 1 Mbps/Upto 8 Mbps ISP connection speed. Multi-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 4000 and Annual tariff is Rs 40000.
• Download/Upload limit is 27 GB per month, additional usage costs Rs 0.50 per MB.
• Security deposit - 1 Month rental charges.
• 1 Static IP address is given, 5 MB web hosting, and a domain name is given on request.

Business 15000 plan

• 2 Mbps/Upto 8 Mbps ISP connection speed. Multi-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 15000 and Annual tariff is Rs 150000.
• Download/Upload limit is 125 GB per month, additional usage costs Rs 0.40 per MB.
• Security deposit - Rs. 5000.
• 1 Static IP address is given, 5 MB web hosting, and a domain name is given on request.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited had introduced unlimited packages for big businesses and companies. Generally, big companies need large number of connections and that too in a high speed to connect to various networks outside.

And for this, buying small connections with limited download/upload usage is not suitable, so big businesses generally go for unlimited broadband packages for internet connection. For unlimited package subscribers, there are 4 different plans, which are again the regular and plus plans -

Business UL 3300 plan

• 256 Kbps ISP connection speed. Single-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 3300 and Annual tariff is Rs 33000.
• Unlimited Download/Upload.
• No Security Deposit.
• One Static IP given for free.

Business UL 6000 plan

• 512 Kbps ISP connection speed. Single-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 6000 and Annual tariff is Rs 60000.
• Unlimited Download/Upload.
• No Security Deposit.
• One Static IP given for free.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited offers broadband connection to home users who want to work more and download in an unlimited rate. There are home plans in which the download/upload is unlimited and so no need to sit at nights for free browsing. Again, similar to the other BSNL broadband plans, in the unlimited home packages, there is an option to pay one time for annual connection.

Here are the plans for the Unlimited home broadband services by BSNL -

Home UL 750 plan
256 Kbps ISP connection speed.
Monthly tariff is Rs 750 and Annual tariff is Rs 7500.
Unlimited Download/Upload.
Security Deposit - 1 month plan charges.

Home UL 1350 plan
512 Kbps ISP connection speed.
Monthly tariff is Rs 1350 and Annual tariff is Rs 13500.
Unlimited Download/Upload.
Security Deposit - 1 month plan charges.

Note: There are 2 types of plans, 1. Standard and 2. Plus
In the plus plans, The calls shall be charged as per pulse rate of BSNl Bfone General Plan. Security Deposit and Installation charges as applicable for Local/STD/ISD shall be taken from new customers.
For general plans, Fixed monthly Charges for telephone, Free Calls & MCU charges per pulse shall be as per existing plan of the customer.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, as already said, provides different plans and packages for home and business subscribers. For business, it is taken into consideration that there are either single user or multi user connections.

And the prices for business plans vary from Rs 700 per month to Rs 9000 per month. It depends on the download limit, number of users, and the speed of connection.

Here are the various packages available for the BSNL broadband Business plans -

Business 700 plan

• 256 Kbps/2 Mbps ISP connection speed. Single-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 700 and Annual tariff is Rs 7000.
• Download/Upload limit per month is 4 GB, additional usage costs Rs 0.80 per MB.
• Security Deposit - 1 month plan charges.

Business 1200 plan

• 256 Kbps/2 Mbps ISP connection speed. Single-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 1200 and Annual tariff is Rs 12000.
• Download/Upload limit per month is 8 GB, additional usage costs Rs 0.80 per MB.
• Security Deposit - 1 month plan charges.

Business 3000 plan

• 512 Kbps/2 Mbps ISP connection speed. Multi-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 3000 and Annual tariff is Rs 30000.
• Download/Upload limit per month is 20 GB, additional usage costs Rs 0.50 per MB.
• Security Deposit - 1 month plan charges.
• One Static IP address is given in the package.

Business 5000 plan

• 1 Mbps/2 Mbps ISP connection speed. Multi-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 5000 and Annual tariff is Rs 50000.
• Download/Upload limit per month is 35 GB, additional usage costs Rs 0.50 per MB.
• Security Deposit - 1 month plan charges.
• One Static IP address is given, along with 5MB hosting and a domain name on request.

Business 9000 plan

• 2 Mbps ISP connection speed. Multi-User plan.
• Monthly tariff is Rs 9000 and Annual tariff is Rs 90000.
• Download/Upload limit per month is 75 GB, additional usage costs Rs 0.50 per MB.
• Security Deposit - Rs. 5000.
• One Static IP address is given, along with 5MB hosting and a domain name on request.