Things are looking up for connectivity hungry, bandwidth crazed Bangaloreans (myself included) greatly. Here I am, posting this article from my laptop while waiting at the Bangalore airport for dad’s flight to land.

And its not just being connected with sluggish speeds!! Tests with speedtest.net have shown upto 512kbps speeds at different points on the airport.

BSNL EVDO is a step forward in the right direction and I must say I’m pleasantly surprised by BSNL’s ability to churn out great products, albeit a little clandestinely! They need a good marketing person on board who can change their image. I’ve been on this view ever since I got the BSNL DataOne broadband connection from them almost a year ago.

BSNL has left the competition far behind in technology and prices too! I’ve bought EVDO from BSNL by paying 1000/- refundable security deposit and pay 750/- a month for unlimited data plan!! Whereas no other private provider has any unlimited plans (atleast not that I know of). Same goes for the EDGE data plan on my mobile from BSNL. 200/- a month for unlimited, whereas 499/- a month for 500 meg from Vodafone that I used to pay until a few months ago!

Now, I’m eagerly waiting for 3G to be commercially launched in Bangalore, as I’m sure a lot of others are too.

Go BSNL, connect india, faster

UPDATE:Did I mention that the EVDO connection was activated within hours of my purchasing?