Reliance Net Connect Wireless Broadband Review
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I finally purchased a Reliance Net Connect USB Modem After Comparing all the Wireless Internet Providers in India.
Reliance Net Connect Covers almost all the parts of India. Giving you a Speed of 3.1 Mbps in 35 major Cities and around 144kbps in rest of the 4.5 lac villages throughout India.
After doing a Speed Test at 9:40 Pm I got 1.47Mbps Download and 0.42Mbps of Upload Speed. Which is quite impressive, I mean you are using a wireless connection, what else can you ask for?
As of Now (June 2009) , the Cost of the device is Rs 3500/- Which is a Plug and Play USB Modem and it has a Micro SD slot also.
Right now Reliance is providing three models,
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I also tried downloading files and watched YouTube videos.
I was able to download 8Mb file with in a minute and there were no pauses in Videos.
It was a wonderful experience after using Airtel Mobile office from my Phone which gave me speeds of 200 kbps.
As far as the Customer Support is concerned, It was activated with in 24 hours. and the installation was way too easy. Its really just plug and play, However, you need to connect internet via dialer. I have heard that its very tough to contact their call center, but if you call them at night, there is a possibility to get connected to them.
Here is a look of the dialer.
One more concern is the data usage, as there is no unlimited usage plan yet. you need to keep the track of the data usage, so that you don’t get over charged by them.
I’ll suggest you do Download any free firewall (Such as Sygate Personal Firewall)and allow only important applications to connect to internet. There are many applications which keep download the data secretly. This will somehow reduce your data usage.
July 14th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I have taken reliance broadband netconnect on friday 10 th july 2009 and its still not activated i dont know wat service r they providing.
July 15th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Call the Customer Care or go talk to local Reliance dealer from where you bought it! It depends on the demand of the device.
July 24th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
hi guys i purchased Reliance Netconnect Yesturday, it says it has a Micro SD Slot i got 128mb and 2gb Micro SD cards when i put them in and then plug the Modem in nothing happens.
Can anybody tell me how to access the data in the micro sd cards[1 is empty 1 has data]
November 10th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Since 10 days its not working..they promise 3.1 mbps however when u connect its not more than 250 kbps & to top it up the customer care is so so pathetic that you wonder why reliance is doing business if they cant service existing customers.
I called the customer service # about 100 times and they have no resolution!
Damn guys….
since 10 days its not working..they promise 3.1 mbps but when you connect its not even more than 250kbps! doing business if they cant service existing customers.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:25 am
I had applied for Reliance Netconnect Data card on their website in first week of August, 09.
The company followed an unethical business practice by giving my details to a dealer from Noida-Vriti.com, who is far away from my city Mumbai, when there are enough dealers in Mumbai.
The dealer contacted me through their local representative on 11/08/09 and sold me the data card by giving misinformation that there was free upload and download for first month. He never informed me that their billing cycle was starting from 22nd of every month.
My data card was activated on 13/08/09.Suddenly on 25/08/09 my connection stopped working.On contacting their customer care I was informed that I have over used the net hence unless I pay Rs.9543/= my connection will not be re-activated. I refused to pay the said amount and informed them that I was misinformed by their dealer but they were not ready to accept it.
Ultimately they sent me a legal notice on 30/01/10 which I refused to accept.
Dear subscribers please do not book your data card online. Avoid Reliance Netconnect.Read fine print if you still wish to go for it. Go for prepaid connection to avoid hefty bill.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Please do not go 4 reliance net connect.
I promise you will regret it.
I am getting download speed of 1.4 kbps(YES THAT’S RIGHT ONE POINT FOUR KBPS ) speed.
Even Dial up is faster than this
Customer care is fuck all.
I have told customer care that if this continues then I will unsubscribe the connection and i am not going to pay any rent this month.
February 25th, 2010 at 11:14 pm
i want to knoW that max GB supported (micro sd cars ) relaince BB+
April 9th, 2010 at 10:18 am
I purchased the netconnect broadband plus just 2 days back for only 2300rs and it is giving me great speeds and the experience is amazing … 3.1 mbps is just the max speed you dont get it but even then the speeds are great … videos are streaming without buffering and the downloads are also very fast … i love it … the tariffs are also reduced … its great ….
May 18th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Thanks for the nice post…
May 20th, 2010 at 10:39 am
I too upgraded to Reliance Netconnect Broadband+ yesterday. The dealer said it will get activated in 2 hours. I checked after 3 hours and the data card was activated. The speeds are also good (went upto 400 kbps). I don’t see any problem and definitely shall recommend this product as the coverage of Reliance is wide and its really convenient when on move.