Good News for residents of Bangalore. Just a while ago a reader of this blog tipped me with a mobile number. Bingo!!! Reliance Communications, a Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group company is the first company to launch Wimax for residential consumers in Bangalore / Bengalooru. [Sify has it for Corporates. Bangalore Unwired for Selected Users]. I spoke to Reliable Enterprises, Bangalore which is providing pre-launch offer WiMax broadband connections.
Reliance WiMax Broadband Delivery Platform:
No more Trences for Cable saves a lot of headache in congested Bangalore. They will install a WiMax antenna on top of your house, just like the DTH Dish and a cable is drawn to a Modem. If you have mroe than one computer to share than you need a SOHO router to hook your PC and Laptops. The Wimax antenna talks directly to Reliance Towers.
The Cost Structure:
Pre-launch offer – Rs 500 Installation Cost. The Pre-launch offer is valid through June-15th. For residential use, the cost for Wimax broadband is same as that of Reliance Wired Broadband. A 150 Kbps Unlimited Data Transfer connection costs Rs 750 / Month and a 300 Kbps Unlimited Data Transfer connection costs Rs 999 / Month. All other taxes are additional.
Availability of WiMax Broadband:
It is currently available within the Ring Road areas. The whole of Bangalore will be covered shortly – few weeks. The connection will be established within 2 weeks of application. To apply, Contact Reliable Enterprises at 99800-62800. Let us know of your experience.
Related Reading: Bangalore’s Diamond District is a Wi-Fi Zone.
can any one tell that when the Reliance Wimax will come to Patna Bihar..
Guys,
I was desparately looking for some connection solution for myself for sometime now and then my occasional google gave me this link .. I just followed and contacted the Reliable people.
I would tell you that after a very long time I found some one from service industry courteous, clear in communication. I told reliable representatives that I am eagerly waiting for connection then they told me very clearly in the beginning itself that it would be little complicated for me due to my residence location ( I stay near to Kanakpura Road).
Well after couple of postponement ..(which they duely informed!!) finally 2 technician came and tried for connectivity. Believe me when they were trying.. I was very edgy but at the same time was not carrying any hopes as in past .. all ISP worth their salt, have come and gone without providing a solution.. Ok..so after 1.5 hrs… they said sir..you are getting good signals but its coming from very far so ..don’t know how it would behave..
After they were done with final fitting.. person checked on his laptop..he could access reliance site.. he showed me.. then carried a bandwidth test ( I am not able to recall the site but i think it was authentic !) .. and what I saw was something unbelievable .. speed was 196 Mbps yes.. you are reading correct.. not Kbps ( though I had opted for 150 Mbps..so one can say that whats big deal.. my dear friends..to value that you need to see my daily frustration what I get while accessing the net via Reliance R-Data Card)..
The Tech said.. Sir but when I take this cable to downstairs and would plug to Desktop or Laptop, there would be a dip in bandwidth .. and that happened.. I was getting 155Mbps at my laptop..
Now the fairy-tell gets over..
After they departed.. I tried to setup my another laptop with same setting .. 4days over .. i am still struggling.. No response from service people.. they are not good !!
Also note that it does not work either on my other laptop where they had setup.. I can not get the IP address from the ISP.. It keeps telling me .. DHCP server could not be contacted.. failed to get IP address.
I guess it could be due to the distance problem ( the nearest tower is about 5 km arial distance ) , could be due to bad weather, due to their back-end ( not having sufficient IP address or not able to release it ) BUT ONE THIG IS SURE .. tech service is poor..
Waiting with finger’s cost.. I am still cool because at the first place itself I had no high hopes ..
—more later.. GauRav
Dear GauRav,
Can you send Experiance what you jotted in this blog to my mail id.Iwill try to do somel thing from my level.We R the dealers for the same.
Dear All,
I got the wimax connection in bangalore one month back. Its taking 10 minutes to acquire the ip address and the speed is very slow Comparing with the dial up connection.
I made lot of complaints regarding this problem. but no one has responded me and the problem still persist. The customer service is very poor. my suggestion is don’t go for reliance wimax.
-Senthil
Mr.Senthil,
Can i know you are fromwhich part of Bangalore?Please wait till 15th and give your opinion about it
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i need a connection at nigdi(pune).i want d details of d plans.call me at 9822115051
Hi All, Internal source who happens to be my friend, says that the problem was with the backend. DHCP authentication server was not being able to assign IP’s due to some program conflict which i believe is sorted out now. Was sweating with this Wimax connection for about 2 days. My connection is alright now… and i love the speed..!!
I would say any new technology will have these kind of teething probs.. If you had the experience with SIFY or any other wired line broadband, probably you would vouch.
VINAY …. call 30337777 to get your connection.. in PUNE. REGARDS.