First what is gprs. its a protocol for using web on your mobile. If you want use Internet on your mobile you need gprs.
Now to the real stuff. Don’t expect gprs to be as fast as your dial up even. Its dog slow since you will be accessing mobile site or site that are converted for mobile format the speed should be okay. Don’t expect to watch videos on your mobile At least with the speed in India.
I tested my bsnl gprs connection, it said it was 18kbs. But when I tried to download a 1 MB file it took me over 15 minutes. But if you download operamini browser which is free. Its pretty fast to browse sites.
Now the big let down is the price. Unless you have unlimited package like me don’t even try gprs. Because it cost 10 Rs for 1mb. For example last month i used 125mb on my mobile if i didn’t have the unlimited account i would have paid 1250 Rs just for gprs. The unlimited account i got is for 200 Rs per month that’s a flat rate, no matter what i use.
Now lets see at this price and this speed what you can do. You can check email but you wouldn’t want to read all your mail like this. You can read RSS News Feeds, i made a page go check it out if you want to read RSS Feed on your mobile easily. The third thing is watching movie clips from Google or your tube if you are willing to wait 10 to 15 minutes for every 3 minute clip, you can do it more on that in the next post. Main though to check on live sports scores and read some movie reviews as your are watching the movie etc. You can also use it to send photos you take to your friends via email from your mobile.
You can also use GPRS to connect to net from your laptop by using your mobile as a modem. But i have not had much luck with that. All this would have been cool if i could use it like this when i was roaming and that’s when i need my Internet more. But for that i have to pay extra.
So gprs in India is a luxury that you will be paying through your nose for. Unless you know how to use it you will never get you your money’s worth.
I have even looked at other mobile carrier they cost even more than bsnl.
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Hi,Rs.200 per month for GPRS connection looks good. Who is offering this scheme ?I want to go for GPRS connection. My mobile service is airtel. GPRS from airtel is costly.-VenkatReply from PrasanthBsnl offers 200 Rs unlimited gprs connection. Only thing is you will have to be a postpaidcustomer. So it will cost you around 250 to get an postpaid connection per month and200 Rs for gprs. Thats 450 Rs for a mobile connection and gprs unlimited for one month.It will be very cheap if you use 30 mb or more every month. I use more than 100 mb onmy gprs with the wonderful iphone surfing capabilities. If you have an iphone get theunlimited its very cheap.thank youprasanthprasanthtechblog.com
i am using N73 with bsnl postpaid gprs my speed very low (1_2 kbps) so pls help how to change high speedReply from PrasanthTry and use the dns trick i mentioned in the blog.that should improve a little in speeds.And also use the operamini browser and it will speed up the web browsing quite a bit.Also use the gmail app to download gmail similar the yahoo app for yahoo mail.thank youprasanthwww.prasanthtechblog.com
hi..do you know which gprs plan is best in kolkata ? any tips to make the connection faster ?thank youReply from PrasanthTry bsnl that seems to have the best coverage and cheaper price. I have mentioned all the tricks in the blog post and comments.thank youprasanthhttp://www.prasanthtechblog.com
Dear Prashanth,i am from chandigarh and i am using SE W700i with idea gprs i am getting only 1 to 3kbps maximum .yesterday i connect with my friend mobile SE k550i and i got 10 to 15 kbps and i am surprising.plz solveReply From Prasanthi compared both the phones spec herehttp://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone2=1846&idPhone1=1527they have the same gprs features so i am not sure why you are getting better speed on one mobile and not the other.First of all how did you check the speeds. On mobile you should always check speeds two or more times. Some times it could be just a bad connection or bad timing. Just close the application and test again, do it a few times to get the real speed.Just copy your friends settings over and see if that helps.Because so many variables go into the speeds of mobiles its hard to say.Thank you for taking time to comment
Hi Prasanth ,Thanks for immediate reply.i am using w700i last 3months but its internet download speed is 1kbps to 3kbps and i used SE K550i for whole day and i downloaded approx. 60 to 70mb stuffs also.after ur reply today again i used and i erase all setting of both mobile and put new settings and i got same result .my W700i don’t have EDGE is there any problem with this.Reply From PrasanthThe best speed you can get with these type of connections is around 10 kbps. That too when its not at the peak time. These connections are good only if you want to use mobile sites. Since you said that you have all the right settings there is not much we can do.Try and use operamini browser which is free and can be downloaded from operamini.com. This will help in improving browsing sites on mobile.Also try change the dns like i wrote here, sometimes this helps.Thank you for taking time to comment
Hi Parsanth ,I taking about mobile to pc speed not in mobile.i am using gprs in mobile to pc .Reply From PrasanthOnly thing i can thin of is the dns change which i mentioned in the last reply.Try and get a usb modem they are becoming cheaper, they give you at least dial up connection speeds.Unless you get a broadband connection or a 3G you will be struggling with mobile speeds.Thank you for taking time to comment
Hi ,Thank u so much .can u suggest me which mobile is gud for gprs.Reply From PrasanthSince you said that you want to use gprs on your computer.The best option would be to get a usb modem with an unlimited connections which are becoming really cheap now.All the newer models are good with gprs, but check before you buy to see if you can use your particular mobile as a modem. Many of them don’t support that.Since i don’t know what your budget is and what you are looking for its hard to recommend a particular model.If you have money go for iphone its more than worth the money. Look into htc touch which are now selling for around 13000 Rs or so.Thank you for taking time to comment
Plz tell me how could i can increase the speed of my bsnl datacard. and plz tell me how can we make bsnl sim internet(gprs) free on pc through Bsnl datacard.??????