Hello
Thanks for sharing the info.
Howz the coverage? From my experience, nothing beat BSNL as far as
coverage is concerned. But then double the rate for same data transfer
(2GB) I think.
Airtel has unlimited data usage for 125 per month, but we need to pay
for 1 yr (1500).
Best Regards
Din.
On 25-Sep-10, at 12:50 AM, Thomas Vazhappilly wrote:
Dear all,
Some days ago, after an unofficial meeting at ILUG Cochin, one of
its senior members Mr. Jay shared some info about an inexpensive way
to access internet using EDGE/GPRS technology in mobile phones.
There are many service providers who give GPRS (packat data) based
internet. DOCOMO, one of the new gen mobile service provider
provides a good internet plan based on EDGE/GPRS. Just read the
following facts.
This service is very useful especially for laptops.
DOCOMO's EDGE/GPRS plan is cheap. Rs. 48/- (prepaid!) for 2 GB
download (There are other tariffs also )
Almost all towers of DOCOMO is EDGE enabled.
If your mobile handset is EDGE compatible, you will get a not-bad
speed.
Even your handset has only GPRS (with no EDGE), DOCOMO is
comparatively good.
One of the best handset which has EDGE > Samsung C-5212 which costs
Rs. 4.6 K. C-5212 supports dual SIM standby.
You can simply configure it using wvdial in Gnu/Linux systems.
The wvdial.conf file settings as follows
[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
# If there is any troubles uncomment the following line
#Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","TATA.DOCOMO.INTERNET"
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 460800
# Sometimes the above speed may make trouble. Try a lower speed as
follows
#Baud = 57600
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
ISDN = 0
# Phone = <Target Phone Number>
# Password = <Your Password>
# Username = <Your Login Name>
# Phone = *99# for normal phones | *99***1# for Nokia phones
# Password and Username can be any according to your interest
Phone = *99***1#
Password = internetz
Username = internetz
Note :-
To configure your wvdial, use the following command: wvdialconf /etc/
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