Jun 27, 2016 03:16 PM
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BSNL has this offer for purchasing a WiFi modem for Rs.1500 and they will give you a cashback of Rs.100 for 15 months. Don't go for it. The whole reason they seem to be giving this offer is because they know their WiFi modems are not good and they want to get rid of it.
The BSNL employees themselves were recommending me to buy some other commercial WiFi modem because they are constantly having to face problems with customers reporting faults with the modems.
The problem I faced:
I bought the modem, got it configured from BSNL, brought it home and it worked. Few days later it stopped working. When I reset it and BSNL reconfigures it, the modem works. Then after few days it stops working and so on.
The problem BSNL employees told me that other customers face: The WiFi modem is unable to handle too many switch on switch off cycles, so don't switch off the modem often.
These modems are manufactured by SYRMA technology company for BSNL. They appear to have engineered it for planned obsolescence, so that the modem stops working after some time.
BSNL earlier did have some excellent modems under the name UT-300R2U. Those were the best modems in the market. But now BSNL appears to not mind tarnishing its name.
