Caution for Micromax MMX 300C EV-DO card Users. . Review on Buying a Modem

Last week, we( members of another forum) found some important bug in the firmware/ drivers of this new micromax mmx 300c ev-do modem, supplied by the bsnl which I want to share here also. I am using this modem, for the past 3 months, without any problems. Forum members 03me019 andsyedtahmed86 have

complained of very slow speed. Though hsia signals are full, network connections showed only 153.6 kbps.

What we found, the bug with the device is. If you set auto mode in pc manager settings, the device will detect the appropriate network [ cdma 1x or hsia(evdo)] and signal will be displayed accordingly( ok) . If you set hsiaonly mode, it will display hsia signal but the connection will be in cdma 1x speed only( in windows network connections

• it will show as 153.6 kbps)( defect) .

If you set cdma 1x only mode, both signal display and connection will be with cdma 1x( ok). As I am always keeping my settings, in auto mode, never experienced any problem. Because of other guys settings in' hsia only' mode and their report, we came across to know the bug after step by step interacting with each other, the whole day. I don't know how these bsnl people are mad, in placing orders with micromax, without even checking the basic functions and thrusting them in our hands. And what the hell testing center of the micromax company, has done before rolling out the products to bsnl. They have taken it granted for the purchaser

Being bsnl . So, it is advisable to keep the settings always in auto mode, until the firmware or drivers updates are made. At last, we the end users have to suffer and do r & d work. If you want to confirmthe bug, in your mmx device, after changing the settings to' hsia only' mode, disconnect and connect again, in the pcmanager and check the connected speed as follows.

Pcmanager -> settings -> hsia

only-> disconnect -> connect

Windows -> control panel

-> network connections -> bsnl cdma 2000 rev a modem

-> double click. It will show as 153.6 kbps.

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Buying and using micromax is really a good option, because I am

having good speeds: average .900kbps to 1.2mbps peak . 1.6mbps to 1.9mbps

Bsnlevdoclub.com/forum/evdo-speed-check-9-6-10-t-1449.html

Only caution is, to set it in auto mode and not in hsia only mode until fw or sw update available .

( thanks to abhi1299, 03me019 and syedtahmed86)