Precautions during BSNL Broadband Plan Change

 

BSNL plan change is a bit tricky with hidden charges. BSNL like giving surprises. Let me list a few when you apply for a plan change.

1. For plan change, you need to apply in the previous month.

2.  It does not mean that plan change will happen on 1st of next month.

3. When you change to a higher plan, you should pay one month's rent as advance.

4. Double, triple confirm the plan change before you start using it. Do not believe BSNL customer care or portal. Both may lie.

5. If your plan is not changed from first of a particular month, then you have to pay for both plans for the days you used them.

In detail,

1. In April, you want to change your plan and you start using unlimited as you expect to change your plan. This is not possible as the plan change cannot take effect unless you apply in March. Any plan change should wait for 1st of next month to pass.

2. After you applied for plan change in April, you expect to get the new plan on May 1st. Beware! it may not happen. You give your application in administrative section. They need to pass it to the technical section. Technical section approves it and pass it to Bangalore NIB where the plan change takes effect.

We consider all these departments as BSNL. But for them, these are like Pakistan, China and Srilanka. Your plan change will not be effective from the date of your application or from first of next month. The effective date is when the technical section sanctions it. They set an effective date. Which we can check under BSNL Portal under my orders.

3. If you change to Unlimited 750, you need to pay Rs. 1500 next month. RS. 750 as advance and Rs. 750 as rent.

4. According to what they say if you see the word PROVISIONED in my orders you can consider your plan change to be effective from the date beside it. Please do not start using even if you see provisioned. Check the speed and confirm you have a plan change. If you have changed to Unlimited plan, then chargeable units should show zero.

Do not confirm with Customer care or local exchange. Senior Divisional Engineer (SDE) will be the right person to answer your queries. Ask for his number when you speak to local exchange or customer care.

5.  If your plan change is from 10th, your previously had Home - 250 and you changed to Unlimited 750. Then till 10th you should pay the charge as per Home 250. If you have exceeded 333 MB (1/3 of 1 GB) then you will have to pay for the extra usage, even if you shifted to an unlimited plan. And for the next 20 days you should pay (750/30 ) X 20 = 500.

All these happened to me when I changed from Home 250 to Unlimited 750. Just wanted to share that others need not suffer these surprises. But BSNL may have more in stock for you. Please share this with your friends who intend a plan change.

Screen shots showing implementation from 5th not first of month

 

 

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How to Check BSNL Broadband Usage Details

                                   IPs  59.xxx.xxx.xxx (NIB - I)

Don't know you IP address ? Check here - What is my IP ?

If your IP address start with 59.xxx.xxx.xxx, read on. There are a few tools which 117.xxx.xxx.xxx users can also use.

Unless you use an unlimited plan, your bill will be based on your usage data as recorded by BSNL. If we use more than the allowed limit, we need to pay extra for this usage. Even if we are careful, some virus infection in our system can  increase the chargeable units to a dangerous extent.  It can happen even if you have a very good antivirus. Therefore it is important to monitor the usage closely. Unfortunately BSNL fails to provide useful information to its users. Many of us rely on a single BSNL site we managed to identify for monitoring the usage.

BSNL sites do not update on a real time basis and is neither dependable as it has a very high downtime due to  maintenance and billing activities. From 1st to 5 th of every month, BSNL sites are totally unreliable as they are used for billing purposes than updating user details. If you are a new user, your usage details may not appear for about 2 weeks. From my personal experience, I can tell you that BSNL may update the usage on 1st of month on 20 th. I ended up with a huge bill after they did this to me.

Another common error is that many believe usage means only download. BSNL calculates your usage as download + upload. If we use internet just for browsing, it will cost around 15 MB per hour in your usage stats. It is impossible to manually calculate the usage. Please use the following links.

 

How to Check BSNL Broadband Usage details ?

 1. Use the following BSNL links

You can use any of the BSNL sites to check the usage. Please note that they can only be accessed from a dataone  connection. You may not be able to check the usage from office or internet cafe.

http://sancharnet.in/dataone.redirect.htm

http://sancharnet.in/dataoneredirect.htm

http://10.240.64.195
http://10.240.89.199
http://10.240.128.195
http://10.240.16.195
http://10.240.144.195

http://dataone.in/

2. Use a Bandwidth meter

BSNL links can be down at times. They do not update on a real time basis. Today's usage is shown after 2 days. So most of us use a Bandwidth meter. Click here to download. (Top Rated)

Other methods and tools:

The above mentioned are sources for information. Many were kind enough to write programs that we can save the trouble of logging into the portals. Let us discuss a few reliable options.

1. Datafox

If you use Firefox, an add on called Datafox can retrieve data from BSNL site. Click here to download   

2. Dataone Quick Usage Finder

Dataone Quick Usage finder logs in automatically to the BSNL portal and retrieves data for you. It has a facility to calculate the billed amount (excluding telephone charges). If we exceed our usage, we can find out how much extra should be paid in the next bill. It also provides a Dialup Connection and disconnection scheduler for Night Unlimited Plans. Click here to download.

3. Dataone Tool

• Daily total of non free and free usage( for those having night(2am to 8am) unlimited).
• Graphic display of daily usage.
• Option to auto login to dataone usage checking site.
• Summary of usage, daily average used , average usable, estimated bill etc.

For users with IP 59.xxx.xxx.xxx

Click here to download. More details.

For users with IP 117.xxx.xxx.xxx

Click here to download. More details.

Don't know your IP ? Check here - What is My IP ?

Hope you will find them useful. Please do spread the word and help your friends from falling prey to huge bills.

Please note that the above tools simply retrieve data from BSNL portals. If data in BSNL website is not up to date, you will get non finalized data.

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How to Check BSNL Broadband Usage Details

 

Unless you use an unlimited plan, your bill will be based on your usage data as recorded by BSNL. If we use more than the allowed limit, we need to pay extra for this usage. Even if we are careful, some virus infection in our system can  increase the chargeable units to a dangerous extent.  It can happen even if you have a very good antivirus. Therefore it is  important to monitor the usage closely. Unfortunately BSNL fails to provide useful information to its users. Many of us rely on a single BSNL site we managed to identify for monitoring the usage.

BSNL sites do not update on a real time basis and is neither dependable as it has a very high downtime due to maintenance and billing activities. From 1st to 5 th of every month, BSNL sites are totally unreliable as they are used for billing purposes than updating user details. If you are a new user, your usage details may not appear for about 2 weeks. From my personal experience, I can tell you that BSNL may update the usage on 1st of month on 20 th. I ended up with a huge bill after they did this to me.

Another common error is that many believe usage means only download. BSNL calculates your usage as  download + upload. If we use internet just for browsing, it will cost around 15 MB per hour in your usage stats. It is impossible to manually calculate the usage. Please use the following methods.

BSNL allots two server IPs. One of the format 117.xxx.xxx.xxx and other 59.xxx.xxx.xxx. If your IP starts with 59.xxx, options other than option 3 may not work for you.

In that case, Check here.  To check your IP, Click here.

You can also test your speed on the link given above. If you find it difficult, use  What is my IP ?

How to Check BSNL Broadband Usage details – Methods

There are 3 sources to check your usage. 1 BSNL portal, 1 Independent software and 1 BSNL software.

1.  BSNL Portal , values in MB, user friendly.

    Connection with IPs 59.xxx.xxx.xxx check here

2.  Both these sites can be down at times. BSNL sites do not update on real time basis. Today's usage is shown  after 2 days. So most of us use a Bandwidth meter.

Click here to download. (Top Rated)

3.  A software from BSNL can help us check the usage without using the portal. Click here to download.

BSNL also provides SMS and email alerts when you cross your usage limit. You can also receive weekly alerts.

Use this link to register    Web Registration for Usage Alerts

Option 1  needs a 14 digit Portal ID and password from BSNL. Password is usually password.

Eg. for portal ID:

ABC+++25102008, where

ABC from my surname, +++ a 3 digit no. , 25102008 date of broadband application. If you do not have this, check with your local exchange. They normally keep this in their records. A phone call can fix it for you.

Your BSNL email ID will receive email alerts when the usage limit is crossed. Always ask your exchange for email ID. If you try to use option 3, it will ask for your BSNL email ID.

Use option 1 , log in using Portal ID and password and check for the email link on the upper part of the page.

 

Other methods and tools:

The above mentioned are sources for information. Many were kind enough to write programs that we can save the trouble of logging into the portals. Let us discuss a few reliable options.

1. Datafox

If you use Firefox, an add on called Datafox can retrieve data from BSNL site. Click here to download   

 

2. Dataone Quick Usage Finder

Dataone Quick Usage finder logs in automatically to the BSNL portal and retrieves data for you. It has a facility to calculate the billed amount (excluding telephone charges). If we exceed our usage, we can find out how much extra should be paid in the next bill. It also provides a Dialup Connection and disconnection scheduler for Night Unlimited Plans. Click here to download.

3. Dataone Tool

• Daily total of non free and free usage ( for those having night (2am to 8am) unlimited).
• Graphic display of daily usage.
• Option to auto login to dataone usage checking site.
• Summary of usage, daily average used , average usable, estimated bill etc.

For users with IP 59.xxx.xxx.xxx

Click here to download. More details.

For users with IP 117.xxx.xxx.xxx

Click here to download. More details.

Don't know your IP ? Check here - What is My IP ?

Hope you will find them useful. Please do spread the word and help your friends from falling prey to huge bills.

Please note that the above tools simply retrieve data from BSNL portals. If data in BSNL website is not up to date,  you will get non finalized data.

Recommended reference :

Top 7 Tips to Protect Your Computer from Virus, Spyware, Adware & Malware.

Precautions during BSNL Broadband Plan change.

Top 10 Tips for Safe Internet Banking

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