BSNL Broadband 2

Turns out my previous blog on BSNL was overly pessimistic :). I have bsnl broadband up and running on my home machine now. Here's what needed to be done to get it working:

1. Go to a local office and apply for a connection (forget online)
2. They will call you in a couple of weeks informing that if you pay up, u will get a connection. Pay up
3. They will come and install the connection in a week or so. Stay around in case they have technical difficulties with your particular machine (actually just plugging a couple of cables and getting ur userid ...)

It is up almost always and I am pretty happy with the connection so far (256kbps).