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hey all,
Any one use the Reliance data card for wireless connectivity ? I would love to get soem feedbacks?

You mean the PCMCIA card ?

Last time i checked it was around 11,000Rs !!!! Is it still that expensive?

cya
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its for 6500 only now...!!! it originally started out for 22K i think...

yah its just 6500. You can get similar PCMCIA cards on ebay and use you airtel sim and browse.

Speeds should be better than regular dial up with reliance. Also, my experience with airtel shows that airtel is much much faster in big towns/cities than when you browse from small towns.

been using the reliance card for one and a half years and i must say aprat from the intial problems with regards to the paperwork the service is very good .no problems with connectivity till now .
get good download speeds of about 18

free roaming and works in most remote villages in india

Is it for 499 pm only ?? but doesnt airtel use GPRS for connectivity.. i had read that GPRS connectiviy is much slowre than CDMA...

http://www.mobilepundit.com/category/reliance/

Moreover, isnt using ur cell SIM a bit of a bother as u cant recieve calls on that SIM while u are online?? and wont GPRS charges be deducted whiel u are online?? Reliance CDMA option seems much more hassle free althogh a wee bit exp as to teh runnign costs per mth.

I have been using the TATA card which is basically the same as Reliance/Airtel and got it for only 2k in a corporate scheme.

The connectivity is good especially if you travel a lot and the internet access outside home circle does not attract any roaming charges. Downloads speed are about 18 kbps. Also one feature not highlighted is that it is also a normal phone/sms machine and can be used as such with your laptop with the supplied ear phone/mic.

I have the reliance card and I use it every day to log on to TBHP so cant really complain.

Still i find the download speeds rather unpredictable... from 22k to 11k.
I also has a tendency to disconnect for no apparent reasons.

Other than It serves my purpose well. No regrets

oho, its just 1500Rs for one year here; unlimitedlol:

and 250rs/month ; unlimited option too exists.

and in case your lap dont support PCMCIA
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=129413&tab=2

and EDGE is definetly faster than CDMA.

Hey JKD,
Can we get the USB card bus in india?? and if so at what price.... in fact i was wanting to buy a DELL laptop...one of the reasons that was hampering my decision to buya DELL laptop was that it does not support PCMCIA cards... this wud be a saviuor.....

was it that particular model? cos i have used a wireless card in a pcmia slot of a dell laptop

well i was wanting to buy the DELL Inspiron 640M or the 9400..they are bothe new laptops... DELL people hae specifically mentioned in there quotes that the express card slots cannot be used with PCMCIA cards...

Am looking to get an internet data card put into my laptop. I have never used this service before, would be great if someone can give me some views of which is the best one. I am located in Mumbai and i belive Reliance is the best one offered here from what i hear, long with Airtel and Tata

Same here .. TATA Indicom card works fine. I've got a corporate scheme too, with 1GB cap on downloads. Phone/SMS too. No extra data charges when roaming. Am quite happy with it.