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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has offered an extension to its so-called free dial-up internet surfing facility to subscribers until December 2008.
This is the company's 'account-free' Calling Line Identification (CLI) based 'Net One' dial-up internet service. This means, if you use a BSNL landline, you need not pay anything to get started on the internet.
To start surfing:
1. Connect your telephone jack to your PC or laptop.
2. Initiate a dial-up connection with the access code 172222.
3. Enter a username (STD code without zero + your telephone number), followed by a password of your choice.
Once you're connected, you will be charged only for the local calls -- Pulse rate@450 seconds from 0730-2230 and 900 seconds from 2230-0730. You'll receive the Internet bill along with your telephone bill.

Source: Techtree.com

After much postponement, India is finally on the 3G map of the world as Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited (MTNL) kick-started 3G services in Delhi today. The state-owned telecom operator even has a name for the new service, and it's not mere 'MTNL 3G.' They've christened it as (c'mon, hold your breath!) MTNL 3G Jadoo.
In case you're wondering, we're not kidding about the name. This being a soft-launch of 3G Jadoo, initially, only some parts of Delhi would have access to the service. Currently, the areas being covered are: Connaught Place, Sanchar Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, India Gate, Pragati Maidan, Delhi Gate, and Minto Road. So, if you have a phone that supports 3G, and needless to say, an MTNL connection with GPRS activation, take a walk around the areas listed and see if the 'E' or 'G' (that denotes connectivity) on your phone turns to 3.5G! In case you're curious to know about the speeds being offered, connect your phone to your notebook to find out. MTNL is not charging extra for the service introduced today as it wants its customers to get a feel of 3G's capabilities. Eventually, there will be a commercial tariff plan announced, and the registration will start after the commercial launch -- a couple of months from now. Mumbai too will have a similar soft-launch for MTNL's 3G services two months hence, says J. Gopalan, executive director, MTNL (Mumbai). He adds, "The first phase would include trial services to be offered in areas between the Airport and Prabhadevi. The second phase would include South Bombay." State-owned telecom operators MTNL and BSNL have the first-mover advantage to offer 3G services in India. With Delhi services commencing today, Mumbai will follow suit in two months' time. Chennai too will get to experience 3G services in January 2009 through BSNL. Sooner or later (MTNL plans to offer 3G services across India by mid-2009), our countrymen will be able to surf the internet with speeds up to 2Mbps on their smart phones. MTNL will be installing 15 lakh 3G lines in the first phase of its 3G roll-out in Mumbai and Delhi (which currently have 35 lakh existing mobile lines). Now that it's finally happening, if you live in Delhi or Mumbai, do you plan to get yourself an MTNL connection just to get a taste of high-speed internet on your smartphone?

There are many who don't know that they can avail unlimited GPRS access on BSNL excel prepaid mobile also on fixed monthly recharege and surf unlimited internet from laptop or desktop. You just have to recharge GPRS access voucher of Rs. 197 (Uttar Pradesh) from BSNL Shoppe or BSNL customer care outlet. The normal BSNL GPRS charges on BSNL prepaid mobile service is 0.02 Paisa per KB which is very costly. If one wants to surf internet through PC or laptop then surfing can become very costly affair but by recharging it with Rs. 197 voucher one can use unlimited GPRS. There is also a recharge of Rs. 51/- to surf unlimited internet through GPRS for 7 days.

If you have not activated GPRS on your GPRS enable mobile then you can get it activated by sending Sms. Just type GPRS and send it to 53733. You can download GPRS/MMS/WAP settings from BSNL Website BSNL device settings for GPRS