Tata Photon Plus is the best wireless mobile broadband available in India. It has also been awarded the Product of the Year 2011 under Mobile Broadband (Wireless) category. Instead of the wire broadband you should go for the wireless photon plus option for a simple reason that it provides wireless freedom and you can carry the wireless broadband connection where ever you go.
I have been using a wire broadband connection and had a mobile GPRS connection that I used when traveling. There were a lot of problems with the fixed broadband because of wire snapping, electricity fluctuations and what not. The mobile network (GPRS / EDGE ) from Airtel was no good either the speed was terribly slow. So I decided to get a Tata photon connection that offers the same broadband speed and the tariff is also nearly the same but what I get is mobility and downtime because of wire problems are totally eliminated.
The process of getting the Tata Photon Plus is simple. Just visit the nearest Tata Indicom center and ask for the Photon Plus broadband USB device. You need to submit one id proof ( your driving licence or Passport), one address proof (electricity / credit card / landline bill) and one photo.
Once you submit you can get the new Tata Photon Plus USB device activated instantly. There are many schemes you can choose from depending on your need. The cost of a new Tata Photon Plus USB is Rs. 1800 1249 and with some schemes you can get 100% cash back, so you will get the 1800 back within a year (Rs. 150 for 12 months) . The amount gets deduced in your monthly bill.
The Photon connection is post-paid and you will get a month bill depending on the tariff plan you have chosen.
Tata Photon Tariff plan (basic data)
- Rs. 99 for 512MB valid for 1 Day.
- Rs. 100 for 100MB.
- Rs. 255 for 1GB valid for 30 days.
- Rs. 350 for 1.5GB valid for 30 days.
- Rs. 450 for 2GB valid for 30 days.
- Rs. 850 for 5GB valid for 30 days.
Tata Photon Unlimited Data Tariff plan
- Rs. 700 for 2GB Unlimited valid for 30 days.
- Rs. 750 for 3GB Unlimited valid for 30 days.
- Rs. 1000 for 6GB Unlimited valid for 30 days.
- Rs. 1200 for 11GB Unlimited valid for 30 days.
I got the Rs. 950 scheme where I get up to 3.1 Mbps speed until I reach 5GB after which unlimited at 156kbps. The price is same as my currently fixed broadband where I pay approx Rs.1000 for 500 kbps unlimited.
tata photon plus USB mobile Broadband box pack
The Photon plus USB device from Tata (India’s superfast mobile broadband service) is plug and play it automatically installed the software on my windows PC and was ready to use. I even plugged it into my netbook running Ubuntu Netbook Edition and it got detected easily. Just go to system > network connections on Ubuntu netbook edition and choose the mobile broadband tab then click add and you should find the EC152 Huawei USB device listed there.
tata photon plus USB Broadband Mobile Internet with cover price in India
Tata Photon Plus EC152 Huawei features
- Speed up to 3.1 Mbps
- Upload speed up to 1.8 Mbps
- Plug and Play
- Supports up to 4GB of Micro SD card which can make it work as a storage device too.
As soon as you get the device you can start using it. You get 100 minutes of free internet activity this is until the papers you submitted are verified and your account then fully activated. It may take about 8 hours to get your account fully activated.
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I think its absolutely ridiculous that the author of this article is recommending Tata Photon over a wired connection. NEVER ever make that mistake. A wireless connection will never give you the stability, reliability and bandwidth of a wired connection.
I am currently enjoying unlimited 1mbps wired connection with no FUP for Rs.1100 per month. No drop in speed during peak hour. Which wireless provider will give you that huh?
Both wired and wireless have different purposes. Wired is for those need a stable connection at home. Wireless is for those who want Internet on the move. Neither can serve as replacement for the other.
Anjan, in some cases wireless is better than wired. This is a 2011 article and wired connection has improved a lot today. How this makes sense.
I need 2 buy a tata photon dongle for my micro max p275 tab so,photon Is good r not pls leave me a reply in 1day.
I am having 3.1 Mbps Tata photon Plus unlimited plan, its 3rd class broadband service and I am using it in south delhi saket area still download speed is between 0.09 to 0.30 Mbps.
Never ever go for this device… Its a bloody ###kng device with no speed in even the posh area of Kolkata.
Total waste of money and time…
Tata photon is a totally bloody piece of shit. I'm using it posh area of south Delhi they are promising speed of 3.1/mbps but I never got speed more than 500/kbps since I brought it & its expensive too. They are giving 5 gb unlimited in 950/month but Reliance giving 10 gb unlimited in 950/month. I advice all never ever go for Tata.
Its a really nice description you have written about photon plus. I was thinking of buying one and was searching for the price of tata, got it on your blog. Thanks
never ever go for Tata Mugdha… you'll regret
Using tata photon+ reminds me of those days when I used dial up connection but even that was better
Hi Souvik,
I am using Tata Photon plus and it's amazingly fast may be the network is good here in Navi Mumbai.
Photon+ Postpaid is bloody shit, I'm using this since last November(1year) in Pune, can't even browse during peak hours. Such an idiotic internet provider should make sure minimum bandwidth available to the users who pay them.
nokia 7230 -2.1mbps speed sony mobile s speed maximum 7 mbps speed but yeh surver pe depended speed karta hai tata photon plus 3guna tez 21 mbps kya ye sach hai ya yunhi
TATA photon+ is a crap……….it is a worst product which never works and is useless in all the means.
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