Another player to mobile broadband world- Virgin mobile. In the same way of BSNL EVDO, Reliance Netconnect broadband and Indicom Photon , Virgin is also utilizing HSIA (High Speed Internet Access)EVDO technology. The maximum advertised download speed is 3.1 mbps and upload speed of 1.8 mbps. The cost of device is Rs 3500/- (No setup or activation fee).
Technical specifications
| Main Operation Chip | QSC-6085 |
| CDMA Standard | IS-856-A, TIA/EIA/IS-2000, IS-98E Backwards compatibility with IS-95 A/B |
| Frequency Band | Cellular 800 Single Band Support Band Class 0 TX: 824 ~ 849 MHz RX: 869 ~ 894 MHz |
| Transmit Power | 200mW |
| Download Speed | Max Up to 3.1 Mbps (depends on HSIA network availability, and other network conditions) |
| Upload Speed | Max Up to 3.1 Mbps (depends on HSIA network availability, and other network conditions) |
| Power supply | USB Power |
| LEDs | 1 Multi-Color LED RSSI Level: Normal (Green) / Week (Orange) / No service (Red) |
| PRL/OTA support | IS-683C Roaming (PRL Support) and Over the Air Service Provisioning (OTASP) |
| Antenna | Internal / Rx Diversity |
| Interface Type | USB Connector / USB 1.1 (&2. 0 Compatible / Full Speed) |
| T-Flash | Supported (Micro SD Slot up to 8GB) *Can used only after dialer installation only on Windows OS. |
| Voice Jack | Supported (Only for activation procedure) |
| Dimension | W:25.4 D:77 H:10 (mm) |
| Weight | Net (19g), Gift box (75g) |
| Case Material | PC Plastic |
| Operating Systems | 1) Windows 2000,Windows XP(32 and 64 bit) and Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit), 2) Mac 10.5 10.6. 3) No dialer support for LINUX. Mentioned versions for linux are supported as a standard dial up modem configuration Redhat Enterprise Linux 3 & above Fedora Core 5,6 & above SUSE Desktop Linux 9,10 & above Debian Linux 5,6 & above Ubuntu Linux 5,6 & above |
| Operating environment |
Operating temperature range -20C to +60C Storage temperature range -30C to +65C Humidity 5% to 95%(non-condensing) |
Tariff
|
PLAN |
MONTHLY RENTAL |
FREE USAGE |
ADDITIONAL |
|
vStart |
250 |
Nil |
Rs. 1/min |
|
vBase |
500 |
0.5GB |
Rs.0.50/MB |
|
vEconomy |
750 |
2GB |
Rs.0.50/MB |
|
vConnect |
950 |
2GB (Day) +10GB (Night)* |
Rs.0.50/MB |
|
vMax |
1100 |
10GB |
Rs.0.50/MB |
|
Heavy Duty 1500 |
1500 |
15GB |
Rs.0.50/MB |
|
Heavy Duty 3000 |
3000 |
30GB |
Rs.0.50/MB |
|
Play650 |
650 |
1GB |
Rs.0.50/MB |
*Day usage – 7 AM to 11 PM; Night Usage – 11 PM – 7 AM
Coverage
- Andhra Pradesh: Hyderabad,Visakhapatnam, Warangal
- Bihar: Patna
- Delhi: Delhi, Gurgaon
- Uttar Pradesh: Noida, Gaziabad, Fareedabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Dehradun
- Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Baroda Surat, Vapi, Mundra Ankleshwar Daman, Silvasa
- Himachal: Shimla, Solan, Baddi, Ponta, Sahib
- Karnataka : Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli, Belgaun, Bellary
- Kerala: Cochin, Trivandrum
- Maharashtra: Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Kolhapur, Navi Mumbai
- Punjab: Chandigarh
- Rajasthan : Jaipur, Jodhpur
- Tamilnadu: Chennai, Coimbatore
- West Bengal: Kolkata
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This is one of the pathetic service i have ever got.I got the data card after 5 days it got deactivated for no reason. They activated it after 3 days but the speed which i got was 60kbps, which is very less for a 3.1 mbps connection. The technical guy from the company came to my house took the speed recordings and siad there is a problem with the tower in my area and also said my money will be refunded. But now its almost 2 months none of the sales peoples or office guys respond my call…These guys dont refund money for their tower issues….its really sad….Any Virgin moblie employee reading this msg, give an explanation for this….If you can’t its a shame on your part…
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Sujith Reply:
May 13th, 2010 at 1:23 PM
Akhil, Thanx for sharing your experience. Hope Virgin authorities will look into your problems. You must think about approaching the consumer court. Submit a written complaint to the customer care and get it acknowledged.
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DO NOT BUY Virgin Mobile’s vFLASH DATACARD even if they offer it to you for free.
If you want this datacard (Modem device) I will give it to you for free.
I was victim of their trap. And this modem is laying useless since then. I would like to give it to anyone for free if they want. But I can’t tolrate their bad service.
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you people are absolutely right they are pathetic. i’ve bought datacard on 15th july2010 but till 20th july no proper response from the virti infocom pvt. ltd. the sole selling agent for virign mobile and there is no complaint box online. these people should be punished under consumer protection act.
i will suggest -ve grading for virgin mobile.
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Sujith Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Rajeev, thanks for the comments . Hope that Virgin will look into this matter. I am forwarding the comments to Virgin and Virti infocom
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Same here,
I just bought the data card and they said that within 2 hours it will be activated, but since it is more than 24 hours nothing has been done, where ever i will call even in their customer support no response even, i tried to call the area manager of hyderabad(i dont know the fellow is area manager or what) i got the number by the virgin person saying he will be tackling all my queries. but that fellow did not pick up my call a single time. i dont know how the hell company is paying for those kind of stupid people who are going to vanish their business. you are taking money from us and not even understanding your responsibilities. if my connection will not start i am going to sue them in case of bad service, mental harassment, irresponsible behavior and specially the guy who is not at all responding to my call.if any one of the virgin person is reading this please understand your responsibility and work properly.
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