The recent Flood in Chennai has revealed that, national telecom backbone Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is the most dependable operator in India. Out of the nine mobile network that exist in Chennai, the only One operator – the state owned BSNL was functional during the floods.
As per reports, more than 80 percent of BSNL Mobile and Landline Network was operational during the Chennai Flood. Unlike other private mobile operators, BSNL once again proved that it is not the company, which only talks about profits. It is the only telecom company with social commitment on top of its charts.
While the mobile network of all private operators collapsed, BSNL was able to maintain its mobile network at very heavy extra operational cost. BSNL – the state run PSU – has provided telecom services to the people of Chennai at a time when it was really needed. More than 48 percent of BSNL Mobile Towers in Chennai were continuously running on diesel engine. This itself shows the real social commitment of BSNL.
As we reported earlier, to facilitate relief operations during this natural calamity and to extend the real helping hand to the stranded people of Chennai, BSNL offered Free calls, Free SMS and Free Data packages for Mobile and Landline customers for a period of seven days with effect from 02-12-2015.
Many of our readers informed us about this great service offered by BSNL at a time when the network of all other private operators vanished. As per the latest reports from Chennai, Only BSNL Mobile Numbers were reachable during the disaster period. Some of the recent Facebook posts by the residents of Chennai will give the exact picture.
Dear readers, please share your views and opinions about the services offered by BSNL during the recent natural calamity (flood) in Chennai via comments with us.
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Long live,BSNL.It is country's telecom. company.
Bullshit. In my family we intentionally keep phones from different networks. Airtel worked perfectly till Thursday afternoon, 3g/4g everything. Vodafone and BSNL went off the grid from Tuesday evening till Sunday. Airtel came back to life Saturday afternoon but data services were very spotty and is still very slow as of today Tuesday the 8th. This was in Kotturpuram. Based on my experience and many of my friends around the city, Airtel was the clear winner.
In addition the Coast guard, ARMY, Police all had BSNL phones and none of them could be used right through the floods. Ask any of them and you will know the truth about BSNL
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He seems to be an Agent of the Private Operator
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Just like the Jammu flood time , BSNL has once again proved
its worth to show people that at times of crisis, BSNL will never let people down.It is the only telecom company that fulfills its social obligations ! Long live BSNL..!!
Bullshit. In my family we intentionally keep phones from different networks. Airtel worked perfectly till Thursday afternoon, 3g/4g everything. Vodafone and BSNL went off the grid from Tuesday evening till Sunday. Airtel came back to life Saturday afternoon but data services were very spotty and is still very slow as of today Tuesday the 8th. This was in Kotturpuram. Based on my experience and many of my friends around the city, Airtel was the clear winner.
In addition the Coast guard, ARMY, Police all had BSNL phones and none of them could be used right through the floods. Ask any of them and you will know the truth about BSNL
Excellent. I am really proud for BSNL……..
Excellent. I am really proud for BSNL.
BSNL BEST in restoration
Others way behind.
My BSNL landline the WINNER IN my apartments
Plz stop sending false MSG.
Bsnl should itself know how many landlines have gone dead.
Hence Airtel and Vodafone were functioning properly.
BSNL is the best service provider…
BSNL is best service provider…
Keep it up BSNL..Most of the BSNL toers alone functional during those critical time..
Great BSNL, GREAT………….
Great BSNL, GREAT …………….
I use BSNL 3G data card during the network outage and it really helped for slow browsing…it supported well.
I would like to know the what is the real fact ?
I talked to one of the CEO's of an Indian MNC who provide insfrastructure to all network operators. He confirmed the news that BSNL was the onlybone which worked well. All others were frantically behind this company with new orders to replace damaged IS just because of the fact that none other than BSNL follwed TELECORDIA standards .