Speed Up
BSNL Dataone Broadband Connection
In this article I will discuss 3 important tips to significantly speed up your
internet access through BSNL Dataone broadband connection. Tip 1: One of the
major problems with BSNL Dataone Broadband connection is the DNS servers they
provide by default. Most of the time they are very slow and sometimes they fail
to respond. I noticed that I am starting to spend a significant amount of time
in DNS resolution with Dataone connection, often it is larger than the time it
takes to actually get the reponse. Here is a simple solution to significantly
speed up your DNS resolution. Open up the network connection profile and edit
TCP/IP settings. In the DNS server address fields, specify the following DNS
server addresses: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
Disconnect the connection and then connect again. You are done. This specifies
third party DNS servers which are significantly faster than BSNL Dataone’s DNS
servers. Note: The service is provided by
OpenDNS. Tip 2: Firefox users can use
FlashBlock extension to prevent downloading of Flash
content by default, thereby significantly speeding up browsing experience. You
can click on the placeholder icon to display the original Flash content any
time. This is more of a passive tip in that reduces data usage to improve your
overall experience. Tip 3: You can try to increase your broadband bandwidth
tweaking the TCP/IP parameters. The process is simplified by using
TCPOptimizer, a free tool. It helped me, your mileage
may vary.