Aircel has launched 3G in few cities this week and we got a chance to activate 3G on a number which we had lying around so that I could do this speed test.� This test was taken in Chennai. To activate 3G on Aircel you have send an sms START 3G to 121

We did not get any settings but we got a reply that the service has been activated.Aircel has a promotion for 3G in which you get 250 MB of free usage till Feb 27th and 50 mins of video calls

You have to create a new APN / Accesspoint � aircelgprs.pr in order to get the connection working on a prepaid sim card.

The 3G coverage seems pretty spotty and not fully ready yet.� The connection kept switching from HSPA to EDGE many times. I managed to get about 1.8 Mbps or 1870 kbps in terms of download speed.� The upload speeds never crossed 300 kbps.

Aircel has pretty bad coverage even for voice in my area and I can't expect a miracle for 3G. But anyways , its always great to have choices. We have 3 operators in Chennai offering 3G services. BSNL, Airtel and now Aircel. The operator had great success with the Pocket Internet plans� and now it seems to have some interesting plans for 3G compared to other private operators.

We could not get the SIM to work with a USB Dongle. Let us know if you have any luck.

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