Review: RCOM’s 3G WiFi Data Card

We did a quick unboxing of RCOM’s 3G WiFi Data card couple of days ago. After using the data card almost for a month, there’s our full review of the device and RCOM’s service.

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Setting up the device

Setting up the device is pretty simple. All you need to do is plug in the device and it installs all necessary drivers automatically and you need to carry out a one time software install that comes with the device.  Once the required software and drivers are installed, using the device is as simple as plugging in the device in to USB port.

The device supports up to 5 devices on WiFi and the WiFi password for the device comes printed on the inside of the device where you plug in your SIM card. You can change the password from your dashboard. We connected couple of devices via WiFi and while it connected these devices, RCOM’s 3G network is not on par, at least where we tested the device, to support 5 devices simultaneous on its network for a flawless Internet experience.

Speed

We were promised data download speed up to 14.4Mbps and data upload speed up to 5.7Mbps. In actuality, we didn’t get speed up anywhere near to it in Mumbai areas.

Speeds according to our tests:

Navi Mumbai – up to 3.8Mbps

Thane (Ghodbandar road) – up to 1Mbps

Bandra – up to 4Mbps

We even tried to test the device at Mumbai’s domestic airport, however the speed was so low that it wouldn’t even load speedtest website. Data cards are mostly used by people who are always on a move, and we expect networks to work flawlessly in areas like airport where people waste most of their time, which could otherwise have been used for something productive.