Review Of Link3 Fiber To Home Broadband In Bangladesh

Link3 started their broadband service many years ago. All the previous years they were providing connection to corporate users only. Now they are giving internet connection to home users. They are the first company in Bangladesh to provide FIBER OPTIC to home. All the other ISP claims that they provide fiber optic connectivity but in fact they provide connection with CAT 5 cable !

My previous connection was 256 kbps BDCOM connection.

Do remember 256 kbps means 256 kilo bits per second. To convert them to kilobytes, divide the number by 8. Like, 256/8 will gives 25 kilo bytes per second.

I discarded their line because I was getting 20 - 23 kilobytes per second instead of 25 kilobytes. Sometimes the download speed falls below 20 kilobyte and the fluctuation was huge...

Now, I am using Link3 fiber optic broadband. I got the connection on 28th Jan 2010. I live in Dhanmondi so I am lucky that I got their connection because currently they are providing connection to users living in Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara, Niketon, Motijheel, Uttara, Dhanmondi and all adjacent area. I am satisfied with their connection so far and yes they are the true fiber optic broadband provider. Fiber optic cable doesn't mount directly to LAN card. A converter is used to convert the fiber optic to cat 5 which is then attached to the LAN card. Link3 placed two devices on my home; one is fiber optic joint box and another device is ONU device. I don't know what's the function of fiber optic joint box (you can google it out) but ONU devices is like a converter, they convert the fiber optic cable to cat-5 cable which then mounts to LAN card.

Fiber optic joint box

ONU device

The above images are taken from google. Now have a look how the connection is set up at my home.

Link3 provide the following package:

Night doubler packages are their main attraction. I am using 192/384 kbps package. Which means during the day I will get 192 kbps (24 kilobyte) and at night I will get 384 kbps (48 kilobyte) ! There are also other package available and you can choose any of them depending on your demand. Since I am a light internet user (not a power internet user) I chose the 192/384 options.

Bandwidth test demonstration:

I tested link3's bandwidth by speedtest during the day time (7am to 8pm) and at night (8pm to 7am). I obtained the following results:

        Daytime 0.19Mb/s (megabits per second) = 190kbps (kilobits per second) = 23.75 KB/s (kilobytes per second)                                                                   

        Nighttime 0.37Mb/s (megabits per second) = 370kbps (kilobits per second) = 46.25 KB/s (kilobytes per second)                                                                   

Monitoring by network meter gadget:


I repeat the test several times but shows the same result. The bandwidth doesn't fluctuate at all since the connection is through fiber optic !

Torrent speed:


Ping replies for zxonlinebd.com server:

Ping replies for home.bdgaming.net server:

The ping time ms shown on the images above explains that link3 is excellent for gaming. If you are looking for alternative to expensive wimax in Bangladesh like Qubee wimax or Banglalion wimax then link3 would be the best choice.