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My experience with Den Boomband | User Review

Read about my user experience with Den Boomband in North west Delhi. Should you go for it & finally relieve trusty MTNL from service? Find out now!

Well if you are a regular reader, you must have read that recently I switched from MTNL to a new ISP. As you must have read in the title, Yes! it’s Den Boomband. It’s been 1 month now so I felt the need to share my ownership experience and review for Den Boomband.

What is DEN Boomband?

Den Boomband is an offspring of its parent company Den Networks, which is India’s largest cable TV distribution company serving 13 million homes in over 200 cities. Last year around October, they decided to venture into Broadband market. Den brought a never seen before true 100 Mbps Superfast cable broadband service based on DOCSIS 3.0 technology to North India, So brownie points for the effort as I, being a Delhi guy, have experienced torture of extremely slow “broadband” speeds from MTNL.

Wait, what?! 100 Mbps?

If you talk about Bangalore, it has some of the best mind-boggling connections I have ever seen. During my short stay span of 3 months in the city, I got the chance to surf on a 100 Mbps line and god! I was blown. So, naturally, I never thought we will ever get a fraction of high-speed internet plans here in Delhi due to lack of competition.

Booking time…

One random day, I was coming back to home around noon from a friend’s place and I saw a promotional tent of “Den Boomband” in our society and it had a big bright banner saying “Now experience the limitless - 100 Mbps”! Oh boy! I steered my car in its direction like a dog steers to catch a bone, parked the car and asked for the whole deal. What? Why? Where? When? HOW? The sales guy simply smiled and handed me the brochure. Here’s how it looked:

Den Boomband tarrif plans Delhi
HEAVEN? o_O

Well before you judge me for my kiddish behaviour, let’s take things into perspective. At that time I was paying ₹999.00+Taxes to MTNL for 2 Mbps till 20 Gigs and then 512 Kbps unlimited and here if we take the closest plan to that, well! ₹900+Taxes for 20 Mbps till 30 Gigs and 1 Mbps unlimited after that. That’s ~12x better deal. You get my point! :)

So, I immediately called the sales guy to my home and booked a connection. The weird stuff is that you have to pay for 3 months in advance to save the Installation charges (₹600), as they would be applicable if connection is taken for 1 month only. I was pissed at this deadlock as I didn’t want to pay ₹600 extra (which are a lot for Installation charges IMHO) but was also sceptical about Den boomband service as I have had experience horror with Tikona Digital Networks by paying a 3 month advance rental for absolutely shit service. But good part is that, Den boomband will provide your their own Modem + Wireless router which is a plus!

Anyways, the payment was made via cheque and the sales guy promised that connection will be up and running in 2 days! Well, impressed already?! Or NOT! Let’s see..

2 days later..

No one came. From here, the whole experience went downside to hell and what followed was, can only be explained by “A Roller coaster(ish) experience”. I have documented it in my Open Letter to DEN Boomband post. This ordeal lasted for a week after literally 100s of calls and boat loads of emails.

Den boomband suffers from classic gap of communication between Sales people and Tech team as there is a huge difference in number of connections sold v/s number of connections actually installed!

Go on, give it a read and come back for continuation.

$> Skipping all the recursive stuff…
$> Fast forwarding to present!

Linux love! ;)

Some Speedtest.net results:

30 days later..

To be honest, despite bad initial experience, I am happy to say Den Boomband has managed to work really well. I didn’t notice any major downtimes expect a hiccup or two which was easily solved by rebooting the router. I got continuous 20 Mbps Down and ~2 Mbps Upload speed with ping <10 ms for most part. After 30 GB of usage, the speed was capped to 1 Mbps which is pretty decent if you have a bit of patience.

Pro-tip: If you go for 50 gigs plan, you get 2 Mbps unlimited after bandwidth cap finishes! ;)

20 Mbps is just awesome. 4K videos load in <2 seconds and 1080P doesn’t even take 1 second to stream. Throw any heavily bloated website (looking at you Verge), and it will just instantly render. Trust me when I say this - High speed internet is a bliss!

Bad part of Den boomband is that you are locked for first 3 months to the plan you chose while booking.

Oh yes, this is a flaw with Den Boomband process/management/idk, you can’t change your subscribed plan until your seed amount/tenure finishes (for me, 3 months). It feels restrictive as it’s basic human nature to go for the cheapest option when trying a new thing. I guess changing plans should be as easy as adding a-la-carte package in DishTV anytime. I am really looking forward to increase the bandwidth cap from 30 GB to 50 GB at the end of 3 months tenure.

Verdict time!

YES!

Go for it if it is available in your area (which may not be the case as they are in middle of expansion). I live in North-West Delhi and here also Den Boomband is not fully available.You can check the availability or dial 1800-419-8080 for same. It is the best bang of buck for any broadband ISP in Delhi AFAIK.

Just make sure you have a talk with customer care before throwing your money to the sales guy honey coated words, as there may be a possibility that basic setup is not even installed in your locality while salesmen are selling connections like no tommorow. Trust me it sucks when you pay for a SIM card and company hasn’t setup Signal towers yet. So wrapping up this review. I will make sure to update the post if we do see new advancements in same.


Do you have a superfast ISP? In Delhi? Works like a dream? Tell us about it. It may helps others make the decision. Also share your experience with Den Boomband! Cheers.

265 commentsfrom BitSnapper

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  1. Shailender

    By mistake we desideed to buy a new den connection on dated 3/5/2015 your sales person .ms. Manoj says we unable to give 7 days demo to you but we give 15 days extra usage , we agree & give payment to Mr. Manoj
    Mr.Manoj conform to me it will be installed on tomorrow but after many follow-ups finally installed on 8-5-2015 , after 5-6 days we found a unique problem with den boomband "after power cut your internet is not working "(we are using proper power backup) 2-3 times we called to customer care for resolving this complaint but no solution provided by den team.
    After few days we received one message from den " your account will be expired on 3-6-2015"
    But how can it possible because your installation date is 8-5-15 one month + 15 days it will be expired on 23 june... We called to customer care but they not given proper response , after 2-3 reminder they are agree to give 5 more days but not agree to give 15 days
    We call to Mr. Manoj more then 15-20 times in a week all the times he says it will be done tomorrow but tomorrow will never come, after that Mr. Manoj give me another phone no. & conform please contact Mr. Lalit he is my senior we call to Mr. Lalit but same result finally we rechare  our connection.

    After some days we called to Mr. Lalit ,again Mr. Lalit gives another no. Mr. Yogender, after talking with Mr. Yogender my problem is resolved in 4-5 hours.
    Now my den connectiong expire date is 23-7-15
    In between we are facing a new & unique problem with den , we unable to send mail by outlook & unable to access some chines sites.but all is working fine with other net. Airtel , tata. We called to customer care he says it will be resolved with in 5 hour but now aproxx 20 days are over but problem is not solved.also as per customer care my complaint is still pending.
    On dated 8-7-15 we received a mail from den "your account is deactivate" & my internet is stop working , we again call to customer care on dated 8-7-15 they says all are OK from our side it should be cable fault our tecnition will visit in 5 working hours we called more then 20 times to your customer care but no solution. We again call to customer care 11 -7-15 they said your one I'd l2 is deactivate & new is activatide so you are unable to use Internet , after 5 days customer care detect this problem.
    We called to Mr. Lalit & explane same .but no solution . after that we call to Mr. Yogender on dated 13-7-15 time aprox 1 pm , we explane to him my problem after 1 hour aprox 2.10 pm my internet is start working.surprise,  I think only one person is working in den team.
    But before one hour 1.30 am dated-14-7-15 den internet is stopped working.

    It's my worst experience with den boomband.

    No hope with den boomband, its my last mail to den team.
    User id-shailender_40327
    Name-shailender
    Ph-9312117080
    Complaint no
    ia201583
    iv203704
    ia213601
    in228272
    is229186
    ia181089
    ip235109
    Many time they not give complaint no because they forvered the mail.

    Mr.Manoj-9210442447 (responsible person but they have no power)
    Mr.Lalit- totally fake man
    Mr Yogender - responsible person

    Regards

    Best services
    Shailender Garg ( manager)
    9312117080

    1. Jatin Author

      Hello Shailender! This is sad to see you are having so much of trouble. Why don’t you write a mail at careboomband@denonline.in and put wecare@denonline.in in cc. DEN networks is the parent company. They surely would take it serious if their “new” subsidiary consumer is facing such problems. This should solve your problem. It will certainly help or else try raising your request on Twitter. Hope your problem gets solved soon.

    2. Aparna

      Den is the worst broadband service provider.I did booking for its wi-fi service on 14th september 2016 and they took money in advance.Later on at the time of installation they did not turn up with equipments .When finally after 5-6 days of payment they installed they put the modem outside our home in the verandah. They told they would be coming in 3 hrs but they didnot turn up till date.The wi-fi doesnot catches signal in our rooms.I called on daily basis for 20 days and got many complains registered but there was no solution. Every complain without any resolution were closed in 5-7 days.I would never recommend den boomband as it took my money and i couldnot use the service. They are cheaters, irresponsible and disgusting broadband service provider

  2. s4sun

    Q-boomband hai jahaa, kya aap hai wahaa?
    Answer:- Nahi nahi hona bhi nahi chaha ta .
    choor mera paisa waa pis karo

    1. Jatin Author

      Funny guy! :P :D

  3. s4sun

    I am very dissapointed with the service provided by Den boom band, last month on 30th June 2015, I paid Rs 2,565 for three months plan to one of your agent Raju. he assure me that the very next day the engineer will come an install the device, hoping that someone will turn up.. i waited and even did not go for work however nobody turn up i did not even relieve a phone call. On 2nd of July i called the Agent Raju, about the concern however he was very rude he said not to disturb him because its his off and to call the customer service, i a very rude manner, i called the customer service they told me that the engineer will come the next day , again no one turn up.. i waited and waited still no one turn up, i did not even receive any phone call, Lastly i gave up all hope and call the customer service to cancel the service, they told me that the request has been processed and the money will be refunded within 15 days, the customer service agent also told me that since the device has not been installed at all the money will be definitey refunded with 15 days.. after 15 days i call numerous times i had a word with Sonali, Mandeep, Manish and many more agent but they all are incapable . the only thing the Den Boomband representative know is to put the customer on hold and and just say the same thing that i will get the money within 24hrs. the surprising part was when i ask for supervisor or manager evreytime they use to say the supervisor are not available, or else they will only say supervisor will call back within 25 hrs, but no one use to call me. every time they would say a compliant has been mail, but nothing happens Its rely pathetic service. i am soo tired of calling the Den boom band customer service they are of no help. i am just asking my hard earn money back . why you people are not able to help me , today is 22nd of july still i did not receive my money and if i call the customer service again they will say those scripted word "i understand your concern, a complaint has been mail to the concern department ,will receive the refund amount within 24 hrs " this is Heights. called on I am soo tired an disappointed , i regretted why i opted for your servic
    I ONLY GET COMPLAINT NUMBER WITH NO RESOLUTION. I WAS SUPPOSE TO GET THE REFUND WITH 15 DAYS NOW ITS BEEN MORE THAN 25 DAYS WHEN I AM GONNA GET MY REFUND , CUSTOMER SERVICE ALWAYS SAYS I WILL GET THE REFUND WITHIN 24 HRS WHEN EVER I CALL .... YOU PEOPLE STEAL MONEY ITS COMPLETELY FRAUD SERVICE PROVIDER YOU SHOULD BE PENALISED FOR THAT. COMPLAINT NUMBER I HAVE IS
    1) CAS-06701-L2W3S7
    2) CAS- 1263-C6X0
    3) CAS-12631-H6V2
    4) CAS-07263-N2H2M3
    5)CAS- 08212-Q6G6F9

    PLEASE RESOLVED IT

    1. Jatin Author

      Hi S4Sun (if that;s your name)!

      Sad for you to face a lot of problems like this. However, since this is just a blog of a guy like you, I would suggested you to register a complaint and follow up. But seeing you have been through that route already, so maybe it's time to go extreme. Just drop the excerpt above to their email and go for a formal complaint. Make sure you have all the documents and receipts given to you during the time of booking.

      Just call their support one last time and tell them you are preparing to file a Consumer grievance suit and demand to talk to the Manager/Incharge. Good luck with it. :mrgreen:

  4. Jitender

    Den Boomband Services are pathetic they are really useless service providers with unqualified engineers and no guarantee of turn around time - they can't be relied upon - want to say utmost disregard full words but lets see do they make India proud or they are the one of the money making bastards.

    1. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

      You can't be too sure. ;)

  5. Tanmoy Maji

    It is pathetic experience with the services of Den. I applied for broadband connection and after4-5 days of application technical team came to my house for installation and said there is not feasible to install broadband at my house. It shows the communication level of sales team with the technical team. With no alternative I requested for refund of money and I was said that it would get refunded within 15 days. Even after 20 days refund is not processed and I have no other option other that following up with customer care. It is just pathetic experience with services. Please re-think before getting their connection !!!
    Tanmoy Maji

    1. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

      Hello Tanmoy,
      I agree. I mentioned the same in my post - http://bitsnapper.com/den-boomband-problems-review-delhi/

      The communication gap in Sales and Technical team is simply preposterous. Sales people are only concerned about selling as many as connections possible to meet their target which shows poor customer concern.

      I hope you get the refund soon. Let us know. You can also tweet them about this. It may help move things faster. :)

  6. DILEESH

    I was my worst exp that I didnt even get the connection after payments..for first two days their was response aftr onwards on response at all..it was really frustrating..if you cant make the conection..pls give my payment back..

    1. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

      Hi Dileesh, You won't get anything by ranting here. Call, Email, Tweet them using the methods shared below! :idea:

    2. DILEESH

      Go to hell you .... ... ... ....

      1. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

        Lol! Are you stupid? I am just a user like you and am not affiliated to DEN in any other way. *smh*

  7. Uttam

    This guy who created this blog, is most likely a marketing guy from this pathetic internet service provider "DEN Networks".To the general public, i wont say that you don't buy this connection, but please before throwing away your money, read or research about this ISP. I had my experience with DEN for 2 years now but within last 4 months it feels like people in DEN networks are getting out of their limits its like that they are promising something that they can never keep up with, after 4 months of followups (for just to re-instate the connection) i get text messages on my regd. # which says:- Pay for 3 months and get additional 3 months free; 6 months and get additional 6 months free. Now i wonder as to how these people fail to realize that if they cant even keep up with 1 months of payment, how do they expect people to shell out money for 3/6 months. So to me it surely looks like just another "PONZIE Scheme" in Indian market.

    PS:- As far as those stupid CAS #'s are concerned, even i don't remember now how many of those i have.

    1. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

      WOW! Uttam you seem like a incredibly stupid guy. :)

      I will suggest you to actually start reading stuff before pointing fingers on anyone. I don't care how you feel about DEN or infact any other company but before coming up on my blog, just read the post and author description before writing rubbish.

      Good luck!

      1. sushant harit

        Hi Jatin,

        I am also facing same issue with my den boomband connection. Also the same customer service, Please can you help me around to get my issues noticed and addressed properly??

        Sushant
        8130887967

        1. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

          Hi Sushant!

          I missed your comment. Hope your problem is resolved?

  8. mohd ali khan

    Worse service known as DEN BOOMBAND.
    1 mahine se mera den boomband hack hain.
    Meine 10 bar complain ki lekin koi nahi aaya thik karne. Aaj tak koi nahi aaya...
    Aur abhi connection quit k liye request ki hain
    Abhi tak koi nahi aaya..
    Please help me to get rid off this useless Den wifi

    1. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

      Hacked? Whoa. Just change the password already! :P

  9. pankaj

    I want to new connection of den boomband. But here only negative feedback is mention, so I m confused to install or not...??????????

    1. DeepakSiwal

      Mat lo........ service is just like hell, they feel no responsibility for the customers......

    2. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

      Depends on your locality. It's a new company. You may or may not get to struggle. Ask around in your neighbourhood or ask for a trial connection from Den Boomband. :)

      1. Rohit Arora

        Hey Jatin pls... tell me is Den broadband is good near Loni, U.P. area I have Shop there...

        1. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

          Hello Rohit. I am sorry I have no idea about Loni as I am resident of North-West Delhi. Perhaps you can check in your neighbourhood or ask for a 7 day trial from DEN boomband to judge it yourself. :)

  10. basant singh

    Aap jasi gandi company mene aaj tak nhi dekhi jo pais bhi lane nhi aa skti hai or na hi asi employes jo itne laperwa hai jine koi request bhi bnani nhi aati 9/10/15 ko 1 request dali thi ghar se paise le jao or net chalu ker do per abhi tak na to koi aaya or na hi kisi ne call ki or jab costumer cear me call ki tab pta chali ki request sahi nhi bani thi aap dubara se request dalo kya hai ye kam kerne ka trika or ab me aap ki service chodna chahta ho or aap k device ko ghar se baher diwar se latka diya or ab meri device ki koi jime wari nhi hai or mera nam basant singh hai

    1. Jatin Kumar Malik Author

      Oh okay.

      p.s: Ranting here may or may not help you, but complaining to customer care will. Good day.

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