India broadband

There are nearly 4 million broadband users in India and around a dozen broadband internet service providers. Last month, a survey on broadband usage in India conducted by PC World ended. Here are some interesting highlights from the survey results.

40 percent of the ones who participated in the survey have 256 Kbps connection. This is no surprise since not may seek a connection for more than mailings, chatting or a little surfing. A 256 Kbps connection proves to be comparatively reliable and meets the basic needs of the average internet user.

29 percent of the people have 2 Mbps connection. With big players like BSNL and Airtel extending offers to upgrade a 256 Kbps connection to a 2 Mbps connection, enthusiastic internet users are likely to go for the higher bandwidth.

49.6 percent people use the broadband connection to work from home. The working-from-home trend has picked up at a big scale in India lately. Thus, having a no-down broadband connection is needed.

Among other uses, online gaming and watching videos online are popular with internet enthusiasts. Of the participants in the PC World survey, 48.3 percent watch videos online and 30.2 percent indulge in games online. 84.1 percent people mentioned that they download media.

Good internet connection is still considered a luxury in India. The Indian government wants to change the perception. Last year, in April, the government of India announced that all Indian citizens will enjoy free broadband service by 2009. The Indian government’s offer comes from its confidence in its service providers, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL broadband) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL broadband).

The Indian government is set out to offer 2-Mbps broadband internet connectivity to the citizens of India. The government proposes to fund this scheme by using the money generated in the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). This fund collects 5% revenue from all telecom companies operating in the country.

State-transmitted broadband scheme is already available in several municipal areas in the United States. India will need to set up the requisite infrastructure for the success of this ambitious project in the country. The Department of Telecom (DoT) will be building an optical cable network across the country. The internet service providers operating in the country will be required to connect to the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI).

It will be a great boost to the Indian economic dream if this plan of the Indian government materializes. Let’s hope it does.

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   Airtel has announced thier new 8Mbps plans and are working on the new pricing right now.. according to the sources the price will be somewhere in the region of Rs2000-2500 per month but this speed comes with a few drawbacks one of them being a less then 10Gb cap for monthly usage which is a shame as with an 8mbps speed you can download that much within a few hours so I dont see much point in such speeds when you cant make full use of it.

Airtel has been strugling to give the promised speeds to those who have a 2Mbps connection so I am not sure how thier networks will cope with a massive surge in demand due to new 8Mbps rollout in the near future unless they have plans to make thier network better with new hardware and ofcourse a better customer service attitude. If you would like to discuss or read furthur about Airtel broadband please feel free to register at the broadband forum and share your views aswell.

Bsnl is going to launch thier first ever cdma services in Calcutta next month.Earlier bsnl only had WLL services but now cdma technology will be used in calcutta and will provide high speed internet access to any one who subscribes for it.BSNL is also doing trials of the new wimax technology at ten locations across the nation which are said to have been very succesful.BSNL is all set to launch thier wimax internet services across the nation but is waiting for the government to decide on the allocation of spectrum for wimax operations.

  The government of India is proposing to provide free 2mbps broadband to the entire nation by year 2009 and this is likely to be provided jointly by BSNL and MTNL broadband as MTNL broadband coves Newdelhi and Mumbai and BSNL broadband covers the rest of the nation.Government is proposing to connect the entire population with fiber optic cables and is going to allow resale of bandwidth in the near future.

This has cheered up the entire nation but the telecom operators and isp’s are biting thier nails in dispair.Telecom industry will see a huge decline in my opinion as I dont see any one using telephones when voip is the new C word.I would imagine even mobile operators would get burnt with advent of wifi phones which are already in use abroad.

Cant wait for free broadband:)Â Please feel free to leave your comments.