India broadband

In today’s world, no business is well established without the connection of the Internet. Even almost every household has the Internet connection, as it opens up so many opportunities. At present there are many ways of getting connected to the outer world through the Internet. These include a local area network connection, a modem, a cable modem or a digital subscriber line (DSL). However, these days, people prefer to go for the DSL option because it comes with a lot of advantages.

First of all, it is easy to get a DSL connection, as it makes use of the same cables of your phone line. You do not need any extra wires to stay connected to the outer world. Due to this kind of setup, you can also make calls through your phone simultaneously while working on the web. This means, through one setup you can use both your phone and the Internet connection as well. Another important advantage of using the DSL is that it gives you a better speed. Instead of conventional 56 Kbps, you get a speed of 1.5 Mbps with DSL.

The installation of the DSL is very easy because there is nothing much required except your phone line. Moreover, the modem is provided by the DSL service provider only. So, this means you do not even have to pay for the modem. On the other hand, there are some disadvantages too. The speed of the DSL depends a lot on the distance between the PC and the provider’s central office. Secondly, the data that you receive is faster than what you send.

However, with the increase in the demand of the Internet, many other high-tech services are coming to the upfront. For instance, T1 lines are taking over the DSL connection. It gives better speed, which helps in improving any business. So, depending upon your needs, you can decide whether to go for the DSL connection or not.

Discuss about different internet service providers at India broadband forum

I have been here in India for some time now and I think its about time I go back to UK and get my act together I have booked my ticket for next month… Yeh Virgin Atlantic.. you guessed it right Its the airhostesses.. not the fare which makes me go back to them every time.
I had a blueyonder broadband connection there which I got disconnected when I came to India as I didint want to pay for it when I was in India as it was a long trip this time around. I have spent this long hot and sweaty summer in Delhi and would love to go back to the damp cold and wet weather which does feel lovely for a few days after you get out of an oven which New Delhi is in summers..

Crap apart I am going to be without a broadband connection for a few days when I get to UK and as far as I know isp’s like bethere and ukonline who provide fast connections are still not available in Crawley (thats where I live) so I will have to put up with whatever is available like bt which is somethign I dont like due to a bitter experience a few years back and then there is blueyonder which has been alright but they are going to take a lot of time to get my connection up and running .. last time it took almost a week and I dont have a week to spare as I need the net 24/7 Yeh call me a geek if you like but thats how I make my living

As I was struggling to find out what all isp’s are available in Crawley my beautiful friend Anne shows up on messenger and told me about this broadband site which lets you see which all broadband providers are available in a given area and all you need to do is enter your post code and you get a list of what all is on offer by different isps and what is available for you to choose from with all the speacial offers and all those all singing and dancing packages they have for you. I am going for virgin media this time which has got some great offers and is very reasonably priced.. I would have gone for a 24meg connection from bethere but they are still not available in my area in westsussex.

Having said all the above I will have to wait for a few days before my connection is provided by virgin media as my flat is locked so I would need a way to connect to the WWW as soon as I land in UK because I also manage my own servers and with no one to help me on that front I have to have my e-mails accisible 24/7 as help comes at a price and I would rather blow that money in a pub instead of paying it to some server management firm who do nothing except for taking instructions from you and monitoring your server which any one with a little linux experience can do him/her self. I am going to get mobile broadband for starters when I get to UK and use it untill I get my wired broadband and this mobile broadband thing will also come in handy when I am travelling so it wont be a waste of money I guess.

Virgin media also provides wireless broadband which means they will provide you with a modem and a wireless router so you can use your wifi phone or laptop in and around your house without having to plug in a cable. I am planning to get this wireless router so I can use skype on my mobile phone when I am at home.

If you have any better ideas for me please leave your comments… And lastly I thank Anne for giving me such a wonderful idea Muaaaaahhhh.

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.

With one of the largest IP Networks in the world, Tiscali is one of the top

Phone providers and Broadband in Europe and the UK. It provides high - speed, reliable Internet, and quality telephone services to more than 3 million homes and offices.

Customers of Tiscali Internet enjoy numerous advantages including lightning Broadband speed ranging up to 8Mb, cheap connection fee and rental charges, email anti – virus & anti - spam software for email - both offered free of charge. Besides, Customers listen to pop concerts featuring some of the top artists in the UK performing exclusive programs for Tiscali. They also gain access to UK’s biggest libraries of sports, news, travel, shopping, lifestyle, and lot more and latest updates from the world of Movie and Entertainment.

Primarily, there are two Packages categorized in terms of Broadband speed namely 2Mb & 8Mb Speed. These packages come in the form of Broadband, Broadband and phone, Broadband & TV and Business Broadband. Both 2Mb & 8Mb Packages comprise Web space of 100Mb, mail storage capacity of 1GB, static IP address, Router with Fire wall protection and Domain name. In addition to these two packages, it presents two core Business Broadband products namely Tiscali Business 2000 and the Tiscali Business Max Unlimited, the latter being the more popular form of Package.

With a contention ratio of 50: 1 it offers Bandwidth that extends up to the range of 8192kbps, Web space of 100Mb, Email storage of 1GB,  anti – virus scanning and spam - filtering options, Firewall with router and Domain. Tiscali dial - up Home packages consists of two options namely Dial up Pay as you go and Dial up any time with Tiscali Accelerator product absolutely free of charge. Special extra packages that come in the form of 2Mb and 8Mb packages are all-round packages that offer unlimited usage every month.

Tiscali Broadband Service Provider’s key area of focus has been its Technical and Customer Service operation. Satisfied Customers attribute its success to its efficient Services of Tech support Team that operates round the clock. Its ever – growing Customer base is a clear indication of its tremendous success story as an ISP in the UK and Europe. 

ISPs are nothing but service providers who enable users to get connected to the World Wide Web. There a many internet providers in UK, and across the world. They provide dial up or broadband connections to the Internet. While dial up provides very less speed (56kbps), broadband allows minimum 512kbps speed and a maximum up to 24 MB. Broadband connection options are either via phone (ADSL) or cable. Dial up connections are being replaced by broadband nowadays, as more and more people appreciate its advantages.

The Internet Service Providers compete mainly in the speed provided and price charged. Other aspects include reliability, package benefits, customer support, free stuff offered etc. Some offer free broadband, as they believe that since the same line is used for both phone and broadband, phone alone needs to be charged and broadband offered for free. Business broadband costs more because of it wider range of features and support. There are several providers in the UK offering all these services. BT, AOL, Pipex, BE, PlusNet, Tiscali, Toucan, UK Online etc, are some of the popular providers in UK. Internet service is also combined with other services like phone, digital TV, mobile etc. These are called as broadband bundles. Virgin Media is the first to incorporate all these options and is known as the pioneer in “quad play”

An association called “The Internet Services Providers’ Association” (ISPA UK) is a trade association fro UK ISPs. It was established in 1995 and is responsible for regulation and development of the Internet industry.

BT is the world’s oldest and a global leader in providing communications solutions to 170 countries. BT’s core businesses include telecommunications, networked IT services, internet products and services and broadband.

BT’s broadband connectivity is offered via three options - Option 1, 2 and 3. Contracts for 12 or 18 months are applicable and longer the contract lesser the price. Whatever be the contract length, the first three or six months (depending on the option chosen) are charged lesser than the subsequent ones. A standard wired router or wireless BT Home Hub accompany the package. The broadband speeds are up to 8MB and download limits are either 5GB, 8GB or unlimited. A BT Hub Phone and unlimited Wi-Fi minutes are available along with Option 3 alone, whereas other options allow 250 or 350 minutes only. Basic or advanced Norton security is also provided.

Features common to all options are the availability of BT Vision, 24/7 customer support, 5GB free online storage, evening and weekend UK calls. The security features include email anti-virus protection and parental controls.

Consumer Reviews of BT Broadband packages have been postive most of the time, with some occasional customer service complaints.
BT broadband can be connected via a BT landline or non-cable telephone line. When the usage allowance is exceeded for two months continuously a charge of 30p per excess GB is levied, starting on the second month. Depending on the choice of connectivity you will receive a welcome pack that contains a microfilter, BT Home Hub, BT Hub Phone and an installation CD and if required an engineer will install the broadband connection. After an order is placed, the connection will be established in 5 working days and orders can be placed via the website or phone.

Wimax connections in India are expected to touch the 21 million mark by 2014 as per forecasts and most operators are now expected their large scale wimax operations in 2008. Reliance wimax is already operational at a few places in India including Bangalore and Pune and is planning a large scale deployment in the next year. India looks all set to become one of the largest wimax markets in the world although Pakistan has left India far behind for the time being but by next year India will probably have the largest number of wimax connections in the world. I am all excited about wireless broadband being available in Delhi by next year and with that the freedom of being anywhere in Delhi and being able to do my work from my car even while traveling as it used to be a pain with gprs which takes ages to load a page.

    You must have heard me saying bad things about sify broadband all the time but I have something nice to say about sify broadband today and that is they have completed a month this time without me having to call customer service about any problem. Not that there were no problems its just that they were too little for me to pick up the phone and talk to sify’s less then competent staff. I only had a few disconnections and the connection was back up and running within a few seconds so it didn’t bother me that much. I hope sify wimax is launched as soon as possible so we don’t have to rely upon these cable operators any more.

I hope sify keeps up with this and gives even better service in future. To discuss more about sify please visit sify broadband forum.

Reliance data card : There are a lot of wireless internet options available in India now for instance airtel data card and hutch data cards which has now changed to vodafone data card and tata indicom and reliance are also offering wireless internet at very affordable rates but when compared to UK prices are still very high in India as one can get a wireless broadband connection using 3g technology at £10 per month from 3g and Vodafone and speeds are faster then 256kbps with the added advantage o being able to go anywhere within the UK.

I have got this reliance wireless data card and to be honest I don’t like it that much when I compare the speed with what I get in UK as some pages take ages to open leave alone establishing an ftp connection with my servers…

I normally have to do a lot of ftp work as I have a number of clients for whom I take care of their servers located in Germany and USA which obviously require me to have a good internet connection all the time although I have a team of guys working 24/7 but there are still some problems which they cannot take care of themselves and have to refer those problems to me. I am now looking at buying a teaming software and have at least three wireless connections one another laptop and use a LAN network on another laptop so that I would get access to the best network at all times but then this comes with its own set of problems for example if I am doing some work on a server I will be logged out every time my ip address changes.. I guess will wait for 3g for the time being reliance data card is doing the trick.

Just for info: Mahape has the most number of reliance data card subscribers.

 I recieved this e-mail from one Mr Jawahar Sharma and found it quite funny so I will share this with all of you I hope Mr Sharma wont mind.

When I surf the BSNL Site 1st time about 4-5 months back I found that BSNL is No. 1 ISP in India. I ask my son to apply for the connection.
Now even 4 Months had been passed to applied for connection. Still waiting for the connection. When we tried for the refund of connection charges we get the reply for refund you have to wait for another 2 months.

Jai Ho BSNL the No. 1 ISP of India
Jai Ho Mera Bharat Mahaan
Jai ho BSNL OFFICIALs

Mr Sharma is now a member at bsnl broadband forum so come in to have  chat if you like.