India broadband

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is the leading broadband service provider in India. Owned by the government of India, BSNL has the widest reach among all internet service providers operating in the city.

DataOne, a broadband service provided by broadband already covers more than 700 cities in the country. This September will see broadband reaching more than twenty thousand rural locations like panchayats, zila parishads, and district headquarters connect to the rest of the world through broadband, that is, when BSNL’s new, ambitious project materializes.

The service provider will employ advanced software technology for making this plan come alive. BSNL is also looking at making the telecom and broadband usage more cost-effective for its consumers.

Apart from this rural-reach plan, BSNL has quite a number of plans in its kitty. Extensive fiber networks across the country and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are just to name a couple of its plans. BSNL will be employing 3G telecom networks all over the country.

With government of India’s dream to offer free, high-speed broadband to all the citizens of India by 2009, I wonder what would happen to the other service providers in the country. They must gear up for the challenge.

Airtel broadband advantages

Airtel broadband service is considered to have a more organized, better customer support as compared to that provided by BSNL.

Airtel comes equipped with extra features, luring customers with varied interests. Airtel has recently come up with an on-demand usage scheme wherein the customer pays for as much as he/she uses. This plan will help Airtel stand strongly against less expensive service providers like BSNL.

BSNL broadband advantages

Thanks to the dedicated and wide network, BSNL’s broadband service has a wider reach compared to any service provider operating in India. The service reaches even the rural areas, unlike other major service providers.

BSNL’s broadband service is considered to be more cost-effective that other broadband service providers, making it a popular choice in an economical perspective.

Airtel broadband drawbacks

Compared to BSNL’s broadband service, the Airtel broadband service requires its subscribers to shell out more money.

BSNL broadband drawbacks

BSNL broadband’s popularity has made people queue up for its service. However, the long delay in getting a broadband connection may actually deflect the pursuers to another broadband service provider.

BSNL has not been known for its customer service. Its poor customer support is credited to its state-owned status.

Both the services are popular in their own right.

 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.

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.