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Union Information and Communication Minister Dayananidhi Maran today said the Centre would “rewrite” the broadband policy, bidding adieu to 256 kbps speed limit and provide unlimited speed in January next.

Speaking after inaugurating Ericsson’s new research and development facility here, Mr Maran said as the country was moving towards an era of unlimited bandwidth, the policy was set for a major overhaul.

He said BSNL and MTNL were working on aggressive schemes to offer new bandwidth and unveil the same in January next.

“This will mean goodbye to the present 256 Kbps speed,” he said.

Mr Maran said while increasing the bandwidth, the department also wanted to increase the penetration of personal computers, which was still below the desired level.

By the year 2010, 500 million people in the country would be connected through either landlines or mobile, he said.

The DoT had drawn up massive plans to provide mobile connectivity in the rural areas, by setting up towers, using the universal service obligation fund of Rs 7000 crore, Mr Maran said.

mmm

here is the source of the news item : Link

Admin

Looks like Bsnl broadband is going to grow by leaps and bounds and leave all the competetors like sify, Reliance, Airtel broadband far behind with this unlimited bandwidth deal.

mmm

Here is a related news :
BSNL to offer broadband connectivity upto 2 mbps

actually BSNL has been offering broadband speed upto 1 mbps .
so the existing 256kbps minimum speed may be doubled (512kbps) .

now what is the use of this double speed if the data limits remain
the same (0.4 GB for Rs 250 and 1 GB for Rs 500) - perhaps the
unlimited broadband users may get benifit from this double speed ...

farmboy

Hi,

Actually the data limits are also being increased .

"Besides, the downloading limits under the company's home 250 and business 700 plans have been enhanced to one GB and four GB from 400 MB and two MB, respectively."


Have a look at the URL below :

The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Business


Harjot Singh

mmm

^ yes , we have been seeing similar news items in the media ...
let us hope for the best data limits for all BSNL Dataone plans .

BSNL bonanza
BSNL's 2 Mbps broadband @ Rs 250 a month

mbp

The speeds are music to my ears, but what I am pretty concerned about is the silence about whether the 256kpbs Unlimited plan will continue in its new avatar. 1 or 2 mbps Unlimited is pure heaven for the time being, does not really matter how much they want to charge, either continue with Rs900 or jack it up too.
Is there any info on this?

mmm

^ The unlimited dataone plans should remain
with 1 or 2 mbps speed . No confirmed details
are available yet ...

farmboy

It seems BSNL will automatically upgrade the 256 kbps connections to 1 or 2 MB and we dont need to anything further.

I also feel the monthly rates will remain same but rest time will tell

mbp

Hi mmm & Farmboy, thanks for the info. Maybe good things really do come to those who wait. Keep us posted on any breaking news on unlimited plans post Jan 1st.