Trai wants ISPs to cut net user club to ensure speed

Trai wants ISPs to cut net user club to ensure speed

Painfully slow internet speed, a frequent complaint of broadband and dial-up net users in India, may soon be addressed. Telecom regulator Trai wants regulations in place to ensure that internet service providers (ISPs) provide connections based only on the capacity of traffic they can carry.

Trai is of the view that most ISPs compromise on quality by accommodating a higher number of subscribers, thus affecting broadband speeds and congesting networks. This move comes as the regulator has been flooded with complaints that broadband/dial-up speeds are almost always lower than those promised by the operators.

Trai has also said the regulations would also protect the interests of consumers and thus, enhance customer satisfaction. Justifying its plan, Trai said, “The concept of virtual office and remote office is gaining popularity. E-Commerce, e-health, video world, virtual tours and e-marts are some of the other emerging popular applications requiring huge bandwidth which are time-sensitive. In such a scenario, quality of service is of prime importance.”

The number of high-speed Internet connections an ISP can support depends on the bandwidth availability. The regulator also wants certain guidelines that will specify the ratio between the number of customers per unit bandwidth, which is known as contention ratio.

As per international practices, the average contention ratio for a home user package is 50:1 and that for business package is 20:1.

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Trai wants ISPs to cut net user club to ensure speed- Internet -Infotech-The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Painfully slow internet speed, a frequent complaint of broadband and dial-up net users in India, may soon be addressed. Telecom
regulator Trai wants regulations in place to ensure that internet service providers (ISPs) provide connections based only on the capacity of traffic they can carry.

Trai is of the view that most ISPs compromise on quality by accommodating a higher number of subscribers, thus affecting broadband speeds and congesting networks. This move comes as the regulator has been flooded with complaints that broadband/dial-up speeds are almost always lower than those promised by the operators.

Trai has also said the regulations would also protect the interests of consumers and thus, enhance customer satisfaction. Justifying its plan, Trai said, “The concept of virtual office and remote office is gaining popularity. E-Commerce, e-health, video world, virtual tours and e-marts are some of the other emerging popular applications requiring huge bandwidth which are time-sensitive. In such a scenario, quality of service is of prime importance.”

The number of high-speed Internet connections an ISP can support depends on the bandwidth availability. The regulator also wants certain guidelines that will specify the ratio between the number of customers per unit bandwidth, which is known as contention ratio.

As per international practices, the average contention ratio for a home user package is 50:1 and that for business package is 20:1.

The last two lines I have put up in bold because I'm skeptical of the contention ratios they are saying as international practices. I think/feel they would be much lower.

Duplicate posts are merged - the first thread became the main thread. Sorry, shirish.

This will increases prices aswell

i think decision implementation will take a lot of time.

Actually...this won't go anywhere just like all the other "news" that we get to heat from the TRAI

TRAI has not been given adequate administrative and quasi-judicial powers. As a result, TRAI is gradually been exposed as a toothless tiger. And the Pvt. Co.s are taking customers for a ride.
Everyone knows what happened with the DNC Registry thing. The telemarketeers are still ahving a field day calling at the most inappropriate moments.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

TRAI has not been given adequate administrative and quasi-judicial powers. As a result, TRAI is gradually been exposed as a toothless tiger. And the Pvt. Co.s are taking customers for a ride.
Everyone knows what happened with the DNC Registry thing. The telemarketeers are still ahving a field day calling at the most inappropriate moments.

very truly said ...

the main aim for TRAI for some time to come is to improve service for the present users and not concentrate much on attracting new users ... the low speed connections are being lifted slowly while the high speed unlimited connections dont at all seem to be getting cheaper ...

Originally Posted by panchabhut

Everyone knows what happened with the DNC Registry thing. The telemarketeers are still ahving a field day calling at the most inappropriate moments.

The calls have stopped, at least for me.
But they've found a new way of selling their schemes...annoying SMSes.

Low user base does work to your advantage.
Not many reliance customers in my area & speeds have remained reliable.

Originally Posted by powerdoc

The calls have stopped, at least for me.
But they've found a new way of selling their schemes...annoying SMSes

I thought DNC/DND included calls as well as messages. Thats what i was told by Vodafone and BSNL CC.

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

I thought DNC/DND included calls as well as messages. Thats what i was told by Vodafone and BSNL CC.

yes u r right ... DND alone is enough to block such annoying calls/smss

i wish there were better policies by the governement for internet users in India