AP gov plans 15 Mbps broadband service at Rs 150/month

[Sushubh]

bsnl for me had better customer support than reliance. automated call center meant that i could file a complaint within 2 minutes. reliance on the other hand keeps me waiting for as long as 20 minutes.

 

[fairusagepfft]

I have had similar experiences with Reliance. I tried BSNL 3-4 years ago though, so maybe things have changed since then.

 

[Sushubh]

I can speak for myself. I have zero chance of getting fiber internet in my area because I live in an independent house which already has connectivity from three wired service providers. Companies investing in infrastructure are focusing on societies where they can cover a larger area with as little investment as possible. This means that only newer societies with high rise buildings are likely to benefit from the fresh investments for a while to come.

So the focus needs to be on the government to push the telecom companies to raise their standard of quality for everyone. And one thing that can be done is to implement their own telecom policy on schedule. 2mbps is supposed to become the minimum broadband speed in 2015. Looking at how things are, it might take the government 2-3 years before they can get the telecom operators to accept this.

 

[fairusagepfft]

In my area, there are like 90% bungalows, and I have the Reliance Jio fiber laying work going on right in front of my house. But yeah, I'm in Nagpur, and there are next to no high rise buildings here.

I think they should have 2mbps minimum acceptable speed. For instance, I have a 3.1 mbps Reliance connection, and have yet to see a speed over 1 mbps. 2 mbps should be the minimum speed you get, no matter what, and it should be made the minimum FUP downgrade speed, ie, you can't downgrade below 2mbps beyond FUP usage either. I guess I'm asking for too much though, since BSNL itself has 80kbit speeds post FUP on their 3G plans.

 

[Sushubh]

India currently has 512mbps as the minimum broadband speeds. According to Telecom Policy set in 2012, 2mbps is supposed to become the minimum broadband speeds in 2015. This is for wired connectivity. And this does not stop telecom companies from packages with slower speeds. It is just for plans that are marked as broadband.

 

[Sushubh]

Here is the document Go through it. This is what defines broadband for us

Source

 

[dextermorgan]

Competition is good for business.

Example is hyderabad. Beam came and forced every other ISP (including bsnl,Airtel and hathaway) to offer 10mbps + plans.

Without competition, BSNL would still be stuck at 1 mbps.

 

[kanagadeepan]

10Mbps Unlimited Broadband for Rs150/- ***FUP limit 150MB, I guess... Still a better plan (Rs150 unlimited 512kbps) than BSNL's regular BB plans, imho...

 

[chaibiskutbhai]

FUP 150MB?