Mukesh Ambani Broadband Co 4G Test

[auroraPWN]

@ankur s lol what you need to understand is that for world class infrastructure you need to spend tons of money to upgrade everything ...in india this is not possible since a high percentage of the population lives BPL and also has no access to education or proper living conditions. So if you were to only consider the metropolitan cities of india because of the rigid topography and the mindless planning of the cities it is very difficult to implement fixed line services and due to the restrictions and the bad polcies of the goverment it is very expensive to run and mantain a wireless network. Setting up broadband in this country is a very difficult task.... you need to bribe lots of people have right contacts and the list goes on.... the LTE will start in a few months time... i was in bombay when i saw the qualcomm LTE demo and it was promising. But again like every other technology the prices and services are expensive initially and then the dive down ... The main problem with having wireless internet is the latency , the cost of maintaining the towers and the fear of security. Wireline internet is pretty safe because most of the cabling is underground or through the top of the electric poles..... but with wireless if you have the right know how... its pretty easy to access everything . LTE will be a better option for india as it supports the 3G and 4G networks as well, so that operators can upgrade their internet services as and when required on need basis. But the main question lies .... is introduction of new technology feasible? or the ISP's in india should move towards first providing the maximum services possible on the current hardware at cheap prices and then upgrade?

 

[Jaymin]

Frankly speaking i am Pleasantly shocked if this is true.....Coz at a time when 3G still isnt launched properly, 4G is being tested!!

 

[Sushubh]

duh. you do realize that it is better that newer technologies are tested and launched faster? 3G launch has been delayed massively. and even after launch, it has been more or less a disaster. with government blocking video calling already! anyways. from some angles, cdma companies have been providing 3G type services for a long time now here in india.

 

[Jaymin]

C'mon where did i criticise it?? I just said that "I am PLEASANTLY shocked".......that means i am happy at this sudden testing of 4G - i surely know it will bring in better speeds!!

 

[Sushubh]

better speeds is a joke. what we need is better pricing of bandwidth delivered to end customer.

 

[Jaymin]

Yeah thats implied....when we say better speeds - it only implies that Better Speeds AT SIMILAR PRICES!!

 

[Sushubh]

mmm whats the user of better speeds at similar prices when they reduce the data that you can consume? airtel new packages offer better speeds at similar pricing. but with their new FUP limits, you end up doing less while paying the same amount.

 

[Jaymin]

U r making me post all the implied assumptions in my Original Post!! Even this wouldnt be implied??

 

[rj27]

The govt. definitely needs to act on time to catch up with the world in terms of broadband speeds, penetration & affordability. Though they have auctioned 3 blocks of 20MHz of spectrum in the 2300 MHz band but they also need to make available the spectrum in 450-800 MHz band which is ideal for rural deployment. Even though the operators will be coming with the LTE or Wimax services, the major challenge will be to ensure the indoor coverage as the frequency band of 2300 MHz used for BWA & 2100 Mhz for 3G are vulnarable to loss over distance and end up with poor indoor coverage. And our incumbent operators are not ready to install more BTS just becoz some customers are suffering.One thing that looks like a good thing for we people is that with the launch of 3G by 4 operators in every circle & 3 BWA operators i.e. 7 operators in wireless broadband sector can definitely become a ground of another price war for acquiring more broadband customers. Let's just hope for the best !!!!!

 

[gaurang08]

From where are you getting 2mbps unlimited plans becoz we can't find even 1mbps plans without FUP from 90 % of the ISPs. Today only MTNL, BSNL 3G & Reliance wired broadband are offering plans without crappy FUPs. & they don't cover even 20 % of broadband users. All of them are stuck at 256 unlimited or 512nlimited at max.

yes i have a reliance wireline connection giving me 1mbps at day and 2 mbp at night unlimited without any FUPs .. hopefully Mukesh Ambanis broadband company will change broadband in India like how their mobile phones did ..