Would BSNL launch new plans to counter Reliance Jio Fiber Truly Unlimited Plans?

[shashankb]

Jio has full automation around deployment, custom CPE devices, very strick SOPs whereas on BSNL there is nothing of that sort, each LCO deploys equipment, cabling etc as per his wish. There is no scope for manual error on Jio, you connect the device it auto provisions and is good to go. You could understand the diversity in case of BSNL, just by looking at the type of issues BSNL customers face with respect to configuration of their ONT, telephone etc.

So Jio can definitely succeed, whereas BSNL's last mile quality would heavily depend on the LCO.

The BSNL ONT`s are an example . very bad in handling any speed more than 100 Mbps. Their Admin interfaces are like a School kid`s HTML project

 

[philip]

But that's because jio is almost 90 percent giving direct connections rather than lco route. I think the situation would be more or less as same as bsnl when jio starts the lco route if they are willing to do in that way. Since not all lco may not be interested in upgrading their equipments or neither will they have the money to do so

 

[Adithya]

Knowing jio, they'll probably help LCO's upgrade their equipment, they'd split the costs.

Varkey's Jio - BSNL comparison sounds exactly like iOS - Android. One is so heavily controlled that they can fix things faster, upgrade faster, optimised to the last bit of performance and battery life, but lacks diversity and uniqueness. They're all the same. Apple devices just work, Jio auto provisions .

Android due to it's diverse nature, depends on so many chip makers, phone manufacturers, that google can not just change or upgrade something as fast, not even play services could help much. How many people are even aware of Nearby Share lol. But they are open, customisable, it's perfect for enthusiasts.

Sometimes I wish high speed unlimited internet came from a black box which we don't have to tweak all the time and sometimes I want to tweak everything. Weird.

 

[Gaurav15]

LCO route is not same with all ISPs. With BSNL, it only gives access to LCOs. LCOs use their own OLTs, ONTs etc. Airtel on the other hand gives its own OLTs ONTs to LCOs and handles all configuration on them. LCO only lays and manages cables. This is how Airtel and BSNL LCO models work in my city at least.

 

[varkey]

But that's because jio is almost 90 percent giving direct connections rather than lco route. I think the situation would be more or less as same as bsnl when jio starts the lco route if they are willing to do in that way. Since not all lco may not be interested in upgrading their equipments or neither will they have the money to do so

Not really, if BSNL had come up with a strict SOP and also enforces it, then it is definitely doable. There are such systems in other countries too, where the internet service and technology is provided by one company, and the last mile connectivity is by a similar LCO. The equipment, provisioning etc is all done by the main technology provider and the equipment, CPE devices etc should be as per their SOP.

BSNL took the easy way out, which resulted in this. If they had invested in the technology, automation, custom or standardised hardware, it would be a different scenario altogether.
Airtel is in a way doing that with the LCO model. And I'm sure Jio even with LCO would enforce their SOP, else the system simply won't work.

 

[greghouse]

their bookmyfiber website almost never works.

heck it doesnt even load google maps correctly

 

[Adithya]

Because it isn't Google Maps

Makes sense, they don't need a map on that page, could've used something else as background image.

 

[sloj]

They had google maps though. But it was in demo mode or something. Someone thought it's too much work and instead pasted an image and called it a day.

 

[philip]

Not really, if BSNL had come up with a strict SOP and also enforces it, then it is definitely doable. There are such systems in other countries too, where the internet service and technology is provided by one company, and the last mile connectivity is by a similar LCO. The equipment, provisioning etc is all done by the main technology provider and the equipment, CPE devices etc should be as per their SOP.

BSNL took the easy way out, which resulted in this. If they had invested in the technology, automation, custom or standardised hardware, it would be a different scenario altogether.
Airtel is in a way doing that with the LCO model. And I'm sure Jio even with LCO would enforce their SOP, else the system simply won't work.

It will be probably due to the bsnl lack of cashflow due to which they are unable to set any common standards for the lco setup and all. If that's the case they will now have hard time convincing the lcos to upgrade neither do they any cash flow to upgrade the lco equipment on their own , although bsnl backend is pretty strong.

 

[shashankb]

Does anyone have any update on the new Unlimited plans (if they are launching) ?