Broadband at Rs. 500 from BSNL-MTNL

India Broadband News December 18th, 2004

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Broadband at Rs. 500 from BSNL-MTNL

Dialup users in the metros would be happy to know that Government bodies BSNL and MTNL would be rolling out their broadband services from the 15th of next month. They are planning to offer packages with speeds of 256kbps with rates starting from Rs. 500. However, no details are available yet on what kind of limits these companies would apply.

The services would be launched in New Delhi and Mumbai by MTNL and Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad by BSNL. More cities would be covered in the coming months. Communications Minister, Dayanidhi Maran told a parliamentary group: “Though the 256 Kbps costs 3,000 rupees in the market, the telecom public sector undertakings have agreed to provide the same services at Rs 500 a monthâ€.

Their main competition would come from Airtel Broadband and Reliance who are currently active in limited areas. Other players in the market like Sify Broadband are also going to be affected. They sell their 256kbps packages for around 2500 rupees with data transfer limit of 1GB. Users can expect the current players to drop down the prices to compete with these low rates from the major telecom players.

Tags: Airtel, BSNL, MTNL, Other ISPs, Reliance, Sify Broadband

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Venkatesh Sridhar 3 years ago 1 point
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Hi,
First of all let me thank you for your support to the petition. The idea came after I saw how many ppl like me are also frustrated about it. Well I checked MTNL's site and in the Broadband services section I checked the tariffs find them at http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/internetservices/adsl... I do not know whether this is the same thing coz its under the broadband section. Well a good news for DoT has been given the responsibility of Broadband in India so I think the cheats wud b caught pants down... :D

Regards,

Venky

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http://www.petitiononline.com/trai

Raju Dumbre 3 years ago 1 point
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Hi,
You have talked about mtnl bsnl broadband services, but let me tell u onething they work on ADSL portocol and their was also a news in the media that ADSL is capable of transfering huge data on copper line and so the ISP like mtnl and bsnl do not need to make huge investments to upgrade their infrastrucutre. It was talked about that broadband is going to be really cheap because of this and this was opposed by all major private ISP providers. They even went to court on this matter. As far as i know ADSl (http://www.dslforum.org/aboutdsl/adsl_tutorial....) falls shareware category and so no charges need to be paid to any company for its commercial usaage.
But i think goverment and public sector ISP's have buckled under pressure from the private sector and are charging to high for their broadband then it should be. So I dont think either TRAI or goverment is going to help a layman in this matter.

Regards,

Raju

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Kishore 3 years ago 1 point
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I think ISPs in India specially in Mumbai are big cheats.
Companies like SIFY and Pacenet should be dragged to consumer courts

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P.K.Karan 3 years ago 1 point
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Naik S M 3 years ago 1 point
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I need a broadband conn. home use in Goregaon-E, near St. Paes College,
Which is on the main road, just before Highway.
Pls contact if any one can provide.
ph. 26861090

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Monil 3 years ago 1 point
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Hi,

Will it be UNLIMITED downloads? or we would be having a resstriction for the downloads / uploads??

Any idea?

Thnx

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Samir Bhatia 3 years ago 1 point
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I just checked the mtnl website regarding their offer of providing broadband services at Rs 500/- a month. There is no mention of it and their tariff also don't indicate the above scheme. Mabbe they might upgrade their website to reflect it after their launch on 15th Jan.
Also expecting unlimited downloads at 256kbps at Rs 500/- a month is asking too much. I think it will be 100 MB per month download cap for 256 kbps line for the lowest tariff which is decent. Higher bandwidth users will have to cough up extra as per usage. This is my point of view ofcoarse. I am tired of using this dialup connection and am waiting for the mtnl broadband launch.

-Samir.

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VISWANTH 3 years ago 1 point
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Tired of private networks frequent breakdowns.BSNL's pricing at Rs 500 Pm sounds great.Thanks to Mr.Maran....

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Ranjeet Rain 3 years ago 1 point
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Welcome move. Lets hope our traumatic experience with local ISPs gets over soon. Fingers crossed!

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Ashok Nadar 3 years ago 1 point
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BSNL has been touting its broadband scheme as "the real broadband". I hope they don't do something as pointless as marketing DataOne as a "revolutionary" broadband service, and then charging on a per-mb basis. Broadband is unusable with bandwidth caps.

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Rahul Sekhar 3 years ago 1 point
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The tarrif rates have been announced - it is Rs. 500/- per month for 1GB at 256 kbps. Almost too good to be true. Speeds range from 256 kbps to 2 mbps. I wonder if they will actually turn out to be that high. The pricing however is exceptionally good. It works out at around 33 paise per MB for some schemes.

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Pradeep 3 years ago 1 point
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hey, anyone using TATA Broadband Connection. Those who are using just for checking mail or chatting or even for downloading hundreds of mb files can use this connections. They r providing very good service and speed also.Its more than 256 Kbps at any time. I can download a 270 mb file (XP-SP2) in just 10 minutes. Its is depends on the traffic on that particular site also. You can check the tarrif plan at www.tataindicombroadband.com. But main drawback is that they are using existing network in your area (if available) which is very disappointing because local internet provider does not have good network infrastructure like switches.Instead of that local providers are mostly useing poor poor hubs (price contious). Still I am happy with TATA.

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Ranjeet Rain 3 years ago 1 point
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The service from BSNL/MTNL is based on ADSL 2.0 technology. That by itself means a lot. I do not think the service from Tata Indicomm is anywhere near a match for the service being offered by BSNL/MTNL.

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Sushubh 3 years ago 1 point
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well i would say that people don't care abt the technology as long as they are getting a good product. and bsnl has not delivered what was expected off them.

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Ranjeet Rain 3 years ago 1 point
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Knowing the government of India, the officer-in-charge of affairs and the red-tapism that is a common place scenario, BSNL has done better than VSNL/Tata Indicomm. The kind of geographies BSNL has to serve VSNL/MTNL can never match, add to that the technical cart and techno savvy customers that VSNL/MTNL enjoy. BSNL has many more odds to fight against than VSNL/MTNL. I find the effort being put by BSNL. Its high time that we overcome typical Indian mindset of criticising things without knowing about them.

Here you can read about the technology and then possibly appreciate what BSNL is bringing to us: http://in.rediff.com/money/2005/jan/28spec1.htm

As for the shortcomings, lets give them constructive feedback and positive support and lets keep our fingers crossed. We Indians are one step away from experiencing real broadband service at affordable price for the first time in our history.

Ranjeet Rain

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Rajkumar 3 years ago 1 point
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The service from BSNL is very useful to me ,thanks to BSNL on their work and idea.

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Lindsay Lohan 3 years ago 1 point
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We recentry took a broadband connection from mtnl and the speed is good

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Work From Home 3 years ago 1 point
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MTNL tarrifs here
http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/internetservices/adsl...

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Ashley 3 years ago 1 point
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Besides Tata Indicom Broadband, itÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½s even the govt owned MTNL which is fooling the public. Look at their ads for their ambitious venture TriBand. The ads proudly proclaim the surfing time as unlimited. But sir, we are not ignorant fools here. A 500 MB limit with a 256 Kbps speed, can easily get over within a span of a few odd hours (about 4.5 hours max), assuming you download data @256 Kbps or 32 KB/sec. So they are cleverly masking their services by showing unlimited time, but restricted data download. However, you have to give MTNL and BSNL credit for creating a ripple. The strangest part is MTNL offers 750 MB for 750 Rs. + Rs. 80 for CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) + Service tax @ 10.2%, whereas the other govt baby BSNL offers 1 GB of downloads for Rs. 500 plus service tax @ 10.2%. Why is there so much difference? Has anyone noticed that? It just gets more pathetic and a rip off.

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MTNL USer 3 years ago 1 point
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We recently got MTNL adsl service. On and off the connection get cut off. For the past hree days - there is not a byte to be had. And their helpline is most unhelpful. Go figure. These bums are even bigger scammers than Enron. When it works (rare), the speed is better than advertised. But then what good is it - if its mostly "not on"?

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Srinivas 3 years ago 1 point
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I have taken a BSNL connection under Home-500 plan. The good thing is it has a very good speed. I also have a Sify Broadband connection which averages about 10% of its promised performance, and is down on an average 10 days in a month. However, at BSNL , no one seems to know how to service the consumer. First of all, to date, I did not get to know the Outgoing Mail server settings I need to use to configure my company mail account in Outlook express. If I call the Call center, they ask me to call the local JE, the local JE directed me to different numbers, ultimately, no one seems to know what it is even. Anytime I call up, someone sleepy answers the call and gives ridiculous advise. In One instance, the person said I am supposed to do only browsing and not get into extra things like 'tampering' with my outlook express etc.,

Since the past 4 days my internet has been down. I have been running from pillar to post (on phone), but the problem is unresolved. I am of the opinion that these guys don't have any idea of what the problem could be even. They are waiting for the problem to resolve on its own, or for me to tire of complaining. I shall relate what happened today. I called up the JE office and insisted I speak to the JE. When I told him my telephone number, he said " yes, we know this number, in fact we called you in the afternoon" I said" yes I know you people called, but the problem is not yet resolved". JE's reply : we do not have the skill to do anything on this. Did u ever get to log in the connection ?" When I said" I have been using this since the past one month and faced no problem, but since the past 4 days I am not able to connect, he was totally surprised that "DATAONE worked for you for one month ???? You are very lucky then..."

This is the state of affairs in our country. All these guys need to be fired and the whole department should be privatised. Then they will sit and work properly.

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