TRAI blames BSNL for stagnating broadband connectivity in India

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TRAI blames BSNL for stagnating broadband connectivity in India

The Indian telecom regulatory authority TRAI has finally spoken against the monopolistic practices of the state owned BSNL. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman Pradip Baijal has cautioned the BSNL against any possible measures it might take to monopolize the infrastructure that can be used to give broadband a greater push.

Baijal was speaking at a broadband seminar, organized by Bharat Exhibitions in New Delhi. He blamed BSNL for not letting the private players use their network for expanding the broadband network throughout the country. This is seriously slowing down the rate of broadband availability in the country.

He also talked about the measures taken by the Andhra Pradesh government, which took an alternative way to launch their own alternative cheaper broadband fiber optic network through private-public partnership. They had to take this step after the government owned BSNL quoted high rates for usage of its fiber line for this purpose.

This is ironical considering BSNLâ€™s network has been developed using the public sector money contributed by the citizens of the country. It would be interesting to see how the story develops in the coming days and if the government takes any serious steps to make sure that, the public funds are used in a proper manner to help the common man vying for decent broadband connectivity in this country.

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Abhishek Puri 2 years ago 1 point
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Like Sify, like BSNL! They too have bastardised Broadband access!

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Marc Zephyrin 2 years ago 1 point
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BSNL already has wires in place for land lines in thousands of houses. Since the same wires are used for ADSL2 it has a huge advantage over other ISPs. But sadly it is behaving like any other government controlled company. Rates are extremely high, access has transfer limits. It is sad that BSNL which should be leading the broadband revolution with dirt-cheap prices is competing with other ISPs for profit.

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yashwant singh 2 years ago 1 point
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want a bsnl broad band

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yashwant singh 2 years ago 1 point
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want a bsnl broad band

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Brajesh Jha 2 years ago 1 point
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Why should BSNL give use of its infrastructure it rightfully owns to other players to use. Let the other players invest if they really want to earn Money. TRAI is not really acting properly by asking BSNL to share its infrastructure.

Remember that before BSNL, all broadband players were offering 64 K access at significantly higher rates. I find BSNL offer to be good, speeds are good. Let TRAI not canvass in the interest of Private players who only want to make profits without investing.

Now BSNL service is good, my second connection (At chennai - where I am located temporarily) came in 2 days after applying on the net, fully configured. I get good speed, and have not had problems with the connection both at chennai and Bangalore.

Good work BSNL.

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quick_boy 2 years ago 1 point
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TRAI should not be pressing BSNL to open up its lines but press the government to open up wireless spectrum and satellite internet for private operators it will be much cheaper to provide internet connects through wireless , well Bsnl cant operate its own network well , the Govt may also consider selling off BSNL to the highest bidder

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