Coimbatore, July 4. (PTI): BSNL Coimbatore has crossed 10,000 broadband connections, as of last weekend, claimed to be a landmark in the entire Tamil Nadu telecom circle.
Setting in place broadband infrastructure in more than 60 exchange areas of the 130 exchanges in the district so far, BSNL also proposed to provide another 20,000 connections this year, covering the whole district, A S Egaya, Principal General Manager, Coimbatore Telecom, said.
Stating that a thrust has been given on broadband connectivity to rural areas, Egaya, in a press release, said that Pollachi, Anamalai, Udumalpet, Palladam, Avinashi and Mettupalayam taluk areas have been given more than 2,500 connections to improve high speed connectivity.
A special scheme has been launched for residential customers, in which they can pay a monthly amount of Rs 900, and have unlimited access at a speed of 256 Kbps, he said.
"The subscriber can be 'online always' without disconnecting and free upload and download can be done in the entire month," he said.
The corporation is geared up to deploy the infrastructure almost immediately, if the demand arose in any other pockets, Egaya added.
