Draft National Telecom Policy - 2011

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To revise the existing broadband download speed of 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps and subsequently to 2 Mbps by 2015 and higher speeds of atleast 100 Mbps thereafter.
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The proper way of setting the minimum download speeds should have been something like this, "To revise the existing broadband download speed of 256 Kbps to 2 Mbps and subsequently to 8 Mbps by 2015 and higher speeds of atleast 100 Mbps thereafter."
 
@pratikb... You are mixing the two.. Mobile telephony future is very bright in India even when smaller players are gobbled. The penetration is one of the highest in the world so it will still generate revenue & since it affects common public more easily govt will always try to protect it...

But Broadband situation is not going to improve until some hard decisions are being made by the govt by involving more people from the public & accepting their suggestions... Broadband is still a niche in the Indian context with just over 1.2 Crore connections... Govt is now trying to fool the people, since they are not able to increase the no. of connection they are now hiring a private company through a SPV to find out how many users are there using the net on a single connection.. This method is not used anywhere in the world since it will give an inflated figure. The slow speed & high tariff restrict many users to actually share a connection..

@dreamCatcher.. Its not going to happen... TRAI recommended the min speed to be increased to 2Mbps since this January 2011 when every ISP refused citing huge costs. They recommended it to be increased to 512kbps which TRAI accepted... What I think is that they will again refuse to quadruple the speed to 2Mbps in 2015 from the accepted 512kbps citing increased costs & other excuses. They might even say that they don't have the infrastructure & equipment to provide such speed just like now. It will most probably delay the implementation of 2Mbps for another 2-3 years. After that they will reluctantly let TRAI increase the speed to 1Mbps as min speed of broadband (around 2017) & by that time another 7-8 years would have passed.. We my be able to see 2Mbps in the year 2020 if we are alive but not before that...
 
512kbps min is better than 256kbps.
But,they should make broadband cheaper too and still broadband not available every where.
Even I don't have.
Still broadband is far cry for me.
I'm using 2G GPRS pack.....:(
 
To revise the existing broadband download speed of 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps and subsequently to 2 Mbps by 2015 and higher speeds of atleast 100 Mbps thereafter.
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Are they living under the rock?

India is already lagging behind. Current average speed of rest of the world is about 5mbps. By the time Govt implements this(2015), 2mbps will be the new 256bps:@



Current state of Wireline broadband is so poor that even Wireless 3G data cards provider faster speeds. Leave that,today our broadband connections aren't capable of BASIC 360p streaming video without buffering, latency even within the country(3G + Wireline Broadband) is so poor that internet gods would be put to shame & don't get me started on HD streaming support:|

After reading this policy, it seems -- Our Govt is composed of Bunch of losers who do not get it:@ :@ :@

Its a sad time for Netizens in India:no:
 
total disappointment, that i have been using Malaysia sim card where i roam to Singapore which it is free of roam charge but, my 3g internet are getting aveg 1-2 mbps using on my mobile

so better i am going to move another country for better faster broadband in the furture and i am not happy with 512 kbps due to lack of poor download movie, games, music and some software stuff less half an hour

and i am not going to fight against the govement cause they have lost huge of croes due to raja mistake and i support Anna hazard for fight against corruption
 
512 speeds are lame. Not sure why it was even put into the bundle. Plus the FUP facility should be totally abolished.
 
Guess for improving broadband condition will need to contact ANNA HAZARE :hap2:

he could fight his next strike for problem faced by netizens in india :ohyeah::clap:

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FUP IS JUSTED FUKED UP POLICIES if the really want they can keep the fup at 250gb not 10 20gb which it is on private bb:@
 
HailStonE said:
To revise the existing broadband download speed of 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps and subsequently to 2 Mbps by 2015 and higher speeds of atleast 100 Mbps thereafter.
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* Conditions apply - FUP to be halved by 2015 and be further reduced 10 fold thereafter :bleh:
At one point a mere TCP handshake will make you cross the FUP.
 
It is really sad to see minimum speed is just 512kbps. About the pan India network( no roaming) i doubt it would make the prices to raise. As of now the mobile providers have to apply license for every circle in India, once the new policy is implemented it is going to be one license for whole India.

The worst thing about the policy is that there is no deadline for the implementation of these changes :@.

Sibal its time for u to retire u n00b @$$0l3.
 
^... Deadline is December 2011 but in India nothing gets implemented on time...

I urge everybody to put up detailed feedback regarding the shortcomings of the current Draft Telecom Policy 2011 & the ground realities of broadband in India. Definition of broadband was suppose to change in January 2011 to 2Mbps but every ISP resisted it therefore govt resorted to increase it to 512kbps only. What is the surety that the companies in 2015 would role out 2Mbps for sure. I reckon when the time comes they will definitely try to delay it for few more years citing huge costs involved in quadrupling the min broadband speed so that the next logical upgrade for min speed of broadband would only be increased to 1Mbps in 2015. This is my personal opinion knowing the state of broadband & the hold of the CARTEL of AIRTEL + Reliance + TATA in controlling the bandwidth & the market.

Therefore I urge everybody on the forum to put up reasonable feedback & oppose the current bare minimum increase. They should increase the speed to 1Mbps this year only with this Telecom Policy so that the ISP's are forced to upgrade their network & equipment in due time for the implementation of 2Mbps in 2015. We are already suffering with 256kbps as min broadband since last seven years while the world moved to 20-100Mbit speeds for home users...

All they are trying to achieve in this draft is the same meaningless nos that they came up with each consultation paper & recommendations. Even with all the game plan the penetration in India has not increased while the min speed is still way below the standards of other South Asian nations..

Finally the subject of FUP should be raised which was not mentioned anywhere in the draft policy. There should be suggestions for the reasonable FUP limits on the high speed plans while the low speed plans should be without any limit imposed with regard to data transfer. More clarity in metering the FUP limit with regard to (download or Download+Upload) should be mentioned whenever FUP is implemented.

Requesting all users to tell their friends & discuss this on every social networking site so that more & more people get involved with positive feedback. It may not change the policy but atleast public awareness would be tremendous & the plight of broadband users in India would be the round of some discussion.

Please use the link in in the first post... :)
 
HailStonE said:
That would actually be sad... 512kbps is good enough for simple browsing only... I think they should move to 1mbps this year only & then maybe 2Mbps in 2015 ... Since it would be a huge improvement from 512kbps, ISP's would again resist it citing this huge jump & non feasibility/ affordability..
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Looks like you're contradicting yourself here.

We all know how long it takes for anything to happen in this country, let alone improving the standards of broadband, which has only recently become a necessity for a majority of the population. Everything takes place one step at a time.
These ISPs are not too keen on major changes, so they'll probably find ways to circumvent the above suggestions or restrict them like crazy.

If one can get a 512Kbps connection which is UNLIMITED in every sense, at a NOMINAL cost, that is what I would consider progress.
 
FUP will not be removed so easily. Had been reading up on the matter and this is what i feel.

First all details of FUP not be hidden in the very small fine print. They should mention it clearly in all forms of communication about what speeds are given, etc.

Second, FUP is needed to some extent on wireless n/w, as otherwise it could overload the system. Plus setting the mobile stations is quite expensive. But why on wired broadband? It must be abolished. There is no excuse for this. If you do not have capacity in the system, do not allow more customers till you can accomdate them.

And most important of all, we must not blindly ape policies from the western countries. There it is quite difficult to change providers, to some extent. Not here.
 
The december 2011 deadline is to make the policy a firm one and not the deadline to implement the rules in the policy .We all know how many years it took the government to implement MNPand the present state of it

@Hacker [strike]the feedback is just a joke its good to spread news in papers and TV , in reality it doesn't work [/strike].

Edit: The feedback does work but the process is tedious u need to give you email address to which a verification code is sent , then enter ur name , mobile no(fake works) , age, and then proceed to a page where u can enter feedback .There is a glitch here the last page says please click here to enter feedback but there is no hyperlink any where ,just click on the side which says strategies then u can enter the feedback. I followed the above and submitted feedback
 
They should have planned something like 2mbps by 2012, 5mbps by 2014, 10mbps minimum speeds by 2015.
Apart from that They need to implement LLU where BSNL AND MNTL or any other ISP should allow other isp's to use their infrastructure at a nominal cost which would certainly Reduce the cost of broadband and cost per GB.
 
thetoxicmind said:
Looks like you're contradicting yourself here.

We all know how long it takes for anything to happen in this country, let alone improving the standards of broadband, which has only recently become a necessity for a majority of the population. Everything takes place one step at a time.

These ISPs are not too keen on major changes, so they'll probably find ways to circumvent the above suggestions or restrict them like crazy.

If one can get a 512Kbps connection which is UNLIMITED in every sense, at a NOMINAL cost, that is what I would consider progress.
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Nothing contradictory here. Given the no. of existing connections today in India its very much feasible to provide min. 1Mbps. (2Mbps is a distant dream though).... Also what I was emphasizing was that ISP's would be reluctant to upgrade current equipment since a jump from 256kbps to 512kbps is nothing phenomenal that would require intensive upgrades but a jump from 512 kbps to 2Mbps will stress the infrastructure.... It definitely would involve investing in better/ faster equipment & a ground for future delays in changing the min speed. At that time (after 2015) ISP's would be happy to upgrade the 512kbps speeds to 1Mbps if TRAI or DoT push for it but not the promised 2Mbps...
 
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