Broadband's definition changes with minimum Download speed at 512Kbps

[Navjot Singh]

A notification from the India’s Department of Telecommunications on 18th July 2013 reclassified the term ‘Broadband’ as referring to connections that have the capability of a minimum download speed of 512kbps. Accordingly, the TRAI has said that as per its classification, the minimum download speed has been increased from 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps, and from this October 2013 onwards, service providers have to report only those wireline Internet subscribers with at least 512kbps as ‘broadband’.

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[Sushubh]

Right. BSNL customers are now going to be excluded from the broadband numbers. And everything would continue like usual.

 

[Navjot Singh]

LOL. BSNL was supposed to set benchmarks for providing Internet services.

 

[Sushubh]

Well. At least there is hope that they would also upgrade their plans to 512kbps minimum. Though it is not going to be any better than 256kbps which in reality is more like 180kbps.

 

[HE-MAN]

it should have been 2mbps oh man i am such a dreamer

 

[Sushubh]

That is planned for 2015 which means it could be implemented by 2016.

 

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[blueman24]

LOL 2015/6? Until that time, the rest of the world would be using a 1tb/sec connection.

Right. BSNL customers are now going to be excluded from the broadband numbers. And everything would continue like usual.

Is this the actual thing or are you joking?

 

[Sushubh]

I think you are overestimating the internet scenario in rest of the world.