Hi fellas:
CNN-IBN brought the
TATA-indicom thing yet again on 02.01.2008 ... and again a comment from me on the removal of the prefix "up to" ... it is a start.
I have also written to Mr. Gupta at TRAI, twice. One eMail is similar to the one suggested by Abhishek and the other follows hereafter. What is important though, is that I sent them a very basic cost comparison for broadband in a few selected countries... also a few news items... all for them to ponder upon!
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Attention:
Mr. S. K. Gupta
TRAI Advisor (Converged Network)
Telephone No.: +91-11-23217914
Telefax No.: +91-11-23211998
Dear Mr. S. K. Gupta,
Your name has clearly been mentioned by the TRAI Chairman, Mr. Nripendra Misra in his “Status Paper on Broadband Speed”, dated January 1st, 2008.
The paper being referred to here, also most of its eventual consequences have been duly covered by the press all over India.
You can imagine why, can you not?!
Simply put: It is a big issue and it is definitely holding up India’s advancement!
That stated, there are BIG FLAWS in Mr. Misra’s “Status Paper on Broadband Speed”, as noticed by many of us real (and regular) users of the Internet in our large country:
1. Why does TRAI not compare us to countries like Japan (Min. 24Mbps), South Korea (10MBps), France (2Mbps), Germany (1Mbps), etc. only? These countries are very advanced in their definitions of what is to be termed broadband and what not? Mr. Misra/ TRAI should benchmark us against the upper end, rather than mentioning Australia, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Africa, etc.?
2. Why does TRAI not mention that India is amongst the highest priced markets? Please refer to the table that I have researched and attached as a PDF document (
ADSL Rates Worldwide - Selected Countries).
3. Why does TRAI not refer to what is most important to us consumers: Lower, internationally comparable prices for higher speeds with better service levels?
4. Why is there no mention of minimum quality of service (downtimes, credits, etc.)? The paper is incomplete if it one only mentions “Speed” and not the quality of speed (fluctuations, disparity between download and upload, etc.).
5. Why is TRAI not using good and sensible examples when looking at “Applications” (Page 5 of the paper)? Show us please, how you get good quality VOIP (Voice Over IP) at 64 kbps? TRAI even calls it “voice chatting”, a term unknown to the international community... who should be understanding that expression?!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
All policies or such that are to become policies eventually will hinge on point 3 (above). That is the ‘make it or break it’ point. ISPs have to be monitored more thoroughly by TRAI. Nodal officers have to take their jobs very seriously and not ignore consumers completely, as they have done so far.
Please re-access the incomplete TRAI status paper and then research, enhance and re-phrase your recommendations to
DoT (etc.), so that acceptable and solid policies emerge.
Let it be known that we -- the consumers of India -- are grateful that there is something positive taking shape. Let's now all hope that common sense and wisdom prevail and a well-researched policy emerges?!
Thanking you & with best regards
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Fellas, this should make a difference... you must write NOW...
um..dude, where is the PDF?
Maybe our govt doesn't cover the high speed internet as a basic right...
Prolly they thing internet access through 64kbps Adsl line is good enough.
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hm..so
MAC, don't you think we can atleast give a petition? or get it in the newspapers?..Cmon maan, I'm sick of being given "broad"-narrowband @ 128kbps. I mean, there aren't even any significantly new plans being introduced!
u left something like paying our mobile & landline bills,electricity bills and taxes etc :hysterical: guys our country is an developing country so v have many issues to protest other than internet so think how to smash out poverty from our country then v shall protest for these kind of things
@cheekrox
dont compare internet with food,shelter and education coz v can live without internet and other entertainments but cant live without the essential things such as food,shelter and education as i said before ur age has no responsibilities so u will think like this only when u grow up then u will know the exact reason for my post
well, I'm not going to argue or convince you that we need true BB if you're happy with a crappy 128/256 kbps connection which is not really "broad"-band