Trai wants to improve the use of internet in india.. so..

[nightwolf2k5]

they are increasing the rates!!well.. dont ask me what sense it makes..read it in the news paper.. where trai, wanted to bring down the FDI from the current 100% to abt 70% as in the telecom sector. And to bring abt a fee for makin a new isp.apparantly.. they have set fees depending on what kinda player the company wants to become.. national level or state level..so.. overall.. this would bring abt better quality, since not every tom dick n harry can create any isp.. but.. then.. the charges goes up cuz the isp's have to recover their liscence fee..the info i got was from the indian express.. maybe i will scan a copy of that article when i'm free..broadband in India is DOOMED!!

 

[seshu]

^ Link of news article (Telecom regulator wants FDI cap for ISPs cut to 74%)

we cannot say that all ISPs will increase internet charges from this article !

 

[amish]

hopefully mtnl/bsnl wont.else on 1 side they talk abt giving free bb by 2009 and on other side will hike rates.

 

[nightwolf2k5]

The country’s telecom watchdog also opposed free entry and suggested an entry fee of up to Rs 20 lakh and a uniform licence fee of 6 per cent of gross revenue. While ISPs seeking licence at the national level will have to pay Rs 20 lakh as entry fee, it will be Rs 10 lakh for state level ones. The minimum annual licence fee has been pegged at Rs 5,000 for district level ISPs, Rs 10,000 for the state level and Rs 50,000 for the national level.i think the news paper article had somethin in it.. will check again.. adding this fees wont help bringing the prices down for sure!

 

[wR2g4vdTjL5d]

In a newspaper article carrying a similar story, they say that lowering the FDI will result in better competition. Can someone explain this ?

 

[Sushubh]

they just have to enforce the quality standards. get the companies to offer minimum of 80% of 256KBPS with minimal downtime. rest of the things would fix by itself. prevent operators from offering upto services.

 

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[nightwolf2k5]

maybe making quality more essential by having certain compulsory guidelines might help.. as for getting the broadband to the level of that used by the world.. i dont think the isp's should blast straight up to 2mbps.. maybe a slow and gradual doubling of speeds is needed..256kbps speed lines are give for free in greece with magazine subscriptions..its abt time atleast 64kbps (2gb limit) is made free,64kbps ul made 200bucks 128kbps made 350, 256 made 500 and 512 made abt 900 bucks..that would be a nice start to get broadband penetration to hit the rooftops..most starters would want bb at rates of say 300 with the rental for the modem included..giving them an option for something like this whereby they can probably experience the full power of the internet.. later on.. they could probably move up n choose faster n better plans..

 

[seshu]

related blog : Broadband in India : Dearer

related news :

Internet services may become expensive
Trai move may hit growth in net usage
Trai norms to make Net surfing dearer

 

[Sushubh]

looks like dr. abhishek is on it again

 

[mhsabir]

Free! I think there sense of free would be 100 MB free & 50 calls free for a rent of Rs.250

hopefully mtnl/bsnl wont.

else on 1 side they talk abt giving free bb by 2009 and on other side will hike rates.

 

[maahkaal]

Those Trai recommendations might appear to be a bad move but it does raise very important points. Trai are encouraging only serious players to enter this segment which is a positive thing. And i never thought the trai and dot were that liberal when it came to issuing isp licenses. They did a lot on their part but still broadband has not taken off. Out of about 300 licenses only 27 are active and that is a simply unacceptable. Most of the small isps are just there to make money and fool customers and they need to be dealt with. I'm very much in favour of this move.

 

[Amuthan]

2007: is sure a year of Fraudband!!! :wall:

 

[tefl0n`]

Those Trai recommendations might appear to be a bad move but it does raise very important points. Trai are encouraging only serious players to enter this segment which is a positive thing.

How is TRAI policing who can be an ISP a positive thing? Sounds awefully lot like the days of the license/permit raj. Only those with fat pockets to feed TRAI babu's with chai-biscuit would able to enter the market. What makes you think that they would be "serious players"?

TRAI should set minimum standards like 2mbps unlimited, not police who can and who cannot setup an ISP. The market will take care of the "not serious" players.

 

[maahkaal]

How is TRAI policing who can be an ISP a positive thing? Sounds awefully lot like the days of the license/permit raj. Only those with fat pockets to feed TRAI babu's with chai-biscuit would able to enter the market. What makes you think that they would be "serious players"?

TRAI should set minimum standards like 2mbps unlimited, not police who can and who cannot setup an ISP. The market will take care of the "not serious" players.
Yeah , like the current state of broadband is on a roll eh ? The fact is in spite of more than 300 licenses issued and 100% FDI allowed , broadband has failed to take off. Besides TRAI are not preventing anybody from setting up an isp , they have just proposed a fee for registering the ISP so stop making up things.

 

[Crazysah]

Well Mr. Maran has just resigned or he has been taken off from his job. I don't know what but we will be having a new Mr. Maran soon!