Assam (and other NE states) is now like virtually living in a different country in spite of being part of the same nation. I have been to many parts of India and there is perhaps no part of India as neglected as Assam and NE India.
I am from Guwahati and have been a loyal BSNL broadband customer for nearly 8 years now. If you just search my threads in this forum, you would realize that it has been a pathetic broadband connection which does not work half of the time in recent years. But I am in a way stuck with BSNL broadband as there is no other decent ISP that is present in Assam. Not only in Assam but I am saying about the capital city Guwahati which is also the business center of North East. I used to call Airtel, Reliance etc. customer care nos. regularly in the past to come to Assam as a broadband ISP but none came. That was 6-8 years ago. But now it is 2016 and the whole world has turned digital. Even in today's date, there is no other decent ISPs. Jio was the last hope (wired Jio FTTH) but that seems to have been postponed indefinitely now too. Jio's 4G is taking ages. So, I doubt they would launch their FTTH anytime soon and that too in Guwahati.
So, why does no ISP come to Assam. Some smaller ISPs like YouBroadband, Beam etc. could have come. This is like a market which is waiting for some alternative to BSNL. Everybody is waiting for an option and is virtually ready to jump ship as soon as some reliable and stable broadband connection comes. Hope some ISPs are hearing. You just need to enter Guwahati or rest of Assam and NE and you would have agonized BSNL users come to your ISP (if the connection is stable with good customer service) almost immediately.
I am from Guwahati and have been a loyal BSNL broadband customer for nearly 8 years now. If you just search my threads in this forum, you would realize that it has been a pathetic broadband connection which does not work half of the time in recent years. But I am in a way stuck with BSNL broadband as there is no other decent ISP that is present in Assam. Not only in Assam but I am saying about the capital city Guwahati which is also the business center of North East. I used to call Airtel, Reliance etc. customer care nos. regularly in the past to come to Assam as a broadband ISP but none came. That was 6-8 years ago. But now it is 2016 and the whole world has turned digital. Even in today's date, there is no other decent ISPs. Jio was the last hope (wired Jio FTTH) but that seems to have been postponed indefinitely now too. Jio's 4G is taking ages. So, I doubt they would launch their FTTH anytime soon and that too in Guwahati.
So, why does no ISP come to Assam. Some smaller ISPs like YouBroadband, Beam etc. could have come. This is like a market which is waiting for some alternative to BSNL. Everybody is waiting for an option and is virtually ready to jump ship as soon as some reliable and stable broadband connection comes. Hope some ISPs are hearing. You just need to enter Guwahati or rest of Assam and NE and you would have agonized BSNL users come to your ISP (if the connection is stable with good customer service) almost immediately.