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Trai Asks Service Providers To Specify Minimum Broadband Speed

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Now there wil be a stop to the practice of stating the speed as 'upto'..

hopefully...

"NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI today asked service providers to specify minimum speed of broadband plan, which must be at least 256 Kbps.

In a statement here, the regulator said it has already written to all the service providers not to use words like "up to" while specifying minimum speed of the plan.

The service providers have also been asked to bring to the notice of subscribers the definition of broadband while offering high speed internet connections.

While efforts are being made to ensure minimum 256 Kbps speed for broadband connections, some stakeholders have also suggested raising the minimum speed of such connections.

To set future roadmap for defining broadband in the country, TRAI also released a status paper on 'Broadband Speed' today.

The paper has analysed broadband speed, as defined in various countries, the prevailing environment and impact of growth of broadband on the economy of the country. It has also analysed the present broadband infrastructure existing in the country and implications of redefining broadband speed.

TRAI said the speed of the broadband connection is generally defined to indicate average speed which can support different applications. Broadband speed is related both to the availability of the network access infrastructure as well as to appropriate content which requires such high internet speeds.

It said the important issue is to identify the parameters which derive definition of broadband and whether there is a need to modify existing broadband definition.

TRAI has also asked for the comments of all the stakeholders on the paper."

it is available here- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News_b...how/2666701.cms

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Thats a great step taken by TRAI, my dear friends. These specifications must be mentioned clearly by the service providers while specifying the minimum speed of the plan so that innocent subscribers get the true information.

Regards.

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256 Kbps stands no where in Country

Broadband words should only use above 1 mbps only

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Source - http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080102/jsp/...y_8734028.jsp#2

The minimum speed for a broadband connection could soon be increased to 2 Mbps from 256 Kbps to bring it on a par with international standards.

'soon' in this case will be a couple of years...

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'soon' in this case will be a couple of years...

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@copperco2

No no my dear Ajay, not couple of years, it will be a DECADE. :P

Regards.

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Attached decision against BroadBand company for not providing 256 kbps speed...

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Excellent! :) But the penalty should have been much higher.

Wish I had done this with Hathway... had a similar kinda experience with them... worse in fact...

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Hathway is the worst of the entire lot. No CC also.

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Well they did have a CC here... but the ONLY function they have is to placate an agitated customer by sweet talking him, and promise that everything will be ok in x hours. Of course, nothing is ever done...

And they havent even refunded my money... they are just white collar robbers at their best...

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