Is It Feasible To Define Broadband As 2 Mbps Speeds?
In a move that could serve as a major set-back to India’s target of 20 million broadband subscribers by 2010, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently proposed that the Government should redefine broadband services making it mandatory for operators to offer at least 2Mbps speed – up from the current 256 Kbps.
Sure, 256 Kbps would be rather outdated concept of broadband, but one wonders how soon such a leap would be possible - consider that a MTNL Triband connection, which is supposed to give upto 2Mbps speeds gives an average of about 60 kbps.
Moreover, as the Hindu BusinessLine says, changing the definition of broadband will have major ramification for operators if they want to claim subsidy from the Government, and would require them to ramp up their network.
Perhaps WiMax could be the answer, though is the infrastructure available to support the bandwidth requirement?
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