Comments on: 2007 – Year of Broadband for Indians http://convergence.in/blog/2006/12/15/2007-year-of-broadband-for-indians/ linking diversity! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: goBroadband » Blog Archive » A. Raja the new IT and Communications Minister http://convergence.in/blog/2006/12/15/2007-year-of-broadband-for-indians/comment-page-1/#comment-55506 goBroadband » Blog Archive » A. Raja the new IT and Communications Minister Wed, 16 May 2007 02:33:45 +0000 http://convergence.in/blog/2006/12/15/2007-year-of-broadband-for-indians/#comment-55506 [...] charges and bring a regime of uniform call charges while you are in any part of India. Ofcourse 2007 is a year of broadband with poor infrastructure and arrogant BSNL employees :-) It should be seen how efficiently A. Raja [...] [...] charges and bring a regime of uniform call charges while you are in any part of India. Ofcourse 2007 is a year of broadband with poor infrastructure and arrogant BSNL employees :-) It should be seen how efficiently A. Raja [...]

]]> By: » Tactful Broadband promise by Indian IT Minister :: Broadband in India :: http://convergence.in/blog/2006/12/15/2007-year-of-broadband-for-indians/comment-page-1/#comment-22961 » Tactful Broadband promise by Indian IT Minister :: Broadband in India :: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:46:05 +0000 http://convergence.in/blog/2006/12/15/2007-year-of-broadband-for-indians/#comment-22961 [...] Recall, few weeks ago the Indian IT Minister, Mr. Maran said that 2007 will be a year of Broadband in India. I have been speed testing BSNL - DataOne broadband at several places in Bangalore / Bengalooru. I have used one international and one local [Airtel Broadband Hosted] website to conduct the speed tests and the results are nowhere near the 1 Mbps promised [Media published it as 2 Mbps, but I’ll stick to Maran’s speech]. The maximum download speed was 484 Kbps while the mode for the sample was 334 Kbps. [...] [...] Recall, few weeks ago the Indian IT Minister, Mr. Maran said that 2007 will be a year of Broadband in India. I have been speed testing BSNL – DataOne broadband at several places in Bangalore / Bengalooru. I have used one international and one local [Airtel Broadband Hosted] website to conduct the speed tests and the results are nowhere near the 1 Mbps promised [Media published it as 2 Mbps, but I’ll stick to Maran’s speech]. The maximum download speed was 484 Kbps while the mode for the sample was 334 Kbps. [...]

]]> By: nightwolf2k5 http://convergence.in/blog/2006/12/15/2007-year-of-broadband-for-indians/comment-page-1/#comment-18979 nightwolf2k5 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:39:09 +0000 http://convergence.in/blog/2006/12/15/2007-year-of-broadband-for-indians/#comment-18979 well.. i've read some report that quoted a bsnl cheif saying that 2 mbps capacity is available and the speeds will be first put at 1mbps and then gradually increased to 2 mbps.. i kinda will take my time to believe if this really is true.. but.. again.. The minister din really have to promise anything and it wasn't an election rally.. so.. i DO expect "something" to happen :) well.. i’ve read some report that quoted a bsnl cheif saying that 2 mbps capacity is available and the speeds will be first put at 1mbps and then gradually increased to 2 mbps..
i kinda will take my time to believe if this really is true.. but.. again.. The minister din really have to promise anything and it wasn’t an election rally.. so.. i DO expect “something” to happen :)

]]> By: Anonymous Coward http://convergence.in/blog/2006/12/15/2007-year-of-broadband-for-indians/comment-page-1/#comment-18835 Anonymous Coward Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:39:16 +0000 http://convergence.in/blog/2006/12/15/2007-year-of-broadband-for-indians/#comment-18835 Indian Telecom infrastructure has defied Moore's Law. If in 2001 the speed available was 64Kbps, 72 months later or (6 yrs, by the end of 2006) we should have had 1024 Kbps, according to Moore's law which says computing capacity doubles every 18 months. After 18 months >> 64 X 2 = 128 Kbps in 2002 June After 36 months >> 128 X 2 = 256 Kbps in 2003 December After 54 months >> 256 X 2 = 512 Kbps in 2005 June After 72 months >> 512 X 2 = 1024 Kbps in 2006 December Has anyone noticed this or we are still patting back our own backs and living in the past. Indian Telecom infrastructure has defied Moore’s Law. If in 2001 the speed available was 64Kbps, 72 months later or (6 yrs, by the end of 2006) we should have had 1024 Kbps, according to Moore’s law which says computing capacity doubles every 18 months.

After 18 months >> 64 X 2 = 128 Kbps in 2002 June
After 36 months >> 128 X 2 = 256 Kbps in 2003 December
After 54 months >> 256 X 2 = 512 Kbps in 2005 June
After 72 months >> 512 X 2 = 1024 Kbps in 2006 December

Has anyone noticed this or we are still patting back our own backs and living in the past.

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