Now starts the Broadband revolution – MTNL unveils 20 Mbps broadband speed – VDSL and Metro Ethernet
By Manoj Govindassamy on 29 December, 2009, 3:41 pm
It was MTNL which first introduced Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) 2+ technology in the country. It pushed the broadband speed to 1 Mbps and all telecom providers followed the suit. Now, MTNL has again gone a step further and introduced very high bit rate digital subscriber line VDSL.
VDSL, the next version of the current technology, (ADSL), will increase the data speed from 1-2 Mbps to 10-20 Mbps. And so the tariffs too, will be around ten times, at Rs 9,000 per month. However, its not clear whether we need new kind of modems to move to VDSL plans.
Tata Communications, has instead gone with a different technology called metro ethernet and offers speeds of up to 100 Mbps in Mumbai. However, MTNL, with its extensive in-the-ground copper lines and lakhs of DSL customers, has chosen to migrate to the next line of DSL technology, instead of putting in new ethernet infrastructure. Thats clever move.
So far, higher broadband speeds (10Mbps or so ) are achieved through leased lines offered by players like Reliance Communications, British Telecom and Tata Communications. VDSL, however, will cost a fraction of the current leased line rentals. With the increase in broadband speeds, the new platform will allow it to offer a large number of high definition (HD) TV channels on its IPTV services in the future.
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[...] some initiatives from few players in the country to bump up the internet speed. One such is the Metro Ethernet Scheme of MTNL which promises over 20 Mbps speed to the house holds. But, thats more constrained [...]
MTNL is a sister concern company of BSNL and comes under Central Govt… The customer base of MTNL is nearly 5.92 million. And from past few years the graph is going down even if the Indian Govt. is spending too much of huge amount to uplift the customer base, but still the graph is going down and the main reason is their “GREAT SERVICES”. The MTNL lineman don’t have enough idea to configure even a modem and to solve a single complaint they take nearly 1 month or more because the don’t have enough workforce and the coverage area is very big. And when you see the MTNL exchange you become shocked to see their exchange, made of HUWIA equipments, and when you see the AIRTEL exchange you will find Ericson equipments just because the cost of HUWAI equipments are nearly half then Ericson.
Basically they have two type of exchange one is for 256 Kbps and one for above 256Kbps, if you buy plan for above 256 then you may get good response because for that only they use Ericson exchange.
I don’t know why the Govt. change the plan to get more customer and spend a huge amount in ads, the salary of lineman is nearly 15000/-, I think this is a total waste. Customers are very much frustrated from MTNL. If you visit the MTNL exchange you will find many customers shouting on the Area Manager. MY personal experience with MTNL was pathetic and now I switched to another services provider and now I am very much satisfied.