BSNL - 500 Mbps...???? Start dreaming...!!

[prasad_den]

Smart homes may become a reality soon

KOLKATA: Remember all those stories about remote-controlled gadgets at home. These have remained dreams for Indians. Not any more. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is all set to install and test a killer application that will offer broadband speeds of at least 500 mbps (250 time the current speed) to homes through fibre optics network in Kolkata. Such speeds will be the basic enabler for these dream technologies.

Currently, BSNL offers a broadband speed of 2 mbps that can be stretched to 16 mbps allowing limited internet-based value added services like gaming and steaming video. Mbps is the speed at which a certain volume of data travels every second. Faster speeds help run more intelligent applications.

BSNL is currently working on two technologies. One that will offer speeds of 100 mbps and the other that will allow at least 500 mbps. The 100 mbps project will allow users to make his/her entire house a local area network on which all gadgets like TV, refrigerator, washing machine, micro-wave, gizzard, water filter or the lock at the main door and the gate will be connected. All these can be controlled remotely through a wireless gadget like the cell phone or any other handheld devices.

Read the full article here....!

And how many years should we dream about this..??

[Ganeshkumar]

Dont wake me frm my dream.... I-)

[~Phenom~]

huh..give me a 2Mbps Unlimited (affordable) first.

[SunnyChahal]

500mbps??
check it again it wud have been 500kbps.
at the moment they can provide us with even full 2mbps and they r showing us dreams of 500mbps????WTF!!

[Ganeshkumar]

Woke

yes Yes!!

2 Mbps Unlimited @ 250 is currently enough for me....

[kumarmohit]

^^ 2Mbps at the 1150 I pay for 256 kbps currently is enuf for me

[hmmmmmmmmmmmmm]

im stil dreamin.............better change the country man..

[utsav]

Our hdds cannot even write at that speed consistently.our systems wil hang if we download at that speed. lolzz

[praka123]

i will be 45 by that time

[abhijit_reddevil]

First...this seems to be a typo.. Anyway, this will not work now in a middle class society like India. Who will want TV, refrigerator, washing machine, micro-wave, gizzard, water filter or the lock at the main door, gate to be controlled by computer? This will require everything at home to be hi-tech and we can't afford that. Who will install the technology to remote control the washing machine, fridge, etc? Those BSNL guys who come to our home and can't even install/troubleshoot a simple ADSL modem? Come on...We HAVE to stop dreaming. Who will create the master controls to control all the devices?

All this is a dream even here in US. First give us people in India all high speed unlimited connections and then allow BSNL to talk hi-tech. They can't even solve a simple billing issue and...well I stop here.... AT & T gives ADSL unltd connection here at around $20-$25 per month. Speed-1.5Mbps. Cable internet's highest speed they advertise here is 10mbps. All packages are unltd here. Let alone 500Mbps? Huh...Make all connections unltd and affordable and then let BSNL talk..I hate them.. Speed should be at least 1Mbps in India.

[chesss]

kal se main bhi 1Gb wireless internet access dena shuroo kar raha hoon.

My wireless BSNL routers will directly connect to south korean satellites offering 1Gb wireless internet with 999MB free download!!!!!!!!

[Vivek788]

8 Mbps plans seem to be true..that wont be smooth or easy...it will take a long time get it stabilised...so forget 400 Mbps unless in ur dreams....

[Ecko]

Originally Posted by prasad_den

Smart homes may become a reality soon

KOLKATA: Remember all those stories about remote-controlled gadgets at home. These have remained dreams for Indians. Not any more. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is all set to install and test a killer application that will offer broadband speeds of at least 500 mbps (250 time the current speed) to homes through fibre optics network in Kolkata. Such speeds will be the basic enabler for these dream technologies.

Currently, BSNL offers a broadband speed of 2 mbps that can be stretched to 16 mbps allowing limited internet-based value added services like gaming and steaming video. Mbps is the speed at which a certain volume of data travels every second. Faster speeds help run more intelligent applications.

BSNL is currently working on two technologies. One that will offer speeds of 100 mbps and the other that will allow at least 500 mbps. The 100 mbps project will allow users to make his/her entire house a local area network on which all gadgets like TV, refrigerator, washing machine, micro-wave, gizzard, water filter or the lock at the main door and the gate will be connected. All these can be controlled remotely through a wireless gadget like the cell phone or any other handheld devices.

Read the full article here....!

And how many years should we dream about this..??

This must be target for 2020
Let me sleep till this dream becomes a reality
Tell them 1st bring 3G then make the people dream more dan dat

[MetalheadGautham]

talk about rubbish... they may be working on LINES that can carry data @ 500mbps, but certainly not 500mbps for each home. These lines may propably conect to houses like 10000 houses per line.

[Garbage]

Originally Posted by Vivek788

8 Mbps plans seem to be true..that wont be smooth or easy...it will take a long time get it stabilised...so forget 400 Mbps unless in ur dreams....

Is ur 400 Mbps means BSNL's 500 Mbps ??

[hahahari]

900 for 256 unlimited is actually enough for me probably a 2mbps unlimited at same price is welcome but anything more is an overkill.

[shashank_re]

Hey Guys i think you forgot that This is the Year of Fraudband!
So 500mbps is the joke of this year.
Thats it.

[phreak0ut]

Seriously, I can't stop laughing after reading that news.

[The Conqueror]

They cannot provide 2 MBPS unlimited and they r talking about 500 MBPS !
LOL .................really cant stop lauging

though 900 plan (which i am using ) is good i need 512k or 1MBPS at rs 900 !!!

[naveen_reloaded]

Wait.... was this in your dreams?
Should be,...

[prasad_den]

Originally Posted by naveen_reloaded

Wait.... was this in your dreams?
Should be,...

Join me in the dream.... I'm dreaming of a 500mbps 1GB connection in 50 years from now... Tell me your dreams..!

[Ganeshkumar]

This is wat our president toooooo told

[Faun]

Originally Posted by shashank_re

Hey Guys i think you forgot that This is the Year of Fraudband!
So 500mbps is the joke of this year.
Thats it.

lol.

[fun2sh]

wow! koi mere ko mere dream se nahi uthana.


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?
?
are exams hai uthna to padega.

[Faun]

Originally Posted by fun2sh

wow! koi mere ko mere dream se nahi uthana.


?
?
?
are exams hai uthna to padega.

kab hai ?

[naveen_reloaded]

May be its a political trick they are playing on us..DAMN those politicians..they know nothing about technology...
They would thought that instead of 500kbps why not say 500mb ?,it wil give a wow effect to their announcement

[shashank_re]

^^Yeah Right! Its like this:
Politician(ofcourse Indian)lease vote for us!
Citizen:Ok.I will vote if you give me 500kbps unlimited net connection.
Politician: only that mucha!I will give you 500mbps connection but ask your mummy,daddy,sister,brother,neighbour to vote for me!

[vaithy]

Traditional ADSL suffered from the last mile connection problem and speed and bandwith is mainly depend on the distance of customer premises to the exchange, and other factors..you know light is traveling fastest anything in the earth.. so Fibre Obtical cables are used for signaling.. and the technology employed here is FTTP or FTTH although the protocols is different from many country and still in early stages..A central server located in a central office is directly connected to the subsvribers premises / offices directly by fibre optical networks get 500 Mbps maximum ( some body disagree that it is actually 100 mbps).. This scheme is useful to the large multisorey buildings/ housing boards/ offices/ where one of them connected then distributed among themselves.. so after distribution among the members of premises the speed may be proportutionate to the number of distribution...
This is only as a testing stage and unlike ADSL which has distance limitation ..this technology support atleast 80k.m length distance without losing the speed..
It is not impossible in India, if any ISP want to deploy it...See some example of Asian countries that deployed this technology and the cost factors.

Indonesia

Biznet Networks is one of the leading network providers in Indonesia. Being the first one who deployed this service in South East Asia, Biznet Metro FTTH network uses the latest Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON) based networking technology. Supported by Nokia Siemens, this network is capable on delivering Triple Play services that consist of Data (Internet or Intranet), Voice (VoIP) and Video (Interactive TV and Multimedia) in a single infrastructure. This network is capable of supporting up to 1 Gbyte/s data transfer. First Media, a company born from Lippo group's new $650 million investment in Internet in Indonesia, as well as cable television, began offering FTTH (using coaxial cable not Optical Fiber), branded as FastNet, on 8th of September. Plans offered are: 384 kbit/s for $11/month, 512 kbit/s for $22/month, 784 kbit/s for $33/month, 1.5 Mbit/s for $66/month and 3 Mbit/s for $132/month. Every plan comes with unlimited usage and all speeds cited are downstream, upload speed is not specified by First Media. These plans are the most competitive plans to be offered in Indonesia, to this moment.

Hong Kong

As of April 2006, HKBN was offering its customers Internet access via Fiber to the Building and Fiber to the Home. Speeds ranged from 10 Mbit/s (19 USD/month) to up to 1000 Mbit/s (1 Gbit/s) (215 USD/month), although the speed to non-Hong Kong destinations was capped at 20 Mbit/s. HKBN also provided FTTH plans for speeds of up to BB100 (100/100 Mbit/s) and BB25 (25/25 Mbit/s), for approximately US$25 and US$22 monthly. And in October 2007, largest telecom gaint in Hong Kong -- PCCW start to offer both 100Mbps and 1000Mbps FTTH internet plan for consumers. As Nov. 2007, their cost is around USD75 and USD280 respectively without any speed cap on overseas traffics.

Japan

FTTP, often called FTTH in Japan, was first introduced in 1999, and did not become a large player until 2001. In 2003-2004, FTTH grew at a remarkable rate, while DSL's growth slowed. 10.5 million FTTH connections are reported as of September 2007 in Japan.[2] Currently, many people are switching from DSL to FTTH, the use of DSL is decreasing, with the peak of DSL usage being March 2006.

Average real-world speed of FTTH is 66 Mbit/s in the whole of Japan, and 78 Mbit/s in Tokyo.

FTTH first started with 10 Mbit/s (at end-user rate) passive optical network (PON) by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), and 100 Mbit/s (at end-user rate) with GEPON (Gigabit Ethernet-PON) or broadband PON is major one in 2006. PON is major system for FTTH by NTT, but some competitive services present 1 Gbit/s (at end-user rate) with SS (Single Star). Currently, most people use 100 Mbit/s.

Major application services on fibers are voice over IP, video-IP telephony, IPTV (IP television), IPv6 services and so on.

South Korea

FTTP is offered by various Internet service providers including KT (formerly, Korea Telecom), Hanaro Telecom, and LG Powercom. The connection speed for both downloading and uploading is set to be 100 Mbit/s. Monthly subscription fee ranges between USD30 and USD35.

Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city, got its first passive optical network in April, 2006. Nayatel was Pakistan's first broadband provider to offer triple play services (voice, video and data) over BPON. As of April 2007, Nayatel offered Analog Video which was carried as overlay on fiber optic using the 1550 nm wavelength. The video headend was supplied by Scientific Atlanta and the voice network was powered by an Alcatel softswitch.

Nayatel is one of the companies in Pakistan who have invested in broadband infrastructure development in Pakistan. The infrastructure is reliable, and meets the current and future broadband needs of the corporates and home users in Pakistan. The Nayatel FTTH is providing basis for providing a long term solution for data, voice and video (triple play) needs of Islamabad community for todays and future.

WorldCall, is a Pakistani company with existing footprint in Karachi and Lahore. WorldCall was awarded a contract from Islamabad's Capital Development Authority (CDA) to lay down telecom ducts along the roadside.

with regards,
vaithy

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Hey guys they can easily give 500mbps plan with 1MB Download limit in a month

Was that a joke?