Broadband tariffs may go UP

The tariffs of broadband and internet services in India could be heading skywards soon, if the proposed license structure is implemented. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has proposed a one-time license fee of Rs 15 crore, as compared to the Rs 30 lakh that is applicable at present.

“If internet service providers opt for the UL, then the cost of internet and broadband services will go up," said Rajesh Charia, President of Internet Service Provider Association of India (ISPAI).

Under the proposed licensing regime, DoT will allow service providers to offer internet telephony (VoIP- Voice over Internet Protocol) service, which will help offer low cost call services in rural areas. In 2010, private players - Reliance Infotel Broadband, Tikona Digital and Augere, had won BWA spectrum, and the committee has given the recommendation the ISPs with wireless broadband spectrum (BWA) be allowed to provide voice telephony service, but has left it to the higher authorities to take a call on whether these companies need to pay the Rs 1650 crore extra.

The government has given the option of continuing with the old license format, which runs in parallel with the new national level UL that will cost Rs 15 crore. All licensees who wish to offer any additional services will have to migrate to a unified license. For example, Reliance Infotel had acquired Wireless Broadband Spectrum (BWA) spectrum and an ISP license in 2010. But the company will have to pay Rs 1,650 crore if it wants to offer voice services using this spectrum. The existing license does not allow that.

Broadband tariffs may go up under new proposed license framework - Internet | ThinkDigit News

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As if FUP was not bad enough.

We already pay a lot for speeds like 512 kbps/1mbps

God bless India

Why don't they increase the speed instead of tariff?

I pay a lot for 256kbps.

As if it was cheap in the 1st place.... :evil:

Up the price, and down the bandwidth please, it'll make everything perfect.
M........ nothing.

oh dear.. i am not surrendering my crap BSNL anymore... 500/mnth with 2-8am unlimited @2Mbps. its good..

Need moar moooneeey hurrrr,

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For the sake of not getting arrested I'm not naming the characters, but feel free so imagine their names

Huh? I had recently read that they may go down. They were planning to abolish the service tax on broadband.

Abolish service tax on broadband services: DoT | Business Standard

Now i cant trust any news!

Oh dear !!!!

This is beyond pathetic

then the broadband tariffs will starts at the range from 1000Rs

When will the government understand that facilities like internet are a major requirement for the development of socity? Better internet=easier access to quality content=no tension from crapy teachers=better education.

Technically VoIP is just voice data piggybacking on normal internet data right?
Why should the providers pay more for the spectrum they have already bought ?

pranav0091 said:
Technically VoIP is just voice data piggybacking on normal internet data right?
Why should the providers pay more for the spectrum they have already bought ?

Because if you use VOIP you do not have to pay to the government for calls and hence they lose revenue, they want to tax you for every call you make, doesn't matter over phone or over internet.

@TDF Friends,it is meant to curb our freedoms.If the tariffs soar up,how many would go to cybercafes or how many of us(exceptions aside)would bear the financial pressure(bill) as an important priority in our daily lives...???????????

Buying Movies/Music and games would be cheaper now :lol:

RCuber said:
Buying Movies/Music and games would be cheaper now

lol. True.

tkin said:
Because if you use VOIP you do not have to pay to the government for calls and hence they lose revenue, they want to tax you for every call you make, doesn't matter over phone or over internet.

Yes, true. What I mean is that these service providers have already bought the spectrum, so why should they be paying any more money now just because they want to offer VoIP?

Because this burden is only going o be offloaded on the shoulders of the users which in turn would mean that the service wont exactly be cheap and in that case the whole argument of cheap VoIP calls is lost. I mean, cellular calls in India are already amongst the cheapest anywhere in the world apparently, so any service that is "cheap" has to be cheaper than that. And this move by the govt, if enforced, might fill the government coffers with a little more money for some corrupt politician to gobble but not help anyone else.

/me check for jobs in Sweden.

pranav0091 said:
Yes, true. What I mean is that these service providers have already bought the spectrum, so why should they be paying any more money now just because they want to offer VoIP?

Because this burden is only going o be offloaded on the shoulders of the users which in turn would mean that the service wont exactly be cheap and in that case the whole argument of cheap VoIP calls is lost. I mean, cellular calls in India are already amongst the cheapest anywhere in the world apparently, so any service that is "cheap" has to be cheaper than that. And this move by the govt, if enforced, might fill the government coffers with a little more money for some corrupt politician to gobble but not help anyone else.

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I have no idea when will we get good speeds in India

i have..

you wont. :twisted:

harshilsharma63 said:
When will the government understand that facilities like internet are a major requirement for the development of socity? Better internet=easier access to quality content=no tension from crapy teachers=better education.

In a country where computers are considered as luxury goods(as for as govt. is concerned), no wonder these type of news will follow. Looks like another govt. attempt to prevent access to information.

theserpent said:
I have no idea when will we get good speeds in India

Every One knows this............................ Why Dont you ??
NEVER............................. Yeah you heard that right ...................... NEVER

We will just keep paying higher prices with our hard earned money for 256/512 kbps +++++++++++++++++++ FUP

harshilsharma63 said:
When will the government understand that facilities like internet are a major requirement for the development of socity? Better internet=easier access to quality content=no tension from crapy teachers=better education.

HAve you even git your aakash tablet Yet ??

First Get it Then Expect the govt to do this !

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As if the current prices are good.

Stupid oldies at DoT plan to go back to 128Kbps speed or they want ISPs to offer stupid plans like 5GB per 1K rental.

Meh! even image urls have censor?

I am already using 1 mbps plan for 999 rupees. Don't want to hike that more.

isnt this for new customers only?? existing customers WILL have the existing tariffs, right???

anirbandd said:
isnt this for new customers only?? existing customers WILL have the existing tariffs, right???

Guess

BSNL does an interesting thing, I used to have 5GB 1k Night UL Plan, that plan was removed, as an existing customer I was supposed to keep using it as long as I like, after 7 months one day I was suddenly bumped down to 256kbps UL, BSNL people told me that it was by mistake, so I told them ok, get it fixed by next billing cycle, and when that time came they told me since the 1k plan is no longer available I have to select a current plan, and I had to take 2.5GB 500/- Night UL plan, this is how they would screw you, not everyone at once, but little by little all would be screwed.

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Really sad news considering that India is already deprived in terms of 2G / 3G development happening across the world. This will further hamper development of our rural areas.

Good job DoT. We can all go back to using 56kbps modems now or pay 1000 bucks for 256kbps. Now that's what I call progress.

anirbandd said:
isnt this for new customers only?? existing customers WILL have the existing tariffs, right???

No, They will most definitely change your plan to the new one with the updated tariff from the next billing cycle. Or they may play games with you like tkin explained

I hope it doesn't affect my beloved Beam Fiber, now since I am used to 10 Mbps speeds, I don't think I will get used to any speed lower than that

On the other hand
Is Skype illegal in India? BSNL honcho seems to think so

theserpent said:
On the other hand
Is Skype illegal in India? BSNL honcho seems to think so

At the end of the day it all comes down to the government wanting control/restrict flow of information and also making money while they are at it. Services like Skype are fully legal but they will declare it illegal just because it allows unrestricted flow of information which the government has no control over. Also thanks to Skype people with smartphones are using it as a free alternative to expensive 3G calling. Of course that ain't gonna fly with BSNL, so now its time to tax VOIP. Makes you wonder if the government actually exists to serve the public.

Already,my monthly BSNL bill for 900ULD Plan has risen by Rs.81/-, may be due to error also!!!
I have to get it clarified soon,because till January 2013,I used to pay Rs.801/- p.m. for this Plan(Rs.900/- : DISCOUNT AVAILED @ 20% BY ME)
That means I have to be ready to shell out more!@$&&^%%%$!

S

glad i use beamfiber.. I get 15 mbps for 1100

shoebahmed said:
glad i use beamfiber.. I get 15 mbps for 1100

I'm coming to Hyd soon

T

Is our government so poor ?

They are running after each and every opportunity to make MONEY.....

What is left behind, they are even talking about taxing agriculture ..... just to curve the governments deficit.

Tech&ME said:
Is our government so poor ?

They are running after each and every opportunity to make MONEY.....

What is left behind, they are even talking about taxing agriculture ..... just to curve the governments deficit.

Replace poor with Greedy

tkin said:
Guess

BSNL does an interesting thing, I used to have 5GB 1k Night UL Plan, that plan was removed, as an existing customer I was supposed to keep using it as long as I like, after 7 months one day I was suddenly bumped down to 256kbps UL, BSNL people told me that it was by mistake, so I told them ok, get it fixed by next billing cycle, and when that time came they told me since the 1k plan is no longer available I have to select a current plan, and I had to take 2.5GB 500/- Night UL plan, this is how they would screw you, not everyone at once, but little by little all would be screwed.

i'd like to see them try that with me..

Tech&ME said:
Is our government so poor ?

They are running after each and every opportunity to make MONEY.....

What is left behind, they are even talking about taxing agriculture ..... just to curve the governments deficit.

tkin said:
Replace poor with Greedy

and govt with dirty politicians eager to fill their swiss bank coffers

Abandon ~~thread~~ country.

Darn it. I am already paying 850 for less than 30KBps average speeds what more do they want.

gameranand said:
Darn it. I am already paying 850 for less than 30KBps average speeds what more do they want.

You have my sympathy

gameranand said:
Darn it. I am already paying 850 for less than 30KBps average speeds what more do they want.

OBVIOUSLY [Y]Our $$$.

i am paying 125 for 1 GB...

S

The hike is not justified at all..If they had a plan where they increased the speeds and increased the tariff to an extent it would have been a win win situation but with them only increasing tariff and the speeds remaining the same i dont see the whole point of the hike.

F@$k!!! Just when I was thinking of leaving college hostel and moving to a flat for internet connectivity. College wifi sucks. Does anyone know when this will be implemented????

Wait you forgot to add the spectrum pressure. which all these companies are going to make back by charging consumers absurd amounts of money...

Inceptionist said:
Abandon ~~thread~~ country.

they will charge you for that too..

V

BSNL has already increased the rates by Rs 50

nginx said:
At the end of the day it all comes down to the government wanting control/restrict flow of information and also making money while they are at it. Services like Skype are fully legal but they will declare it illegal just because it allows unrestricted flow of information which the government has no control over. Also thanks to Skype people with smartphones are using it as a free alternative to expensive 3G calling. Of course that ain't gonna fly with BSNL, so now its time to tax VOIP. Makes you wonder if the government actually exists to serve the public.

its to make money .... the government ( i think they dont even deserved to be called that, its an insult to that word ) the netas only care about filling their pockets.... they give loan wavers.. subsidies which dont even reach the needy and they demand honest tax payers for hard earned money for buying property, sports cars and influencing industry policy.

The netas seemed to have adopted a stand where they have both - the industry and the poor in their pockets... since the educated middle class contribute as the highest percentage of the tax and comprise of the smallest percentage in population they are milking them...

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tkin said:
Guess

BSNL does an interesting thing, I used to have 5GB 1k Night UL Plan, that plan was removed, as an existing customer I was supposed to keep using it as long as I like, after 7 months one day I was suddenly bumped down to 256kbps UL, BSNL people told me that it was by mistake, so I told them ok, get it fixed by next billing cycle, and when that time came they told me since the 1k plan is no longer available I have to select a current plan, and I had to take 2.5GB 500/- Night UL plan, this is how they would screw you, not everyone at once, but little by little all would be screwed.

Creepy

paying 1k for 1mbps / month since the last 3 years...

Ya Ali, Maddad !

Here it is 700 for a month for 1MBps unlimited

Here Rs600 for 3mbps Upto 30gb then 1mbps FTTC CONNECTION

For 1k you get 15mbps

kARTechnology said:
Here Rs600 for 3mbps Upto 30gb then 1mbps FTTC CONNECTION

For 1k you get 15mbps

Ok,ok we know how great Beam is,no need to rub salt to our wounds

CommanderShawnzer said:
Ok,ok we know how great Beam is,no need to rub salt to our wounds

Its not BEAM, its APPLE...
and its less than beam by Rs.60, FUP is 30GB, and after that its 1MBPS
I get both up and down speed equally like 2.60~2.90MBPS

Here 850/- for 512kbps with first 6gb 2Mbps!! :evil:

God pls make me study so that i can have good job abroad where i have unlimited high speed internet :pray:

and p2p privacy :twisted:

NikiNfOuR said:
Here 850/- for 512kbps with first 6gb 2Mbps!! God pls make me study so that i can have good job abroad where i have unlimited high speed internet and p2p privacy

well when you will be able to eat at McD/burger shop @10/medium then you will find $59.99 puny then you will not look for p2p

avinandan012 said:
well when you will be able to eat at McD/burger shop @10/medium then you will find $59.99 puny then you will not look for p2p

Dude, i have the answer for that bro

Just watchout for a new thread in Open Source category

I have to make sure about it

After that i will post the thread

Suspense