... and I was absolutely amazed to see that only a tiny, tiny, minority elect for plans of over 256. Less than 5%?

But they don't seem to realise that it is the exorbitant cost that must be behind this.

Generally, it is a pity that they have not really compared with the rest of the world on a cost basis: just speed.

One of the reasons for the majority selecting 256kps is that the unlimited plan is only 256kbps, surely TRAI have to understand that.
Also TRAI is comparing with statutory minimum speeds in other countries, maybe they should be comparing with average speeds.

Average speeds from SpeedTest.net by continent -
North America 4452 kb/s 889 kb/s
Europe 3753 kb/s 848 kb/s
Australasia 3667 kb/s 464 kb/s
Asia 2038 kb/s 628 kb/s
South America 843 kb/s 273 kb/s

i dont think much of these "thinkers" who think FTTH will help boost internet speeds ...

The consultation paper doesn't talk about Download/ Upload Limit (datacap) at all! IMO....We don't need higher speed (>1Mbps). We need unlimited/higher datacap(>50GB/m) to start with.

kreacher wrote:

Average speeds from SpeedTest.net by continent - North America 4452 kb/s 889 kb/s Europe 3753 kb/s 848 kb/s Australasia 3667 kb/s 464 kb/s Asia 2038 kb/s 628 kb/s South America 843 kb/s 273 kb/s

NO 8 mbps ???

@main topic.. whom to email??

@some_cap:
it's all given in the 1st page

tamal wrote:

The consultation paper doesn't talk about Download/ Upload Limit (datacap) at all! IMO....We don't need higher speed (>1Mbps). We need unlimited/higher datacap(>50GB/m) to start with.

Exactly,Thats the point we need to drive through their heads
Home plans shoudnt mean 2.5GB limit,Atleast start with 10GB limit


Of course,speed is definitely minuscule for the UL ppl

Its very similar to giving a chopstick with soup in an "all you can eat" buffet. ROFL.

They should implement bandwidth shaping with the capped plans and also increase the datacap. This has been my "midway soln" to the problem.

Come on guys..come on...Mail the frigging idiot. I have had bounced emails from the TRAI domain. The one on the Gmail is going through. Keep up at it while I try and get the concerned person's email id. I'd get the whole list and you could email at will and as much as you can!

Cheers....

Got acknowledgment from SK Gupta of TRAI.
----------------------------------------------------

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: sunil kumar gupta <guptask61 @ gmail.com>
Date: Jan 3, 2008 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: Status Paper on Broadband Speed January, 2008
To: tamal


Thanks for the comments

S. K. Gupta


On 1/3/08, tamal wrote:

Dear Mr. S. K. Gupta,

This mail is regarding the Status Paper on Broadband Speed January, 2008. I just want to let you know that the document is silent about Download/ Upload Limit (datacap) used by all Indian ISP. If you kindly check all the Home 256Kbps plans offered by BSNL, all of them have datacap of just 1-2.5GB/month. This kind of datacap is certainly not enough by today's standard.We need unlimited/higher datacap(>50GB/month) plans to start with. I also think that minimum broadband speed should start with 512Kbps onward and at an affordable price. ISPs should not use "up to" mechanism to cheat their customers.

Kindly look into the datacap issue and ensure that all ISPs providing broadband services consistently.

Thank You,

Regards,

Tamal Mukherjee
A Internet user since 1994

^ Come to think of it, Gmail has a wonderful SPAM filter...lol, just kiddin. Im currently floodin him with snail mails. Using addresses of all my friends and sending them myself..

Here is a list of the valid email ids from TRAI. Go ahead and cc to all.

Since this is a public list, I am sure that we are within our rights to post it here. I need your co operation to make this successful and go ahead. Remember guys, it takes a lot of effort to make this happen and please dont waste my efforts!

Cheers
cp @ trai.gov.in
trai @ del2.vsnl.net.in
duttatrai @ gmail.com
mpalamattam @ trai.gov.in,
chaubemc @ trai.gov.in,
param @ trai.gov.in

These are the email addresses of the key people in TRAI. If the email to this Gupta character doesnt go, email the whole lot of mails to these nuts. I have done my bit...cheers and kick their butts NICE and HARD...

Abhishek wrote:

Here is a list of the valid email ids from TRAI. Go ahead and cc to all. ... ... ...

Done...
@Abhishek
Thanks man,
With all this,IF we dont get it,I dunno what will!

Abhishek wrote:

Come on guys..come on...Mail the frigging idiot. I have had bounced emails from the TRAI domain. The one on the Gmail is going through. Keep up at it while I try and get the concerned person's email id. I'd get the whole list and you could email at will and as much as you can! Cheers....

I think that they are blocking most of the common email domains (like yahoo, hotmail etc.) at the server level itself and it is only a matter of time before they block gmail too.. This is the best time to check the pathetic mail services of `bsnl.net.in' itself. I would love to see them blocking their own servers, thereby isolating themselves, or just blocking all the id's apart from a closed group which contains their id's. In the former scenario, it would give us a great material to fight them with.. am thinking on a tangent and will reply back later in the day. Do hope to get your reply by then. Will also send the mails in the evening