--- Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com wrote:
That i think makes it a viable market for broadband alright!
Broadband in Mumbai (except triband) is distributed by cable operators. Hence whatever the cable operators provide, the user has to use, else go to Triband. Probably he means non-competitive in that sense.
But from MTNL's point of view it is competitive as the CTOs cannot stop anyone fr5om getting triband. It comes directly through the phone line.
Hmm.. VSNL (Tata indicom) has been providing DSL services (therefore through phone line) for a while now. Airtel started this (DSL) some time ago too and even in my office area they provide the service. As does MTNL. Reliance also provides broadband service but in some areas.
TATA/AIRTEL provide bundled services which includes land line and internet.
The only thing going for TATA and for AIRTEL is that they provide unlimited plans (however sucky). But MTNL rules.
The reason why mtnl those plans are in delhi and not in mumbai is because airtel has a good presence there. So it was competitive and nothing else. Now that airtel is in mumbai too and gaining ground, its a matter of time before mtnl will come up with unlimited plans.
in any case its only a couple of years before this whole metered download bull is done away with.
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