On one end there is talk of wireless connectivity and wimax being deployed in India by various players and one the other end comes a report that shall surely put a dampner on all those who are setting up web businesses and streaming movies thinking that an audience exists that has the time and patience to fight a painfully slow internet to access that content.
Not sure what im talking about? Well im refering to the recent report by Internettrafficreport.com which states that India had an overall index of 74 and a response time of 253 milliseconds. A higher Index indicates faster and more reliable connection while a response time refers to time taken for a packet of information to reach from one point to another.
Check the image below to see how India is ranked with respect to other countries..
According to Rajesh Chabbria President, Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) “Indian bandwidth providers have the infrastructure to offer capacity in terrabits but they are making available only a few gigabits. This has resulted in artificial change in the supply and demand equation.” He also stated in this businessline article that smaller isp’s are not able to afford higher bandwidth as its priced higher than what its is priced for its UK and US counterparts.
On the whole this report does paint a sorry picture for those basing their business models on Internet Usage numbers stated by IAMAI in its reports because now the questions arises how many of those supposedly internet users have a good enough internet connection? Also What is IAMAI doing to improve this situation given that its the representative body for the Indian Internet and Mobile Industry. I guess IAMAI needs to do more than just conduct events around India if anything has to improve for Internet players and for IAMAI to be taken as a serious body.
Source : WATBlog
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