Speed

Out of curiosity, I put an RTI asking President of India Secretariat about connectivity at President’s office.  

Questions I asked and their replies

Question 1: Who is the Internet service provider?
Reply: National Informatics Centre MEITY is providing internet service at President Office.

Question 2: Speed of Internet connection at President’s Office?
Reply: Presently the speed is 100 Mbps.

Question 3: (And my favourite!) Is IPv6 deployed?
Reply: IPv6 supported by most devices. However, IPv4 addressing is used at present.

Yesterday I read about BSNL increasing speeds from 512Kbps to 1Mbps (with caps). Today I came across news in Business Line about Bharti Airtel increasing speed on wireline DSL. This is really good believe me! I am not refering to little bit increase in speeds, but I am refering to start of competition within ISP’s based on speed. Right now it’s Wireless (3G) Vs Wireline (DSL) players, and I am sure very soon we will see competition within wireline Vs wireline players. Competition is always good specially in telecom industry. We can clearly see where we stand now: from 8years of waiting for a telephone connection to 5min of prepaid sim purchase, from 56Kbps at $1/hour to 10GB data at $20 a month. We have came so far, but yet long way to go!