At 4:29 PM -0600 11/26/02, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote: > > >I am not being caustic or anything, C'da. But who do you blame for this, >the Central government? Is it any better in any other states? or even in >Delhi - honest questions, honest!! :)
*** Hi A: I would give you an answer if I had one. My own experiences in Mumbai earlier this year certainly were not anything to write home about. And that in the high rent district. I stayed in the same high-rise building that one of the country's topmost corporations' CEO lives in as my host, at Colaba, overlooking the bay; from where I attempted to log in. But be that as it may, it would be very reasonable to expect that Assam is a whole lot worse off than Mumbai might be. I attempted twice to log into my mail server from an internet cafe in PanBazar. On each attempt the sessions of struggle lasted over 10 minutes. Neither time could I get thru. But they took my money. Told me my 'server' must be having a problem. c-da > > > >From: Chan Mahanta >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: From the >AT/ Bandwidth Banes of the IT Nation >Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:37:45 >-0600 > > > > > > > >Disruptions hit N-E Internet services >By A >Staff Reporter > GUWAHATI, Nov 25 - It is now almost five years since the >Internet service >was launched first in Assam then in other North East >states. Still, for the >common user, logging in is hardly as smooth as it >should have been. >"Web-page can't be found," "connection with the server >can't be >established" are the two phrases that haunt the Internet users >in the >region day in and day out. Although there has been a rapid growth >in the >netizen population in the region during the last few years, the >Internet >service has not improved. > > Frequent disruptions in the >connectivity has demoralised the lot of >Internet cafe owners in the >region, most of who are well-educated first >generation entrepreneurs. >"Frequent disruption in connections result in fat >telephone bills at the >end of the month which has been a bane for us. >Moreover, we have to >digest the caustic remarks from the aggrieved >customers (internet users) >for no fault of us," says Nikunja Sharma, a >cyber cafe owner in the >city. All the internet service provider in the >region have failed to >improve the data transfer speed at a consistent level >to minimise the >agony of the users who are hit by wastage of money, time >and energy due >to below per Internet service available in the region. > > The main >problem is the frequent variation of the bandwidth provided by >the >various Internet Service Providers (ISPs). It is a case of giving a >>larger number of connections that are not in proportion to the bandwidth >>available. This leads to either very low data transfer speed or frequent >>disruptions at the expense of the user. The ISPs here have miserably >failed >to maintain the data transfer speed measured in bits per second >(BPS) as >promised by them while giving a connection to a user. In fact, >in view of >fast increasing netizen population there is urgent need on >part of the ISPs >to enhance there infrastructure to improve the quality >of service bringing >it to at least the level prevalent in the rest of >the country. > > However, the ISPs seem to be oblivious of the need. A >cross section of >cyber-cafe owners in the city alleged that recently a >private ISP claimed >to have installing 'extra line' to boost the data >transfer speed while >increasing the monthly connection fees. However, >the speed has 'decreased' >instead of getting increased. Unless the >connectively problems that are >dogging Internet service in the region, >are not removed the Central >government's ambitious project to put the >landlocked North Eastern region >in the global IT map through the newly >set up Computer Information Centres >(CICs) will never take off. >MSN 8 helps <http://g.msn.com/8HMEEN/2023>ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 >months FREE*.
