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Now, download a movie in 30 minutes
By siliconindia
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Monday, 06 April 2009, 15:59 IST |
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New Delhi: Bharti Airtel, India's one of the leading telecom providers has come up with its new high speed broadband services which offer a speed of 16 Mega Bits Per Second (Mbps) that is twice that of the current highest speed available for the retail segment anywhere in the country. The new service enables the consumers to download a 4GB high-definition movie within 30 minutes compared with more than 12 hours that a 256 Kbps connection takes, reported BusinessLine.
Airtel has now launched the service based on optic-based DSL technology in Delhi and planning to launch the same in Chennai and Bangalore soon. The average broadband speed in India is 256 Kbps currently, while in countries such as France and Korea, this is in excess of 16 Mbps.
The new service comes at a premium. For those in New Delhi, the monthly charges are Rs 2,999, with up to 20 GB of download, in addition to modem and installation charges of Rs 850. Subscribers in Gurgaon will have to pay Rs 4,999 for up to 50 GB of download.
"Broadband has an extremely high potential of growth not just from the possible conversions of dial-up connections, but also in the expansion of internet homes," said R. Chandrasekar, Head (Brand and Media), Bharti Airtel.