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Broadband Quality War:
Are you a winner or a loser?
IESL Auditorium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
April 29, 2009
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Download speed: Feb 2008
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Download speed: Feb 2008
… poorer when accessing INT sites
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Download speed: From Feb 2008- Feb 2009
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Download speed: From Feb 2008- Feb 2009
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SLT (2 Mbps) Colombo - 2008 Dialog (2 Mbps) Colombo - 2008
SLT (2 Mbps) Colombo - 2009 Dialog (2 Mbps) Colombo - 2009
Why?Why?
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Download speed : From Feb 2008- Feb 2009
Improved in INT Why?Why?
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Download speed: From Oct 2008- Feb 2009
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Sirius (256 kbps) Dhaka - 2008 SKYbd (256kbps) Dhaka - 2008
Sirius (256 kbps) Dhaka - 2009 SKYbd (256kbps) Dhaka - 2009
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Sirius (256 kbps) Dhaka - 2008 SKYbd (256kbps) Dhaka - 2008
Sirius (256 kbps) Dhaka - 2009 SKYbd (256kbps) Dhaka - 2009
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Airtel (256 kbps) Delhi - 2009 MTNL (256 kbps) Delhi - 2009
Airtel (256 kbps) Chennai - 2009 BSNL (256 kbps) Chennai - 2009
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% of Advertised in 2008 % of Advertised in 2009
Download speed: Feb 2008 – Feb 2009
Over delivery in INT
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Airtel (256 kbps) Delhi - 2009 MTNL (256 kbps) Delhi - 2009
Airtel (256 kbps) Chennai - 2009 BSNL (256 kbps) Chennai - 2009
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Trends identified from QoSE testing
‘The BIG picture’
Fixed Broadband in Chennai,
Colombo, Dhaka and New Delhi
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Prices*
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17* Monthly rental (without tax) of selected packages ; not a direct comparison as other
conditions apply.
* Monthly rental (without tax) of selected packages ; not a direct comparison as other
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Packages
Download speed: Feb 2009 - ISP
Sri Lanka: Good speeds but false advertising
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Download speed: Feb 2009 - INT
Sri Lanka: Good speeds but false advertising
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* Monthly rental (without tax) of selected packages ; not a direct comparison as other
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* Monthly rental (without tax) of selected packages ; not a direct comparison as other
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Download speed: Feb 2009
ISP
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INT
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Sri Lanka: Response to paper on
‘NATIONAL BACKBONE NETWORK’
• A ‘National’ backbone will not solve all QoSE issues
• 2 Mbps is too low for a national backbone capacity
• Interconnection issues are crucial and must be
addressed
• Instead of uniform capacity everywhere the NBN,
should be designed to cater to specific demands to
provinces
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Bangladesh: Response to the paper on
‘BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SERVICES’
• Operators should guarantee QoSE not within ISP
only, but till first entry point to US
• Operators should publish contention ratios
• Assurance at launch is inadequate; QoSE should be
regularly monitored
• “Broadband = 128 kbps +” definition should change
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India: Response to the paper on
‘ISP BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS’
• Suggested contention ratios 1:20 (business) and 1:
50 (residential)
• Information on contention ratios should be made
public
• Broadband QoSE is not just speed; need a holistic
view
• Operator obligation should be till first entry point to
US
– Adopted 1:30 and 1:50
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