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BSNL pays around Rs 200/megabit per month for a total capacity of 214 Gigabits per second (Gbps) while its counterpart Telecom PSU Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (MTNL Mumbai) Which buys 1mbps for Rs 331 per month for a total capacity of 19Gbps from private wholesale providers like TATA and Reliance.
There’s always a rule in business that the more quantity you source in bulk you get more discounts, but BSNL story is totally different. The PSU buys almost 12 times higher bandwidth than MTNL and difference amount is barely little when you compare the purchase size.
To give you some idea, If you are an Small ISP which buys 1000mbps or 1Gbps would get 1 megabit for Rs 590 and medium size ISP which buys 10Gbps gets 1mbps for Rs 365 and 20Gbps for Rs 331/month. The main cause of concern to me is Private operators which buys 80Gbps int.bandwidth buy each megabit for almost Rs 215/month. Surprised?
BSNL Partly owns Europe India Gateway Submarine cable along with Bharti Airtel in India and majority of the bandwidth is sourced from EIG cable, it also sources international bandwidth from other TATA communications. BSNL’s National Internet Backbone (NIB) is the largest internet backbone in india which interconnects others routes & networks within the country.
Source: RTI Reveals BSNL Pays Exorbitant rates for International bandwidth
There’s always a rule in business that the more quantity you source in bulk you get more discounts, but BSNL story is totally different. The PSU buys almost 12 times higher bandwidth than MTNL and difference amount is barely little when you compare the purchase size.
To give you some idea, If you are an Small ISP which buys 1000mbps or 1Gbps would get 1 megabit for Rs 590 and medium size ISP which buys 10Gbps gets 1mbps for Rs 365 and 20Gbps for Rs 331/month. The main cause of concern to me is Private operators which buys 80Gbps int.bandwidth buy each megabit for almost Rs 215/month. Surprised?
BSNL Partly owns Europe India Gateway Submarine cable along with Bharti Airtel in India and majority of the bandwidth is sourced from EIG cable, it also sources international bandwidth from other TATA communications. BSNL’s National Internet Backbone (NIB) is the largest internet backbone in india which interconnects others routes & networks within the country.
Source: RTI Reveals BSNL Pays Exorbitant rates for International bandwidth
