BANGALORE: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) plans to launch broadband internet service by December-end or January 2005 all over India. The public sector
corporation plans to provide 10 million broadband connections and cover the entire country instead of isolated pockets and cities.

 
The vast infrastructure already available with BSNL shall be used to provide these services to the subscribers as per media reports. Standard copper wire shall be used instead fiber optic cable since the network is already available and is much cheaper. The speed band will be between 256 and 512 kbps, since company sources say that only speeds in excess of 256 kbps can really be termed as high speed.

Dial up will not be necessary, since internet will be always on, for which a fixed monthly fee will be charged.
 

The service provider is sure that it will be able to garner numbers since there is a need for high-speed internet services in India. The services shall include multimedia over broadband and will include video on demand and online games. Agreements with content providers for renting and
watching movies online are being worked out.