BSNL Slashes Direct Internet Access Tariffs in India

I4D: The state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has decided to reduce tariffs for direct Internet access services (DIAS) by over 50 per cent. While the installation charges have been brought down from a maximum of $.66 to a flat fee of $.11 across all tariff packages, the monthly rental has also been reduced from a maximum of $40 a month to $20. The new tariffs will be operational from June 1, 2005.
The DIAS service, offered by BSNL across 42 cities in 23 states, allows subscribers to get high-speed Internet access on the same copper line as the fixed line telephone. All a customer needs to do is to install a dialling unit, which combines voice and Internet data packets on a single twisted-pair wire at the subscriber’s premises.

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