If you plan to visit beautiful Bhutan, do so early next year and you will be able to use the country’s new broadband network, reports kuenselonline.com. India’s ORG Telecom Limited will build, integrate and test the network which is expected to be operational from January. The service will be available in the core urban areas of Thimphu, Paro, Phuentsholing, Wangduephodrang, Trongsa and Kanglung. These locations already have higher capacity backbone connections in place, but there is no last mile broadband access.
Currently, dial-up connectivity via Druknet, Bhutan Telecom’s Internet service provider, is between 14.4 kbps to 52.2 kbps. This is expected to increase to 512 kbps or higher once the network is completed. Druknet has about 5,000 dial-up users and while the number of users has remained about the same over the years, usage had gone up. The pricing plans have not been worked out, but the DSL based service could in the future also support triple pay services – video, voice and data.
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