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Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks
Satellite broadband is not for everyone who wants to use internet services. Looking at the global services, there’s no doubt that it will be very expensive to consume for an average user. Satellite broadband internet would be able to reach parts of India where the terrestrial networks can’t. But we are not talking about urban cities here. Almost every major city has blanket 4G network coverage provided by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) primarily has 3G networks in most parts of the country. The point is, people living in urban cities are well covered with terrestrial networks and so there’s no urgent need for a new more expensive connectivity medium in the short or medium term.
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For high-speed and stable internet access, users can go for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) services. There are many private internet service providers (ISPs) in India providing FTTH services. Almost every state either has a regional broadband internet service provider or there is Jio, Airtel, BSNL present.
Satellite broadband internet will come, but it won’t make a lot of noise for an average urban city consumer who has access to the internet at a very affordable cost. Even people living in the rural areas will accept less data with their internet plan overpaying an exorbitant cost for satellite broadband.
Starlink Broadband Pre-Booking a Prime Example
Starlink has been selling the pre-booking to users for $99 or roughly Rs 7,500 in India. Note that this is not even the final cost. This is just for pre-booking. The company has said that it is subsidising the service for Indian users, but it still won’t be very affordable.
Users would also need to purchase monthly plans from the company which is not going to be affordable either. Overall, if you could get a 1 Gbps internet plan for approximately Rs 4,000 from most of the major ISPs in the country, why would you pay lots more for satellite broadband and then also get a lesser speed?
