Isn't SLT ADSL too expensive?

[Anusha]

That's true.. and that's between Dialog and SLT, Maybe SLT can give cheaper rates! but you said "no other country offers cheaper ADSL connections", i was commenting on that!

Oh ok. Don't they have a download quota per month? I thought almost all of them were like that.

 

[Anusha]

See about mobile phone tariffs! At first they were above clouds... But after several vendors came n spread through the island.. things got more n more cheaper n mobile phones aren't any luxury but a necessity! Same thing should go with broadband!

Mobile phone tariffs are too high even still. I think they can give a 1 minute for less than Rs.1 and still make a hell of a lot of profit from it.

Now take Mobitel. They only have two sites. One is the head office where none of the systems are and the engineering division with all the system equipment is in Welikada. Two switches. All the others are towers + small unmanned base stations.
Now take SLT. They have exchanges over over the country. The have to maintain the wired network which is pretty hard work. They have had to invest a lot on the optical ring and the the submarine cables. Remember, they have microwave transmission for certain areas as well, but this is very cheap - hardly any maintenance costs.

If you take consider all these, SLT can't be profitable in the area of telephones. But they are!! A lot in fact!. Then imagine how profitable Mobitel is with very less maintenance costs, higher tariffs and all that.

 

[amila325]

nop man i thing it is ok

 

[zCexVe]

Yo guyz I heard that Lanka bell is goin to provide WCDMA network here.Dunno much..Do u knw about dis?

 

[Anusha]

Yo guyz I heard that Lanka bell is goin to provide WCDMA network here.Dunno much..Do u knw about dis?

Nope.

 

[zCexVe]

Nope.

I think u r now in SLT.May be u can ask some one there....................

 

[zCexVe]

Ppl here r verymuch afraid of Airtel coming to SL.They r one of leading in India.They carryout CDMA mobile fones there.So I think thats the reason Lankabell is going to do that..Just think Airtel just paid 40,000,000 for the licence!!!

 

[Anusha]

I think u r now in SLT.May be u can ask some one there....................

No, I'm not at SLT anymore.

 

[Anusha]

Ppl here r verymuch afraid of Airtel coming to SL.They r one of leading in India.They carryout CDMA mobile fones there.So I think thats the reason Lankabell is going to do that..Just think Airtel just paid 40,000,000 for the licence!!!

40 million is nothing

 

[shanX]

Ppl here r verymuch afraid of Airtel coming to SL.They r one of leading in India.They carryout CDMA mobile fones there.So I think thats the reason Lankabell is going to do that..Just think Airtel just paid 40,000,000 for the licence!!!

Is 40,000,000 big deal compared to the return???????

And WCDMA is not a big deal, it's an alternative for GSM i guess

 

[Agent_47]

dey r gonna introduce WI-FI

WI-Fi is already available through Suntel only in selected spots in and around Colombo and a few tourist destinations but it costs a limb. About Rs. 200 for a 40 minute time slot. Impractical and too expensive for home use.

 

[lasanka]

slt adsl is damn cheap jus ask mike.. he pays almost double for the same speed in UAE

 

[GNS]

BELL Net is da most Cheap connection.

But, that'll be effective only if they give 230kbps...

 

[chamithal]

Lanka-Bell is 100% Sri Lankan ne! I would love to see it standing over other vendors... After all, do you people know that a major area of sending our money out of the country is Calls (& realted telecommunication stuff)) ?

 

[Anusha]

Lanka-Bell is 100% Sri Lankan ne! I would love to see it standing over other vendors... After all, do you people know that a major area of sending our money out of the country is Calls (& realted telecommunication stuff)) ?

You have to pay the International ISP(s) whether your company is 100% Sri Lanka or not

 

[chamithal]

Yeah lol! It's obvious tht international ISPs should be paid but I mean profits... Most of the profits earned by SLT, Dialog, Suntel are going overseas!

 

[Anusha]

Yeah lol! It's obvious tht international ISPs should be paid but I mean profits... Most of the profits earned by SLT, Dialog, Suntel are going overseas!

An at the same time they help the development of the country more. There are always two sides.

Do you think SLT could have joined with those state of the art submarine cable systems this soon, if SLT was owned by the government?

 

[blood_brotha]

hmm so true anusha. without outside help. we are bullshit. look at dialog. owned by Malaysian telecom. and they are the number 1 mobile service provider.

 

[chamithal]

Well, it's true... Things wouldn't be that quick then! But, we should develope our spirit!
Look at a recently developed country like south korea! They got along with foreign companies, got the infrastructure and knowledge and then formed their own stuff! (Samsung, Kia, Hyundai) We should do the same thing... Not just wait until foreign giants grab it all...

 

[blood_brotha]

and half the guys in world of warcraft are koreans LOLZ