Posts

First Broadband connection in Durg and Bhilai

Image
It was May-2005. Hot and humid like hell. We were in Bhilai. It is a township built on the Laterite soil of Chhattisgarh and this township is huge. All the residential colonies and sectors cut in squares with so many streets leading to the single and multistory houses built on either sides. Everywhere you go, you can see the red Laterite soil covering the side patches of roads. We had been working for last couple of months on planning and setting up the Broadband network around Durg, Bhilai area. Durg is the district headquarters of Bhilai and an old city. To set up the Telecom network, three main exchanges were chosen in the first phase to start delivering ADSL broadband connections. Durg main exchange area was one of them. Another exchange area chosen was of Bhilai Sector-1. Bhilai being an industrial township for Bhilai Steel Plant, it is a cosmopolitan township. People from all over India work in the plant. Rolling out ADSL broadband network was the most important and the flagship ...
Post a Comment
Read more

OTT and it’s impact on Indian media & movie business

Image
OTT and It's impact on Indian Media and Movie business What is OTT? In simple terms, OTT (Over The Top) is a term used to refer to a service like video, audio etc, which you can watch over internet. Mainly we are referring to movies, lots of videos from individuals which are uploaded over video storing and sharing platforms. A professional implementation of OTT is Netflix, Amazon Prime Videos, YouTube. A normal quality video needs about 300–400 kbps speed, which might be able to just deliver the video content. You might need better internet speed to watch better qualities. Not to mention the bottleneck at the source server which is serving you the content. Disruption of Theater Business There was a time when single screen theaters were the mode of entertainment where you can go and watch a movie. Then came multiplexes with multiple screens and and a lot more attractions. Theaters Theaters had huge number of seats, all for a single screen which is running a movie for days in differe...
Post a Comment
Read more