Speed Up

That is precisely what every one is crying for in India. Yes, you guessed it right…we are talking about our ‘slower-than-snail’ connection speed of broadband in the country.

We have got to admit that our broadband service and speed are abysmally poor. A recent international survey showed that we rank in the high eighties when it comes to the internet reach and speed, compared to more than 180 other nations in the world. Even a few relatively less developed African and Latin American countries have achieved a better ranking. This is a really disgraceful especially when we boast of us being one of the largest and fastest developing economies of the world.

For a company like Festoon Media which focuses in providing the latest new media services to our clients, we rely heavily on smooth and fast internet connectivity. Any blockage in that severely hampers our developmental activities. Moreover, it is indeed a well known that with out a proper, reliable, fast and efficient internet backbone no country can strive to achieve growth. Thus if we want to sustain our high GDP and economic growth rate, it is paramount that we invest heavily in creating just that.

Update: A neat infograph showing internet speeds + costs around the world.
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*Image source: rodrigo.haenggi
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