What are standard broadband plans (Standard broadband fibre)?

Standard broadband plans (Standard broadband fibre) are simply plans that offer the same benefits and are priced the same across all circles. To put it simply, bsnl offers all of its Broadband tariff plans at the same price and benefits across all telecom circles.

While there are only four telecom operators in India, there are many other Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and the number continues to grow as the days go by. As a result of the pandemic, all ISPs have received a boost as demand for fixed-line fiber Internet connection has grown. 

Private operators such as Excitel and other lesser known companies have expanded their services in new parts of the country to acquire greater market share in line with the growing demand for the service.

However, there is one thing that all new private ISPs need to consider and that is whether their broadband plans are standard or not.

What are standard broadband plans?

Standard broadband plans are simply plans that offer the same benefits and are priced the same across all circles. To put it simply, JioFiber offers all of its plans at the same price and benefits across all telecom circles. Therefore, JioFiber offers "Standard" plans across India.

For the sake of it, instead of calling them standard plans, let's call them "coherent plans". Coherent broadband plans are much better than plans that offer various benefits in different environments across the country.

Why are standard / coherent broadband plans better?

Standard or constant broadband plans are better because psychologically they offer safety and comfort to the user. Also, it helps the user not to feel cheated. For example, if a user living in Delhi gets a 100 Mbps broadband plan from a hypothetical company called "XYZ" for Rs 1,000 and another user living in Mumbai simultaneously gets the same plan from the same company for Rs 700 rupees; the user living in Delhi would feel a bit betrayed.

Fibration costs, infrastructure development costs and other operational costs for businesses can vary in different regions. Regardless, broadband companies should focus on offering plans that offer standard plans to users across the country.

With standard / coherent plans, users can also move home or move their connection to another city or circle if they are moving home. That's why the plans of companies like JioFiber, Excitel, Airtel Xstream Fiber, BSNL Bharat Fiber look great.

At the same time, ACT Fibernet's plans appear to be very confusing, and this is the case with the plans offered by You Broadband in flagship cities.