Challenges of Internet penetration in rural areas – Nitish Kumar

Today with the advancement in technology, we are dependent on Internet more and more. Without internet all walks of life will be affected Banking, TV, media and so many will be hanged and almost life will come to a standstill. In urban areas the available bandwidth of the internet is good enough for our daily activities, but in rural areas bandwidth is not enough, we cannot do activities like: Banking, Watching movies, playing games, office works etc.

In rural areas, the bandwidth of the internet in not good is due to less number of towers or may be lack of proper service maintenance.Generally towers are available in those areas which were developed a long ago, and after that very few number of towers were installed that may be the cause for the lower bandwidth in the newly or recently developed rural areas. A proper care must be taken for the increment of the internet speed or bandwidth in these areas, as rural areas are also developing day by day. Also due to this rural people are not able to get benefit of the services which are provided through the internet.

Usually, you hear internet has just been shaped. But you don’t know what does this really means? Internet Shaping is reducing the internet bandwidth by your Internet Service Provider(ISPs) when customer has exceeded their monthly/daily limit, Generally many ISP drops your Internet speed to around 80kpbs and you have to wait for speed till further renewal of pack. At this speed, your device is connected to the internet but you cannot do many day to day online activities like watching movies, playing games, Office work over VPN connection and many more.You can only able to get Emails, WhatsApp messages and other activities which requires low internet speed.

From customer point of view, there are a number of benefits to shaping versus other alternatives:-

  1. You know how much you are paying for the internet every months.
  2. Even at slower speed you still can to so many other activities like Whatsapp messaging, Email chatting.
  3. Pay as per your internet usages. If you are less heavy internet user than your neighbour then why should you pay the same amount that your neighbour is paying.

Of course, internet shaping can present some challenges to heavy internet. As shaped connection usually prevent users from streaming video like Netflix, Youtube, as well as remote desktop connection, online gaming and software updates. If you rely heavily on high bandwidth activities for entertainment(or work), then shaping might be a less suitable alternative than higher quotas or additional data charges.

Things to care to Improve Internet Connection :–

  • If 4g router are available in your area upgrade to 4g router which is now available at very low cost and higher speed in comparison to 2g/3g router.
  • Use of fitted antenna in your router which are more stable for internet connection and can help to create better range and coverage.
  • Don’t hard reset your routers frequently which we usually do if our internet connection is not working properly, even restarting can resolve the issue or its better to contact your service provider if they are available.
  • Sometime position of routers also play a vital role to improve our internet and wifi connection. Usually placing router near device like TV , Microwaves etc leads to decrease in the performance of Internet connection.
  • Regularly contact with your Internet Service Provider to know better service plan and service running in your area. As unless you ask , your plan cannot be upgraded.

Survey Report

According to the survey taken on 5thjune,2020 at Shahbazpur,Muzaffarpur, Bihar using Google form, people wants to use the best internet service in their area but due to unavailability of services in their area or lack of idea they are not getting these services. As per survey they are using plans which is best or fastest available option in their area but still not satisfied with the service provided to them by their service provider.

Encryption in the perspective of the Law Enforcement Agencies by Subhendu Chakraborty

This is a recorded live session in two parts taken by Subhendu Chakraborty on encryption in the perspective of the law enforcement agencies.

Part 1

Part 2

Building Community Network By Saurav Datta

The webinar is covering wireless network standard, planning for wireless network, Troubleshooting in wireless network, Basic security of network equipment

Securing Global Routing session by Sushanta Sinha

The youtube session is on Securing Global Routing, discussing common threats of routing and its remedies. It also covers the role MANRS (Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security) and the importance of being part of this community.

Update from EC Meeting on 18th Jan 2020

Update from ISOC Kolkata Chapter Executive Council Meeting held on 18th Jan 2020.  

Anupam Agrawal completed his agreed tenure of 1 year since the last AGM and expressed his willingness to not take the role again. The past one year was phenomenal for ISOC Kolkata with SANOG 34 and India Internet Week and chapter created several milestones. He is handing the reins to Anand Raje. This was agreed in the Executive Council Meeting of ISOC Kolkata on 18th January.

“Anupam, was with ISOC Kolkata since its inception and leaves it with a strong foundation”. Says Anand Raje, the new Chair of ISOC Kolkata. The decision will be ratified in the AGM on 29 February. The AGM will also do elections for Executive Council to fill up the Vacancy. The current secretary Prof. Indrajit De was elected to be the new Vice Chair.

India Internet Week 2019

On the occasion of 150th Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, Internet Society Kolkata Chapter in its 10th year announces India Internet Week from 11-17th November, 2019 at Kolkata, India. The objective is to discuss Internet issues in a multi-stakeholder model while each stakeholder community having their own space to sharpen and share the knowledge of their community and increase the base of participation & contribution. This has the power to change the narrative and depth how Internet issues and policies are discussed in India.

India Internet Week, a week long conglomeration of multiple Conferences, workshops, panels and Key Notes will discusses the broad policy framework required for Internet Governance along with deep dive into the components of Internet namely DNS & Roots, Names (Domains)and Numbers (protocols).

The Week starts with the maiden academic conference (iTIPS)and PHD Forum focused to bring together the academic community working on Internet Technology and Policy and is run by India Internet Foundation and supported by Calcutta University and ACM Kolkata Section. It is followed by Connections – A pre IETF India Forum run by India Internet Engineering Society on Internet Protocols which keeps the Internet alive and kicking. Youth Internet Governance Forum in its 2nd edition is co locating itself and is being hosted at St. Xaviers University. Co-locating again is GFCE-III (Global Forum on Cyber Expertise) of which India is a member and 2nd edition is in Kolkata and is the right forum for CIOs and CISOs to discuss the policy and technology around networks and critical internet infrastructure. Finally the week will wrap up with India School on Internet Governance a school run in collaboration with 4 ISOC chapters namely, Delhi Trivandrum Mumbai & Kolkata.

Whether you are an Internet User, technologist, policy maker, lawyer, language expert, civil society there is something for you in India Internet Week. Please plan to attend the part to your liking and interest. It will have knowledge and networking flowing through out the week.

To close this post, with the quotation of Mahatma Gandhi, ” “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

International Conference on Internet Technologies, Innovation, Policy and Standards

IISOC Kolkata and India Internet Foundation (IIFON) is organizing 1st International Conference on Internet Technologies, Innovation, Policy and Standards during November 13th to 14th, 2019 in the vibrant city of Kolkata, the ‘cultural capital’ of India. The conference is technically co-sponsored by ACM Kolkata Section / IEEE Kolkata Chapter. IISOC Kolkata & IIFON wants to create a scholarly community on Internet Technologies, Policy and Standards and bring in the experience of implementers and their innovations around the multidisciplinary nature of Internet. The motto of this conference is to create a unique forum to exchange ideas on the future course of Internet’s evolution, technological challenges to be addressed as an essential enabler for this evolution, implementation and standardization issues and the challenges/ impact on the Internet policies across the world.

For More Detail Please Visit –http://itips2019.insideinternet.org/

ISOC Kolkata Chapter is hosting SANOG 34 in Kolkata, India

The prescheduled venue for SANOG34 was Colmbo, Sri Lanka. SANOG 34 will be relocated to Kolkata, India, hosted by ISOC Kolkata during 31st July to 7th August 2019. There is no change of dates, and the order of the event will be three days of conference & tutorials followed by five days of workshops. Further Details will be published in the next few days on the website (www.sanog.org/sanog34) including venue information, hotels and travel information. Registration will open on 20 May 2019.

The decision was very difficult for us and our Sri Lankan Hosts, LEARN and LKNOG. We took the decision on advise from the local host in greater consideration of security of participants. We would like to thank LEARN and LKNOG for continuously being in touch and guiding us during the situation.

SANOG will be in Kolkata for the first time, and the Program committee is putting together a great program. Thanks to ISOC Kolkata chapter for stepping in to host the event, and hope to see you in SANOG 34, Kolkata.

We cordially welcome you to SANOG34 – to Kolkata – The Heritage of South Asia.

Indian IETF Capacity Building

Internet Sociey Kolkata Chapter (ISOC Kolkata) and India Internet Engineering Society (IIESoc) comes together to deliver the IICB-21 and RFCs We Love session jointly. IICB-21 will be the 21st session of IICB program done by ISOC Kolkata and will discuss Why India Matters in Standards Development. RFCs We Love will deep dive into the RFCs used by the community , learning and discussions from various authors of RFC and key contributors in IETF.

Chapter chair sharing views on data security in regional TV Channel DD Bangla

The national broadcaster of India Doordarshan’s regional center operating in vernacular language of the region which is Bangal, invited ISOC Kolkata to participate in the debate related to Data Security and the ways and means through which the normal internet user can keep their data protected. The Chapter Chair Anupam Agrawal participated in the debate which was aired live on DD Bangla Channel from 7-30 PM on 28th March, 2018. The use of apps and the increased usage pattern is definitely changing the social fabric was the key point mentioned in the debate. The user awareness has to be increased significantly for which ISOC Kolkata is working was mentioned.