Ever-increasing Nepal’s internet bandwidth has now touched 1 Tbps. As we spend more time online, the import of internet bandwidth has also inflated as of late.
The total bandwidth is largely shared among the handful of leading ISPs and carriers for their internet services.
The rise in bandwidth demands spiked ever since the COVID-19 lockdowns began. Before the pandemic, Nepal was importing around 400 Gbps bandwidth. Since the lockdown struck, services largely took online.
Activities such as E-learning, business meetings, seminars, all featured online. This forced service providers to import more bandwidth to keep their internet services smooth. As per Meolagani, Nepal’s total internet bandwidth has doubled since COVID-19 began and is now touching an insane 1 Tbps.
Nepal has over 50 ISPs providing fixed broadband services but with a wide gulf in their customers base. The bandwidth share is determined by how many subscribers each have.
WorldLink, Nepal’s largest ISP in terms of subscribers at least, imports the highest internet bandwidth to Nepal. As per the data, the private ISP is importing 300 Gbps internet to deliver its broadband service. Currently, the ISP serves over 5 lakh and 50 thousand in Nepal.
Meanwhile, other prominent ISPs’ counts are within a similar range. Subisu, Vianet, and Tech Minds are all importing 100 Gbps internet bandwidth. Their total is significantly lower than that of WorldLink which is because of the gulf in the number of their subscribers.
Classic Tech’s customer base is soaring right now but its number is less flattering. The ISP is importing just 55 Gbps bandwidth for now. But it has just launched a 1 Gbps internet plan and in the coming months, it might have to widen the bandwidth to cater to more subscribers.
Meanwhile, another company Nepal Digital Services is bringing 80 Gbps bandwidth.
Source: https://www.nepalitelecom.com/2022/01/nepals-internet-bandwidth-touches-1-tbps-mark.html
