Internet speed will be normalized in the first week of June
The internet speed is expected to be completely normal in the first week of June. It is informed that it is taking more than one and a half months to restore the connection since last April 19 due to confusion in identifying the places of disconnection of the submarine cable (SEA-ME-WE-5).
However, BSCPLC Managing Director Mirza Kamal Ahmed 'hopes' that the work will be completed this month. He said, 'In early June, we will be connected again to SEA-ME-WE-5. After that it may take another 24 to 48 hours for the bandwidth to normalize. It can be said that the internet slowness will be fixed from the first week of June.'
With the steps taken to keep the country's Internet speed normal despite the limitations, he said, around 1,600 Gbps bandwidth is provided in Bangladesh with SEA-ME-WE-5 (second submarine cable). It is now completely closed. That bandwidth is now being tried to be provided with SEA-ME-WE-4. At least 60 percent supply is possible. With this, efforts are being made to keep internet supply normal across the country through alternative means.
Meanwhile, Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB), said that the effect of conducting operations against illegal Internet equipment in different parts of the capital has been added as an additional reason behind the slow speed of Internet connection in the country. President of the organization Md. Imdadul Haque said that as part of BTRC's campaign against unlicensed ISP establishments in Dhaka, broadband internet users in some parts of the capital may experience slow speeds due to the seizure of illegal internet and cable TV equipment at various places.
Welcoming this campaign of BTRC, Secretary General of the organization Nazmul Karim Bhuiyan said, this campaign should be more widespread throughout the country. They do not pay VAT-tax to the state. In this, the government is being deprived of revenue largely.
If the illegal connections are stopped, the business of this sector will return to relief and the speed of the internet will increase. Customers will understand the promised service.
However, the investigation into why it is taking so long to restore the SEA-ME-WE-5 connection has revealed that when the connection was disconnected on April 19, it was known that this accident happened in Singapore's waters. But later it was found that the disconnection was not in Singapore but in Indonesian waters.
Saidur Rahman, General Manager (Operation and Maintenance) of BSCPLC said that the undersea cable 'breaks' in the waters of Indonesia, not Singapore. As a result, the submarine cable installed at Kuakata in Patuakhali was disconnected. In this, the connection of the country's second submarine cable (SEA-ME-WE-5) was completely stopped. However, the process of starting repair work there is long. Approval takes time. Then need to wait for the consortium ships.
All in all, it may take at least two more weeks for the bandwidth supply to return to normal after the repairs are completed.
According to BSCPLC sources, currently the total bandwidth usage in the country is more than five thousand Gbps. More than half of this, around 2,700 Gbps, comes through International Terrestrial Cable (ITC) licenses, which are used to import bandwidth from India overland.
