Comments on: Airtel launches IPTV services in India

By: Airtel IPTV. To go for it or not? - DTH/CAS/IPTV | TechEnclave

Airtel IPTV. To go for it or not? - DTH/CAS/IPTV | TechEnclave — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:33:53 +0000

[...] Re: Airtel IPTV. To go for it or not? It is technologically better than DTH as: – there is no disruption of service in bad weather. – Interactive features ready – enough bandwidth for carrying HD signals. So future proof. Also, with Airtel IPTV, you can watch TV shows stored on Airtel's servers for the last 7 days. This is not possible with DTH unless you have a PVR like TataSky+ (which cannot store all the shows). You can read woikr's review here: Airtel launches IPTV services in India | woikr [...]

By: Setu

Setu — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:18:54 +0000

No it is not possible with Airtel. BSNL also provides IPTV service under the banner of myway, but I believe that will also need you to get their broadband service.

BTW, which ISP is providing 5 MBPS connections? Is it megabits or megabytes? And what are the tariffs?

By: Shailesh

Shailesh — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:28:49 +0000

Can this run on a different ISP like for example I have a LAN Cable coming from my ISP and its a 5 MBPS connection. Can I take the service from Airtel and run this on the ISP I have or I have to take the service of DSL from Airtel.

Also, if its not possible to take this service without take the DSL from Airtel, is there any other IPTV service provider which can give me the IPTV service without depending on the DSL.

Or is there a way I can get the service from Airtel without depending on the DSL.

By: PRADEEPKUMAR

PRADEEPKUMAR — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:28:44 +0000

Nice explanation…

By: Setu

Setu — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:37:00 +0000

@Sanjeev -

Good question. This should have been clarified in the article above. I have incorporated it now.

The answer is No. TV channel data uses a separate PVC (private virtual circuit) from the set top box at your home to the ISP. The equipments at service provider’s end multiplex the data packets with the TV channel packets and send them to your device. The set top box them pulls out the TV channel data, decodes the audio and video, and send it out through the different ports. The same can also be done using a computer software. This data stream uses approx 2.5 – 5 Mbps of bandwidth and is separate from the actual broadband connection stream. So watching TV will NOT affect your download or upload speed.

By: Sanjeev

Sanjeev — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:56:21 +0000

Thanks for providing such great details. Nice work !!
One question though…how will the channels retrieve data i.e. using the 256kbps connection or will there be a separate connectivity for those?? If it uses the same 256 kbps connection, will it be sufficient??