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ISPs threaten to shut down internet in Motijheel

Removing overhead cables is not possible now, they say

Star Business Report
Removing overhead cables from the capital's Motijheel-Dilkusha area is not possible at the moment as the act will affect businesses of the entire commercial hub, internet service providers said yesterday.
The government has a plan to remove the cables from the area on Friday, but the ISPs threatened that they will not restore the services if internet connections are snapped.
The ISPs and cable TV operators in the area still use electric polls for extending connections to their clients.
At a press conference, Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) said they are aware of the ramifications of their decision — that the country's business activities may severely be affected - but they have nothing to do.
The Dhaka Stock Exchange, banks and corporate houses located in the area will severely be affected if the overhead cables are removed.
The Nationwide Telecommuni-cation Transmission Network (NTTN) operators -- the alternative to overhead cables - have limited infrastructure, said MA Hakim, president of the ISPAB.
"We also want our city to be neat and clean and offer our services through underground cables, but the NTTN operators are not ready yet. ”
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Recently, Dhaka Power Distribution Company and Dhaka Electric Supply Company published advertisements on newspapers informing of their plans to remove the overhead cables tagged with their electric polls in Motijheel and Dilkusha areas. Two years ago, DPDC and Desco removed the overhead cables in the area, but those reappeared.
In the Motijheel area, the NTTN companies licensed to provide underground fibre connectivity have only eight line distribution points each to provide internet connections to buildings, the ISPAB said. But in a letter in July, Mohammad Bazlur Rahman, convener of the overhead cable removal monitoring committee, said all buildings of the area are connected with underground cables.
At the press conference, ISPAB General Secretary Md Emdadul Huq said the NTTN companies charge Tk 2 per metre although the government reduced bandwidth prices several times. The association demanded it be lowered to Tk 0.25 per metre. "Forexample, forconnectivitystretchingonekilometre, an NTTN company charges Tk 12,000, which is impossible for us to pay considering what we can charge our customers."
The association also called for more NTTN licences. The DPDC, Desco, the city corporations and other private companies should be given the opportunity to have NTTN