INTERNET NEW RATES

Date of Effect : 01-04-1999

Consequent to TRAI Gazzette Notification No. 16 dated 15.03.99 wherein the ceilings for port charges were specified and for the other charges forbearance was accorded; the following are the tariffs for the Internet Services, effective from 01--04-1999.

Internet services have been defined under four categories, namely:

Category A - Dialup Services,
Category B- Internet Leased Line Services,
Category C- Web Hosting Services,
Category D - Departmental Internet PCO Rates

with the following tariff structure for each :-

Category A : Dialup Services
1.0 Terminal Dialup Service
(i) Registration fee (one time, non-refundable) Rs. 500/-
(ii) Annual (or 500 hrs., whichever is earlier) usage charges Rs. 5000/-
(iii) Password alteration/reintroduction fees Rs. 100/- (each time)
1.1 Terminal Dialup Service (for Students)  
(i) Registration Fee Nil
(ii) Annual (or 500 hrs whichever is earlier) usage charges Rs. 500/-
(iii) Password alteration/reintroduction fees Rs. 100/- (each time)
Note: Students of Class XI and above can avail this service by registering in the prescribed form. Verification of the bonafides of students will be done from certifcate signed by the Principal or Head of the recognised academic (non-commercial) institution to the effect that that the person concerned is a full time student of the said institution and is likely to remain a student for the academic year. The certificate should mention identity card number of the student issued by that institution and the Government/authority by whom the institution itself recognised. Such certificate will be required at every renewal or the subscription of Internet Service.
2.0 TCP/IP Dialup Accounts
2.1 TCP/IP PSTN Dialup Accounts
Registration Fee one time (non-refundable) Rs. 500/-
Type of Plan Duration for One Year Tariff for renewed A/c. Tariff for New A/c.
Plan-I 100 hrs. Rs. 2400/- Rs. 2550/-
Plan-II 250 hrs. Rs. 5200/- Rs. 5525/-
Plan-III 500 hrs. Rs. 8000/- Rs. 8500/-
2.2 The TCP/IP dialup Internet account holders will be permitted to switch over from any usage hour plan to a higher usage hour plan by paying the difference of the tariffs of the two concerned usage hour plans, provided it is asked for, by the same Internet user before the expiry of the already opted plan.
Type of Switchover For Renewed A/c For New A/c
Plan-I to Plan-II Rs. 2800/- (5200-2400) Rs. 2975/- (5525-2550)
Plan-II to Plan-III Rs. 2800/- (8000-5200) Rs. 2975/- (8500-5525)
Plan-I to Plan-III Rs. 5600/- (8000-2400) Rs. 5950/- (8500-2550)
Note: No fresh registration fees is to be levied for this switch-over. For fixing the validity of new plan (in terms of one year duration or usage hours permitted under the new plan, whichever is earlier), the one year duration will be counted from the starting date of the already opted plan.
2.3 The incremental subscription in bundles of 20 hours for the users in Plan-II and Plan-III will be as follows:
For Renewed A/c For New A/c
For Subs in Plan-II, after expiry of 250 hours

@ Rs. 20/- per hour

@ Rs. 22/- per hour
For Subs in Plan-III, after expiry of 500 hours

@ Rs. 16/- per hour

@ Rs. 17/- per hour
2.4 TCP/IP ISDN dialup accounts
Registration Fee (One time) Rs. 500/-
Type of Plan Duration for One Year Tariff for 64 Kbps Tariff for 128 Kbps
Plan-I 100 hrs Rs. 4675/- Rs. 9350/-
Plan-II 250 hrs. Rs. 10625/- Rs. 21250/-
Plan-III 500 hrs. Rs. 16150/- Rs.32300/-
Note (a): If the renewal of TCP/IP dialup Internet accounts is sought before the expiry of validity of the existing account, fresh registration fee is not to be levied. But, if the renewal is sought after the expiry of validity, the registration fees shall be leviable.

Note(b): Registration fee and usage charges are leviable at the time of registration. Usage charges are not refundable once deposited.

2.5 Additional Services
Change in Login ID => One time administrative cost Rs. 500/-
Additional Mail Memory => Additional Mail Box Memory Rs. 3000/- p.a. per MB
Additional E-mail ID =>Additional E-mail ID Rs. 3000/- p.a. per ID with 1 MB of space
Change of User ID Rs. 500/- every time
Change of Password Rs. 100/- every time
Category B : Tariff for Internet Leased Line Service (Port Charges)
Speed of Port Registration Fee
    (one time)		               Installation &
       testing fee (one time)		           Annual Tariffs
2.4 Kbps Rs. 15,000/- Rs. 2,000/- Rs. 0.7 Lakhs
9.6 Kbps Rs. 15,000/- Rs. 2,000/- Rs. 2.5 Lakhs
64 Kbps Rs. 20,000/- Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 5.0 Lakhs
128 Kbps Rs. 20,000/- Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 7.6 Lakhs
256 Kbps Rs. 40,000/- Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 10.5 Lakhs
512 Kbps Rs. 40,000/- Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 15.1 Lakhs
1 Mbps Rs. 40,000/- Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 25.1 Lakhs
2 Mbps Rs. 50,000/- Rs. 10,000/- Rs. 41.8 Lakhs

Note:

(a) Recognised Educational Institutions/Government Organisations/Newspapers and News Agencies will continue to get 50% concessions on the above port charges. 100% EOU/software exporters will continue to get 20% concessions on the annual port charges. EOUs are the units which have the annual export turnover above US $ 1,00,000/-.

(b) The 20% concessions will continue on the annual leased line rentals for the leased lines taken for internet access and for software export purposes. The orders for the lease line charges are being separately issued.

(c) The R&G terms will be observed wherever new cable construction is involved for providing the leased line.

(d) At the time of registration, only registration fee is leviable.

(e) Registration fee for leased connection is refundable only in the following cases:
             (i)   Service being non-feasible, or
             (ii) Subscriber surrenders the registration before issue of demand note.

(f) The minimum period of hire of the leased connections will be governed by the "Minimum period of hire" criterion for the leased circuits.

Category C: Web Hosting Services
1.0 Web Page Hosting Services
(i) Three page types are offered:

Individual Page

Business Page

Premium Business Page
(ii) Registration Fee (one time) for any type of page Rs. 1,000/-
(iii) Minimum Contract Duration is one year for any type of page
(iv) Service Fee per annum

Individual Page

 Rs. 10,200/-

Business Page

 Rs. 17,000/-

Premium Business Page

 Rs. 25,500/-
(v) Minimum Space
Individual Page 1 Mb
Business Page 2 Mb
Premium Page 5 Mb
(vi) Web Page Hosting/FTP/E-mail space charges Rs. 3000/- per Mb per year
(vii) Update Charges Rs. 1000/- per upadate
2.0 Web Server Hosting Services
(i) Three types of Web Server Hosting are offered:
Data Transfer upto 1   GB/month
Data Transfer upto 10 GB/month
Data Transfer upto 30 GB/month
(ii) Annual Tariff for connecting customers' web server to Internet Backbone
Data Transfer upto 1   GB/month Rs.   2.55 Lakhs
Data Transfer upto 10 GB/month Rs.   5.1   Lakhs
Data Transfer upto 30 GB/month Rs. 10.2  Lakhs
(iv) In addition to (ii) above, charges by use of general services, A/C, Power etc., for hosting web server will be leviable @ Rs. 3.0 Lakhs per annum, for all the three types of data transfers at (i) above
3.0 Additional Services
(i) Application Specific CGI Rs. 10,000/- p.a.
(ii) Domain Name Registration and Routing Rs. 5,000/- p.a. (InterNIC or NCST Charges etc)
(iii) E-mail ID Rs. 3,000/- p.a. per ID per MB
Category D : Charges for Departmental Internet PCO rates
S.No Duration Type of Internet Access
Shell Access TCP/IP Access
(a) Per Hour Rs. 45/- Rs. 65/-
(b) 30 minutes Rs. 25/- Rs. 37/-
(c) 15 minutes or less Rs. 15/- Rs. 21/-
Note: Maximum one time booking of two hours will be permitted extendable subject to availability, provided no other customer is waiting. For usage durations exceeding one hour, pro rata charges with reference to (a) above will be leviable for both accesses
          The customer will not be allowed to use their Floppy Diskettes to take backup of their downloaded files, to avoid the spread of computer viruses. If the customer desires, the floppy diskettes will be provided by the Department/MTNL/VSNL at the local market prices.