Collector takes up complaints of poor connectivity by students in Kozhikode

District administration to convene meeting of service providers

Complaints raised by a section of the students and teachers about poor internet connectivity and cable service in some of the rural areas in Kozhikode district have been taken up by the district administration. District Collector Seeram Sambasiva Rao will soon convene a meeting of mobile operators and cable service providers to discuss technical issues and find a solution to the issue. The demand of the majority of students who are virtually out of digital classrooms is to increase the broadband connectivity in their remote villages where mobile signal strength is also very weak. Quality video streaming is inaccessible for such students as they are out of the quality 3G or 4G network coverage area. “It may be difficult to erect new mobile towers in remote areas or increase the current signal strength violating existing rules. The easy option is to increase the number of wired broadband internet connections,” says Nikhil Tom, a college student from Thamarassery. Though many are willing to take new connections with base tariff, there is no favourable response from many operators citing the heavy installation cost, he adds.