Pictor Guy
join:2004-06-21
Sammamish, WA
| Re: Indian Consumer Broadband said by manone :
Lets be VERY VERY clear here ....
India is a nation of TWO BILLION citizens and still growing.
So this aint exactly Fish and Chips ...
You cant just throw stuff at people and expect everyone to buy stuff.
Physically I doubt there is enough wires to connect everyone at those speeds ( 2Mbps and above) ...
I've got 256kps (read my fingers ) thats as reliable as you can get broadband in India.
Its gonna take time and any of youse European/American telecom giants wanting to one up any Indian government or sumthing can give Indians cheap Satellite Internet ...
That'll be a laugh innit ...
1. India is a country of 1.2 Billion, not 2 Billion. Lets be clear shall we?
2. 25% of the population is below the poverty line. Many people in India are more worried about putting food on the table and about infant mortality rate than HSI. Granted, there is a population in Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, and New Delhi who have a disposable income to buy HSI but lets not fool ourselves that the whole 1.2B will want it. The wires are there, that is in the homes that have a land phone line. If not, Airtell and others offer wireless options.
3. True, 256k is as reliable as it gets at least for the home (from what I have seen). Keeping power on to that modem is a bigger challenge. How many homes and business depend on generator power because power goes out on a daily basis? I've seen my share of exhaust stacks from generators along with commercials for APC Home UPS units.
4. Huh?!
The one thing no one should underestimate is the labor force and the hunger by people in India to capitalize on that force. |
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