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From: "renuka warriar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 9:39 AM
Subject: [AI] BSNL offers dial-up Internet free, for now
Date:28/09/2008 URL:
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/28/stories/2008092859971500.htm
Front Page
BSNL offers dial-up Internet free, for now
Anand Parthasarathy
Scheme promised till October-end
BANGALORE: This is one of those landmark happenings on India's slow but
steady road to connecting all its billion-plus citizens - yet three weeks
after
its low-key launch, not many know about it.
The nation's biggest public phone provider, BSNL, has made dial-up
Internet access free for all landline customers. There is no registration,
no hassle.
How to go about it
If you have a BSNL telephone connection, it will be simple to set up the
free account using the standard options of the browser, once you have
plugged the
telephone jack into your PC or laptop. Against "User name" or "User
identification," enter your telephone number preceded by the STD code
minus the zero
(for example, if you live in Chennai and your phone number is 23456789,
your User ID is 4423456789). Against "password," enter your telephone
number (example
23456789). You are all set to browse the Internet through the all-India
dial-up number 172222.
When we tried out the free service, we obtained speeds quite close to the
maximum you can expect with a dial-up modem which is 56 kilo bits per
second -
and a good bit faster than some paid dial-up services!
Of course, you pay local call charges for the duration of the surfing, but
this is much less at off-peak hours BSNL has partnered with the
Ahmedabad-based
Elitecore Solutions, which already provides the billing solution for its
Net One service as a franchisee.
Anil Jain, BSNL's Deputy Director-General for Broadband, told The Hindu
that over 1,000 users had signed up daily since the launch. The scheme is
promised
till October-end, but there are indications that it will be extended.
Awesome initiative
This is a clever way to increase the number of landline subscribers. But
why look a gift-horse in the mouth? Free Internet is something few nations
have
ever offered - and to do this across a country as big as India is an
awesome initiative indeed.
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