There is some comparison between Broadband intenet connection status in INDIA and other country.
The original message was writen by Dinesh A. Joshi and posted to ilug-bom mailing list. I just forward this message.
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* Hi, *
* I was just talking with a Swedish friend and I wondered what is keeping *
* India from going broadband? I mean people in foreign countries commonly *
* have 2Mbit connections without download restrictions. My friend is *
* currently studying in a university where he gets to share a 100Mbps *
* 24x7 connection amongst 3 people and the authorities don't care about *
* the downloads, only the uploads :O And he says the fees are included in *
* the university's fees. I personally have logged into his server and *
* downloaded many things, just for fun ^^ and it feels great to download *
* at those speeds from international mirrors! *
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* Forget about 100Mbps. A friend in Netherlands has a 8Mbps DSL *
* connection. No restrictions what-so-ever. The cost is very reasonable. *
* In Indian rupees it works out to 1200-1500 bucks. I am not saying that *
* foreign countries are a haven for those who feel the need for speed, *
* rather I am simply saying that the conditions are much better than *
* India. This is a big fact that the internet sucks in India and despite *
* whatever measures our IT / Telecom minister(s) have taken to improve *
* the situation, it hasn't made much of a difference. I still see MTNL *
* DSL being overly priced. Yes, the 200MB / 400MB or whatever limit they *
* put sucks. *
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* I can't see any *real* ISPs. Why is it so? Why is it so difficult for *
* them to provide us with fast connectivity? Are the bandwidth prices so *
* high that they cant afford to give us anything better? Are they just *
* lazy? Are they just plain stupid? How are these ISPs "billed"? What are *
* the costs they incurr? I think now TATA, Reliance and other Indian *
* players own major underwater submarine cables, so they should be able *
* to ease the congestion and provide super fast connectivity! What gives *
* here? I read some where that TATA bought Tyco and Tyco's underwater *
* submarine cables' _unlit_ capacity was some Terabits! Reliance *
* purchased FLAG telecom. It too has a huge network and a huge capacity! *
* WTF? India, as a *whole* uses some few hunderd Megabits of capacity and *
* here we have terabits of capacity! Why are lagging behind then? I wan't *
* some answers and I think you guys are best equipped to answer them. *
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* Are we really an IT super power? Or are we living a dream? *
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* Dinesh A. Joshi *
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