Hi all, Just to add my 2c worth. Here in South Africa broadband is a bit of a joke and costs of telephony is possibly the highest in the world. Consider this: 128k X21 connectivity costs ZAR 10260.00 per month. That still excludes the line rental, which amounts to roughly ZAR 2500.00 per month. A call to India on a cellphone costs a blistering ZAR 23.00 per minute. Now consider that Rs7.10 = ZAR1.00. Do the math.
The reason for this is that we currently have only one network operator, previously owned by the government. Now it is privately owned but government was kind enough to grant them a monopoly. However, we have a second network operator coming into the country and Tata will own a 51% stake in it. I CAN'T WAIT!!! Cheers, Tom _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
