Free Broadband in India by 2009
Indian government proposes to offer all citizens of India free, high-speed broadband connectivity by 2009, through the state-owned telecom service providers BSNL and MTNL. This has the potential to kill current telecom business model in India. As a consumer and internet based service provider, I whole-heartedly support this proposal.
Many cities in the US already have free wireless broadband connectivity for residents. The idea is to boost economic activity in general. The government of India plans to achieve free broadband connectivity at a speed of 2 MB per second across the country, with a similar goal. Senior government officials expect to be able to achieve this goal spending only a portion of the corpus of the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
Source: ET
I think this will tremendously boost eCommerce and eBusiness in India and truly make India Inc. global.
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April 29th, 2007 at 9:34 am
It’s great!
April 29th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
How the hell does it expect to be able to afford this? It will probably lead to a massive increase in bandwidth import costs. And what will this mean for businesses? Somebody will surely figure out a way to pool this free bandwidth and start selling web hosting off it. The Indian govt. will end up subsidising rich countries web hosting bills.
April 30th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
I would personally provide a backup server with that kind of free bandwidth pooled together
May 12th, 2007 at 2:21 am
is it possible?
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:52 am
Broadband is a high-speed way of connecting to the internet.
It is at least 10 times faster than so-called dial-up net services that use a modem and standard telephone line.
Broadband can be accessed via the phone line (known as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line or ADSL) or by cable, wireless or satellite.
The two big advantages of broadband over dial-up are that it frees up the telephone line for voice calls and can be left on permanently.
It still requires a modem, which is paid for when you sign up.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:01 pm
ya,
definetly its a great step towards progress
September 17th, 2007 at 7:08 am
It will be the eigth wonder
October 16th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Broadband is a high-speed way of connecting to the internet.
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Broadband can be accessed by cable, wireless or satellite.
it will be in 2008 not in 2009
October 30th, 2007 at 7:28 am
It sounds like a dream come true for INDIANS. But will it be available in towns and small cities all over India or in the Metro Cities only? what will be the coverage area? and will it be truely unlimited or there will any data exchange limit?