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I agree with your light gray comment. Coming from San Francisco, I've been working in India for the past month and have made a few unexpected observations: 1.
by raymondgh 11y ago
I agree with your light gray comment. Coming from San Francisco, I've been working in India for the past month and have made a few unexpected observations:
1. Despite scarcity of 3G and land line data, consumers hardly budget their usage; when the network is available, it's every-man-for-himself trying to watch youtube & consume other media
2. Train loading & unloading is incredibly fast. This can make the station a hectic place to be, even for locals.
3. The same Uber vs Local Taxi (In this case, Auto Rickshaws aka Tuk-Tuks) battle exists here, with Uber charging less than they pay drivers to price out the competition
4. Young people, boys and girls, want to be either engineers or doctors.
Train Station Wi-Fi will be great for already-online mobile users to briefly consume content and call an Uber home, but that's not what's going to 'get the next billion Indians online to access more opportunities.' People love free Wi-Fi, but this RailWire contract is a bigger win for Google than anyone else. Let's see some secondary schools come online!