That's so heartening to hear! I had friends from Assam who were similarly disappointed by the broadband coverage there, and had planned doing something about it

That's so heartening to hear! I had friends from Assam who were similarly disappointed by the broadband coverage there, and had planned doing something about it, but the problem was too hard to solve unless you had deep pockets. It's great to see Government doing it instead of leaving it up to private operators. Additionally, the recent announcement of laying Fiber cables to the Andaman and Nicobar islands is another good thing - I don't remember anybody talking any policy related points about the remote islands ever. Note: Andaman is far from Indian mainland (1200km) - about as far as New York is from Georgia, and it's closer to Myanmar (100km). It has a paltry population of only 300,000, spread across scores of islands.