What is really missing from this debate is how cheap the internet already is in India. It is not something that needs to be distributed for free. On my old Nok

What is really missing from this debate is how cheap the internet already is in India. It is not something that needs to be distributed for free. On my old Nokia phone, I didn't even subscribe to a data plan, and was thus charged at per kb (I'm not sure exactly how much), but I used to read HN, check my email, facebook and much more over Opera Mini. It hardly cost me 2 INR/day. Now that I am on a smartphone, costlier options are much better for me, since my smartphone uses far more data. But if you can own a 6000 INR smartphone, you can surely pay 100-200 bucks per month for data charges.