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2g Internet in India already has high penetration, with most urban areas (any place with >10000 population) having 3g access. I am not sure about DSL lines, bu
by captn3m0 12y ago
2g Internet in India already has high penetration, with most urban areas (any place with >10000 population) having 3g access.
I am not sure about DSL lines, but BSNL (Indian public telecom operator) has faced this exact issue 10 years back when telephones (landlines) were becoming commonplace in India. We got a personal phone somewhere in '98 I believe. It only took a few more years before the telephone lines had reached Dangoli (which is my remote native village).
Today, the very same village boasts of multiple telecom operators (cellular). We have done this in the past, and we are doing exceedingly well even today.
- icebraining 12y agoI wasn't criticizing India's development, just the plan of installing a DSL line for each village. I am not sure about DSL lines, but BSNL (Indian public telecom operator) has faced this exact issue 10 years back when telephones (landlines) were becoming commonplace in India. We got a personal phone somewhere in '98 I believe. It only took a few more years before the telephone lines had reached Dangoli (which is my remote native village). No doubt, yet there's a reason why your country has less than 28M landline subscribers, while it has 930M+ cellphones. Passing cable is expensive and inflexible (e.g. harder to upgrade). Mobile Internet access is a much more sensible solution for the current situation, in my opinion.
- captn3m0 12y agoYes. Cellular is a much more better solution.