Free Broadband in 2009

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tis is today's first pg article in ET
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BSNL is not capable of providing a connection since last 4 months in hyderabad and still say will take another 2 months due to lack of equipment.. i wonder how they would provide free bb to all??
 
free wi-fi is a possibility. but most free wi-fi networks provide a basic speed to free customers luring them to pay for higher speeds.
 
Well according to the article the free broadband they may provide would be at a speed of 2 MB per second - now whether they mean 2MB/s or 2Mbps - who knows. Either way - decent speed if it's really for free!!
 
lol.. now that is called hopeless optimism LOL
 
Very impressive and i hope this plan of government is successful. It seems the government has finally realized that we need to embrace broadband as it is a necessity in todays life. And the best way to increase the broadband penetration is to go the route of bsnl and mtnl as they have the maximum reach.Ofcourse there would be a download limit but this step will give the broadband in our country a much needed boost.
 

umm the basic problem is that the limits are fairly stupid.the government needs to provide usable broadband connections for free (128-256kbps) with unlimited data transfer. higher speeds should be charged for. and there should be either no limits or sensible limits. 50 gigs a month makes more sense than 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 gigs.
 
I have a strong feeling that it wont be "free" in the sense in which an ordinary consumer would construe the term..riders be attached
 
After the utterly ridiculous "unlimited" broadband project, comes the "free" broadband project. I was so damn shocked to see their interpretation of unlimited, cant wait to see how this free thing goes
 
I think their definition of free wud be U get 200 MB @2mbps free in a month. After that Re 1 /MBBasically just a waiver of a few hundred rupees of rental
 
even that wont be there.. 200mb is enough for chat and email users. how will they make money if they give away free in such a big money minting market?
 
Many things in life are free (i.e. to the consumer) and yet make a lot of money.
 
hmmm. how in this case? remember caltiger? it was major flop, except in calcutta i think.
 
With the increased use of mobile phones , the government entities bsnl and mtnl face a possibility of existing landline users deserting them eventually. I know of many people who have surrendered their existing mtnl connections in favour of cellphones , tata indicom or reliance. Presently mtnl and bsnl have the largest numbers of broadband users and they need to capitalize on this thing.Besides by strengthening their broadband department would mean they can retain their users and get new customers too.
 

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