Rolling Out Broadband Internet, On The Cheap

Mathamota writes "The goverment controlled telephone company in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta), India is providing a Internet access service called DIAS (Direct Internet Access System) which provides 24 hour connection at 128kbps (when the phone is being used, it drops to 64). However, the best part is that the cost of Plan I (which has a data transfer limit of 500 megs) is only Rs 825 ($ 16.50) per month, all inclusive. The technology used in this stuff is quite interesting, and there is a whitepaper available at the site of the company which developed the system." At first glance, it sounds just like plain old ISDN; but after reading the white paper, it's a bit different. Cool idea.

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Re:First reaction was "Great!" until I asked mysel

[Anonymous Coward]

Depends on the caste your born into. The higher castes live pretty much like any first world country, the lower ones in some of the worst poverty in the world.

The fun thing about castes is, you cant do anything about it. Your mom was a toilet scrubber? Your a toilet scrubber, and your kids, and your kids kids.

(Now someone respond and tell me that the caste system doesnt exist anymore, and mod me as troll, but it's absolutely true and I've seen it first hand)

Re:First reaction was "Great!" until I asked mysel

[glesga_kiss]

The higher castes live pretty much like any first world country, the lower ones in some of the worst poverty in the world.

Most western cultures are the same. We just pretend it's different, and allow the token person through to the upper levels now and again. We also have a lot of poverty that is completely ignored, entire communities of homeless people. When was the last time you saw a poor family finance one of their children through higher education?

and tell me that the caste system doesnt exist anymore

While they're at it, maybe they should explain how the class system doesn't exist anymore.