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Indian Consortium To Offer 2 Mbps At $2.30/month

Posted by timothy on from the rupdee-do dept.

leoaugust writes "The State Govt of Andhra Pradesh in India, has awarded a contract for a fiber-optics based network to a consortium led by Aksh of India that aims to charge just Rs 100 (around US $2.30) a month for a domestic broadband connection. The project will provide services with a minimum bandwidth of 2Mbps. The execution of the project is scheduled to begin in April 2005 and will be completed by December 2006. The strength of the consortium is evident by the participation of top-notch Indian corporations which include Railtel Corporation India Limited, Tata Indicom, VSNL Limited, INcable Network (Andhra) Limited, Spectranet Limited and Nuziveedu Seeds Limited."

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  1. I know where I'm moving! by Dizzle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Manitoba. You didn't think I was going to say India by any chance, did you?

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    1. Re:I know where I'm moving! by ThatsNotFunny · · Score: 5, Funny

      Being from America, and having gone through the public school system, I simply assumed that Manitoba was in India... Ain't it?

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    2. Re:I know where I'm moving! by A.Chwunbee · · Score: 2, Funny

      So why are Indians living there?

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    3. Re:I know where I'm moving! by griff199 · · Score: 1, Funny
      Being from America, and having gone through the public school system...I invisioned 'Soaring Eagle Broadband' run out of a casino, until I realized I was being an insensitive clod and just plain wrong.

      Excuse me while I go self-flagellate. Spelling and grammar explained above.

  2. Sweet! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now i can post my webcam videos of students giving oral sex at blazing speeds!

    1. Re:Sweet! by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now i can post my webcam videos of students giving oral sex at blazing speeds!

      Why would students be giving oral sex at blazing speeds anyway? It's not particularly good technique.... or is there some sort of competition to see who can give most blow jobs in an hour?

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  3. Not so many comments here.... by Metteyya · · Score: 4, Funny

    As I see, most Slashdotters - instead of commenting - decided to RTFA and check possibilites of emigrating to and working in India.

    OK, guys, if you've already checked it - how much does a plane ticket from Europe to India cost? And are there good employment perspectives?

    1. Re:Not so many comments here.... by liangzai · · Score: 2, Funny

      Right, slashdotters see the low price on bandwidth, decide to go to India. Nevermind that they will hate many aspects of the local culture. Or that they will at best find a job for a monthly pay of a hundred bucks. Luckily, India is another former colony of the British Empire, so there won't be any language barriers.

      There are also tons of pretty girls, but then again, the culture will fuck up the regular slashdotter's plans. Then again, slashdotters mostly don't get laid, so it may not be counted as a minus.

      After just half a year, the regular slashdotter will probably miss the Patriot Act, Dick Cheney, Jack-in-the-Box, fraudulent ballots, terror hype, Dubya, his mother and his brother, and so return to his Homeland...

    2. Re:Not so many comments here.... by NardofDoom · · Score: 2, Funny
      Vacations? Cars? Parties?

      You must be new here. All we care about is broadband; the cheaper the better.

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  4. sweet! by wcitechnologies · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sweet, that means dial-up should only cost about 20 cents per month! where do I sign?

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  5. Effect on P2P by Gurezaemon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean that we are going to see even more Bollywood movies on file sharing networks?

  6. Lemon curry? by struct24 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ironically, technical support for the Indian broadband customers will be provided entirely by low-paid Americans.

  7. Re:I wish my government would take notice by carlmenezes · · Score: 1, Funny

    Which elephant route do you take? Mine is 3A.

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  8. Why it cost more here in US ?? by m17p · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just a thought - if a developing country/state can afford to go that cheap, why here in US we have this rampant prices ?? Someone(Corporate world) out here is making big money. Isn't it time companies act in the interest of consumer rather than their own ??