[Assam] Broadband in Guwahati

[Krishnendu Chakraborty]

And ?   Many things are not affordable   in US too.     I cannot afford to buy a Rolles Royece.   Does that make things any bad  and do you constantly harp on that trying to imply nothing is affordable  or nothing is good here ?
 
Flying Delhi from Guwahati is much more affordable then what it was 10 years back.  And the proof is air congestion in India which implies a lot more people are flying today.  
 
As I have said earlier,  any new technology is high priced ... the price comes down after some time.  
 
If your intent was  to focus only on Photon,  I wonder why you moved on to  housing, education etc.    That simply shows that Photon's unaffordabilty was  just an excuse which you wanted to use  to negate all of India's advances  ... As always
 
 
 
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------ it is reasonable to think that Photon will soon come down to  
those levels.

*** That is different from how it is today. Rs. 2,500 to get an  
internet connection, at 32 kBPs, is
not an affordable proposition in Assam, as it stands today.

*** In 2012 Indians might fly to the moon too.  But is flying to Delhi  
from Guahati
affordable to the ordinary man today?


That is the diff.




On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:

> Why ?
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> In your initial discussion you  discussed about > wireless  
> communication   and brought up Photon's high price in an attempt to  
> imply that how technology is unaffordable in India.
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> What I pointed was while Photon IS a wireless communication  
> device ,  there are other wireless communication devices which have  
> come down to a very affordable in India.  And so,  it is reasonable  
> to think that Photon will soon come down to those levels.
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> That is what I pointed  and then you started moving elsewhere like  
> housing, education etc. etc.  coming back to allege that someone  
> claimed photon to be affordable.
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> BTW,  Cable internet  used to be very popular in Mumbai (I guess  
> still is)  .  And as I see from  google search,  it seems to be  
> available in Guwahati too.  May be some one from Guwahati can confirm.
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> If not, then the whole dispute is moot, isn't it?
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> On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:
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>> Did somebody claim that Tata Photon is "Affordable"  ?  I sure
>> missed it.  Why don't you point to it ?
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>> *** Sure! But that is something different from claiming Tata Photon  
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>> something "affordable".
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>> On Apr 2, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:
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>>> In that case,  price will come down -- the way lack of landline
>>> phone has made way for Cell Phones.  I thought in many places they
>>> use Cable line for  internet.     And cable is more pervasive then
>>> Phone line in India.
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>>> In India it is out of necessity as it is still very hard (almost
>>> impossible?) for inside areas to get a land line in India. For
>>> example, even at Parijat Academy, even though it's just a few kms
>>> away from Guwahati, they have to depend on a wireless connection for
>>> internet. Hence the Tata Photon+ (or something similar) is the only
>>> way that they can communicate with the world.
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>>>> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:01:33 -0700
>>>> From: krish_gau at yahoo.com
>>>> To: assam at assamnet.org
>>>> Subject: [Assam] Broadband in Guwahati
>>>>
>>>> I am yet to see "essential items"  priced at per with dollar.   By
>>>> "essential items"  I would not think big ticket luxury items.
>>>> Having said that,  it is no denying that price of goods in
>>>> comaprision to earning is high in India.
>>>> However,  this also shows that a large number of Indians have
>>>> risen  from lower middle class to upper middle class  which is a
>>>> good sign.
>>>>
>>>> I would attribute most of India's problems to population density --
>>>> the simple demand and supply.
>>>>
>>>> Thsi include housing (a major issue in bigger cities) , traffic  
>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>> Hwoever,  IMO  Public Transport system in India (at least parts of
>>>> India) is far better and affordable  (in Indian terms, I would
>>>> clarify) then what is available in Major US cities.   Here ,  I
>>>> would compare the MBTA (Public Transport of Boston ) to that in
>>>> Mumbai  and Mumbai definitely is much superior in terms of both
>>>> punctuality and  safety .
>>>> Mumbai trains run ever 4- 5 minutes  in 3 different routes (and a
>>>> number of sub-routes) and are very punctual .  Also there have not
>>>> been any  major collission in ages.    Comparing that to Boston
>>>> public transport having frequently delayed trains,  at least 3
>>>> collissions in last 2 years, and regular cancellations , Mumbai
>>>> stands far superior.
>>>> True,  there are cases where people fall off the train,  one has to
>>>> travel like a pack of sardins but all these have nothing to do with
>>>> operation of the Public Transport.
>>>> The same goes for the BEST bus service .
>>>>
>>>> Public transport is very affordable in other parts of India too
>>>> though it might  lack in punctuality  and safety .
>>>>
>>>> Education -- The Right to Education law got implemented from
>>>> yesterday.   This is a right move and I am hopeful this will bring
>>>> improvement.
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