hi,
> You are right - but before that, if telephones are made a basic requirement,
> that will automatically enable access to the internet. But I suppose it
> is now easier to get a telephone line now that private operators are
> in the business.
i think cable lines are the future. and reliance already has a nation
wide optical fibre link. Their infrastructure can support much more
bandwidth than they are using now.
> Then we would need some desi-Dell to make cheap Linux machines.
> And some big store(s) to start selling those machines with a credit
> facility. I think shelling out ~20K upfront is still a big hurdle for
> many in India. But if they were just asked to pay about 5000 upfront
> and about 600 every month?
> How much does it cost(in India) anyway to build a low end Linux machine
> i.e 5/10GB hard-drive, 256MB RAM, 15" monitor, CD-ROM drive, modem...
> How expensive/cheap/easy/difficult is it to make the TV as a display unit
> (instead of using a CRT monitor?) - will it save money. Lot of people
> have TVs! Is the quality any good? Anyone tried it?
so we need more zenith like vendors. assembling/(getting assembled)
is always a cheaper proposition. actually now PCs _are_ penetrating
homes and business. question is to connect them to the internet.
anand