A very thoughtful analysis. But a bigger coultry has more in it's plate. We have far more human resource, far more other natural resources. Only the people who should be leading are eating money and doing nothing.

A very thoughtful analysis. But a bigger coultry has more in it's plate. We have far more human resource, far more other natural resources. Only the people who should be leading are eating money and doing nothing.

That S.Korea is ahead of the rest of the world or even Hong Kong for that matter is not surprising. THe majority of the population lives in a very densely populated city.

The US is slower to catch up cos its a *HUGE* country. If you live in a big city or near a major highway then the chances of broadband are good otherwise you are screwed. You have very limited and therfore expensive choice. WHy stop with the US, Australia is not faring any better either. Internet service there is quite expensive despite being a developed country.

The only large country with decent internet service is Cananda. When you consider the majoirty of the population lives in a narrow strip that borders the US coupled with a very forward thinking govt they got a good deal. But if the US was not on thier border i doubt things would have been as sweet.

The mobile phone situation in the US is a complicated one, they favour market forces to one standard ala GSM mandated from above. CDMA is way cheaper than GSM to deploy. I hear form friends there that call rates are dropping, Again huge country, not as easy as tiny densely populated european countries to deploy repeaters in.

So yes, it will take long to have universal broadband in India for the simple reason of geography. Unless broadband over power cables becomes feasible where we can have the power companies joing the group. But they got enough probs just trying to supply reliable power so maybe thats a bit too ambitious to try.

That S.Korea is ahead of the rest of the world or even Hong Kong for that matter is not surprising. THe majority of the population lives in a very densely populated city.

The US is slower to catch up cos its a *HUGE* country. If you live in a big city or near a major highway then the chances of broadband are good otherwise you are screwed. You have very limited and therfore expensive choice. WHy stop with the US, Australia is not faring any better either. Internet service there is quite expensive despite being a developed country.

The only large country with decent internet service is Cananda. When you consider the majoirty of the population lives in a narrow strip that borders the US coupled with a very forward thinking govt they got a good deal. But if the US was not on thier border i doubt things would have been as sweet.

The mobile phone situation in the US is a complicated one, they favour market forces to one standard ala GSM mandated from above. CDMA is way cheaper than GSM to deploy. I hear form friends there that call rates are dropping, Again huge country, not as easy as tiny densely populated european countries to deploy repeaters in.

So yes, it will take long to have universal broadband in India for the simple reason of geography. Unless broadband over power cables becomes feasible where we can have the power companies joing the group. But they got enough probs just trying to supply reliable power so maybe thats a bit too ambitious to try.