Why is hi-speed internet in India so costly?

[Sushubh]

from what i know, we cannot do anything. government has to realise that they have to do it for us.

 

[cyberwiz]

Fact that the websites are located outside India doesn't justify expensive broadband. HongKong, Japan, Korea don't host all the websites yet broadband is dirt cheap there.We cant do anything much..just hope that Mr. Manmohan and company realise that before setting up a Knowledge Commission, they first have to free up the most important tool of knowledge dissemination in the present era.

 

[pawanrh]

Yup! Thats coz theres no infrastructure here! No Company dug up and put fibres just coz they'll need it the future! No company ever bought extra Bandwidth just so that they could offer cheaper internet! they all did it only for Profits! And the Government Always had bandwidth prices high, not subidising them! How would we get Internet like in Honk Kong, Korea, etc?Now that Fibres are being layed everywhere, I think we have a reason to look upto a bright Future!

 

[GAURAV7777]

give it 5-10 years then it could be different