Nepali’s to get cheaper internet thanks to BSNL!

By Rajiv Dingra • January 12, 2007

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When i heard the news that Nepal Telecom (NT), the state- owned telecom giant, has decided to reduce the tariff rates of internet service by as much as 83 percent for business purposes! I was ready to pack my bags and migrate to nepal!

But what did i know that a cut of 83% was all due to the state-owned telecom procuring bandwidth from BSNL– an Indian telecom company — using the information superhighway. So though an 83% cut the price of 64 kbps-lease-line internet service will still remain 5,000 Nepali rupees (71.4 U.S. dollars) per month, While tariff rate of 128kbps-ISDN internet service will remain 3,000 rupees (42.8 dollars) per month!

I get a 128 KBPS cable connection for Indian Rs.550 per month (12$ approx) here in india! No doubt there are no Internet startups from Nepal!

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Fast approaching a 1000 posts on WAT, Rajiv has been the driving force or maybe just the boss :P around here. The Chief blogger he shows a fascination for the colour blue unrivaled by anyone else. However, leaving that murky quality aside Rajiv does some excellent analysis of the digital media industry in India and often puts many in discomfort with his inimitable style of interviewing. Just mail rajiv|at|watblog|dot|com and it will reach him..