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OP here. Thank you for the questions. Yep, metadata and quick reconnection is the key for birds and such - we are able to do it almost instantaneously. Regarding 4G, our networks a…

Great question. There's a few reasons. First, It's taken ~20yrs, the Indian government, 15 telecom companies and more than $200B to bring ~600M out of 1B Indians 4G. Broadband depl…

It's a class 1M laser and a 100% eye safe. We've had it thoroughly tested and certified.

We're a YC company registered in the US with an India subsidiary. We're also a fully licensed telecom holder. The ownership agreement is super clear, if you'd like, please drop us …

Could not have said it better myself. One more thing, keeping the units within 2-3km pretty much negate the rain/fog issues.

40W typical usage. Wavelength 1535nm - 1565. Birds haven't been much of an issue in our testing over the last 12 months.

That's a great question. You're right, It's a commercial agreement, not equity. We think it counts as a sale, but I'm totally open to a more appropriate term.

OP here. Thanks for the questions! We are a licensed ISP so we've got the regulatory aspect covered pretty well. The best part of our laser system is that it uses so called 'free s…

FSO has taken a leap in the last 3 years. We've got 9 months of data with thousands of live customers being served that says otherwise.

OP here. It's a good point you raise, its something we did our homework on and were advised that since we're offering a commercial franchise agreement and not a share purchase agre…

OP here. Thanks for remembering who we are! We're very much in the low cost wifi business, we're just taking the leap to fully own the backhaul part too. For the last 3 years we us…

We're offering a minimum of $1500/quarter. We source connectivity from the national fiber grid from multiple providers. Our operating experience from the last 3 years shows us that…

1. The purchase will be made to our US corp, so therefore dollars. 2. It's 15 lakhs INR, not 1.5cr :) 3. The biggest challenge of rural connectivity is getting fiber to those areas…

The tech is extremely new and other telecom companies and ISPs are testing it to plug holes in their network, this gives them only limited ROI on the tech because they've already g…

We have raised money from YC and other institutional investors and will continue to do so in the future. Our reason to enable public participation now is to bake it into a core par…

We've got a live network with thousands of users across the city and have got 3 years of experience in this market, so we've got good sense of the expected performance per PoP. Fur…

90% of the cost of being an ISP comes from laying the core underground fiber network that serves as the backbone of the system. This usually costs anywhere from $30k - $50k per kil…

OP here. Thank you for your interest and questions. There are a few reasons why we would like to get the public involved: 1. It's taken 20 years, 13 telecom companies and about $20…

OP here. Its the exact opposite of an exit scheme. We're massively expanding our network to cover the whole city. We already serve thousands of paying customers and we're working t…

OP here. It's in-house tech. Our goal is to move the state of the art forward as much as we possibly can.

OP here. You make some great points that I'd love to address. - We know from first hand experience that the hype of Jio fiber doesn't reflect on ground reality. We know this becaus…

OP here. Thanks so much for the questions. - The PoPs are meant to be purchased by retail investors, we've sold 35 of them so far. We're offering it as a franchisee agreement for a…