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Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by shanbhag » Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 1:16 PM UTC

This is so cool! Never knew about this being a resident of Bangalore; I'm so happy you got into YC! Congrats on the launch :) Would love to connect!

Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by prkvs » Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 2:35 PM UTC

Does these Dabbas require maintenance? How do you plan to handle that? What if some dabba is down for some reason unknown the chaishop walla? How are you handling these repair requests?

Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 4:41 PM UTC

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Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by petra » Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 5:37 PM UTC

mildlyclassic wrote: post #64

petra wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any estimate on what your future range would look like ?

We're hoping the next version should hit about 100ft, we're aiming to improve in small steps and often.

i remember reading about NYCLink , they achieve a great range , maybe 400ft.

Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by charsi » Fri, Mar 17, 2017, 8:36 AM UTC

Cool idea no doubt. But wouldn't the need for such a thing go down as 4g/3g becomes more pervasive in the cities? I see this being more useful in places where residential and mobile internet are still not the norm. i.e. villages where people use the dabba as a communal well. Also what kind of access points/ router are you using inside the dabba?

Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by anjanb » Fri, Mar 17, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

Hi There,

   Congrats!! I'm from Bangalore and the idea impresses me. Pls. add this to all the bus stops' chai dabbas. People waste a lot of their mobile data in bus stops and in buses. If you can get corporate's buses to pay for decent wifi, you will get 1000 buses in Bangalore for sure.

  Good luck!

Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by navalsaini » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 8:56 AM UTC

I would like to see Wifi Dabba as a platform where I can build apps for the community without running them centrally (high bandwidth ones - involve video, or local gaming, etc). Is that a part of your vision?

Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by navalsaini » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 8:59 AM UTC

Also this was a part of Aam Aadmi Party manifesto - to launch city wide Wifi. Is this something which can come up in Delhi?

Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by masade » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 9:07 AM UTC

mildlyclassic wrote: post #26

mkagenius wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shouldn't we be encouraging few minutes of peace instead? Like, we will take away your phones for next 10 minutes for Rs. 2

:) We're planning to offer charging services too. Plug in your phone and sit in peace while it charges.

That would rock! Smart phones are not "smart" with batteries.. there were number of times i visited bangalore and my mob was out of charge :)

Re: Launch HN: Wifi Dabba (YC W17) – Low-Cost Wifi in India

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Post by shubhendusharma » Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 7:54 PM UTC

navalsaini wrote: post #97

I would like to see Wifi Dabba as a platform where I can build apps for the community without running them centrally (high bandwidth ones - involve video, or local gaming, etc). Is that a part of your vision?

Simple answer. Yes.