Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Billionaire Changed That

Post by sigi45 » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 11:16 AM UTC

pnenp wrote: post #17

sgr wrote: post #7

I'm on Jio and paying $5 for 84 days. I get 1. Free voice calls 2. 100 SMS/ day 3. 1.5GB High speed data/ day (20+ MBPS)- Post which unlimited @ 64 Kbps 4. Subscription to Jio apps like Music/ Movies/ News The page shows pricing at $5.7, everyone I know has always received a discount voucher for Rs 50. https://www.jio.com/en-in/4g-plans

Had to re-read to see 1.5 GB per day . Wow. I used to think we had it good in Austria (10GB for €10 per month ). But that is fantastic.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 11:20 AM UTC

suhastech wrote: post #48

However, there are downsides to this. To compete with Jio. All the carriers have massively decreased the prices to match Jio. This has increased congestion in all metro areas. Things don't work when I most need it. I cannot book an Uber in the middle of the city. The uber drivers struggle to get the navigation right. I sometimes hear "All channels occupied" error when I'm calling. I never knew such an error existed.…

Post by vertex-four » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 11:22 AM UTC

dingaling wrote: post #50

kamaal wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>>That's more data than most will use in a single day. Not to take away anything from your point. But I see plenty of cab drivers watch movies, youtube and use other services like Google maps. But there are other inspiring stories. A few months back I saw a video of street flute seller who learned to play the flute through the internet. Here is one story of a Coolie who prepared for civil services exams using interne…

In the UK I have do all that on a a VDSL connection capped to 120GB per month and at four times the price.

Post by vuln » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 11:23 AM UTC

atomicnumber1 wrote: post #6

THIS. For mere $6 I can have 1.5GB of data everyday for 84 days. Not to mention unlimited calls and 100 messages/day. Edit: Also, they have free services like Cinema, TV, Music, Cloud, etc all included with that $6 plan.

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 07, 2018, 11:26 AM UTC

kamaal wrote: post #26

sgr wrote: post #7

I'm on Jio and paying $5 for 84 days. I get 1. Free voice calls 2. 100 SMS/ day 3. 1.5GB High speed data/ day (20+ MBPS)- Post which unlimited @ 64 Kbps 4. Subscription to Jio apps like Music/ Movies/ News The page shows pricing at $5.7, everyone I know has always received a discount voucher for Rs 50. https://www.jio.com/en-in/4g-plans

Airtel has similar plans. Ultimately this is game of who runs out of capital first. Jio has a debt of >1,25,000 crore as of now. Airtel has plenty of cash reserves which it is burning to sustain through this. Data is still not cheap. Its being subsidized. For how long, no one knows. Until Airtel or Jio run out of cash, or think they must stop bankrupting themselves in a price war which no one can win. Another importa…