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

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

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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

Are you f@cking kidding me? There is literally no excuse for companies to charge us the way they do in the west at this point.

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

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India is quite well known for its price sensitive consumers. Jio has recognized and tackled that exceptionally well. Only today, on its 2nd anniversary, it announced even more free offers for its subscribers. Full article here: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/teleco...

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

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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

For 80$ per month in Canada: - Unlimited call + texts - 6GB per month And this is considered a good deal

I found tablet data plans as the only worth while option.

3GB/month for 15$

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

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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

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

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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.…

This is true for cities but the speed is mostly better than any other provider. Besides people have broadband in cities so most of the time its not the issue. If you go through towns of India the speed is very high on this network like around 20+ Mbps.

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

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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

Are you f@cking kidding me? There is literally no excuse for companies to charge us the way they do in the west at this point.

Until you realize what labor costs are (or deployment density is) in the West compared to those countries?

Also, price is a function of what the return value and need to have capital to invest with, not just the minimum cost to operate once things are set in place.

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

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Interestingly, Jio needs 4G supported phone and it won't work with 3G handset. So other (ex: airtel,vodafone etc) telecom operators still keep higher prices for 3G handset!

3g Data Mobile Recharge Plans: Rs. 298 - 28 days - 1 GB 3G Data. Thats $5 for 1GB of data with 28 day validity.

But If you look at their 4G data plan it will be completely different thanks to Jio.

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

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The Arnold Carnegie of India. Mr Carnegie funded hundreds of public libraries around the USA in the 1800s. He was a rags to riches 19th century steel billionaire in modern valuations.I have read dozens of testimonials of how small town middle class children use their libraries to enter ivy league universities and onto fantastic careers. I am one of these people.

Andrew Carnegie would be worth US$372 billion in 2014 dollar. Yes, with a B.
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