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Vonage It is true that there was a socialist leaning system about 10 or more years back.
It is true that there was a socialist leaning system about 10 or more years back. Things have changed for the better now.
Privatization began in 1991 and accelerated in the last 5-6 years. There are quite a few private land line, WLL (Wireless Local Loop), and cell phone operators in India now, including all the big industrial houses such as Tata Telecom, Reliance etc. It used to take months/years to get a phone lin. This is now reduced to days, thanks to private sector entry and competition. Because of this, the remaining govt owned long distance companies have slashed the long distance and international calling rates. For example. calling US from India costs around 10 cents via govt owned VSNL, compared to 28 cents from US to India using AT&T. If you use SIFY and other ISP's voip, calls from India cost even less.
Another thing I noticed during my last visit a few months back: Monthly cell phone plans cost much less than the plans in U.S. Verizon, for example, charges $40 plus taxes for 400 minutes peak-time use package (their all Americal plan). Bharti telecom and others charge lot less than this. Also, only outgoing calls are charged and not incoming calls. So, there is a veritable revolution going on in telecom sector in India. One of the reasons that cell phone sales are booming in Asia is relative inexpensiveness of cell phone plans in India and the resulting popularity.
As another poster mentioned, cable is also in private sector, many cable companies are offering broadband internet service and Vonage can be used legally without any problem on DSL and cable lines.
Read The Full Thread: Using Vonage in INDIA
• Hi,
I have been using Vonage for almost a year in the US. I plan to take the ATA to
• I think there may be some legal issues with using an ATA in India The phone system
• Thanks for the feedback. I will definitely check into that, but I found another
• I looked somemore on the Internet and I found this link which I think will be useful
• Thanks for posting your Feedback on the Telecom Sector and ISP's in India. It has
• You are welcome. My friend's parents have broadband connection and they are going
• I have used Vonage in the US for almost a year now. Had some initial problems, but
• Please let us know how it works out, Leo. It should be great.
• Hi Leo,
Please keep us posted of your experience with vonage in India. Thanks!
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likevoip posted "It is true that there was a socialist leaning system about 10 or more years back." on 05/29/2004 |
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