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Post by confuzzled dude Thu Aug 20, 2015 4:38 pm

Digital India - Another Pipe Dream? AI-CR655A_INDER_9U_20150820002710
Accomplishing that is a tall order. Fiber-optic cables—which transmit data at high speeds and at a lower cost than satellite or spectrum technology—can be difficult to put down in hard-to-reach areas. The installation program that started in 2011 is woefully behind schedule: Just 1% of the planned 250,000 central village hubs are connected to the Internet, according to the government.

Mr. Modi is trying to kick the project into high gear by slashing red tape. The premier also set up the Committee on the National Fibre Optic Network to evaluate the previous government’s plan to lay 372,000 miles of last-mile cable at a cost of $3.1 billion. It has issued a report saying almost three times as much cabling is required and that the price tag for the government will rise to about $11.2 billion.

“The old plan was a rural road, this is a broadband highway, a superhighway,” Ms. Sundararajan said.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-india-rural-internet-rollout-remains-a-pipe-dream-1440063074

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