Wi-Fi for all
With all the cash Indian IT companies have, I have come up with an awesome Public Relations exercise that they could undertake. Why not provide free wi-fi throughout a city ?
Cognizant could adpot Chennai, Infosys could adopt Bangalore and Satyam could adpot Hyderabad. It should not cost all that much - 5-10 crores I would think.
If Philadelphia's local government think they can provide free wi-fi throughout their city, why not our own desi IT companies.
Free and fast connectivity would then improve access to information and knowledge for all, with access barriers being removed for the poor. This would then enhance the value of cheap computers as designed by MIT ($100) or the Simputer designed by IISc.
8 Comments:
ammu ... are the poor in india well-to-do enough to afford wi-fi capable computers ?
Mr. Mani,
Finally a good blog today...after a very long time.
I like this idea....
Anon
Guruguhan, thats why I mention the simputer and the MIT labs computer
yup ... i realized that. and i had to google them to see what you meant. am still behind with the latest !
datz a nice idea!!!!
very good idea. hope you are reading about the free internet service that google and earthlink were/are planning for SFO. when things get delayed for so long out here, think how much time it would take in india.
Singapore govt has announced that it goes wi-fi next year islandwide.We are eagarly waiting for it to happen.
An easy approach might be to deploy test ntwks within small silos.
Denver started the launch by deploying free Wi-Fi in 16th Street Mall to gauge the usage trend.
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