Google to install Wi-Fi in
400 train stations across India, promises to cover the busiest 100 stations in
2016
In the US, Google has been offering free Wi-Fi to select
cities via its Google Fiber program. According to the Google website, it offers
1000 Mbps for $130, but that also includes a TV set top box, TV content of 150+
channels and 1 TB of cloud storage space. Since Google only needs to provide
internet connectivity, this price falls further. Again for the sake of
convenience, let’s consider that figure to be $100 or approximately Rs 6600. To
cover 100 stations, that’s Rs 6,60,000.
Now every additional investment made would be towards
enhancing the browsing experience while on the Google network. This would mean
providing 10Gbps at some stations and lesser at certain other stations. Given
the costs associated, couldn’t the Indian Railways make such a service
available in all these years?
We may never know the real numbers. But, this is definitely
something India could do. India certainly possesses the capabilities to do so.
PSU , Railtel Corporation of India, has all the technology
and network required to do this (http://www.railtelindia.com/)
It is a great initiative by Google and must be appreciated but couldn’t it have been an Indian telecom operator that took
this as a responsibility?
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