Comments on: India Online – from a Global perspective

By: pranav

pranav — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:09:29 +0000

@jagannath – I agree..this report doesnt include the speed / quality of the connections. If so, Japan and S Korea would be topping the charts..

and India might not have appeared in the list at all.

@cyril – you present an interesting perspective — my question is — will the Internet penetration ever drill down to those levels ?

@dDude – yes..there is immense room for growth.

By: dDude

dDude — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:43:01 +0000

excellent review – i feel india is at an advantage right now cause it has very less broadband users compared to other big nations. this proves there is a huge potential to grow and even with this less numbers we are rocking the internet space. imagine what it would be when broadband and wireless access is easily available in india?

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:35:50 +0000

Anyway, I don’t often see a lot of good coming out of the internet usage that is being done. People can use something like orkut for good, but all they do is put up their rock star-like photos and have found another forum for gossiping.

By: Jagannath

Jagannath — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:47:14 +0000

India has sheer numbers

but if quality and speed of connections were even given small weightage India would have completely vanished from any stats…

so pathetic are our broadband connections

By: Cyril Gupta

Cyril Gupta — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:46:33 +0000

Excellent review. I think there is plenty of growth for content in local languages, but rediff may not be the winner. I expect a sort of micro-localization to occur, in which the winners will be local companies run by people who have a deeper understanding of the local culture and expectations.

It will be interesting to see what really happens.