| The Internet has today become more indispensable | | | | The reliability of the internet has doubled and the |
| than any other technology products in the computer | | | | speed of audio/video downloads exceed 1500kbps |
| world. The internet users are on the rise world over. | | | | for an average domestic user. Streaming videos have |
| As a developing country occupying an important | | | | become a reality. People are watching TV programs |
| position in the BPO segment, India has built up great | | | | over the net and watching cricket matches on the |
| state of the art infrastructures like Communications, | | | | net have become fashionable. |
| Internet and development centers. Internet is the | | | | Gone are the days of the painfully slow internet |
| backbone of the IT industry and the outsourcing | | | | connections. Today because of the Broadband and |
| domain. As recently as 2003, India was struggling | | | | Wi-Fi revolution, many of the educational institutions |
| with the dial-up internet services, offering poor | | | | have opted for online admission tests, resulting in |
| reliability for exchange of multimedia content and vital | | | | quicker admission processes. Online shopping and bill |
| data. Apart from the cost of the services, customers | | | | payment customers have more than doubled and |
| often found themselves at the wrong end of the | | | | increasing number of netizens are joining in. The |
| stick, facing connectivity problems and slow | | | | culture of netbanking is spreading slowly and the |
| connections. | | | | security concerns connected with netbanking are |
| The Broadband arrived with a bang around the year | | | | being resolved to the satisfaction of the |
| 2006. Along with the state-run BSNL, many private | | | | internet-banking users. |
| players like AirTel, TataIndicom, Reliance and many | | | | The rise of the Broadband Internet Connectivity has |
| more, arrived on the scene. Competition , tough one | | | | generated renewed vigor and enthusiasm amongst |
| at that, led to charges hitting rockbottom and | | | | the knowledge-seekers in that today the Internet in |
| facilities provided going up day by day. Today an | | | | Indiat provides huge business opportuniities. Online |
| average Broadband internet connection with speeds | | | | marketing and online businesses are on the increase. |
| exceeding 2mbps, is available at a price of around | | | | India too have joined the rest of the world in |
| Rs.900/pm(Around 25 US$) with unlimited downloads. | | | | promoting Internet-related businesses in a big way. |