<div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>The following article appeared in Economic Times. Posting it here for discussion. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.techgig.com/tech-news/editors-pick/What-stops-internet-access-from-being-cheaper-14403">http://www.techgig.com/tech-news/editors-pick/What-stops-internet-access-from-being-cheaper-14403</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The more fortunate among India's Internet Users have a 2 Mbps connection with actual speeds averaging 512 Mbps with an average bandwidth cap (in gross, un-researched estimates) of about 5 Gb by wire or about 500 Mb mobile. </div>
<div><br></div><div>As an end user, If I have to ask our phone companies to catch up with Google fiber's 1 GIGAbps bandwidth with no caps at $ 70 per month, how would I, as an end user, argue that such bandwidth plans would be viable and more profitable? </div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="https://fiber.google.com/plans/residential/">https://fiber.google.com/plans/residential/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Sivasubramanian M</div>