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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (4636)	6/17/1999 10:23:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) of 12475

Internet Unplugged from IIT Madras. iitm.ernet.in (TeNeT - The Telecommunications and Computer Networks Group Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India) tenet.res.in Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, has developed a wireless system to access the Internet. The system is cheaper and faster and bypasses the regular telephone networks. Networks, that will become exasperatingly clogged with the increase in the number of Internet connections. More importantly, Jhunjhunwala's system does not require a modem for accessing the Internet! Besides, the surfer gets a telephone free to talk on while being logged on. What's the catch? Same as the one that came with his earlier invention: An indigenous 'wireless in local loop' telephone system. That too was significantly cheaper than any options available across the world. The catch then was bandwidth allocation for the system and poor faith in Indian technology. Bandwidth might not be an issue this time round, but lack of faith certainly is. Jhunjhunwala spoke with Shobha Warrier in Madras about the new technology, its context to the Indian economy and the impossibility of competing with multinational companies when it comes to funding. He warns expensive technology from the West has only limited application in India and relevant indigenous methods are the only way out....... 216.32.165.70

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