Comments on: ‘Free’ mobile broadband next year?

By: McCain

McCain — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:40:01 +0000

Don’t be over excited. Such ads have been there in Indian press, airports, hotels, TV, etc. but when you REALLY try to use these “FREE’ services, they still ask you to pay something which is hidden.

By: Janaka Beneragama

Janaka Beneragama — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:58:14 +0000

I thought Dialog charged Rs. 20/- (and not 2.-) per MB. Their usual charge is 2 cents a KB.

By: Chanuka Wattegama

Chanuka Wattegama — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:42:46 +0000

We just reproduce the story for its news value. It *may* happen in the developed world, but for us it is difficult to think operators would bundle broadband within their ordinary packages. It will be like offering a car free when you buy a bicycle.

By: Indi Samarajiva

Indi Samarajiva — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:38:27 +0000

Are you saying that the modems are free or the data packages are? People will always pay (something) for data for a while at least. Right now it’s about Rs 2 per MB on Dialog and Rs 1 on Mobitel, though the packages are tiny. The service is pretty much as fast as DSL and unlike Broadband you can get connected and online within 1 hour. I think it has the potential to do for internet what mobiles did for telephony.