[itdiscuss] Fwd: Wireless Phone Service in India

[Jason Powell]

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> From: "Jack Magruder" <jmagruder at gccwired.com>
> Date: December 13, 2008 11:00:28 AM EST
> To: "Jason Powell" <jpowell at gccwired.com>
> Subject: RE: [itdiscuss] Wireless Phone Service in India
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> Nope.  AT&T has the best service in India, but is also the most  
> expensive.  Other than AT&T, T-mobile also has decent service and  
> better rates, but I don’t think either would do just a “just for  
> a month” kind of plan.
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> Actually, one of the funniest things is, India itself has the best  
> plans, rates and coverage.  Unlike here in the US, India’s cell phon 
> e infrastructure is “absolute”.  I’ve seen people literally out  
> in the middle of no-where, planting rice fields with a water buffalo 
>  and talking on their cell phones.  They’re prolific (everyone has o 
> ne), cheap, and you can get a variety of plans (pay as you go, etc.) 
>  that will ultimately be much cheaper than trying to get one here in 
>  the US that will work and then take it over (rate is like $.23/min  
> with an India phone as opposed to like $3/minute with my “internatio 
> nal roaming plan” through AT&T).  In addition, their mobile wireless 
>  coverage for things like your laptop is WAY ahead of our technology 
> .   When I’m in India, I have a little USB modem the size of a Flash 
> -drive that gets me wireless access from anywhere in the country.  L 
> iterally.  It costs about $12 for the modem, and another $10/month f 
> or the access.  It’s literally cheaper in India to buy the phone and 
>  an entire year’s worth of service than probably to pay for a quad-b 
> and phone and one month of service that will work there from here.
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> Hope that helps.
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> -sj
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> From: Jason Powell
> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 10:26 AM
> To: Jack Magruder
> Subject: Fwd: [itdiscuss] Wireless Phone Service in India
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> Jack- your thoughts?
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> Sent on the go from my iPhone
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> From: Jeffrey Thompson <jthompsonic at gmail.com>
> Date: December 13, 2008 8:25:24 AM EST
> To: IT Discussion Forum <discuss at itdiscuss.org>
> Subject: [itdiscuss] Wireless Phone Service in India
> Reply-To: IT Discussion Forum <discuss at itdiscuss.org>
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> I have a friend going into India for several weeks on a mission trip.
> Anyone know of a cell phone company that can set him up with a phone
> and service for the month that he will be over there at a reasonable
> cost?
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> Sent from my iPhone
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