Business Idea #5 - Internet Cafe in Indian Village
This is an idea that I have been musing over the last few months. It involves taking 3 or 4 of my old computers over to my village in India ( Mutada Kalan, VPO Phillaur, Jallandar, Punjab, India ) and opening an Internet Cafe in the village.
My Chacha (Uncle) from the Village came over yesterday and said that it costs Rs.600 (£7.50) / month for Internet in India. I don't know the speed of the connection but it will probably be dial up (56k).
The idea is to get a small shop in the village or ask the STD/ PCO person if they want a computer in their shop so that customers can use it for web browsing and checking email.
I am not sure about pricing but if we are going by the UK pricing structure it would be about Rs.80 (£1) / hour.
Maybe somebody could tell me about average rates for Internet cafes in India??
UPDATE:
After the comments from Bhaji and Bhenji, I looked at phone call rates from India to U.K, U.S.A and Canada. I found Skype on the internet. I have seen Skype before but hadn't really looked into it in great detail. After more research I have found that you can ring any land line in Europe, U.S.A and Canada for 1.2p/ min. You can be anywhere in the world and still get this low rate.
So if I can setup the internet cafe and get a solid internet connection, then we can offer cheap international calls by installing Skype on the computers.
Surely there is a something in this idea...I better call my chacha ;-)))
My Chacha (Uncle) from the Village came over yesterday and said that it costs Rs.600 (£7.50) / month for Internet in India. I don't know the speed of the connection but it will probably be dial up (56k).
The idea is to get a small shop in the village or ask the STD/ PCO person if they want a computer in their shop so that customers can use it for web browsing and checking email.
I am not sure about pricing but if we are going by the UK pricing structure it would be about Rs.80 (£1) / hour.
Maybe somebody could tell me about average rates for Internet cafes in India??
UPDATE:
After the comments from Bhaji and Bhenji, I looked at phone call rates from India to U.K, U.S.A and Canada. I found Skype on the internet. I have seen Skype before but hadn't really looked into it in great detail. After more research I have found that you can ring any land line in Europe, U.S.A and Canada for 1.2p/ min. You can be anywhere in the world and still get this low rate.
So if I can setup the internet cafe and get a solid internet connection, then we can offer cheap international calls by installing Skype on the computers.
Surely there is a something in this idea...I better call my chacha ;-)))
posted by Sony at 9:14 pm
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