Setting up a home office and getting connected has been a breeze. And it is enormously cost-effective too.
For my home office, I have these setup :
- BSNL DSL connection ~ 400Rs/pm
- Tata Photon Broadband Wireless Connection ~ 750Rs/pm
- Data plan on my phone ~ 600Rs/pm
So for 1750Rs/pm or 40+$, you are all connected. Compared this to the $45+ I was shelling out for Comcast broadband connection, this seems like a cheap buy. I didn't even compare the link speeds here, since I am able to do anything I could do with the broadband in the US, no complaints so far.
If you have a bunch of devices, the first thing you need to do is to buy a whole lot of adapters which convert from the flat-pin to the indian-style round pin converters. They cost 40-75Rs per piece.
As I mentioned, getting connected has been a breeze. I managed to set all my devices (laptop, monitor, wireless, VOIP, DSL, wireless modem etc) in a few minutes. After a few minutes of happiness, the entire circuit in the house tripped, since the electric outlet could not handle the load :-)
That is the general theme of things in India - the new stuff is seamless and just works. It is the old infrastructure (like the electric wiring in my house) which causes the pain, till we get rid of these legacy infrastructure issues, it is going to be a pain.
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