This is what is being promised. After VoIP (Voice-over-IP) belatedly got "legalised" in India from April 1, 2002, the benefits of low-cost long-distance telephony might be just about reaching Goa.
Railton Electronics of Porvorim's "Landscape City", run by Sanjay Bhaiya, is promising Caltiger's solution to the user in Goa. Railton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says Caltiger's Internet Telephony Cards work through Net2Phone "the world's largest player". PC-to-phone calls from Goa to the US (by their estimates, unverified by me) cost Rs 3 per minute. This rate is also being offered to "other countries as an introductory offer". Lesser-useful PC-to-PC calls "anywhere in India" are priced at Rs 1.20 per minute. They're also talking about "exciting IP (internet protocol) telephony devices for the "first time in India". But one has to buy prepaid cards for Rs 500, which are valid for three months from the date of first call made. This means that such offers are useful mainly for cyber centres, PCOs, and other bulk users like hotels, travel-agents, etc. This is not intended to be an endorsement of the efficacy of the product, and I have no commercial interest in the same. Nonetheless, there is an exciting potential in such ideas in an expat-oriented state which has suddenly touched the second-highest density nationwide (meaning, after Delhi, Goa ranks second in terms of numbers of telephones per hundred population). For someone who believes in the power of information and communication technologies, ICTs, if properly applied, this is surely interesting. FN *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
