People are writing disparagingly about the speed of 128 KBps. This is the speed of the ISDN connection for which my company paid a huge sum years back. It is still very expensive.
There have been a number of discussions about speed in the different forums. Speed has no meaning without good latency. BSNL latency was poor.
Just go through this article published in 2001 to know how far we have come from 28.8 Kbps and 33.6 Kbps.
http://www.aibn.com/help/FAQ/speed.html
Still remember those days. I got my Internet connection in 1997.
****@md2.vsnl.net.in was my first email address.
When I was doing Web Development and SEO the question was always as to how fast your web site loads. That factor remains the same.
What is the internet?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
Internet is not only about Youtube, Facebook and illegal downloading of movies. Having worked through the net for about 15 years , I think I know what it is. How it enables a person sitting in India to work for organizations in U.S, U.K and other parts of the world. It enables me to get a computer part from anywhere in the world. It is not mere downloading of files.
BTW I got my first Bill from Airtel. They do the billing upto 10th of every month.