I saw a medianama post about internet penetration in India. Nikhil has some good analysis but I disagreed with one point.

Percentage growth: In percentage terms, Maharashtra grew the least, followed by Delhi and Tamil Nadu, primarily because of the large subscriber base.

I think growth in Maharashtra lags because of pricing. An unlimited 256K connections going to cost you close to a Thousand bucks. I pay VSNL about 1100. My cable guy offers me something for 800 but I promised never to use IN Cable for internet ever again an I intend to follow through on that.  MTNL offers one for 2500. I just thought I would compare prices between MTNL Mumbai and MTNL Delhi and was shocked. I knew there was a price difference but this is ridiculous.

Mumbai:

Thats Rs. 2500 for a 256K, 4500 for a 512K

Compared to Delhi:

Thats Rs. 599 for a 256K and 1299 for a 512K. Thats half the price for twice the bandwidth.

Are you fucking kidding me? Can anyone come up with a logical reason for why thi might be the case?