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VSNL is the only game in India. Take a look at http://www.vsnl.net.in Really? When I was living in India ('95) several "software technology park"s had been established. In fact, I remember being connected to the There are several providers here, however, VSNL is the company that controls the access to the satellite transponders and such. Everyone must go through VSNL for this, even STP. Software tech parks are

At least when your packets get dropped, they get dropped on the floor

Not all true. VSNL is the sole International gateway for commercial ISPs in India. Private ISP services themselves are being sorted out as the ISP market is being liberalized. With the upcoming general elections next month, don't expect it to be sorted out. VSNL (also the public sector monopoly for all International phone calls from India) has several E1 connections through MCI. They also announce a few blocks through teleglobe->Uunet. I see robust connectivity to their Mumbai (Bombay) gateway with round trip ICMP times of ~600ms all the time. We monitor it for several of our India based customers. Last but not the least, the ernet folks (dig in. soa) have overseas connections independent of VSNL with UUnet and also eu.net. They offer dialup connections in Mumbai but not sure of the terms. Regards, Sanjay. --------------------------------------------------------------- Web Professionals, Inc. Direct: +1 408-863-4850 20111 Stevens Creek Blvd, Suite 145 Biz/NOC: +1 408-863-4848 Cupertino CA 95014 USA http://web.professionals.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -=- Your Outsourcing Partner for Website and Server Hosting -=-