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June 2, 2006

Evolution of Tier-II Cities: Madurai

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sridhar Ranganathan @ 8:53 am

Blogging this post from Madurai Airport, waiting for the delayed Indian Airlines flight to Chennai :-) The internet connectivity is provided by BSNL Wifi, enabled and available free-of-cost for users within the Airport! This is AWESOME!

I was in San Francisco and Frankfurt last November. Both airports had the sign 'Wifi Enabled'. Open the Browser and a online-payment-in-$$/Euro shows up. Unless you pump in some money there, you can't use those Wifi connections. Whereas, in Madurai, it's FREE!

Interestingly, non-physical connectivity (internet/wifi) seems to be faster than physical connectivity (airplane) in an emerging market like India. Some trend to take note of?

Another trend is, as living conditions and city conditions evolve from a lower tier city to that of a developed/big city, hitherto assumed commodities become luxuries or branded goods, while luxuries, comforts and conveniences become commodities.

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  1. yes,except at airports i havnt seen wi-fi connectivity in any other part of india

    Comment by Leon — June 17, 2006 @ 1:32 pm


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