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| For, the way things stand, the die is heavily loaded against the stand-alone ISP operator. Stand-alone operators, by definition, do not have any network of their own, but piggyback on telecom lines owned by others such as MTNL and BSNL. |
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| Normally that should not pose any serious problem since all the ISP firms have to do is to pay a part of what they earn to MTNL or BSNL for using their service. |
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| But, and this is the irony of the situation, for every Rs 6-10 earned per hour by private ISPs from customers surfing the Net, MTNL and BSNL earn Rs 24-30 as the phone charges for surfing the Net. |
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| According to the Internet Service Providers Association, that adds up to a whopping Rs 1,600 crore of annual revenue for the two PSU telecom firms. |
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