Cool Technology in India
As frustrating as India can be with regards to lack of infrastructure, there are some cool items that I’ve been able to take advantage of while on the road.
Most notably is the fact that for less than $1/hour, I can access (when the power isn’t down) the internet and, if I time it right, can chat with Jon on either gmail chat or through Skype. This has been my first experience using Skype and I’m thinking, “What have I been waiting for?????” It’s cheap, super easy, and awesome to be able to actually SEE the person you’re “speaking” with a half a world away.
This is a screenshot of us chatting while I was in Calcutta.
I also found that phone calls from the “STD” booths around the country made it super cheap for me to call the U.S - somewhere between 12 and 25 cents a minute.
Portable phone booth in the middle of a Delhi street.
Travel Well!
You can also read about my India travels on my blog at the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
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