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John

Admin of BIR

I started my online journey back in 1998 from cyber cafes and friend’s desks just to check e-mails. Slowly, I got addicted to it and more so with Yahoo Games playing chess. It was my jobless time and I used to run bills of Rs. 5000/- per month (around $175 at that time)–and my father was generous enough to foot the bills.

Then I stared working and started o know the value of money. But my urge for internet was greater -as I bought a desktop and got myself the only available internet connection in my locality from BSNL. I was playing 3/4 hrs per day and had to pay around Rs. 3000/- per month ($75-80). where as my salary was barely Rs. 8000/- per month ($225).

I had to look for alternatives- but there was no way out. BSNL was the only ISP providing dial-up connections which was too slow. During the monsoon season, it was like I had to go to the Amazon jungle where no-humans lived as connections blacked out for days.

I was also looking for alternative income sources to foot my online passion. I tried to give private tuitions to students. But I never liked taking money for giving out some knowledge- specially to poor kids. So I stopped it and started looking for venues to earn money online. I tried freelance jobs -but nobody would gimme a job without experience.

Then I discovered Digital Point Forums in December 2006 and here I am — being a webmaster and SEO enthusiasts.

The probles has been, while I started earning some money from my online work, my Internet bills went up to Rs. 5000-6000 ($125-$150) per month. It ate all my profits.

But- perseverance always pays. Finally, I have been able to get a BSNL GPRS connection a week ( it has been introduced in my area not so long back) it cost only Rs. 223/- per month for unlimited internet connectivity. What more, I can even follow my business from my work-place, school through e-mails.

I also hear that, Broadband connection will be in my village preety soon. Lets see. Now I can really surf the net all the time without worrying about my internet bills.

Cheers for the LIBERATION.