First Broadband connection in Durg and Bhilai
It was May-2005. Hot and humid like hell. We were in Bhilai. It is a township built on the Laterite soil of Chhattisgarh and this township is huge. All the residential colonies and sectors cut in squares with so many streets leading to the single and multistory houses built on either sides. Everywhere you go, you can see the red Laterite soil covering the side patches of roads. We had been working for last couple of months on planning and setting up the Broadband network around Durg, Bhilai area. Durg is the district headquarters of Bhilai and an old city. To set up the Telecom network, three main exchanges were chosen in the first phase to start delivering ADSL broadband connections. Durg main exchange area was one of them. Another exchange area chosen was of Bhilai Sector-1. Bhilai being an industrial township for Bhilai Steel Plant, it is a cosmopolitan township. People from all over India work in the plant. Rolling out ADSL broadband network was the most important and the flagship ...