About Us About UsMegha means 'cloud' in telugu language. Telugu is the language of the state AndhraPradesh in India. It also sounds a little like 'Mega' :-)
Net is refering to network which is connected to the Internet.
Megha Net is an initiative to provide cheap Internet to urban areas in India at a low cost where atleast middle-class people can afford an always-on connection.
Currently the choice of coming to the net for the average Indian person is to visit a browsing center where they can check e-mail and chat with relatives on messenger. Our idea is that we by providing affordable technology can change this to get the common middle-class Indian person on the net. This will help in overall education when they can do information exchange over the net.
We will also provide free web-space to all Megha Net users and hold (not free, but small-fee) courses in how to use the Internet and how to use it for business.
We will start out by providing access in Nellore and in the border-towns. We hope to be able to cover about 30km^2 when we start up. A map of the excact areas covered will be available later when we have negociated the places to put up the backbone locations.
Megha Net is founded by Soren Davidsen and Kereena Atmakuri (See this page AndhraPradesh and try to find her city on the Nellore District map :-) ).
We both have a background with computers. I have a university-degree in computer science - and have been working with complex network setups for years, and she has been running an IT educational institute.
Megha Net is based on cheap equipment and low maintenence costs. However, we
can always use a helping hand on funding (of any kind, not nessecarily
money). You can send an e-mail about funding to
