Dataquest estimates are slightly more optimistic.
DQ expects the Internet subscriber base to reach 6,55,000 by March 2000. DQ expects this to shoot up to 1.86mn by 2001 and 3.75mn by 2002. DQ's estimates say that the ISP access market was worth Rs1.02bn in 1999 and is likely to touch Rs2.13bn in 2000. The market will expand sharply to touch Rs8.37bn in 2001 and to Rs15bn by 2002. Estimates are that three to four years down the line, India, with 30mn Internet users, will have the most Internet users in Asia, next only to China.