It is not that difficult. Plus there are a lot of initiatives in the country to take bandwidth to remote parts of the country, at least upto the district level. Many states are taking optic fibre to the districts. That is a huge connection. That bandwidth will slowly find its way to the people because it is only when people start using the bandwidth that any revenue is generated.
Lack of communication is a huge cost.
It is a huge petrol expenditure and waste of time and effort, whereas he could have just picked up the phone and found out. The cost to the economy of not having telecom is huge. This kind of discussion and self-help can make a tremendous difference to their productivity. You mentioned a village information centre on your webpage. It is very difficult to predict.