Rates could change when the service is finally announced. All prices are flat annual rates. Dial up users have a total of 250 hours to use up in a year, and 512 kb disk space. None of the terms are really defined - professionals are individuals. Commercial are other companies, or individuals who want SLIP accounts.
Service providers are e-mail or Internet service providers.
The latter don't exist, thanks to restrictions on datacom . VSNL claims it is still committed to providing shell accounts to 'students' at Rs 500 for 250 hours, later this year. Deus X Machina, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh. This article may be redistributed in electronic form only, provided that the article and this notice remain intact.