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Gagandeep Singh Sapra
@TheBigGeek
I have built and run data centres in India for 30+ years. I have watched our Internet grow from dial-up to gigabit—and I have also watched competition get blocked.
That is why @elonmusk’s comments on @Starlink struck a nerve.
I helped set up GIASDEL01, the Gateway Internet Access Service that went live on 15 August 1995. Later, when NIXI was being set up, I was writing the MRTG code monitoring its network.
I had argued for Internet Exchanges for years.
The big telcos understood the threat: “If data-centers peer through an exchange, why would they buy as much bandwidth from us?”
That commercial interest constrained what NIXI could have become.
Then came exchanges like DE-CIX and Extreme IX, showing what open interconnection and competition could do.
I’ve personally seen Starlink files sitting under piles of files at TCIL waiting for comments.
India needs KYC. India needs security. But regulation should enable competition, not protect incumbents from it.
“Ease of Doing Business” means very little on paper if powerful incumbents can make it extraordinarily difficult for a new competitor to enter the market.
Imagine a school in the Himalayas getting reliable high-speed Internet. A school deep in the Northeast getting connected every day. A doctor reaching a remote village.
That is what competition in connectivity can unlock.
Don’t weaken security.
Don’t protect yesterday’s business models.
Open the pipes.
@elonmusk @Starlink
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05:10 · 8 октября 2026 г. · 191,3 тыс. просмотров
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