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The Indian railway has decided to withhold their project to provide an internet connection inside the train because it was not cost-effective. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnav confirmed it through a written reply to a question in the Loksabha. Initially, The WiFi-based internet facility was given in the Howarah Rajasthani express train through satellite communication technology.   ” This technology was capital intensive with recurring costs in the form of bandwidth charges and thus was not cost-effective. Also, the internet bandwidth available to passengers was inadequate. Hence the project was dropped. At present,…

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