Downtown Auckland is like certain parts of Mumbai, except less dirty and fewer homeless people. Traffic is nearly as bad, though.

Granted, the population density is less, but that's not what we're testing. I'm more concerned about the number of users per base station, and the number of users I could get in Mumbai in a 200-300m radius would probably require 1-2km or more in NZ.

If anything, the performance of the same technology could potentially be better in India because there would be far less distance attenuation as the density of base stations in Mumbai (or anywhere else in India) would almost certainly be higher.

Hamilton could be compared to maybe... Khar... or Andheri - quite a lot of trees, mostly bungalows and low-rise buildings, low to medium density residential area, each property covering approximately 1/2 an acre. Naturally, the test would happen in India independently and be assessed separately because buildings in India are structurally different and, of course, many people have those blasted metal cages over their windows.

Fortunately, outdoor aerials for wifi are relatively inexpensive: if we need to supply an antenna, CPE and telephone adapter, it would cost just Rs4k - probably even less if I ordered in bulk; although the theory goes that being WiFi, NO extra hardware should be needed, which may reduce the cost to both Hayai and the user even further.

So, the plan is to test with and without the extra equipment by seeing if I can merely connect to the WiFi AP from 1-2km away on a mobile phone first (and see what kind of performance I get), then try with a laptop without extras, then with extras to see how it affects the signal, after which I would be testing the Wimax equipment. From those results, I'll evaluate the direct cost, performance, reliability in both clear and bad weather, overall usability, operational expenses, from which I can work out the cost per megabit and per user and see which of the two options works out better.

But hey, for now it's just a "let's check it out" situation. Nothing is set to change unless the results prove to be completely mindblasting.

You would love to see the Bollywood version of Reservoir Dogs. According to imdb website Kaante is a remake of this film. The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt which had come out in the year 2002.