This is the best change we experienced as a Nepali citizen. A separate power backup for internet router is no longer needed.
> why aren’t more startups bootstrapping in the country?
There's this new startup https://www.sevadevelopment.com/ which took this step. They started their office in Lamjung (~108KM from Kathmandu). Monthly costs for rent should be at least half of what it is in Kathmandu. ~10 of my friends did an internship there recently.
Akamai and Google have cache edges here. You might have a 128Kbps ADSL line but you get > 1MBps with YouTube and many other sites due to this. Ncell, a telecom here, provides free Twitter and Wikipedia access. It recently started offering Free facebook too. (net neutrality?).
Kathmandu is now filled with poles carrying fiber optic cables.
Uses the monitor to generate an AM signal.