Can the development of the internet still be a very US-centric phenomena?
ANSWER It is important to notice that despite the fact that South Asian and South East Asian countries do not make a major part of the Internet, many Internet related products are actually produced in quite a few of these countries. Many software companies in the United States have satellite operations in these countries where cutting edge software innovation is underway at greatly reduced costs primarily because of the significantly lower costs of hiring programmers there. India is one such example where many software giants like Microsoft and Oracle are conducting business at a large scale. Despite the fact that India is earning a handsome amount in foreign exchange because of this process of software outsourcing from the US to software concerns in India, the major winners are the American companies who in turn provide better Internet facilities with newer versions of Internet related software to users in the United States. Another dimension that comes to light in this regard is the
