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00:00Phone Ringing

00:19Hello

00:21Brother

00:24What are you doing?

00:26Everything is fine

00:28Hello

00:31Peace be upon you

00:35How are you brother?

00:37Everything is fine

00:39We are enjoying a lot, we are praying for you

00:42Are you calling on landline?

00:46Yes, this is it. We will get the connection soon. You are right

00:50Hello

00:52Yes

00:56Yes

00:57Yes

01:00Yes

01:27Peace be upon you

01:57Peace be upon you

02:27Peace be upon you

02:57Peace be upon you

03:27Khandel village, Bihar

03:32Khandel village, Bihar

03:34In the era of smart mobile, landline phone is connected to lifeline

03:40In this village, there are dozens of houses where landline phone is available

03:47The BASNL department has provided broadband connection for landline service

03:57But the speciality of this village is that people still talk to their relatives using the old PNT

04:05My uncle lives outside and I don't have a mobile at home. My grandfather has a mobile

04:11We talk on this mobile

04:13You talk on this mobile at home?

04:14Yes

04:15For how long?

04:16For a long time

04:18Where does your uncle live?

04:19Delhi

04:21So you don't get a mobile at home?

04:23No, for a long time

04:26Does your uncle come to anyone?

04:27Yes

04:29We think that the first landline phone was installed here in 1988 or 1989

04:37There was an exchange in our house

04:39Since then, people have kept landline phones here until mobile services started

04:47It was a reliability

04:50Since there are more people living abroad, we think that there were 20-25 landline connections in our village

05:02I am talking about 1988-1989

05:05Even today, there are still connections in 10 houses

05:11But now there is a broadband system, internet plus landline

05:16So we are trying to talk to more people

05:22Do you get IHD calls from people living abroad?

05:24Yes, that depends on the services

05:26But mostly people prefer incoming calls

05:30And we also get IHD calls

05:33How many people live abroad in this village?

05:38There are about 400 houses here

05:42And there are about 200-250 people living abroad

05:46In the Gulf countries?

05:48Yes, in the Gulf countries

05:50How many villages are there in the panchayat?

05:54We think that there are more than 200 villages in the panchayat

06:00There are 13 villages in the panchayat

06:06And everyone has a demand

06:09We have not been able to deliver the cable yet

06:12There are issues with the poles

06:13But people are getting back on BSNL

06:19Now that there is a broadband system, they have internet and landline

06:25There are both facilities

06:27In the beginning, there was a lot of call charges

06:32Outgoing call charges

06:34Now, we have taken a plan of about 700 rupees

06:41And voice calling is free

06:45You can call and receive as much as you want

06:48There is no charge for that

06:50There must be some people who live abroad

06:53They don't have a mobile phone

06:55They don't have a family

06:57Yes, there is a major issue here

06:59Let's say your landline goes out

07:03If there is a 4-5 hour breakdown

07:08In that case, it is difficult to get a mobile phone

07:12There is always a network issue

07:14But it is reliable that you can contact anyone in an emergency

07:19That is why it is kept here

07:21Yes, absolutely

07:23I don't remember accurately, but it's been 25-30 years

07:26When BSNL first came here, there was a share exchange

07:30We got it installed

07:32It was installed in my house

07:34My phone was in the whole neighborhood

07:37So, it's been a long time since I got a mobile phone

07:42When it was installed, people used to come here?

07:44Yes, people from the neighborhood

07:4610-15-20 families who live in the Gulf or outside India

07:51They used to call us

07:54We used to call and talk to them

07:57Do you still have the old connection?

08:01Yes, we had an old connection

08:03So, we restarted it

08:04We are trying to get the old connection back

08:08Whether it is Wi-Fi or landline

08:10We are trying to get it back

08:12Yes, we have mobile phones

08:14But the phone is better

08:16We are very worried

08:18Because of mobile phones, there are many new diseases

08:21Many children are using their phones like crazy

08:25The phone is better than that

08:27There is not much tension in the phone

08:29So, people are using it at home?

08:31Yes, people are using it

08:32We had a mobile phone in our house for 25-30 years

08:35But now we have changed the house

08:38So, we are trying to get the connection back

08:40There is a lot going on here

08:43People are ready to take the connection

08:46We are getting it

08:48We are doing a lot for APNT

08:51The landline is always open

08:54All the people are keeping the BSNL

08:58What is the reason?

09:00The reason is that we are getting it soon

09:02Do people still call you?

09:04Yes, they do

09:06They say that it is an old thing

09:08How many people are there in the panchayat?

09:10There are around 250 people in the panchayat

09:14And the landline is always open

09:17How many more houses are there in this village?

09:20There are around 10-15 houses

09:23Because of the high number of IHD calls

09:26The exchange office was made in this village

09:30So that people don't face any problem

09:33The landline telephone service that started in 1988

09:37Is still going on

09:39But now the BSNL has changed

09:43The telephone service has changed

09:47But it is still in this village

09:50This was the first village in the district

09:52That used to give the telephone service to the highest number of people

09:56For ETB Bharat, I am Sartaj Ahmed from Gaya

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