go online through laptops anywhere in Nepal: how many Nepalese can afford a laptop?

There's an interesting news on Laptops can now go online anywhere in ekantipur.com. I know more and more Nepalese are getting laptops, most are brought from US directly from someone you know in US. Again buying laptops here in Nepal is not quite common, as far as I am aware of. Unless your organization is buying for you. Then you are in luck.

Targetting laptops in Nepal doesn't seem quite sensible, though the scenario may change in couple of days, months, years, decades... Or they are just targeting rich people of Nepal,or especially Kathmandu. The PCMCIA card costs Rs.8888 and they are introducing 300 units. Only?. Looks quite expensive when other gadgets' price are plummeting. I would be happy if Nepal Telecom had targetted Desktop PC first. The news says that they are in the process of acquiring similar cards for PC. Will wait for that.

Another interesting thing is that you can buy internet in pre-paid form and may recharge at will. Seems quite portable. They seem to be adopting the idea of hotspots, that was proposed and started a decade back. I wonder if Nepal Telecom has already setup these hotspots. Or are they planning to use mobile network?? But the download speed looks quite fast 163.4kbps. The news is not quite comprehensive in technological aspect.

I am looking forward to see people accessing internet through laptops in restaurants.