Makaveli2007 - 8:44 pm on Nov 9, 2009 (gmt 0)

So..a couple of days ago I saw the movie slumdog millionaire ;-) which inspired me to ask this question:

It seems there are some developing countries, where A LOT of people can speak fluent English (Im not necessarily thinking India, but also the Phillipines, Indonesia, Thailand).

The cost of living in income in such countries is often way lower than in the US or Europe.

My guess would be that poor people (as in not spoiled) are hungry (I mean it as in eager to change their situation).

So, this makes me wonder: Why isn't there way more *strong* competition from India, the Phillippines, etc.? Do most of them not have access to the www (b/c of internet cafes being too expensive maybe) - something that could change and significiantly increase the competition in the English-language markets?

It seems that most of the time I hear someone mention an Indian SEO, they complain about a strange sounding link request they got from them.

Is (a very good grasp of the) language the main problem that keeps them from totally flooding the market? (I had the impression that in some developing countries the level of English is *really* good, but maybe Im wrong?)