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By Venkatachari Jagannathan in Chennai with K C Meera in Mumbai

Cable opens up new vistas for Internet users
Cable Internet has cable ISPs salivating, with average revenue per subscriber per month at Rs 1,000, and added revenues from services like Net telephony and others. At the same time, poor revenues per subscriber have forced many dialup ISPs to abandon their business. Having experienced the benefits of the Internet, but constrained by the slow dialup access, web-surfers are ready to pay that extra amount for better speeds >>

Cable is the best way to homes, says Hathway
Hathway, the largest Indian cable ISP in terms of footprint, is now wiring up upmarket residential areas in six cities >>

Sify's hybrid option
Sify is rolling out a hybrid broadband service in Mumbai and Chennai this year. General manager (corporate communications) David Appasamy gives the details >>

Dishnet: Trying to live up to expectations
After finding the going tough in the dialup market, Dishnet is pinning its hopes on broadband DSL, delivered to subscribers over a copper cable. The company is the largest broadband ISP in the country, with a subscriber base of 25,000 >>

Siti Cable to enter other cities
The expected market-size for broadband connectivity in India is around 3 lakh by 2003, says P Kailasam, head, Internet-over-cable operations, Siti Cable >>