Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today launched the government's broadband internet scheme at affordable cost through the state-owned Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited.
Consumers now have a choice of six packages ranging from Rs 299 a month to Rs 899 a month, for 2 GB to 40GB at 2 Mbps to 4 Mbps speeds. The scheme's tag line is "internet to every household".
Sources in the government say mobile major Vodafone provides the bandwidth to every control room in district headquarters from where cable TV operators would take internet to individual homes.
Statistics reveal Cable Operators have not shown great interest in providing internet connectivity. Out of 26000 operators across the state only around 6000 have signed up.
The state government had spent around Rs 8 crore for the internet project to install high quality digital head ends in Thanjvur, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli and Vellore with control rooms and without control rooms at Madurai and Trichy.
Consumers now have a choice of six packages ranging from Rs 299 a month to Rs 899 a month, for 2 GB to 40GB at 2 Mbps to 4 Mbps speeds. The scheme's tag line is "internet to every household".
Sources in the government say mobile major Vodafone provides the bandwidth to every control room in district headquarters from where cable TV operators would take internet to individual homes.
Statistics reveal Cable Operators have not shown great interest in providing internet connectivity. Out of 26000 operators across the state only around 6000 have signed up.
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The state government had spent around Rs 8 crore for the internet project to install high quality digital head ends in Thanjvur, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli and Vellore with control rooms and without control rooms at Madurai and Trichy.
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