Top 3 Cable Operators offering Broadband Plans

TRAI always mentions the top 3 cable operators that offer broadband services through fiber cables as well as WiFi media. The number of customers of these three cable operators are also quite high and they are increasing customers day by day. These cable operators are ACT, Hathway, and Tikona.

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Although Local Cable Operators provides services in a limited area but they offer the most competitive plans as compared to the major telecom service providers like BSNL, Jio, Airtel, etc in that locality. Let us see their service area and their popular plans.

ACT Fibernet

ACT Fibernet operates in 17 cities mostly in the Southern States including Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, and Ahmedabad, and offers a plethora of attractive plans to attract more customers. The plans are very competitive to peer telecom operators. The plan starts at Rs 710/mo for 50Mbps download speed to Rs 5999/mo for download speed up to 1000Mbps. Let us have a look at the popular plans available in Bengaluru city.

  • ACT Swift Rs 710/mo offers unlimited data (500GB) at 50Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 512 Kbps.
  • ACT Rapid Plus Rs 985/mo offers unlimited data (750GB) at 75Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 512 Kbps.
  • ACT Blaze Rs 1085/mo offers unlimited data (1000GB) at 150Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 1Mbps.
  • ACT Strom Rs 1185/mo offers unlimited data (3300GB) at 300Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 1Mbps.
  • ACT Lightning Rs 1425/mo offers unlimited data (3300GB) at 350Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 1Mbps.
  • ACT Incridible Rs 1999/mo offers unlimited data (3300GB) at 400Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 2Mbps.
  • ACT Essential Rs 2999/mo offers unlimited data (3500GB) at 400Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 2Mbps.
  • ACT Advance Rs 3999/mo offers unlimited data (4000GB) at 400Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 2Mbps.
  • ACT Progress Rs 4999/mo offers unlimited data (4500GB) at 400Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 2Mbps.
  • ACT Giga Rs 5999/mo offers unlimited data (5500GB) at 1000Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 5Mbps.

All plans are bundled with popular OTT platforms like Netflix, Sonyliv, Zee5, Hungama, etc and most of them are free or at discounted rates. If you pay multi-months due in advance, you get further discounts making your favorite plan more affordable. The above prices are for Bengaluru and prices may vary for other cities with some tweaks in the offering the broadband plan.

Hathway

Hathway operates in 10 cities across 7 states and offers a plethora of attractive plans to attract more customers. The plans are very competitive to peer telecom operators. Hathway offers plans for subscription for a minimum of 3-months and above. Let us have a look at the popular plans on Fiber cable available for Mumbai.

  • Hathway GPON SuperBlast_UNLD Rs 2247 for 3-months, offers unlimited data at 100Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 5Mbps.
  • Hathway GPON Premium_UNLD Rs 2697 for 3-months, offers unlimited data at 150Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 5Mbps.
  • Hathway GPON SuperPremium_UNLD Rs 2997 for 3-months, offers unlimited data at 200Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 5Mbps.
  • Hathway GPON 300MBPS Rs 3750 for 3-months, offers unlimited data at 300Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 6Mbps.

The above prices are for Mumbai city and prices may vary for other cities. Hathway doesn’t discount for more than 3-months plans i.e. if you opt for a 12-months plan, you have to pay just four times only. Installation charges are extra.

Tikona

Tikona offers broadband services on WiFi in 25 cities across the country and offer a plethora of attractive plans on WiFi media only to attract more customers. The plans are very competitive to peer telecom operators. Let us have a look at the popular plans

  • Tikona 30MBPS Rs 399/mo, offers unlimited data at 30Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 512 Kbps.
  • Tikona 40MBPS Rs 499/mo, offers unlimited data at 40Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 512 Kbps.
  • Tikona 60MBPS Rs 599/mo, offers unlimited data at 60Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 512 Kbps.
  • Tikona 100MBPS Rs 699/mo, offers unlimited data at 100Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 512 Kbps.
  • Tikona 150MBPS Rs 799/mo, offers unlimited data at 150Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 512 Kbps.
  • Tikona 200MBPS Rs 899/mo, offers unlimited data at 200Mbps and thereafter unlimited data at 512 Kbps.

In addition to the above prices, an installation charge of Rs 500 or Rs 1000 according to the plan plus subscription charges are to be paid. GST is extra.

YOU Broadband

YOU Broadband is not counted in the top three cable operators but let us know about it because it offers Broadband services in association with Vodafone-Idea in 21 cities across the country. YOU Broadband offers three broadband plans with download speeds 50Mbps, 100Mbps and 200Mbps only. YOU Broadband offers extra 5 or 25 days if you pay 3-months or more in advance. Following plans may be selected if you are in Bengaluru.

  • Unlimited 50MBPS Rs 649/mo, offers unlimited data (3.5TB) at 50Mbps
  • Unlimited 100MBPS Rs 826/mo, offers unlimited data (3.5TB) at 100Mbps
  • Unlimited 200MBPS Rs 1062/mo, offers unlimited data (3.5TB) at 200Mbps

YOU Broadband offers a validity of 95 days if you pay for 3-months, 190 days if you pay for 6-moths and 390 days if you pay for 12-months in advance.

With details of the above four cable operators, now you may decide the best plan for you either from these cable operators or from major telecom service providers.

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