"Broadband is an always-on gateway to a New World of Internet based services delivered at relatively faster speed to households & businesses. Broadband is a huge digital pipeline that links consumer to the Internet's deepening pool of news, information, entertainment and data. TRAI has defined Broadband as "an always-on data connection with minimum speeds of 256Kbps".

It's an always-on Internet service, where high speed Internet is delivered over special cables laid for this purpose, This technology uses Fiber and Coaxial cables to deliver Internet, that have a higher capacity and are more weather resistant in comparison to Telephone cables that are designed to carry voice only. Cable Internet uses a Cable Modem to communicate between your computer and the Internet. It works in very similar manner as the modem used for dial up connection, but converting your data requirements into a high speed form compatible with the for the cable infrastructure. A cable modem has a capacity to transmit data at up to 4 Mb ps, which is many times higher than a typical 56 kb ps dial up modem.

Cable Internet uses a Cable Modem to communicate between your computer and the Internet. It interfaces between the higher speed co axial cable and your PC. It works in very similar manner as the modem used for dial up connection, but converting your data requirements into a high speed form compatible with the for the cable infrastructure. A cable modem has a capacity to transmit data at upto 4 Mbps, which is many times higher than a typical 56 kbps dial up modem.

There are several advantages of Cable Internet service:

Having many subscribers on-line at the same time, will not affect your speed. But if the site you are accessing is overloaded, then there could be a reduction in speed.

No, you don't. With YOU Telecom's Internet services you do not require a telephone line to connect to the net. Hence no hefty telephone bills.

Ordinary dial-up modems are not right for Cable Internet. You need a special cable modem that would be connected to your computer. At YOU Telecom, we will supply the cable modem to you at a cost.

Your computer should be operating on Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT / XP.

Your computer should have Ethernet card.

You need an available hard disk space of 20MB.

The RAM should be at least 32 MB.