In way Chennai is better than Bangalore and other metros. Hathway distributes thro' local cable operators in my layout. He asked me to pay Rs. 1500/- initially which includes the first month subscription charges and he clearly said he can't payback Rs. 1,250/- whenever I cancel the connection. When I cancelled my connection he ofcourse didn't pay anything. He said in a way I'm better because they were charging about Rs. 2, 500/- for new connections three years back. He says they had incurred expenses in laying cables all along our layout and maintainence on cable and hardware takes a major chunck of their revenue. The new regulations in non-cas areas again going to make a dent in their revenue stream, I think.