Things are not as they used to be years ago. Previously, telcos would be only dependent for internet connections but now with the cable operators' entry into the game,  the monopoly of the telecoms is being disturbed. The satellite channel providers are really trying hard to play in broadband, and in fact succeeding to the level that the telecom providers of the  internet are forced to admit demand has decreased in the market for both voice and broadband services, writes Debopriya Nandy.

A telecom analyst, Craig Monffett conducted a survey on the large cable companies and telephone companies. On the basis of this survey it was reported that the cable companies calculate 80% of the new broadband subscribers in the second quarter of this year. The American telecom company AT&T, which used to provide for 4,00,000 connections a year before accounts only for 46,000 broadband by the 30th of July this year.    

As it is, the telcos are suffering loss in landline phone subscription, so are they loosing on their broadband customers. Another sad story comes up with, DSL claiming customers from Verizon Communications, the second largest telecom company, which horribly declined to 133,000. X