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Sify management jumping ship

Submitted by Karthik on 18 July, 2006 - 19:19

The Economic Times is reporting on rumours that Sify's top tier management executives are all set to make a hasty exit from the company.

NASDAQ-listed Sify, one of India’s leading internet, network and e-commerce providers, is staring at a management crisis with the top brass set for a sudden exit. Sources said the company’s managing director and CEO R Ramaraj and a group of top honchos have put in their papers amidst talks about growing strife with the new promoters, US-based private equity firm Infinity Capital Ventures.

Sources told ET that 20-25 top executives could be on their way out. Some of them, including Mr Ramaraj, have already put in their papers, they added. Incidentally, the move comes barely 24 hours ahead of Sify’s first quarter results and an investor conference to be addressed by Mr Ramaraj.

Source: Economic Times.

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Sify ordered to compensate user for poor service

Submitted by Karthik on 9 July, 2006 - 13:58

Chandigarh, July 7: The Consumer Forum has directed M/s Sify Broadband Limited, Sector 34-A, Chandigarh, to pay an amount of Rs 6,600 on account of compensation and service that was not provided to a local resident. Col Pritpal Singh Bhatia, a resident of Sector 34-C, Chandigarh, had moved the forum alleging deficiency in service against Sify Broadband.

Source: Expre

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Sify FUD

Submitted by Karthik on 11 June, 2006 - 01:11

I was looking to update Sify's plans on this site and came across a marketing page for cable TV operators (Sify works on a franchise system with local cable TV operators) that included the following comparison table:

Note: The numbers in red have been added in by yours truly..

While it is common practice to see some license being taken in marketing documents, the above is pure nonsense. As far as I am aware, the only other cable operator in India with a notable user base is Hathway. Addressing each of the marked points compared to services provided by Hathway:

  1. 24 Kbps dial-up? Considering that Sify is also a dial-up provider, are these the speeds one can expect? Based purely on hearsay, this is probably true.

    It is absolute BS to claim that other cable ISPs like Hathway offer only 48 Kbps connections. Hathway offer connections of speeds between 64 Kbps and 512 Kbps (for residential users). Sify only offer plans with speeds between 64 Kbps and 256 Kbps and most of them are unattractive, expensive and handicapped with quaint (and debilitating) restrictions (150 MB/day?).

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