How do the conduit constraints impact a resident ?

Infrastructure position/Blues
Each flat in T4+ (new towers) has 2 conduits running from shaft to each flat. a 19mm reserved for both data and voice services, typically terminating in living room wall opposite to TV wall and separate 25mm one reserved for TV typically terminating in TV wall of living room. In T3 (daffodils), their is only ONE 19mm conduit which is supposed to carry all three (voice, data and TV) cabling.

Service Provider operational behaviors

Now service providers typically run network right to the flat and their cable has to pass through this conduit. In particular, they:

1. DO NOT share the cables with other ISPs 
2. LAY cables from shaft to flat  ONLY when they get a new connection request from dwelling and frequently/usually PULL IT OUT if subscriber disconnects
3. Will PULL OUT unused cables to make way for their cable as the conduit is thin (Also it makes roll back to old SP more painful).
4. The DO NOT enclose the drop cables from junction box to the flat conduit entry point consistently in rodent safe flex conduits

This is how usually field staff of Service providers work. They care about about their company, then the resident's or apartment's long term interest.

Impact on residents

1. During an apartment lifetime, its residents can change or the resident can change his service provider (For eg, migrate Broadband from Pursuit to Airtel/ACT or Airtel to ACT and vice versa) for voice or data multiple times or can add new service providers for new services (2nd Broadband connection for example).  A single cable cannot be independently-inserted or removed. The entire set has to be removed, modified (cables added or removed) or relaid. In this process it s possible that fiber, cat6 UTP or telephone cables can be damaged, causing a vicious repair cycle of unrelated communication cables.  In particular the RG6 cable TV wire ( more hardness due to thick and robust insulation) being put together with fiber optic, cat6 and telephone cables in common conduit increases this damage possibility multiple times.  The damages can be caused by excessive pulling strength used, abrasion from blockages in conduit (cement/grime), GI metal wire (used for pulling), bends, etc. Once a cable gets damaged the resident needs to pay Rs. 500/- to Rs 750/- labor charges + cost of new cable to repair the damage.
2. Another problem is sometimes apartment users need two internet connection to work around downtime (critical for work from home) due to construction activities in neighbourhood (our neighbourhood is still a heavy construction zone) on which we have no control. But by default all cabling a service provider does is to support ONLY HIS services. And hence resident is forced to re-cable again to support the 2nd service provider and expose himself to all risks in Point(1) above.
3. APR (like any other apartment complex) has a rodent problem. Rodents will frequently bite through exposed cables. The Drop cabling from SP junction box in shaft to conduit opening of flat is frequently run without a conduit leaving it prone to rat bites. And every time that happens you see same financial implications, long repair time and damage of your or other flat cables during re-cabling (if splicing cannot be done).

Mitigation options available to residents

If a resident wants to side step above risk(s), currently the best available option is to take all your service from one ISP, and upfront, and stick to it whether you like them or not or even if better choices emerge down the line. If you think you need second ISP stick to mobile broadband which may not work in most flats or take the 2nd connection much ahead of need. This pull for reducing service spread and sticking to one provider is an indirect way of pushing the environment towards a monopoly, duopoly or oligopoly of early entrants in Telecom services and is not possible to constrain when residents change for the flat (like tenants or from owner to tenant or tenant to owner).  This is a first direct conflict between the interests of few service providers and residents. 

For TV the drop cable from shaft to flat is provided by the builder and has a junction point in shaft and therefore its is not modified and of a lesser concern.

The rodent problem is a matter of cabling discipline but has to be separately enforced by each and every individual independently with each SP whose services you use.