Installed new airtel Xstream fiber connection

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so 2 weeks ago i got airtel Xstream fiber connection installed at my home.

background story:

so in 2017 i got a call from jio fiber that they are giving free fiber connection for 3 months with refundable security deposit of 4500rs. I opted for this and got it installed. I continued using free jio fiber internet for like 2 years untill they started paid plans.
In those 2 years i got full 95 mbps up and down speed. No complaint in that. But their ping latency and download speed was like horrible for non-peered content. I raised a disconnection request this year and got the security amount of 4500rs back within 20 days.
Then airtel called me and told that they are pre booking for upcoming ftth service in my area and i will get free installation and dual band wifi for 1000rs amount. This amount will be adjusted in 2 bills . 500rs discount per bill for 2 months.
I said yes and within 1 week of request engineers and hired labour started digging my street for underground fiber cables and OLT boxes . This continued for 1 month and work was done.

i again got a call from their engineer that service is live now and they are sending wiring team to my location. And installation process began and within 1 hour connection was installed and internet was up and running.

I choose 200mbps unlimited plan and getting more than 200mbps down and upload speed approximately.

ping is also fine. Just 10ms lesser than jio but surfing websites and streaming is way better than jio.
 
I had asked Airtel last year if they are coming to my area & I got a terse 'not in the near future' & this in Mumbai 😡
Same here. Finally MTNL (MTNL of all the ISPs) laid a fiber in my locality Prabhadevi.
@OP
1. Are you having Dynamic IPs or CG-NAT?
2. Is IPv6 also enabled on your connection?
3. Can you access P04N sites or you get Peer Reset Error?
 
Same here. Finally MTNL (MTNL of all the ISPs) laid a fiber in my locality Prabhadevi.
@OP
1. Are you having Dynamic IPs or CG-NAT?
2. Is IPv6 also enabled on your connection?
3. Can you access P04N sites or you get Peer Reset Error?
1. Its dynamic ip based in pppoe username/password authentication.
2. No its still ipv4
3. Check the most famous site here in india and its blocked but i use cloudflare VPN so everything works then.

Edit: i can see in wan configuration that NAT checkbox is checked with vlan id but still it’s dynamic ips based on pppeo
 
Same here, they have like more than 1000 connections and Jio don't even have 50.

They are king here too. I am not sure why they are not launching Fiber.
In our area airtel has very few customers left. With just 16mbps speed it was losing subs at steady rate over past few years. Reason for it is excitel prices and excellent support provided by lco. Even jio fiber is not present here.
Still airtel is laying fiber. Pre booking banner are putup on all the poles.
 
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If they come to my area now they will be sitting on those poles. Hearing that Hathaway is VFM in my area though it comes with atleast 4-5 occurances of DC per month.
 
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