Friends - my apologies for a long and detailed post, but I thought its essential to pass on complete message.
I have been an airtel copper broadband user for 4 years, paid Rs 850 p.m. for 8 mbps. Disconnected in June 2020 and took Act 100mbps.
Act Fibrenet: Pros: working fine for me, consistent speed (20-30 mbps on 2.4 ghz with repeater as my workstation is some 50 feets from Act router. Cons: with 2 outage in 4 months, I had to sweat hard to get them resolved. Nov to March is busiest period of my currently WFH job and bit worried for a similar outage.
Airtel xstream: Applied 2 times in their 1 family plan, as we use all airtel SIMs and DTH, so my 200 mbps connection was effectively coming at Rs 1000 (with GST). Since their Junction (Fiber access Termination Blue color) box is about 150 mtrs away had asked for a box near premises but they have denied the same. Pros: Very reliable connection per reviews, although I faced issues with copper line in past. Will be ideal for my all day conference calls type work. Cons: Arrogant network infra team, not willing to install for a 50+house society whereas Jio is giving 1 box per 4 houses. This is only deal-breaker for Airtel to me
Jio Fibre: Will be operational around Diwali. The overhead cables used in my locality are top notch, and the contractor has laid then tight with Iron hinges. Some users in Lucknow told that speeds are consistent with no downtime, although latency is an issue. Pros: Great infrastructure, prepaid. Cons: slightly costly, especially compared to Airtel in my case.
Please help me decide - Which one should I opt, Airtel vs Jio. Alternately, should I keep using ACT? My usage is work related, so preferably no downtown, pings/latency is a non-issue, data usage 100 - 150 GB per month. See below for Airtel junction Blue Box. Thanks all in advance for your responses🙂
I have been an airtel copper broadband user for 4 years, paid Rs 850 p.m. for 8 mbps. Disconnected in June 2020 and took Act 100mbps.
Act Fibrenet: Pros: working fine for me, consistent speed (20-30 mbps on 2.4 ghz with repeater as my workstation is some 50 feets from Act router. Cons: with 2 outage in 4 months, I had to sweat hard to get them resolved. Nov to March is busiest period of my currently WFH job and bit worried for a similar outage.
Airtel xstream: Applied 2 times in their 1 family plan, as we use all airtel SIMs and DTH, so my 200 mbps connection was effectively coming at Rs 1000 (with GST). Since their Junction (Fiber access Termination Blue color) box is about 150 mtrs away had asked for a box near premises but they have denied the same. Pros: Very reliable connection per reviews, although I faced issues with copper line in past. Will be ideal for my all day conference calls type work. Cons: Arrogant network infra team, not willing to install for a 50+house society whereas Jio is giving 1 box per 4 houses. This is only deal-breaker for Airtel to me
Jio Fibre: Will be operational around Diwali. The overhead cables used in my locality are top notch, and the contractor has laid then tight with Iron hinges. Some users in Lucknow told that speeds are consistent with no downtime, although latency is an issue. Pros: Great infrastructure, prepaid. Cons: slightly costly, especially compared to Airtel in my case.
Please help me decide - Which one should I opt, Airtel vs Jio. Alternately, should I keep using ACT? My usage is work related, so preferably no downtown, pings/latency is a non-issue, data usage 100 - 150 GB per month. See below for Airtel junction Blue Box. Thanks all in advance for your responses🙂
