Help me decide between JioFiber, Airtel & Excitel.

[NME9877]

Hey guys,
I am currently using
1)Excitel Broadband, Not the Fiber connection tho, from the past 5 years. It has been working okay, I mean like people say, that it depends upon the local isp in your area in the case of Excitel, it works 85-90% of the time.
2) Airtel(non v-fiber connection)- I have this just because my dad wanted a landline, and so it comes along with it. pack- 8mbps, 125gb.(we get 6months for 3k I guess)
3) I got Jio Fiber installed (the trial version) and I'm looking forward to make this as my permanent connection.


Info that could be important-
1) I don't need fup(which I guess airtel has also removed cuz of Jio fiber)
2) why was I already using airtel and Excitel both? Because As I said cuz of the landline, which we don't need anymore, since we got mobileSignal Booster a year back.
3) We need wifi on both floors, I have Netgear's signal booster, but would use a router as access point after I remove 2 connections and stick to the one.
4) Is configuring DVR with jio fiber a problem? I've heard that(since no port forwarding and all)


So please help me decide which one to keep.
Even tho excitel has been working fine, but it still isn't that reliable. also from your experience please tell me if Jio Fiber works fine?
I am a bit inclined towards jio fiber cuz it's the only Real Fiber connection here in Delhi. Both Excitel and Airtel just convert copper lines to Fiber for the end user.

P.s. I'm from Delhi.

 

[shashankb]

Go for a Airtel Fiber(if they give pure Fiber) upgrading your ADSL and remove your Jio Fiber after your trial
You do not have control over anything in router when you get a Jio connection

Jio Fiber ONT cannot be bridged with any router if you plan to add one. Excitel can be considered if you are fine with just Broadband and no landline.

 

[JB701]

Agree with @shashankb If you can get Airtel Fiber go for it, don't go for VDSL as upload speeds are low (instead go for JioFiber).
Also keep in mind that Airtel and Jio aren't fully unlimited (3.3TB ish FUP). So if you use a ton of data you might want to consider Excitel as secondary connection.

Airtel is the best choice for DVR/NVR because of lack of CGNAT but there are ways to work around CGNAT on Jio and Excitel with ZeroTier or TailScale.

 

[Realme]

IS BSNL available in your area?

, I have Netgear's signal booster, but would use a router as access point after I remove 2 connections and stick to the one.

-->you might have problems configuring extra things with JIO as evident by lot of problem threads by JIO users here.

Both Excitel and Airtel just convert copper lines to Fiber for the end user.

I don't know much about this, this seems weird as mostly it is Copper -> Fiber backend

Otherwise go for Airtel as JIO tries to lock you in JIO ecosystem.( And their after-sales CC is not good)

I would better say go for JIO for a time while and then try for Airtel in case their services improve in you locality

 

[shashankb]

Airtel is the best choice for DVR/NVR because of lack of CGNAT but there are ways to work around CGNAT on Jio and Excitel with ZeroTier or TailScale.

This can be managed but there are still serious problems in Jio like No Bridging and Jio blocks anything they wish to

 

[JB701]

True, Airtel doesn't block Twitch without any order. However, Airtel also have really shitty TCP blocking on websites (which are blocked by Government orders). I hope TATA backbone doesn't jump in this pit.

 

[NME9877]

Go for a Airtel Fiber(if they give pure Fiber) upgrading your ADSL and remove your Jio Fiber after your trial
You do not have control over anything in router when you get a Jio connection

Jio Fiber ONT cannot be bridged with any router if you plan to add one. Excitel can be considered if you are fine with just Broadband and no landline.

Hey, thanks for the reply.
First of all, I didn't get when you said that Jio doesnt let you "Bridge" Router. You mean I wont be able to use a router as an access point or an extender? (Sorry not that good in Networking)
Also, Airtel calls it Vfiber. and just before a week or so, they had Fup in all packs, but removed it, so now im confused. and by "not having control over Router settings what do ya mean? I Was able to login to the router page and tweak basic settings, idk important srttings that i might need in future. please explain.

 

[NME9877]

Agree with @shashankb If you can get Airtel Fiber go for it, don't go for VDSL as upload speeds are low (instead go for JioFiber).
Also keep in mind that Airtel and Jio aren't fully unlimited (3.3TB ish FUP). So if you use a ton of data you might want to consider Excitel as secondary connection.

Airtel is the best choice for DVR/NVR because of lack of CGNAT but there are ways to work around CGNAT on Jio and Excitel with ZeroTier or TailScale.

Okay.. yea i know they both have 3300gb of data limit, but thats more than enough for me.
also, whats CGNAT? Sorry no idea.

 

[NME9877]

IS BSNL available in your area?


-->you might have problems configuring extra things with JIO as evident by lot of problem threads by JIO users here.


I don't know much about this, this seems weird as mostly it is Copper -> Fiber backend

Otherwise go for Airtel as JIO tries to lock you in JIO ecosystem.( And their after-sales CC is not good)

I would better say go for JIO for a time while and then try for Airtel in case their services improve in you locality

Airtel has the best customer service for sure. But I was skeptical cuz of two reasons-
1) JIO FIBER is True Fiber(future proof)
2) Jio Fiber is offering set top box with 11 OTT services (I'll Go for the Gold pack, 999 one, when my own Hotstar and Prime subs ends)
also ive heard Airtel Xstream box isnt that good, and also they dont offer much straeming platforms.

 

[NME9877]

This can be managed but there are still serious problems in Jio like No Bridging and Jio blocks anything they wish to

hahaha.. lmao Last night only I Read people complaining about jio blocking Twitch streams during IPL.